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EDITORIAL

3 Voluntary Service and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Gordon C. Allan

SCHOOL LIFE

4 HEADlines: We need Action to Yield Change by N.R.L. (Nigel) Toy

5 From the Chair: A Vision for the Future by Rob Cruickshank

6 Service and Charity: An Interview with Heather Morris Interviewed by Gordon C. Allan

10 Cubs Scouts Return to Saints by Greg Devenish

13 Volunteering – The Ultimate Reward by Tim Shaddick

14 Heart-to-Heart by Kevin Chan '09

15 Terry Fox Run by Danette Mortimer

18 Hamper Drive by Elizabeth Knox

21 A Diversity of Interests: Clubs and Service Opportunities by Martha Bassett

24 56 Years of the St. George’s Fair by Leslie Bentley

26 Looking Back at Boarding with Norma Parker Interviewed by Gordon C. Allan

THE GEORGIANS’ SECTION

28 Alex Tsukumis: A Reflection on the Presidency of The Georgians Interviewed by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

30 End Poverty Now: Nejeed Kassam ‘04 Interviewed by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

33 Spread the Love: Justin Segal ‘08 Interviewed by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

34 Saving Four Lives at a Time: Steve Kenning ’00 Interviewed by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

35 Making Democracies and Corporations Work: Dr. Mark Latham ’70 Interviewed by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

36 Who’s Who: Looking Back at Recent Georgian Events—A Photographic Display

38 The Flag Bearer: Donovan Tildesley '02 Interviewed by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

39 Georgian Snapshots Compiled by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

44 2008 Georgian Honours Recipients Compiled by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

46 Saints’ Notes Compiled by Elizabeth Knox and Bryan R. Ide ‘99

50 Calling All Georgians Compiled by Bryan R. Ide ‘99

Front Cover: Former Head Boy, Andrew Cliff '08 on a service initiative in Peru.

As Vancouver’s City Council and VANOC prepare for the 2010 Olympic andParalympic Games, the issue of homelessness in the downtown core hassuddenly become a hot issue. Although the impetus to address this issue

may not be grounded in altruism, the fact remains that a growing number ofpeople are now more aware of the problem. Moreover, a simple solutionappears to be elusive.

Unfortunately, resolving complex social issues like homelessness requires morethan intelligent people merely reflecting on theories of social justice. We alsoneed individuals who have first-hand experience living and working withpeople in a variety of contexts. We need those who can take their combinedexperience and knowledge to analyse and find very real solutions. This is whereschools can play a greater role through well-developed Voluntary Serviceprograms.

According to Rahima Wade, Professor of Elementary Social Studies at theUniversity of Iowa, in order to help our young to understand and work towardsa socially just society, we must allow them to identify the root causes ofinjustice and develop strategies to eliminate these problems. Historical,political, and sociological analysis is a good place to start, and getting ourstudents out into the real world is what will ultimately bring the theoreticalconstructs alive and impress upon the boys their civic responsibilities.

St. George’s has always embraced voluntary-based service, whether it isthrough the Terry Fox Run, the Hamper Drive or, more recently, building aschoolhouse in Peru. In total, excluding individual service projects, the Schoolsupports close to 40 service and charity events. However, we also know thatauthentic service-learning projects need to be ongoing and sustainable.Therefore, the School has created the role of Services and Charity Coordinator,a position currently held by Heather Morris. In an interview with Heather in thisedition of The Dragon, you can read about her vision for community service atthe School and, in particular, the creation of a Global Perspectives andVoluntary Service Program. This program aims to encourage both students andstaff to be involved in good citizenship and global awareness.

We are also proud to profile some of our Georgians who have founded theirown charities to battle malaria, alleviate poverty around the globe, buildschools in impoverished villages, and to improve our corporate and democraticinstitutions. These profiles are augmented by a section entitled, “GeorgianSnapshots,” highlighting other Georgians who are making a difference.

The School’s Mission Statement concludes with the statement: “We encouragethe pursuit of excellence in all endeavours and the acceptance of responsibilityfor the betterment of society.” Voluntary Service will continue to play a vital rolein realizing this objective. We look forward to the evolution of our VoluntaryService program and the ongoing commitment of our students, staff, andGeorgians to a better world.

