Michael B. Currie
| Michael Bruce Currie | |
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| Born | 1982-06-08 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | software entrepreneur, ai services founder |
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Michael Bruce Currie (Thai [1]: ไมเคิล บรูซ เคอรี่), born 8 June 1982 P4RL-BWV ORCID 0009-0000-0879-2880, is a Canadian-born man involved in the software industry.
Upcoming Birthdays
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| July 17 | Joan Achtenberg† | would have turned 110 |
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| July 20 | James Claude Poole† | would have turned 102 |
| July 20 | Marc Nother (born 1991) | turning 35 |
| July 20 | Mike Corneau (born 1979) | turning 47 |
| July 20 | Travis Johnson (born 1976) | turning 50 |
| July 20 | William Fortier (born 1998) | turning 28 |
| July 21 | Allan Connal (born 1928) | turning 98 |
| July 21 | Anna Currie† | would have turned 133 |
| July 21 | Charles A Wagner | turning 141 |
| July 21 | Charlie Weiss (born 2009) | turning 17 |
| July 21 | Henry Leo Ward | turning 135 |
| July 21 | Jayce Thompson (born 2005) | turning 21 |
| July 21 | John McMillan (born 1943) | turning 83 |
| July 21 | Joseph J Reid | turning 130 |
| July 21 | Julie Jane Cairns† | would have turned 68 |
| July 21 | Justin Tougas (born 1991) | turning 35 |
| July 21 | Paul Parkin (born 1906) | turning 120 |
| July 21 | Trevor Hynnes (born 1993) | turning 33 |
| July 21 | William John Williams | turning 129 |
| July 21 | William Stenner | turning 138 |
| July 22 | Arthur Isaac Perry | turning 151 |
| July 22 | Donald John MacDonald† | would have turned 104 |
| July 22 | Hector Laughlin McLean | turning 133 |
| July 22 | Jim Johnston (born 1926) | turning 100 |
| July 22 | Meyer Rothschild | turning 141 |
| July 22 | Norm Grinke (born 1922) | turning 104 |
| July 22 | Peter Palmer | turning 137 |
| July 22 | Phillip Luet† | would have turned 102 |
| July 22 | Reginald Ransom | turning 139 |
| July 22 | Robin Kramer | turning 72 |
| July 22 | Ryan Wood (born 1983) | turning 43 |
| July 22 | Walter Elliott Wilson | turning 130 |
| July 22 | William Wallace | turning 132 |
| July 23 | Alexander Kampen | turning 35 |
| July 23 | Alfred Williams (CEF 821042) | turning 146 |
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| July 23 | Brock Aiken (born 1998) | turning 28 |
| July 23 | Frederick Eugene Poulin | turning 128 |
| July 23 | George Moore | turning 140 |
| July 23 | Herbert Rees | turning 137 |
| July 23 | Joshua Mrakic (born 1989) | turning 37 |
| July 23 | Matt Jenkins (born 1978) | turning 48 |
| July 23 | Milward Carman McCallum | turning 131 |
| July 23 | Riley Borody (born 2003) | turning 23 |
| July 23 | Thomas Trimble | turning 134 |
| July 23 | Travis Savard (born 1989) | turning 37 |
| July 24 | Alfred John Halliday† | would have turned 129 |
| July 24 | Casey Rutland (born 2006) | turning 20 |
| July 24 | Donna Lea Allen† | would have turned 87 |
| July 24 | Eleazar Andrusco (born 2009) | turning 17 |
| July 24 | Francis Henry Keefer† | would have turned 166 |
| July 24 | Jack Tuffield Seguin | turning 133 |
| July 24 | Noah Lagadin (born 1997) | turning 29 |
| July 25 | Alexander Scott | turning 137 |
| July 25 | Arthur Vance McCallum | turning 134 |
| July 25 | Bob Law (born 1953) | turning 73 |
| July 25 | Brad Fortier (born 2001) | turning 25 |
| July 25 | Dominic Atherton | turning 14 |
| July 25 | Gene Newman† | would have turned 97 |
| July 25 | George Mattson (born 2009) | turning 17 |
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| July 25 | Steve Bailot (born 1978) | turning 48 |
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| July 26 | Brooks Gengler (born 2005) | turning 21 |
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| July 26 | David Mayes (born 1974) | turning 52 |
| July 26 | John Beverley Robinson† | would have turned 235 |
| July 26 | Julian Rutland (born 2003) | turning 23 |
