Rick HUGHES

Mr Hughes was my 10th and 12th grade english tecaher. He taught us all to write the perfect essay which came in handy through my years at University. He also gave me an enduring love of Shakespeare. My fondest memories included him wearing birkenstocks in winter and convincing our entire class to take the day and join the field trip to stratford ontario for a box lunch and Shakespeare. He was a remarkable teacher. I am so sorry for his families loss.

Thank you Mr. Hughes for being such a great coach, teacher, and director. You made my years of high school memorable and kept me coming back for more (I teach high school now). RIP and all the best to your family. You will be sorely missed.

Dear Hughes Family,

Rick was a fraternity brother of mine at Theta Delta Chi. I recall that he was deeply involved in literature and film. The last time I saw Rick was at the 1989 Genie Awards
presentation in Toronto. He seemed delighted and proud to be a part of the Canadian film industry.

I wish you as much peace as possible as you grieve your loss.

Rick taught me grade 10 English. He was a delight. I've never enjoyed a class more. He told me I was very funny and enjoyed the way I wrote. His encouragement inspired me to become a writer. We reunited through Facebook later in life and he came to my house for dinner and met my family. We had many talks about writing. I was honored he was the first one to read my novel and prodded me to send it out to publishers. I was so glad to be able to tell him it is being published in...

So very sorry for your loss. All the memories shared by his students, is a testiment of what a wondeful teacher and man, he was. He will be greatly missed.

You will be greatly missed - thank you for being the light that you were

Respected and loved by his many students at Sir John A Macdonald. As a grateful parent I saw this first hand. And as the stories of Rick's life keeps unfolding may your family feel closer together in knowing he is important to us and because he is a wonderful man.

Sorry for your loss. Rick was an exceptional teacher. My one big remembrance of him was a note he left when I took over one of his classes in a portable and he said "the lights are dangerous, turn one set on and the other off, every 15 minutes switch them as they can cause cancer". I never forgot that!! He was a gentle, caring man with a dry sense of humour.