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FROM THE MANAGING EDITOR

“

VOLUNTARY SERVICE

by Gordon C. Allan, Managing Editor

We know that

authentic service-

learning projects

need to be ongoing

and sustainable.

“

AND THE PURSUIT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE

I felt quite inspired on this topic when Irecently attended a breakfast event topromote the incredible service work that theKielburger brothers have been involved in.The School was made very much aware oftheir project and the Free the Childrencampaign last year when they visited with us.It was founded in 1995 by 12-year old CraigKielburger when he became aware that therewere 250 million child labourers in the world.It is now the world’s largest network of“children helping children through edu-cation”, with more than one million youngpeople involved in its innovative programs in45 countries.

The actual breakfast was hosted and sponso-red by the Lorne Segal Family, whose sonMatthew attends St. George's School anddaughter Chanelle is at Crofton House School.They both spoke of their recent experiencesin Africa, which was followed by MarcKielburger announcing the inaugural Me ToWe Day for Vancouver on September 28, 2009.This is to be a huge gathering of youth withthe Dalai Lama in attendance to make themaware of the global challenges and set thestage for a year-long program that willempower youth to change the world.

There is never a day that we as citizens are notconfronted with images or words concerning

the plight of our fellow humans in the world.All too often, we remain immune to thegenuine suffering, poverty, and desecrationof the environment. Yes, we make donationsto the many agencies that seek to ease thepain and try to make the world a better place,but do we really commit? St. George's Schoolhas recently embarked on a comprehensiveinitiative to bring students into greaterawareness of how they can help in needyparts of the country and the world.

The Global Perspectives and VoluntaryService Program was formulated with amission to promote just that. A specialCoordinator from the Faculty has beenappointed, with a time allocation and budgetto lead the project. She will provide a strategicdirection and a structure to entrench theprogram in the life of the School. It isexpected all students at all grade levels willbe involved and work towards morechallenging commitments in their senioryears. Much of this has been possible throughthe generosity of the Lau Family through theDavid & Dorothy Lam Foundation.

Citizenship and stewardship are two powerfulwords that embody a true mission for theworld to confront the ills that beset it. We allconsciously believe that it is important to givesomething back to society and by extension

to make the world abetter place. Asimportantly, we havea historic obligationto preserve thenatural order ofthings and pass themon to the nextgeneration. Thesenoble and worthyideals are at the heartof any program.However, aseducators, elders, and

parents we need to inculcate the belief that itis action that will yield change. Many of theyounger generation understand this and areway ahead.

Today, there are thousands of worthyinitiatives in the world that demonstratechange is possible. The Me to We campaign isabout children helping children and has thepotential to provide a generation with a truesocial conscience. The world is an excitingjuxtaposition of peoples and places, but wehave to help each other and we all need topreserve and protect that same world inwhich we all live. Such a simple solution willonly be achieved by humanitarian deeds or, inthe words of our School Mission, we can makea difference:

“St. George's is a community committedto the love of learning, the joy of living,and the healthy growth of body, mindand spirit. We encourage the pursuit ofexcellence in all endeavours and theacceptance of responsibility for thebetterment of society.”

Sine Timore Aut Favore (Without Fear or Favour)

We Need Action to Yield Change

“

HEADlines

N.R.L. (Nigel) Toy, Headmaster

“

Recent Dragon publications have focused on a particular theme

of School Life; this edition is centred on the broad area of Service

and Charity and how St. George's School is contributing.

Citizenship and stewardship

are two powerful words that

embody a true mission for

the world to confront the ills

that beset it.

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Headmaster Toy with Craig Kielburger

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A VISION FOR THE FUTURE:THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AT ST. GERORGE’S SCHOOL AND BEYOND

“

FROM THE CHAIR

This is an exciting time for the School.

We expect the new Vision and resulting

Strategic Plan to be bold while still

maintaining the School's current

strengths and core values.

