Mr. Rob Cassibo This is Me

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1. 1. trentmagazine.ca

   www.trentmagazine.ca/vol32no2/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/27/2006   Last Visited: 11/9/2007

   Rob Cassibo '83 received the distinction from TV Ontario in June 2000. Rob is a science teacher at Manitoulin Secondary School and plays a leadership role with the High School Science Olympiad.
   
   Thanking educators was on Mary Polito '85's mind when she celebrated her pH in English Literature from York University on June 12, 2000. Her appreciation was extended to her professors at Trent University, the Sisters of St. Joseph and the late Dennis Sweeting '74.
   
   Her doctoral dissertation was a study of the relation between Shakespearean theatre and the law.

2. 2. www.thesudburystar.com

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   Published on: 1/21/2008   Last Visited: 1/21/2008

   He narrowly escaped machete-wielding bandits in South America and was chased within inches of being trampled by African elephants. He walked away unscathed after inadvertently relieving himself on a cobra and survived getting slammed off the road by a hit-and-run motorist in China. But for Rob Cassibo, the most [...] The Sudbury Star - Ontario, CA
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   Rob Cassibo takes a break near Ayer's Rock in Australia's Northern Territory. CMYK; Handling slick winter roads has been a common task for Rob Cassibo during his global journey.; Rob Cassibo takes a break near a wall of ice.; Rob Cassibo picked up a hood ornament during his time in Tibet.; Rob Cassibo donned a Shrek outfit in Siberia.; Rob Cassibo poses at the summit of a peak in the Ural Mountains.
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   But for Rob Cassibo, the most enduring memories from a round-the-world cycling adventure will be simple human kindnesses and hospitality found in what many Westerners would consider the unlikeliest of places.
   
   "People ask me, 'Can you take one thing in particular from the trip?' And that would be that, there are far more good people on this planet than bad," says Cassibo, a former Manitoulin Island high school teacher who spent six years cycling 110,000 kilometres through 81 countries.
   
   "At the end of the day, when I look back and see the genuine acts of kindness that people bestowed on me, it puts us to shame."
   
   Cassibo received multiple awards for his science teaching exploits at Manitoulin Secondary School before his students helped convince him in 2001 to follow through on his dream of cycling around the globe.
   
   What initially began as a two-year leave from teaching evolved into a six-year odyssey that cost him his job, his Manitoulin log home and his entire savings.
   
   After completing the journey in December, Cassibo says he has no regrets.
   
   He would dearly love to return to teaching on his beloved Manitoulin Island, but he acknowledges that with declining enrolments and a tough job market, that prospect appears slim.
   
   For now, Cassibo is contemplating writing a book on his remarkable travels, as well as the possibility of speaking tours at area schools. He only recently began publicizing his story due to his father's death in December - on the same day he completed his worldwide tour at the starting point in LIttle Current.
   
   "Two hours after I finished, I got word that my dad passed away," he says from his parents' home in Bancroft in eastern Ontario.
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   Several weeks later, Cassibo says, he was back in the same area after being forced to backtrack on his route. He was devastated by the site he encountered - the catastrophe from the October 2005 Kashmir Earthquake that killed at least 73,000 Pakistanis and hundreds, perhaps thousands more in India and other countries.
   
   The man who had helped him weeks earlier "was dead," Cassibo says.

3. 3. www.manitoulin.ca

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   Published on: 12/12/2007   Last Visited: 12/16/2007

   Rob Cassibo returning to Island
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   It's almost certain to be Rob Cassibo, a guy last seen in these parts, oh, six years, 81 countries, and some 100,000-plus kilometres ago.
   
   Mr. Cassibo, a popular Manitoulin Secondary teacher who earned acclaim in the late 1990s for his ability to galvanize students' interest in science (and lead them to impressive showings in international Science Olympiads), is wrapping up an incredible, globe-spanning odyssey that began when he rolled off the Island in 2001, chasing a dream to cycle the world.
   
   Since that time, the teacher-on-indefinite-leave has propelled himself through South America, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltics, Russia, China, India, Southeast Asia and New Zealand. And this is just a partial list of the places he's been.
   
   During this epic journey, he's been threatened by robbers, chased by elephants, hit by a truck, lunged at by a leopard, and shaken up pretty badly by an earthquake. If he blows a tire on the bumpy deck of the swing bridge, let's just assume it will be something he could probably shake off.
   
   Particularly given that this transition will represent the culmination of his gruelling multi-year adventure. The finish line.
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   Meanwhile: if you're reading this, Rob, wherever you are, welcome back.