A writer who credits The Canora Courier with launching his career in journalism has published an Amazon ebook intended as a lighthearted guide to Mexico鈥檚 Yucatan district.
Regis Yaworski, who worked as a 鈥減rinter鈥檚 devil鈥� (printer鈥檚 assistant) while a student at Canora Composite School (CCS), is the author of The Newbie Gringo鈥檚 Guide to The Yucatan, his third ebook on the Kindle platform.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 even really like Mexico,鈥� he says in the Amazon book description, while praising the Yucatan as an ideal retirement or winter haven; welcoming, peaceful and extremely affordable. Its capital city, Merida, ranks as one of the most attractive cities in North America and consistently scores the lowest rate of violent crime in Mexico, the US and most of Canada.
鈥淲hat really surprised me is the large number of expats from Canora, Kamsack and district identified as retired residents or expat 鈥榮nowbirds鈥� in the Yucatan,鈥� said Yaworski.
Yaworski鈥檚 books and related information are available through https://thewordshoppe.com/home/.
Recently of Prince Edward County in Ontario, and now living in Newmarket, Ont., he is a member of the International Travel Writers and Photographers Alliance and American Writers and Artists Inc.
After completing high school and graduating from Kamsack Collegiate Institute, he became a reporter, then city editor for the Moose Jaw Daily Times-Herald, city editor with the Guelph, Ont. Daily Mercury and managing editor at the Brampton, Ont. Daily Times. He was promoted to editorial training consultant with Thomson Newspapers of Toronto, ON, serving in that position for four years
He started his academic career as co-ordinator of journalism studies for Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology in Barrie, Ont., eventually teaching negotiation and labor relations at the college where he co-ordinated the program of advanced human resources management. He served for 10 years as president of the college鈥檚 faculty union local and six years as elected faculty representatives on the board of governors.
On retirement, he was designated as a professor emeritus. A highlight of his teaching career was being selected to deliver workshops in negotiation for seven years in a row in an international business administration program at Fachhochschule Furtwangen University in Germany.
His travels have taken him to Ecuador, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy as well as numerous cruise stops and road trips across the United States and Canada.
He is the father of two: Greg Yaworski of Wellington, Ont. and Verna Kulish of Toronto. He has four grandsons, Joshua and Lucas Yaworski and Ethan and Adam Kulish.
He can be contacted at [email protected]