“

It is said that the role of the Board of Directors is to hire

and steward the Headmaster, to work with the

Headmaster and his Senior Leadership Team to create a

Strategic Plan, and finally, to assist in raising the funds

necessary to complete the Strategic Plan. It is the second

of these three duties I would like to address in this article.

The 2005–2009 Strategic Plan

by Rob Cruickshank, Chairman

St. George's School and your Board of Directors have been guided by thecurrent Strategic Plan, which spans 2005–2009. As we enter the plan’s finalyear, it is time to create a new one. While I hope that everyone would agreethat the School has risen to lofty levels on the Canadian academic scene, andis now arguably one of the top two or three schools nationally, we do notwant to rest on our laurels. So, guided by a desire to continuously improvewhile maintaining all we have achieved, we have embarked on the creation ofour new plan.

As a first step, we engaged the services of a professional to assist us inassessing our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, guide usthrough a process of examining our Mission Statement, and develop a Visionto underpin the next five-year Plan. This process included conducting over 50interviews with a diverse group of people who are involved with the School;collecting data on demographics and independent schools world-wide; andfacilitating a group of 18 people (including the Headmaster, members of hisSenior Leadership Team, and representatives of the Boards of the Society, theFoundation, the Georgians, and the Auxiliary) in a comprehensive assessment.

As I mentioned, we do not want to tamper with our areas of strength and itwas the consensus of all involved that our current Mission:

St. George's School is a community committed to the love of learning, thejoy of living, and the healthy growth of body, mind, and spirit. We encouragethe pursuit of excellence in all endeavours and the acceptance ofresponsibility for the betterment of society.

continues to represent what the School does on a day-to-day basis.

We are now fine-tuning the output from this work and taking it to a broaderrepresentation of the various School constituencies for input. Clearly, wecannot engage everyone, but it is important that we test the work with asbroad a representation as is practical, and we will do just that. Once we havecompleted this work, teams will be formed to more fully flesh out the variousgoals, including the costs to deliver them. These will then be brought to theSociety Board for approval and then finally incorporated into the newStrategic Plan.

This is an exciting time for the School. We expect the new Vision and resultingStrategic Plan to be bold while still maintaining the School's current strengthsand core values. We will keep you informed as the Plan unfolds and lookforward to your continued support in bringing it to reality.

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Heather Morris is our new Service and

Charity Coordinator. In this

interview, Heather talks

about the newly defined

Service and Charity

Program at St. George’s

School and her vision for

its ongoing development.

Interview by Gordon C. Allan, Managing Editor

&&SERVICECHARITY

SERVICECHARITY

IT IS WHAT WE DO AND WHO WE AREAT ST. GEORGE’S SCHOOL

Fall 2008 • 7

St. George’s students—Elvin Chang, Justin Ko, Thomas Fung, Ermer Wang, VincentNg, Jeff Choi, Andy Chu, and Jeff Au-Yeung—helping out at the Children’s

Hospital Michael Bublé Gala Fundraiser.

Why is Service and Charity a focus for2008–2009 at St. George’s School?

Giving back is a way of discoveringmeaning in life for a lot of young people. Inspite of all the many forms of comm-unication, ironically, many young peopleare feeling increasingly disconnected withthe real world. Through service and charityinitiatives, students may understand globalissues and contribute positively to thebroader community as well as developinga positive sense of self. As part of itsmission statement, St. George’s Schoolreflects that we accept a responsibility forthe betterment of society. It is encouragingthat we are recognizing and supportingthis aspect of the “well-rounded boy”.

What do you do in your position asService and Charity Coordinator?

I see my role as guiding students inplanning, promoting, executing, andwrapping up charitable fundraisingevents. These should be all student-drivenand student-centred with opportunities tolearn many really valuable skills.

A lot of time is spent contacting localorganizations to find out what upcomingevents are in need of volunteers. Once avolunteer opportunity is found, I promote

it and ensure students have filled out allforms and waivers. I will often attend theevents to register myself as a point ofcontact for students and also as avolunteer. The administration involvestracking student volunteer hours, acc-ounting of funds raised, and makingreports of events and activities.

What can students gain from taking partin service initiatives?