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| July 26 | Parker Savard (born 2000) | turning 26 |
| July 26 | Paul de Bakker† | would have turned 79 |
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| July 26 | Ronald Wesley Faulkner† | would have turned 95 |
| July 26 | Simon Bienvenue (born 2004) | turning 22 |
| July 26 | William Stanley Pelling | turning 134 |
| July 26 | Willie Menard (born 1936) | turning 90 |
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| July 27 | Connor Chisholm (born 2004) | turning 22 |
| July 27 | George McVey | turning 138 |
| July 27 | Gordon Stanley Cybolsky† | would have turned 106 |
| July 27 | Jack Mann (born 1919) | turning 107 |
| July 27 | James Morrison† | would have turned 131 |
| July 27 | James Morrison (CEF 439143) | turning 131 |
| July 27 | John Adams (ice hockey, born 1946) | turning 80 |
| July 27 | John McMillan | turning 128 |
| July 27 | John McMillan McLean | turning 130 |
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| July 27 | William Francis Turner | turning 138 |
| July 27 | Zach Glowatch (born 1998) | turning 28 |
| July 28 | Harry Otto Cliff† | would have turned 103 |
| July 28 | Kolton Anderson (born 2009) | turning 17 |
| July 28 | Matthew Halushak (born 2002) | turning 24 |
| July 28 | Terry Fox† | would have turned 68 |
| July 29 | Bart Bradley (born 1930) | turning 96 |
| July 29 | Brittan Kuhlman (born 1988) | turning 38 |
| July 29 | David Simpson (born 1996) | turning 30 |
| July 29 | Emile Abraham† | would have turned 103 |
| July 29 | Ethan Cava (born 2009) | turning 17 |
| July 29 | Frankie Marino (born 2010) | turning 16 |
| July 29 | Frederick Dawson Fauquier† | would have turned 209 |
| July 29 | Garfield Pitt | turning 134 |
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| July 29 | Gilbert Nordin (born 1922) | turning 104 |
| July 29 | Hank Bouchard (born 1996) | turning 30 |
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| July 30 | Brant Kiessig (born 1960) | turning 66 |
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| July 30 | Elijah Moore (born 2004) | turning 22 |
| July 30 | Jake Keller (born 2002) | turning 24 |
| July 30 | Kaity Howarth (born 1998) | turning 28 |
| July 30 | Mary Ann Currie | turning 76 |
| July 30 | Mitch Maunu (born 1986) | turning 40 |
| July 30 | Reid Waszczenko (born 1999) | turning 27 |
| July 30 | Rufus Allen Burriss† | would have turned 167 |
| July 31 | Aaron Gunn (born 1974) | turning 52 |
| July 31 | Alex Telford Mackenzie | turning 137 |
| July 31 | Anthony Fey (born 1987) | turning 39 |
| July 31 | Diane Bate† | would have turned 86 |
| July 31 | Lloyd Mohns (born 1921) | turning 105 |
| July 31 | Markus Leikkari (born 1991) | turning 35 |
| July 31 | Reese Coffey (born 2004) | turning 22 |
| July 31 | Samantha Cicigoi (born 2006) | turning 20 |
| July 31 | Susan Alton† | would have turned 66 |
| July 31 | Thomas Barclay† | would have turned 141 |
Last updated: 17 July 2026
Days-Alive Milestones
| Person | Milestone | Date |
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| Frederick Strachan Oakley | 50,000 days alive | July 23, 2026 (in 6 days) |
| William John Wortley | 50,000 days alive | July 28, 2026 (in 11 days) |
| Jake Robinson (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | July 29, 2026 (in 12 days) |
| Alex Grant (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | August 01, 2026 (in 15 days) |
| Bill Maki (born 1917) | 40,000 days alive | August 03, 2026 (in 17 days) |
| Harold Nelson | 50,000 days alive | August 04, 2026 (in 18 days) |
| Gino Zuliani (born 1917) | 40,000 days alive | August 07, 2026 (in 21 days) |
| James Clement Oconnor | 50,000 days alive | August 07, 2026 (in 21 days) |
| Logan Mihalcin (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | August 08, 2026 (in 22 days) |
| Matt Cossette (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | August 09, 2026 (in 23 days) |
| Charles Edward Oldale | 50,000 days alive | August 13, 2026 (in 27 days) |
