Tribute to John Olson

Professor John Olson and I were at Queen's University and studied similar areas, but unfortunately, we were about 20 years apart. The greatest chuckle we shared was how the folks that I recognized as the veterans of the faculty were the rookies of his time. To put this in perspective, John retired from Queen's, 2 months after the senior most member of the faculty of education of my time started. This was not a walk down memory lane, it was time-travel.

John Olson was a long-time editor of the Journal of Curriculum Studies and helped nurture a great plethora of the folks now recognized as powerhouses of curriculum in Canada and around the world. It was here that he learned, mentored, collaborated, and exchanged ideas with folks like Ian Westbury, Rosa-Bruno Jofre, Lee Shulman, William Pinar, and more.