Taking part in service initiatives developsleadership skills, teaches students how towork with people from various walks oflife, and increases awareness of comm-unity and global issues. Volunteer work canoften lead students towards positivecontacts and work experience. It alwaysleads to increased personal satisfactionand is always a lot of fun!

My aim is to inspire students to make alifelong commitment to charitable involve-ment and to recognize its importance fromour position of privilege.

Volunteering has always been a big part ofmy life and I credit much of my ownprofessional and social development toskills learned through actively particip-ating in volunteer service.

In which types of initiatives are Saintsboys currently engaged?

The main initiatives are service, awareness,and charitable giving. The equal emphasison service and charity demonstrates thatthe giving of both time and money areboth relevant in working towards theconcept of a socially just world. Volunteeropportunities vary from year to year andinclude both in-school volunteer work andwork within the community. In the past,students have participated in environ-mental restoration work in Stanley Park,worked at a local soup kitchen, assisted atthe CIBC Run for the Cure, and worked atthe Vancouver International Children’sFestival.

What types of charitable fundraisers areheld within the School?

Last year, charitable fundraisers raised atotal of over $50,000 for local, national, andinternational organizations, such as theTerry Fox Foundation, Covenant House,and World Vision. Fundraising events rangefrom holding a Jeans Day and collectingmonetary donations to holding the annualHamper Drive at Christmas and collectingdonations in the spring for citizens of thedowntown eastside.

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SERVICE AND CHARITY CURRENT ST. GEORGE’S SERVICE AND CHARITY EVENTSLISTED BY MONTH

EVENT EVENT TYPE PAST PERFORMANCE

SEPTEMBER

• Terry Fox Run Fundraiser $31000 in 07/08

• Run for the Cure Volunteer (Community) 18 hours (07/08)

• AIDS Walk for Life Volunteer (Community) 40 hours (07/08)

• Jake Milford Golf Tournament Volunteer (Community) 96 hours (07/08)

• International Day of Peace Awareness Raiser Awareness campaign

OCTOBER

• Ivy Busters Pull in Stanley Park Volunteer (Community) 15 hours (07/08)

• Turkey Trot for Food Bank Volunteer (Community) 13 hours (07/08)

• Light the Night for Leukemia Volunteer (Community) 28 hours (07/08) and Lymphoma Society

• JDRF Ride for Diabetes Volunteer (Community) 9 hours (07/08)

• World Food Day Awareness Raiser Awareness campaign

• UNICEF Fundraiser Fundraiser $385 (07/08)

• Coat Check for Halloween Social Volunteer (School) 20 hours (07/08)

NOVEMBER

• Hoodie Day for Covenant House Fundraiser $678 (07/08)

DECEMBER

• Hamper Drive Fundraiser 350 hampers delivered

• World AIDS Day Awareness Awareness Raiser Anticipated project Campaign (08/09)

• Diabetes Association Event Set-up Volunteer (Community) 10 hours (07/08)

• Santa Shuffle for Salvation Army Volunteer (Community) 16 hours (07/08)

• Debating Tournament Moderators Volunteer (School) 132 hours (07/08)and Timers

JANUARY

• Fundraiser for Sri Lankan Fundraiser Anticipated project Adopted Children (Tsunami) (08/09)

• BC Bowls for Kids Fundraiser $200 (05/06)

FEBRUARY

• Kindness Week Campaign Awareness Raiser Anticipated project(08/09)

• Ivy Busters Pull in Stanley Park Volunteer (Community) New For 08/09

• Canvassing for Heart and Stroke Volunteer (Community) 20 hours (06/07)

MARCH

• Hope Totes for Union Gospel Mission Fundraiser 50 totes (06/07)

• Ivy Busters Pull in Stanley Park Volunteer (Community)

APRIL

• Ivy Busters Pull in Stanley Park Volunteer (Community) New for 08/09

• 30 Hour Famine Fundraiser $4000/yr

• Earth Day Awareness Raiser Awareness campaign

• Jeans Day for BC Children’s Hospital Fundraiser $1050 (06/07)

MAY

• Canuck Day for Canuck Place Fundraiser $225 (06/07)

• Ivy Busters Pull in Stanley Park Volunteer (Community) New for 08/09

• Vancouver Children’s Festival Volunteer (Community) 272 Hours (06/07)

• May Fair Volunteer (School) Auxiliary

• Sushi Sale for Aga Khan Foundation Fundraiser $120 (06/07)

• Bubble Tea for Heart2Heart (monthly) Fundraiser $2061 (06/07)

Zaakir Jiwa, Tim Tsang, Daniel Sedin, and Jeremy Heppenstall.