| Garrett Gammond (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | August 16, 2026 (in 30 days) |
| William Wright | 50,000 days alive | August 19, 2026 (in 33 days) |
| Tyler Szturm (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | August 21, 2026 (in 35 days) |
| James Thomas Somers | 50,000 days alive | August 23, 2026 (in 37 days) |
| Tony Goegan (born 1944) | 30,000 days alive | August 28, 2026 (in 42 days) |
| Samuel D Naylor | 50,000 days alive | August 30, 2026 (in 44 days) |
| Matthew Caruso (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 06, 2026 (in 51 days) |
| Alex Erwin (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 09, 2026 (in 54 days) |
| Ben Erwin (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 09, 2026 (in 54 days) |
| Dougie Newhouse (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 09, 2026 (in 54 days) |
| Hannah Armstrong (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 12, 2026 (in 57 days) |
| Allan Yuill | 50,000 days alive | September 14, 2026 (in 59 days) |
| Austin Dusak (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 14, 2026 (in 59 days) |
| Keon Fox (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 20, 2026 (in 65 days) |
| Jack Carlson (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | September 21, 2026 (in 66 days) |
| Joseph St Martin | 50,000 days alive | September 22, 2026 (in 67 days) |
| George William Mehagan | 50,000 days alive | September 24, 2026 (in 69 days) |
| Sandra Kenzie | 30,000 days alive | September 24, 2026 (in 69 days) |
| Frederick Stanworth | 50,000 days alive | September 25, 2026 (in 70 days) |
| Andrew Backen (born 1972) | 20,000 days alive | October 05, 2026 (in 80 days) |
| James Nichols | 50,000 days alive | October 06, 2026 (in 81 days) |
| Albert Charles Wright | 50,000 days alive | October 13, 2026 (in 88 days) |
| Brad Kukko (born 1972) | 20,000 days alive | October 14, 2026 (in 89 days) |
| Joseph Rea | 50,000 days alive | October 17, 2026 (in 92 days) |
| Bob Howard (born 1944) | 30,000 days alive | October 18, 2026 (in 93 days) |
| Donald McRae (CEF 199000) | 50,000 days alive | October 18, 2026 (in 93 days) |
| Joel Willan (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | October 19, 2026 (in 94 days) |
| Mary Flaherty (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | October 20, 2026 (in 95 days) |
| Robert Christie Pringle | 50,000 days alive | October 21, 2026 (in 96 days) |
| John Orr | 50,000 days alive | October 22, 2026 (in 97 days) |
| Dylan Anderson (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | October 24, 2026 (in 99 days) |
| Baldino Aiello (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | October 25, 2026 (in 100 days) |
| Dylan McRury (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | October 25, 2026 (in 100 days) |
| Jayden Wojciechowski (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | November 03, 2026 (in 109 days) |
| Lloyd Ailsby (born 1917) | 40,000 days alive | November 15, 2026 (in 121 days) |
| Errol Earnscliffe Pope | 50,000 days alive | November 16, 2026 (in 122 days) |
| Walter Ernest Plumridge | 50,000 days alive | November 20, 2026 (in 126 days) |
| Maxime Fortin (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | November 21, 2026 (in 127 days) |
| Andrew Urban (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | November 24, 2026 (in 130 days) |
| Kyle Savela (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | November 25, 2026 (in 131 days) |
| John Rainbow | 50,000 days alive | November 28, 2026 (in 134 days) |
| Julia Sciliano (born 1999) | 10,000 days alive | November 30, 2026 (in 136 days) |
| John Samuel | 50,000 days alive | December 04, 2026 (in 140 days) |
Last updated: 17 July 2026
Ancestry
- Through his paternal grandfather Jack (head of sales in the 1970s for Centra Gas in Port Arthur), he descends from a family involved in the rail industry, and previously the wool industry, arriving from Galashiels, Scotland, into Almonte, Ontario in 1882.
