Malkin Dare began her career as an elementary school teacher after graduating with a BA in English literature from the University of Western Ontario and a teaching diploma from London Teachers' College. She later joined the Department of External Affairs and served in Hong Kong and Barbados. Mrs. Dare has completed the academic requirements for Certified Management Accountant. As a result of her concern for the state of education in Ontario, she was one of the founding members of the Organization for Quality Education (OQE). She was OQE's founding president, a director of the Society for Advancing Educational Research in Education, and the author of How to Get the Right Education for Your Child and Stairway to Reading. Mrs. Dare, the mother of two, is currently the President of the Society for Quality Education and a reading tutor.