What is your vision for the future of the program?

I see service and charity becoming more ingrainedin the culture of the School as more studentsbecome involved every year and as the projectsdevelop in ways more meaningful to the boys. I amworking to designate a “Service Day” that wouldinvolve a single grade level going into thecommunity to volunteer. I am also working towardsdeveloping an international service componentthat will take students to a developing country toperform service work.

In what way can Georgians become involved?

Georgians who are involved in humanitarian workor work with charitable organizations shouldcontact me to arrange possible speaking engage-ments. They can offer support by identifyingcharitable areas in which our students can work andcome and join the school-wide events like HamperDrive or the Terry Fox Run.

How can we find out more about the program?

Information about charitable fundraisers andcurrent volunteer opportunities are advertised andcan be found on the St. George’s School websiteunder Student Services.

Tim Tsang, Darragh O’Connor, Roberto Luongo,

Simon Maas, and Riley Milavsky.

Fall 2008 • 9

St. George’s School students on a service initiative in Peru

Scouting has been a part

of the School’s history ever since

the doors opened in 1930. It lasted

until the early nineties and this

year, the School is happy to be

introducing Scouting once again.

There are already waiting lists for

places in the program! In this

historical piece, Greg Devenish,

Principal of the Junior School,

looks back at the evolution of

Scouts at St. George’s School.

CUBSCOUTS CUBSCOUTS

RETURNS TO SAINTSRETURNS TO SAINTS

by Greg DevenishPrincipal of the Junior School

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St. George’s Schoolhas had a long relationship with ScoutsCanada. Records show that the School’soriginal Scout Troop was divided into twopatrols: “The Wood Pigeons” and “TheOwls.” This combined troop met everyFriday and enjoyed their first campingexcursion to Burgoyne Bay on Salt SpringIsland. By September 1931, Cubs wereadded to the pack and this laid thefoundation for a School-wide Scouts

program lasting just over 60 years. Centralto this growth, was the pioneering work ofCaptain Basil Robinson, a schoolmasterand later the Head of the Junior School(1947 to 1958), and Nip Parker who was ateacher at the time. Both of thesegentlemen served as Scout Leaders or, inkeeping with the characters Akela andBaloo, that Lord Baden-Powell adoptedfrom Rudyard Kipling’s, The Jungle Books.By the 1950s, 90 per cent of the School wasenrolled as either a Scout or Cadet.

Scouting at St. George’s continued tothrive for the next two decades and by1984, the archives show that the Schoolhad a Cub Pack of 66 members and a Scoutpack of 26. Honorary Georgian, BillMurdock wrote at the time: “The Scoutshave been busy under the leadership ofMr. Gerry Corr. They participated in a widevariety of outdoor activities: a camp out atGolden Ears Park, a snowshoeing exped-ition to Mt. Seymour in December, over-night camping without adults in May, anda night hike in the University Endowmentlands in May.”

The relationship with Scouts Canadacontinued into the early nineties under theleadership of people like Neil Piller ‘85,alumni and present Head of OutdoorEducation. Many parents also volunteeredto help out with administrative duties suchas Cub and Scoutmasters. Parents likePeter Jones and David McLean ended upvolunteering as Scoutmasters for anumber of years.

By the early 1990s, the School decided tochange Cubs to an after school programand the numbers dropped off significantly.The Scouts then moved to St. Helen’sChurch, where they joined forces withanother troop and this officially ended the34th Scout Troop.