- Through his paternal grandmother Lucy Cooke, he descends from Welsh and English in the rail industry who immigrated to Winnipeg around 1913.
- Through his maternal grandfather Bruce Newman (an engineer of electrical power meters for Sangamo in Toronto in the 1960s), although born in New York, he descends from relatively wealthy Irish and English farmers who arrived around 1845 to Essex County, Ontario, ironically having the deepest roots in Canada among Michael's four grandparents.
- Through his maternal grandmother Ruth Coulter (an award-winning piano teacher), he descends from long-lived, deeply religious farmer immigrants, from Scotland (arriving 1841 to Puslinch, Ontario) and Ireland (arriving ~1840s to Milverton, Ontario).
Early life
He was born at 20:55 on 8 June 1982 at St. Joseph's Hospital in London, Ontario, Canada to Ron Currie and Mary Ann Currie. The eponym of his middle name is his mother's father, Bruce Newman. His birth was attended by Dr. George Fraser Fellows [2] [3] and Dr. David Brabyn [4].
At the time of his birth, his mother had just completed law school at the University of Western Ontario. A month after his birth, he moved permanently with his mother and father to Ron's hometown, living at 71 South Hill Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario. [5]
When his mother began articling to begin her law career in September 1982, his maternal grandmother Ruth Newman moved in to help raise him. She left in June 1983 after his father finished teaching for the school year.
His sister Carolyn was born 2 February 1985.
With his parents and sister he spent a year in Dijon, France, from Fall 1987 to Spring 1988, and during this time he attended l'école Marmuzots [which closed in 2022].
Besides this stint, he spent his formative years in Thunder Bay, attending Pine Street School from Kindergarten until Grade 6, École Gron Morgan Public School from Grade 7 to Grade 8, and Hammarskjold High School from Grade 9 until his Ontario Academic Credit (OAC, or Grade 13) year. He graduated from high school in June 2001.
See main article: Pine Street School
In August 2000 Currie produced Play on Words, directed by Samira Saramo [6], at the Thunder Bay Fringe Festival (organized by Dalton Cormier), in the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association building, 17 North Court Street.
In August 2000 Currie acted in Kim Hansen's summer stock production of Dirty Work at the Crossroads, acting as hillbilly "Mookie McGuggins" opposite Hansen, and others, including Jenny Costanzo [7]. The play was staged in the atrium of Old Fort William. That December, he also acted in a comedy show for a corporate event Hansen had booked.
In May 2001 Currie won an honourable mention in the BP/EUI Essay Contest.
In July 2001 Currie attended Shad Valley, at the Dalhousie University campus.
Adult life
From September 2001 Currie attended the Universty of Waterloo. He received his degree in Mathematical Sciences in Spring 2007.
From 2007 until 2016 Currie lived primarily in Calgary, Alberta, working at the Fraser Institute under Dr. Gerry Angevine, BMO Nesbitt Burns under Gary Perron, and at another independent investment management firm.
