I can think of several famous Canadians, such as David Lyon (Queens) and Steve Mann (Toronto) A few have even heard of me. In Italy: Leopoldina Fortunati (Udine) In Israel: Gustavo Mesch, Sheizaf Rafaeli, Ilan Talmud - all at Haifa (hope this isn't a British server, or else it may boycott) In Japan, Kakuko Miyata In UK: Bill Dutton (American until 10 years ago), Bernie Hogan -- both at OII (but Bernie is a Canadian -- or even better, a Newfie) And then there is the special case of Manuel Castells, Spanish raised, became famous in France, became internet involved in US, and now cycles between US and Catalonia Apologies, if I have forgotten some of my best friends' names. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________