CUB SCOUTS

Fall 2008 • 11

St. George’s School Cub Pack 1983–1986

Cub Camp, May 12–14, 1978

This September, the 34th St. George’sScout Troop was resurrected at the JuniorSchool. The response has beenoverwhelming and almost 50 boys haveregistered for Beavers and Cubs (Grades 1to 4). The goal will be to expand thisprogram over the next few years toinclude Scouts and Venturers and St.George’s School is proud to be part of theScouting movement once more.

The movement has a long history datingback to 1907, when it was founded inEngland by Lieutenant General RobertBaden-Powell. The Scouting movementwas originally incorporated as “The BoyScouts Association” throughout theCommonwealth by a Royal Chartergranted by King George V in 1912. Today,more than 28 million youth and adultsare involved in Scouting worldwide in

over 155 countries. In 2007, Scouting inCanada became officially branded asScouts Canada.

Scouting will be a valuable addition tothe life of the School. The program offersits members fun, adventure, and acomprehensive achievement andrecognition system. It does this byfocusing on four activity areas: outdoorskills, personal development, leadership,and citizenship. These activities buildcharacter and well-rounded individualswho are better equipped to deal withtoday’s world. Scouting helps part-icipants to develop their knowledge andskills to contribute positively in their localcommunity. The program also strives tonurture within each scout an overallsense of spiritual, social, intellectual, andphysical development as a means of

promoting positive self-growth. Scoutingis a natural extension of the St. George’scurriculum, which underscores soundvalues and a commitment to assumeresponsibility for the greater community.

On Monday September 8, 50 boysregistered and were fitted with Beaverand Cub uniforms. The younger boyswere fitted with the traditional brownvests and caps and the older boys werepresented with their shirts and scarves.All the boys will wear the 34th ScoutTroop patch, which is very similar to theone worn many years ago. The officialopening was held on Monday, October 6at 6:30 pm in the Blackmore Gym. We arevery confident and excited that, as inyears gone by, the troop will thrive tobecome an integral part of our program.

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This year’s Beaver group looks onin anticipation.

Scouting is a naturalextension of the School’scurriculum,whichunderscoressound valuesand acommitment to assumeresponsibilityfor the greatercommunity.

Fall 2008 • 13

In the summer of 1981,

I was asked by Geof “Daddy” Stancombe ‘62, Garath Hill, and Clive Austin if I would like to lend a hand withcoaching rugby at St. George’s School. I had originally met the three of them when playing againstGeorgians Rugby and coaching at Hillside, West Vancouver, and Tupper High Schools. My home was in theDunbar area, so Saints was my local school. I was also very aware of the “rugby culture” at Saints and theits roots in the community due to the fame of the Spring Fair and the Christmas Hamper Drive.

Volunteering at Saints seemed like a great opportunity for me to support a school I admired. But thechallenge was also a daunting one as I wondered whether I could meet the expectations of a facultywhich possessed so many talented and dedicated coaches. In particular, I worried about whether I couldpass muster with “The Boss”, Headmaster Alan Brown.

At first, my assignment was a simple one: to help coach the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd XV forwards. This initial forayinto volunteer rugby at Saints taught me that a proper teaching technique was critical in orderto build a cohesive pack for scrums and line-outs. The smiles and chuckles were a simplereward! And, as acceptance by my fellow coaches grew, so did my commitment tothe assignment.

My real job is as a salesman, business owner, and father. But Saints becamemy second family. My volunteering was so rewarding, I developed manyfriendships with teachers and boys which continue to this day. I was also“educated” by Saints teachers by watching them coach. This coachingthing had become more than just a 90-minute work out! Then, ofcourse, there were the road trips to St. Michaels, Shawnigan Lake,and Brentwood. Great games, wonderful school hosts, andinspiring rugby coaches whose Saturdays were as much abouthow the Grade 8 “Bs” did in the “opener” against SimonOliver’s Saints invaders, as they were about Shawnigan’sfoot stomping, shout-out-loud warm-up coming out ofthe derelict Cricket Pavilion by the 1st XV field.

There were many lifetime experiences alongthe road to my quarter century of coachingat Saints. For a long time, we were notallowed to play in the BCHS RugbyChampionships, but we won the first ofmany in l995 in Kamloops where PatPalmer’s, Bill Collins’, and Tim Dickson’s crewupset Oak Bay and went home that night totheir Grad celebration at The Bayshore with astanding “0”.

