JACK WILFRED LESAGE

Jack Wilfred Lesage was a role model and mentor for many teachers and widely recognized as an outstanding educator in mathematics. He loved teaching and shared his vast knowledge of mathematics with students, teachers, and colleagues in a quiet, unassuming manner. He was devoted to his wife, Mary, and his family. After his retirement, Jack and Mary enjoyed many trips to various destinations. Jack loved driving and took trips to both the East and West coasts to visit family. After graduating from the University of Toronto in 1953, he started his teaching career at St. Michael's College School. In 1955, Jack moved to Kapuskasing and taught there until 1957. He moved to Barrie and taught at Camp Borden High School until 1962, when he became the Department Head of Mathematics at Barrie North Collegiate Institute. Jack was a talented mathematician and had the extraordinary ability to make a person feel that he or she had solved a problem or come up with an idea when, in fact, he was guiding the person and process throughout. He was a gifted teacher of mathematics.