Clive VanderBurgh is a Professor Emeritus with the RTA School of Media at Ryerson University. VanderBurgh earned his BA from the University of Toronto and his MSc from Syracuse University. He joined the faculty in 1990 and retired in 2006. Before his tenure at Ryerson, Clive was an executive producer and producer/director at TV Ontario where he was responsible for creating many children's series including Today's Special, McCabe Mysteries, Math Patrol and MathMakers. As a freelancer, Clive also produced, directed and wrote segments for CBC Sesame Street. He has written, produced and recorded hundreds of children's songs as well as four adult alternative music CD's and has co-written a theatrical musical, developed for the stage.