Every tour went down in my book as a never-to-be-forgotten trip. It was an honour to serve the Schooland the boys on those excursions and manymemories remain, including: being part of the very firsthigh school team to have a sports tour in CommunistChina (Shanghai 1986), when the Saints Grade 11s playedthe Saints Grade 12s on live TV at Shanghai NationalStadium; winning the King of Plantation Island in Fiji; arrivingin Sydney, Australia and finding we had been abandoned by ourhosts with no games and no place to billet and then ending uplosing to the Sydney U19 rep team by only one point; to thetraditional Maori welcome stepping off the bus in Whangarei, NewZealand.

There were so many memories. Even today, it’s emotional to look back. Thefriendships remain, grow, and will endure forever. Thank you Saints for the volunteeropportunity of a lifetime! I am so happy I put my hand up!

VOLUNTEERINGVOLUNTEERINGTHE ULTIMATE REWARD

by Tim Shaddick, Honorary Georgian

In the Fall 2007 edition of The Dragon, we profiled two of our Georgians, Marco Chen ’08 and David Zhu ‘07 whowere managing a charitable organization called Heart2Heart. The original goal of this charitable initiative wasto help build a school house in China. Since that time, Heart2Heart has become a registered Youth Society andhas raised over $100,000 in support for a variety of charitable projects. In this follow-up, Kevin Chan ’09, VicePresident of Heart2Heart updates us on the growth of this organization.

BACKGROUND

Much has been said about the wonders ofthe human heart. In a literal sense, it is thestrongest muscle in the body, pumpingsustenance and life through our veins. In asymbolic sense, the heart represents thecapacity for compassion that all of us shareand none beats more strongly and pass-ionately when young.

The Heart2Heart Canadian Youth Societystrives to direct this boundless enthusiasmand energy to focus student-led initiativeson the needs of the less fortunate.Heart2Heart aims to stress the undeniablebonds that exist amongst young people. Indoing so, our Society hopes to recognizethe importance of issues that tie us.Together, we believe that it is indeedpossible to make a difference, with ourglowing hearts beating as one.

So, how does Heart2Heart distinguish itselffrom like-minded groups? Unlike manyother clubs or foundations, Heart2Heartwas founded by Tom Huang and MarcoChen of St. George's School, who continueto assist and guide the Society to this day.Rather than acting upon the influence andrecommendations of adult supervisors, weoperate from the bottom up and encou-rage all members to give their input.

Thus, the goals of our Society truly reflectthe judgment and initiative of youth andnot just any compassionate individual. As aresult, our vision reflects the unique real-ities and concerns of students. Because weare youth directed, we identify ourselves asworking from "Heart2Heart," directly fromthe hearts of members to the hearts ofthose we assist. We may only be students;but the dreams and aspirations of ourSociety are entirely our own. This is wherewe are able, time and time again, to drawour inspiration and motivation to carry oncharitable initiatives.

UPDATE REPORT

Founding of Heart2HeartDuring the summer of 2006, Marco Chen(St. George’s) and Tom Huang (WPGA 07’,NYU 11’) were inspired to organize aninitiative to help the impoverished child-ren of Xiao Gao Shan. A Tea Banquet, theirfirst fundraising event, was held inShenzhen to establish Heart2Heart.

First Visit to Xiao Gao ShanA visit to Xiao Gao Shan was made toinvestigate the children’s living andeducational conditions. This experiencestrengthened the organizers’ deter-mination to spread a cause to implementchanges in the lives of children. Xiao GaoShan, Miao-Long became Heart2Heart’sfirst project.

Fundraising Banquet 2007On May 20, 2007, Heart2Heart hosted aFundraising Banquet called, “A Journeyfrom Heart2Heart”, with the hope that itwould become an annual event. Theevening succeeded in raising over $50,000,which helped to complete the school inGuizhou.

