Mick has a BA in Political Economy and an MA in the Liberal Arts. While completing his undergraduate degree he managed stays in several different countries, including Austria, Argentina and Mexico, This trajectory continued up to and after his graduation as he spent several years travelling to and doing systems research in Indigenous communities in Borneo and in the Peruvian Amazon. He then moved to Vancouver to complete his Graduate Studies. His transdisciplinary research is focused on the analysis-of and interaction-among conceptual thought systems, and while at McGill he will work on creating an analytical framework to be used to recognize path-dependencies and input-output polarities in specific agricultural regions within Canada. Aside from all of this he maintains that he is an affable chap and indeed even pleasant to converse with.