Since 2016 Currie has resided mostly in Asia. In 2018 he founded Fling (now known as Fling AI), which as of 2024 provides AI software and services for the logistics industry. From 2020 to 2025 was a director of the Thai-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Software
Currie has been interested in software since first learning BASIC with his babysitter Tracy Miller in about 1992. He later befriended Andrew Delong and developed small graphics programs from 1994 to 1998. He participated in Lakehead University's programming contests with Herman Hanschke and Richard Garrett in 1997, and attended a computer fair. Later he attended the University of Waterloo, taking computer science classes.
Publications
Currie, Michael Bruce. (2001). “A Solution to Transatlantic Trade Disputes.” Resolving and Preventing US-EU Trade Disputes: Six prize-winning essays from the BP/EUI transatlantic essay contest. ISSN: 1830-155X, Series/Number: EUI RSCAS DL, Publisher: European University Institute BP/EUI Essay Contest 2001 https://zenodo.org/records/59168
Avelino Javer, Michael Currie, Chee Wai Lee, Jim Hokanson, Kezhi Li, Céline N Martineau, Eviatar Yemini, Laura J Grundy, Chris Li, QueeLim Ch’ng, William R Schafer, Ellen AA Nollen, Rex Kerr, André EX Brown. (2016). “Open-source platform for analyzing and sharing *C. elegans* behavior data.” Nature Methods. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6284784/
Szigeti, B., Gleeson, P., Vella, M., Khayrulin, S., Palyanov, A., Hokanson, J., Currie, M. B., Cantarelli, M., Idili, G., Linaro, D., Birgiolas, J., et al. (2018). “OpenWorm: overview and recent advances in integrative biological simulation of Caenorhabditis elegans” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences **373** (1758). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0382
Srivilaithon, W., Khunkhlai, N., Currie, M. (2025). “Flight testing of drone-delivered automated external defibrillators for simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in suburban Thailand.” *Scientific Reports* **15**, 6936. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-91924-x
Currie, Michael B. "A life devoted to dance" (a biography of Thunder Bay's Amelia Jackson). Bayview Magazine, 23 September 2023. [8]
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Self-published:
Currie, Michael Bruce (2025). “Glass Houses: Why Offensive Weapons Force K2 Civilizations to Transcend.” Medium. https://medium.com/@michaelbcurrie/glass-houses-why-offensive-weapons-force-k2-civilizations-to-transcend-473765fdccd7
Currie, Michael Bruce (2026). “Darwinian, Not Engineered: How the Singularity Might Happen without AGI.” Medium. https://michaelbcurrie.medium.com/the-darwinian-singularity-how-autonomous-ai-agents-may-bootstrap-superintelligence-07063283dbe0
Relatives
Michael has seven immediate family members: himself, his parents, one sister, Carolyn Trottier, a brother-in-law, Maxime Trottier, and twin nephews Cole Trottier and Bentley Trottier.
Michael has twelve first cousins. In total 33 + 14 children of cousins makes 47 individuals to keep track of, or 54 including his immediate family members also.
| Branch | Michael's grandparents | Siblings of Michael's parents | Spouses of Michael's parents' siblings | First cousins | Spouses of first cousins | Children of first cousins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Currie | Jack Currie, Lucy Currie | Bill Currie, Doug Currie | Eleanor Currie, Loraine Currie | 4: Ian Currie, Jeff Currie, Janet Kelk, Dave Currie | Bonnie Currie, Owen Kelk, Jackie Currie | 7: Grady Currie, Abbey Currie, Jacob Kelk, Alex Kelk, Liam Kelk, Samuel Currie, Theo Currie |
| Newman | Bruce Newman, Ruth Newman | Sandra Kenzie, Lynn Newman | Jim Kenzie, Mike Atherton | 8: Alex Atherton, Andrew Atherton, Vanessa Atherton, Stephen Atherton, Megan Kenzie, Meredith Kenzie, Laura Kenzie, Patrick Kenzie | 6: Jon Vernon, Tim Ellis, Jonathan Van Viegen, Monique Labelle, Alison Ward, Samantha Gray | 7: Benjamin Atherton, Holly Atherton, Bridget Atherton, Dominic Atherton, Brynn Ellis, Aria Van Viegen, Charlotte Van Viegen |
This is a cumulative total of 28 individuals. It's notable that while all grandparents are dead, all the others are still alive.
