His parents were members of the local Christian Reformed Church and he attended private Christian elementary and secondary schools before enrolling at The King's College (now King's University College) in Edmonton and then transferring to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to earn his physics and mathematics degree.
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The oldest of five children, he was raised with three siblings on an organic vegetable farm to the south of Edmonton in the county of Leduc.
Delwyn Vriend was fired from his job at a church run college because he was gay.