Born 1961 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, Brad Lombardo moved with his family to southern Spain in the mid-1970s. He returned to his hometown in 1980 and enrolled at the University of Windsor, graduating with a General B.A. in Spanish and an Honors B.A. in International Relations.
After receiving a Master's degree in Political Science from McGill University, he moved to Toronto in 1990, where he briefly worked in television before completing his Bachelor in Education at the University of Toronto.
For the past several years he has been a Spanish language instructor for the York Region District School Board.
Author Publications
Online News Articles
A former starstruck reporter recalls interviewing the great Jean Beliveau, www.seniortimes.com, June 14, 2020
Henri Richard's final farewell was a sign of the times in the age of coronavirus, www.seniortimes.com, June 6, 2020
Book
From Triumph To Tragedy In The NHL, Create Space, a division of Amazon, 2015
My first book! - there is still an unpublished manuscript - "From Triumph To Tragedy In The Early NHL" (featuring tragic hockey stories about Hod Stuart, Joe Hall, Georges Vezina, Charlie Gardiner, Howie Morenz, Bill Barilko). Email me if you have any ideas on bringing it to press!
Academic Journal Article
Canada's Bilateral Aid Program to Tanzania, McGill Journal of Political Economy, Montreal, Quebec, May 1989
A very abbreviated version of my McGill Univeristy Master's Thesis was published in an academic journal, the only article in that edition which was Canadian foreign policy themed.
Newspaper Articles
Legendary Rocket still a star in Montreal, The Senior Times Newspaper, March 7, 1990 - my favourite newspaper article!
Jean Beliveau: The heart of the Canadiens, The Senior Times Newspaper, January 18, 1990
Sam Pollock: building a championship, The Senior Times Newspaper, December 20, 1989
Theatre 1774 debuts with Eco, The Senior Times Newspaper, November 8, 1989
Dick Irvin: a winning tradition, The Senior Times Newspaper, September 6, 1989
Fulfilling a dream: the career of Henri Richard, The Senior Times Newspaper, July 6, 1989
First Westmount Seniors' Fair, The Senior Times Newspaper, April 19, 1989
Developing business in the Third World, The McGill Daily, November 11, 1987
Parallel Park, The Lance Newspaper, April 11, 1985 - my first interview story: Hockey Hall of Famer Brad Park
Glen Sorestad: poet of the land, The Lance Newspaper, November 21, 1985
A History of the Lance (special section), The Lance Newspaper, November 15, 1985
Pinochet: the man with the iron hand, The Lance Newspaper, October 25, 1985
To have and to hold, The Lance Newspaper, September 12, 1985
Homage to Aleixandre, The Lance Newspaper, January 17, 1985
Brautigan gone fishing, The Lance Newspaper, November 6, 1984
The Horror of Walking Blindly: The Poetry of Spanish America, The Lance Newspaper, February 23, 1984
Miro: candor and casualness, The Lance Newspaper, January 20, 1984
Sounds like the truth, The Lance Newspaper, November 24, 1983
Garcia Lorca: The assassination of a poet, The Lance Newspaper, October 20, 1983 - my first newspaper article!
Poems
Cafe, Generation '82 Literary Journal, University of Windsor, 1982 - my first-ever publication!
Vision, The Seed At Zero (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), January 10, 1983
Death of a Young Man, The Seed At Zero (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), April 1, 1983
Flame, The Seed At Zero (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), April 1, 1983
Spain, The Seed At Zero (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), April 1, 1983
Poisy to New York, the Seed At Zero (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), April 1, 1983
Tree, The Parallax Measure (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), November 24, 1983
Agony, Skullduggery (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), October 25, 1984
A field near Malaga, Skullduggery (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), October 25, 1984
In Memory, Skullduggery (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), October 25, 1984
Shadow, Skullduggery (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), November 29, 1984
Flame, Generation '84 Literary Journal, University of Windsor, 1984
It is April, Skullduggery (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), April 18, 1985
Autumn song, The Labyrinth (literary supplement, The Lance Newspaper), October 17, 1985
