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Former Civics Professor Roger Thompson achieves Harvard certification

Roger Thompson (MA’94, BA’89/91) returns to Canada after seven years teaching top-ranked civic ideals course in South Korea, now launching his online tutoring career with Harvard certification.

Posted: August 11, 2025

Thompson wearing a Harvard sweater.

Roger Thompson (MA'94, BA'89/91) taught the civic ideals of President Kennedy and Atticus Finch at Kyung Hee University in South Korea for seven years and it was the top-ranked class in the programme. It even drew praise from Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, who gave him a copy of JFK's book Profiles In Courage. Now he is back in Canada and transitioning to a new career as an online tutor, and to aid him he has just been certified by Harvard University for an online course called We The People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy. The course was taught by the renowned Professor Danielle Allen and his final grade was 95%. With this certification from an Ivy League school under his belt, he looks forward to starting his new career online.