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Education
Nelson Chan, Lydia Hwitsum and Lori Simcox have been appointed, by the provincial government, to Royal Roads University’s board of governors. Chan is chief financial officer for the Capital Regional District, Capital Regional Hospital District and Capital Region Housing Corp. Hwitsum is a principal for Hwitsum Consulting and board chair of the First Nations Health Authority. Simcox, a member of the Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation, is a certified management consultant and has led consulting projects for the federal government and private business.
Finance
Sothi Thillairajah, Pratheev Sreetharan and David Berg have been appointed chief executive officer, chief technology officer and entrepreneur-in-residence, and chief investment officer, respectively, at Block One Capital Inc.
Health/Medical
Deputy provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has been appointed as the first woman in the role of provincial health officer. Henry replaced Dr. Perry Kendall, who retired on January 31. Henry’s career includes tackling a wide variety of public-health concerns and challenges within Canada and abroad. These include supporting the Stop Transmission of polio program in Pakistan in 2000; working with the World Health Organization on the Ebola outbreak in Uganda in 2001; and, as associate medical officer of health for the City of Toronto, leading the operational response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in the city in 2003.
Legal
Restructuring and insolvency lawyer William Skelly has joined MLT Aikins LLP’s Vancouver office. Skelly also practises in the areas of commercial lending and real estate, and has worked with many of Canada’s largest financial institutions and court officers.
Mary Childs has joined Miller Thomson’s Vancouver office as associate counsel in the social impact group. Childs provides advice to a variety of charities, co-operatives, non-profits and social enterprises.
Public
Rod Hoffmeister and David McLean have been appointed honorary colonel and honorary lieutenant-colonel, respectively, with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada’s Vancouver infantry regiment. Hoffmeister was promoted after serving as the Seaforth’s honorary lieutenant-colonel for the past six years; he is also the director of the Seaforth Museum and Archives. McLean is currently chairman of McLean Group of Companies and chairman emeritus of the Canadian National Railway Co. Formed in 1910 by members of the local Scottish community, the Seaforths have served as volunteer soldiers, supporting Canada in every major Canadian Forces overseas mission, including the two world wars and most recently Afghanistan.
Resources
Edward Rochette, a director of Pepcap Resources Inc., has been appointed interim CEO for the company. Claus Andrup, a former director, president and CEO of the company, has been appointed interim CFO and interim corporate secretary; Andrup has resigned as a director. David Anthony has been appointed as a director of the company. The company is in the process of commencing a search for a permanent CEO, CFO and corporate secretary.
Mike Richardson was recently elected president by the Truck Loggers Association (TLA) membership. With 42 years of experience in the forest industry, Richardson will represent TLA member interests to both government and industry. He is currently a partner in Tsibass Construction Ltd., a stump-to-dump logging contactor based out of Campbell River. He spent 14 years of his career working for both a major licensee and a First Nations licensee. The TLA represents 489 independent forest contractors and their suppliers operating in B.C.
Patricia Tirschmann has retired as vice-president, exploration, at North American Nickel Inc.; she joined the firm in 2014. Tirschmann has more than 29 years of experience specializing in magmatic nickel-copper sulphide deposits and will remain as technical adviser to the company. The company’s chief geologist, Peter Lightfoot, will assume the role of qualified person and provide technical leadership to the firm.
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Coast Capital Savings donated $13,100 to Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland’s Go Girls! program, aimed at girls aged 11 to 14. These funds will help the organization match at-risk girls with supportive mentors through its group mentoring program.
The Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation Canada donated $20,204 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. The funds were used to purchase a chloridometer, used to diagnose cystic fibrosis.
National Bank Private Banking 1859 donated $20,000 to Streetohome Foundation to fund supportive housing and homelessness prevention initiatives.
Quality Move Management Inc. (QMM), the first dedicated corporate relocation agent for Allied Van Lines in North America, moved and donated 52,285 pounds of food to local food banks recently. The donation is equivalent to 43,570 meals. QMM is in partnership with Move For Hunger, a non-profit organization that mobilizes the relocation industry to fight hunger and reduce food waste. •