21 on the Currie side, and 27 on the Newman side, for a total of 48. Adding immediate family gives 55, of which 15 are not blood relations.
Michael has 88 additional people to track if one considers second cousins. This figure does not include spouses or Lloyd Cooke's children, the names of whom are currently unknown. So 88 + 54 = 142, including spouses and children of second cousins, another 50 people, so perhaps 200 people to keep track of.
Including all aunts, uncles, grandparents, grandaunts, granduncles, great grandparents, and 2nd cousins once removed, that is 8 + 18 + perhaps 12 cousins more for each side, so perhaps another 50 at least. So his 2nd cousin tree of relations, containing the collective descendants of Alex Currie, John Cooke, Clint Newman, and Joseph Coulter, contains about 100 - 110 individuals.
- 3rd Cousins**
It's likely Michael has perhaps 300 third cousins, for a total number of relatives out to that level including all descendants, reaching a figure as high as 600.
Childhood Occupations
Michael delivered papers for the Chronicle-Journal, along Hill Street South, from Bay Street to Red River Road. His boss was a man called Glen. He started the route around 22 August 1992; he inherited it from John Clouthier, Katherine's brother. Geoff Holtby covered the two blocks immediately south on Hill. Having a paper route gave him the opportunity to know his neighbours. He quit the route around the time he began high school, in 1996.
His next job was working at the local cinema, just as it opened: SilverCity Thunder Bay. He worked there from May 1999 until he finished High School, in June 2001.
For Currie's later career, please see his LinkedIn profile.
Hobbies
Debate
Michael enjoyed competitive debating from 1996 to 2005. He was Thunder Bay city champion with Andrew Campbell and Aaron Blazina in 1997 and 1999 [1], and again in 2001 with Adam Johns and Kim Chiew. He also re-founded the University of Waterloo Debating Society in Fall 2001 with several other people, including Katya Zolotkova, Karim Hasanen, and Chris Ferguson, and he was president for several terms. He competed in the intercollegiate debate circuit from Fall 2001 to 2005, attending events including WUDC 2001 (Toronto), WUDC 2002 (Stellenbosch), Harvard Invitational (Fall 2002), and numerous events across Eastern Canada.
Podcasting
From 2016 to 2020 Currie has been a co-host and producer with the Let's Make The Future podcast, which has produced about 20 episodes as of 2019.
Piano
Michael took piano lessons from Fall 1988 until 2004, taking a break during the 1991-1992 school year, and from 2001 to 2003. His first teacher was Joy Fahrenbruck. From about 1998 to 2001 he was taught by Rick Dewell. In 2003 he practiced at University Settlement on Grange Road in Toronto, twice at Don Mills C.I., and in the fall at the Royal Conservatory of Music (just private practicing, without any formal affiliation to the school). At Waterloo he practiced at Conrad Grebel University College in 2003 and 2004.
Local History
Michael since 2018 written for thunderbay.wiki (previously Curriepedia) and Bayview Magazine on the history of Thunder Bay, especially during the economic boom at the turn of the 19th century. Since 2026 he is a member of The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society. See this list of other local historians of Thunder Bay.
Dancing
Michael remembers a "Ballroom at School" lady visiting once at Gron Morgan around 1994-1996 to teach partner lessons, but cannot remember when or who (perhaps it was Dolores Niskanen?). Aside from that, Michael took his first dance lessons in Fall 1998, at the Dance Centre of Northwestern Ontario, owned by Gina Almgren. He took classes there in Fall 1998 and Winter 1999, ending in a performance at the Thunder Bay Community Auditorium.
Michael next took ballroom dancing classes with partner Tanya Oja, instructed by Dolores Niskanen in Fall 1999. He didn't do any further dancing until after University.
Currie first took up partner dancing seriously in January 2006, beginning with salsa dancing. From January 2007 to February 2017, Currie pursued a competitive dance hobby in International Latin dance.
