I, Mike Henry Tkachuk, was born and raised in a small village of Aumsville, in Manitoba, Canada. I attended high school at Major Pratt Collegiate in Russell, Manitoba. I studied at...view moreI, Mike Henry Tkachuk, was born and raised in a small village of Aumsville, in Manitoba, Canada. I attended high school at Major Pratt Collegiate in Russell, Manitoba. I studied at the University of Manitoba, Brandon University, and Ottawa University. I received the following degrees: BA., BEd, M.Ed, and a certificate in Eastern Christian Studies. I hold an Education Administrator's Level II certificate, and a province of Manitoba Teaching Certificate. After serving in the Canadian Armed Forces for four years, both in Canada and abroad with the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, I was employed as a teacher/principal in the elementary and junior high grades. Since graduating from the Catholic Seminary in Ottawa, I have been employed as pastor of St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Churches in Brandon and Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. I am married to my wife, Dolores. My first poetry book, Poetry, My Obsession, was published in 2011. Another book of poetry entitled Perspective Reflections in Rhyme was published in 2018.view less