Jerry Steinberg
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Jerry Steinberg is the "Founding Non-Father" of No Kidding!
No Kidding!
No Kidding! International is an international non-profit social club created for singles and couples who have never had children, regardless of the reason. Some of their members are childfree, i.e. they do not intend to have children. The first chapter of this organization was begun by Jerry...

 International, a social club for childfree and childless singles and couples. He founded the organization in his home city of Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, BC, Canada in 1984. Since then, the organization has grown to include more than 45 chapters in six countries.

He also co-founded Airspace Action on Smoking and Health
Airspace Action on Smoking and Health
Airspace Action on Smoking and Health is a volunteer-based anti-tobacco organization in the Canadian province of British Columbia....

, the anti-smoking organization.

Career

He is a graduate of Hamilton Teachers' College and has a degree in Linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....

 and French from the University of Guelph
University of Guelph
The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College, the Macdonald Institute, and the Ontario Veterinary College...

, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. In addition to his volunteer work, he has been teaching English and French as Second Languages to children and adults in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia since 1968. He is the author of two books, Games Language People Play and Whatcha Gonna Learn from Comics?

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