He is a graduate of Fanshawe College Photography and Post-Graduate Advanced Photography programs. He has covered issues surrounding the socioeconomic degradation of Detroit and its Canadian neighbor, Windsor ON. in mid-2009, the Vancouver Olympics Opposition movement, and the chaotic events of Toronto’s 2010 G20 summit. Ty’s work has been published in many print and online magazines, including Rabble.ca, Applied Arts Magazine and (Cult)ure Magazine. He was a recipient of the Applied Arts Magazine student award for Photography in 2008.