Peter Skeris has been an active observer of development of the city having lived in Mississauga, Canada, for the past 25 years. His background is in social sciences, and his PhD publication on reference groups is available in University of Toronto Robarts Library. He has participated in research projects directed by David Hulchanski of the Social Work Department of University of Toronto, as well as done research for the Center of Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). In his other capacities he has dealt with immigration issues in a federal constituency office and while serving as president of Polycultural Immigrant and Community Services (PICS) that has several branches throughout Greater Toronto Area. He has instructed the teachers of GTHA on innovative methods of teaching online, as promoted by the federally sponsored program LearnIT2Teach. He has presented on management issues at The International Society of Automation (ISA TECH) conferences in Los Angeles and Philadelphia.