Michael Currie was born in Ontario, Canada. After university, he started dancing salsa at the clubs and in the dance studios of New York City. After moving to Calgary, Alberta in 2007, he took up International Latin dancing.
Competitions
Since his first competition on 1 March 2008, he's competed mostly in Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta, but also eight times in Vancouver: for Grand Ball from 2010-2013, and Snowball Classic from 2011-2013 and in 2015. In September 2010 he competed at Embassy Ball in Irvine, California, and in July 2014 he competed at a WDSF World Championship event in Italy.
He's also competed at the Canada DanceSport Canadian Closed Championships each Easter for six consecutive years from 2010 to 2015: in 2010 (in Calgary), 2011 (in Toronto), 2012 (in Vancouver), 2013 (in Halifax), 2014 (in Montréal), and 2015 (in Calgary).
Best Results
With Clarice Yau, he won the Adult Pre-Championship Latin events at Wild Rose Ball in 2010 and Snowball Classic in 2011.
On 13 July 2014, in Rimini, Italy, with Michelle Chan he competed at the WDSF Senior I Latin World Championships, finishing 19th of 43 couples. Michelle and Michael qualified for this event by finishing second at the 2014 Canadian Championships in this age category.
On 3 April 2015, before a hometown crowd, Michael repeated his second place result in Senior I Latin at the Canadian Championships, this time with a different partner, Angela Mulrooney.
Partnership and coaching history
Currie has had seven dance partners. In syllabus he danced with Anna Zhu from 2008 to 2009, then at the pre-championship and championship levels he has danced with:
- Clarice Yau (April 2009 - August 2011),
- Angelina Sotnikova (September 2011 - May 2012),
- Michelle Chan (May 2012 - 2014),
- Angela Mulrooney (2015),
- Jacqueline Petrohay (2015 - February 2016), and
- Denise Yang (February 2016 - February 2017).
Currie was based from 2007 to 2017 in Calgary, Alberta and during that time was coached by Dany Desloges [9] [10], and few times by his wife Gosha Zelinska. He has also taken lessons with Vibeke Toft, Maurizio Vescovo, Andra Vaidilaite, Anna Trebunskaya, Nikolai Voronovich, Maria Nikolishina, Slavik Kryklyvyy, Andrej Skufca, Richard Porter, and several dancers affiliated with Team Diablo in Italy. He attended multi-day training camps with Maurizio Vescovo in Toronto in July 2011, in Molinella, Italy at Team Diablo in July 2014, at the Dutch Open in Assen, Netherlands in November 2014, and in Caorle, Italy for Team Diablo in July 2015.
Other activites
From May 2012 to May 2015 Currie served on the Board of Directors for DanceSport Alberta Association (DSAB) [www.dancesportalberta.org], a regional body in Canada that forms part of Canada DanceSport (CDS), the Canadian chapter of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF). During that time he also volunteered as treasurer for DSAB. He was co-chairman of the 25th Alberta Winter Classic, held 22 March 2014 in Calgary. From 2015 to 2017 he founded and chaired a program called Ballroom at School www.ballroomatschool.org, which introduced ballroom dancing to about five Calgary-area schools, including Sir Wilfrid Laurier Public School, in January 2016 and January 2017 [11].
— Michael Currie, dance biography, on World DanceSport Federation website [[12]]
After moving to Asia, Currie has mostly stopped dancing, except for occasional social dance events. He was a member of the Bangkok Touch Bachata Team, led by Alex and Saori, for 3 seasons around 2019. His partner was Rosana "Sana" Siripong.
On 5 July 2019, Currie and the Bangkok Touch performed at the "COLADA" The Original Latin Dance Congress 2019. [13].
Death
As of 2019 according to actuarial tables, Currie's expected year of death is 2057, at age 75.
Sources
[1] Self
[2] WikiTree
[3] Chronicle-Journal, 17 June 1999. Page A3 [14]