Gailand MacqueenGailand MacQueen has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, and educational theory. His thesis in educational theory, "Ideology and Childhood" (University of Toronto, 1977), explored the rights of children. MacQueen served in ordained ministry in arious congregations in Northern Ontario, as well as taught religious studies at Huntington College in Laurentian University in Sudbury for 17 years. During that time, MacQueen was a reader and consultant for two volumes on religion and spirituality in The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale. He spent a sabbatical in Great Britain researching the New Age movement, during which he walked the path up Glastonbury Tor, in Glastonbury, and twice visited the Rocky Valley labyrinths. In retirement, as well as teaching part time, MacQueen has travelled to Crete, to Chartres in France, and to various sites in England to experience labyrinths. The result was The Spirituality of Mazes and Labyrinths (Northstone, 2005). MacQueen and his wife, Joyce Schroeder MacQueen, have presented many labyrinth events in Ontario and Nova Scotia, as well as Florence Nightingale events based on Joyce's research. He lives on the shore of Lake Nipissing in North Bay. Read More Read Less