Richard RathwellRichard Rathwell (born 1947) is a Canadian aid worker, teacher, civil servant and writer. Rathwell was born in Ottawa, Ontario, where he attended Hopewell Avenue Primary School.The National Film Board of Canada production The Gifted Ones shows Rathwel and his class. He attended secondary school in Oakville, Ontario, where he won awards for public speaking at the school level and with the Rotary Club.[citation needed] He attended and taught at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, studying English Literature. He also taught at the University of Victoria. Rathwell worked for the NGOs CARE, CUSO, Terre Des Hommes, and the governments of Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Lesotho as well as the International Labour Organisation. He was a senior manager in the International Council for Social Welfare, Vienna and Sight Savers International, UK. He was on secondment as the senior consultant for economic co-operation in the Department of Trade and Industry in the UK government from Lancashire Enterprises (now Enterprise Plc.), Preston, UK. Rathwell has won the Maxwell House award in Ireland for best poem and best short story. He has won theatre contests for children's theatre in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. Rathwell was elected in 2007 as the chair of the international affairs committee of the League of Canadian Poets. Rathwell has won the European Community award for restoration projects for a project at 'Damer House' in Ireland. Rathwell presently resides in London, UK. Read More Read Less