About

After 12 years of working as a journalist, writer, marketer and PR professional (and briefly as a caddy on the LPGA tour) I am the proud Stay-At-Home Dad to our kids Clara and Ryker.

Dashing Dad

Dashing Dad was created to share my unique perspective as a full-time Stay-At-Home Dad in Calgary. On this site I share some of our favourite things to do, places to go and people to see as well as stories of our daily life and lessons learned.

The bulk of my content is shared with my 14,000+ followers on Instagram.

Press

Dashing Dad was nominated for Best Blogger and Best Influencer in the 2019 Best of Calgary Awards and finished second runner-up in both categories.

Dashing Dad was interviewed on CTV Morning Live.

Dashing Dad has been featured in Calgary’s Child Magazine as well as on the Local Laundry blog. Dashing Dad is also featured as one of the 12 best parenting blogs you should follow in Canada, As well as one of Canada’s Top 50 Canada Parenting Blogs and Websites.

Lastly, Dashing Dad has received rave reviews from his niece including “What’s a blog?” and “Why would you write that?”

Collaborations

Dashing Dad has worked with a large number of brands including:

If you’d like to work together feel free to reach out to my agency Ashmin Communications at collab@ashmincommunications.com.

More Information

For more information on us check out Our Story and the Dashing Family Birth Story.

*Dashing Dad is run in part with the help from Google Ads and Amazon Affiliate program. Ads displayed on this site are not necessarily endorsed by us. Products recommended with Amazon Affiliate are products or similar to ones we have used and are not influenced by the availability on Amazon. If it’s not on Amazon, we will link elsewhere. If you see an ad you like or a product you’re thinking of buying, clicking through the blog is a great way to help this little blog grow. Thanks!