Ron Dart has taught in the department of political science/philosophy/religious studies at University of the Fraser Valley (British Columbia-Canada) since 1990. Ron was on staff with Amnesty International in the 1980s and he has published 40 books, most recently an edited book on Jordan Peterson and a book on Hermann Hesse. Ron has been on the National Executive of the Thomas Merton Society of Canada for twenty years, and he has published five books on Thomas Merton.