8 Questions and 2 Imperatives for Ross Johnstone

Who are you?
Ross Johnstone, Director of Education for Out On Screen & Out in Schools.

Who is your role model?
Harvey Milk. (Okay, and also Ricki Lake).

Describe your management style.
Fair, calm & engaging.

What is your biggest professional accomplishment?
Developing, growing & nurturing the Out in Schools program, an innovative anti-homophobia high school outreach initiative that has reached more than 30,000 youth since 2004.

What was your first job?
Working in the Soft-Serve Ice Cream and Pogo Stick Arts, while wearing a baby blue uniform at ‘Pik Nik’, a mall kiosk located in a suburban Ottawa. I did it for the uniform… my mom still has my staff apron!

What are you reading right now?
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem.

Tell us one thing about yourself that might surprise people.
I’m a Ginger!

What is the last conference you attended?
I attended and presented at the 2011 International Foster Care Organization Conference in Victoria, BC.

Blackberry or iPhone?
iPhone, with a disco-themed protective case…

What’s your Internet guilty pleasure?
Real Housewives Google Alerts.

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Ross Johnstone is the Director of Education for the award-winning Out in Schools program, recognized as one of Tides Canada’s ‘Top 10 of 2011‘.  You can follow Out in Schools on Twitter, and ‘like’ them on Facebook.