Visits to GuizhouHeart2Heart has since made a number ofvisits to Guizhou to witness the progress ofthe school, which is now in operation.These visits always bring smiles to the

organizers’ faces, as they can see first-handthat a positive change has been made tothese school childrens’ lives.

Kunming and WuhanIn Kunming, China, Heart2Heart assisted tenuniversity students to continue their post-secondary education. In Wuhan, Heart2Heartalso initiated a project to improve educationin a school in Wuhan. Once again, we wereproud of our accomplishments—studentshelping students.

Spreading CompassionAs word spread about the work ofHeart2Heart, the society began to expandinto a number of schools in the Vancouverarea, including places like Kitsilano HighSchool, The University of British Columbia,and St. Margaret’s School on VancouverIsland. The organization now totals oversixty dedicated members who are workingat the grass roots level, hosting sustainedfundraising activities like Bubble Tea Sales.Closer to home, Heart2Heart co-organizedthe “Saints Idol” event at the school, whichhelped to fundraise as well as raiseawareness of the charity’s role amongstthe private school community.

Ice-breaking Care ReliefThis year, China suffered devastatingsnowstorms and Heart2Heart felt was ableto contribute $20,000 to the “Ice BreakingCare Relief Project”. In early March 2008,three of the Society’s board memberstravelled to Ottawa with the HonorableMP, Raymond Chan to gather support.During Spring Break, ten board memberstravelled to China with the IBC Committeeto deliver its donation of $110,000 and todistribute supplies to those affectedfamilies in Bi Jie. Before we left for Beijing,Heart2Heart was invited by the EducationBureau of Hong Kong to attend a talksession to share our experiences andinspire teenagers in Hong Kong to startstepping out and creating change.

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HEART HEART2 by Kevin Chan '09

In addition to being Primary Grade Coordinator atthe Junior School, Danette Mortimer, inconjunction with Heather Morris, the School’sService and Charity Coordinator, is a key organizerof the School’s annual Terry Fox Run.

by Danette MortimerPrimary Coordinator

TERRYFOXRUNATSAINTS

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When I beganteaching at Saints in 1996, the Terry FoxRun was “encouraged” by the faculty andattended by a few students and teachersin conjunction with the National Run dayat the Jewish Community Centre on a

Sunday morning. At that time, donationswere collected at the School andpresented at the completion of the run.The amount was under $9,000. The TerryFox Foundation appreciated our effortsand encouraged St. George’s to establishits own run site to make the annual run aSchool-wide effort.

Since 1997, St. George’s has managed ourown run site and each year, participationhas remained enthusiastic with donationssteadily increasing. Although the Juniorand Senior campuses participate atseparate events, the donations arecollected jointly and presented at a specialassembly. Over the years, we have been

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TERRY FOX RUN

This year, the School raised a grand total of$31,207.36, ranking St. George’s School the number onefundraising schoolfor the Terry FoxFoundation in theProvince of British Columbia.

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LOOKING BACK AT OUR TRACK RECORD• 1997: $11,000.00 Junior School only• 2001: $20,212.00

Junior and Senior School Combined• 2004: $21,906.30

Junior and Senior School Combined• 2007: $30,206.65

Junior and Senior School Combined

HOW MONEY RAISED FOR TERRY FOX IS USED• $0.87 from every dollar to Terry Fox

Foundation goes to research• $0.10 goes to fundraising• $0.03 goes to administration

THE AVERAGE TO OTHER CHARITIES,INCLUDING OTHER CANCER CHARITIES IS:• $0.65 to research• $0.35 to fundraising and administration

fortunate to meet members ofTerry’s family, his mother BettyFox, his brother Fred, and hisniece Jessie Alder, who haveshared with us their experiencesand Terry’s dream of endingcancer suffering and finding acure.

There is no one in this greatcommunity who has not beentouched in some way by cancerand it is motivation for thecommunity to come togetherwith such spirit and generosityon our School run day. Parents,grandparents, brothers, sisters,and dogs join us for thisenergetic event. It is indeed afestive scene when Mr. Toy and aGrade 1 student (this year JoelGoh) display the Terry Fox flagand begin the run for a highly

energized hour of exercise, oran-ge segments, and fun.

The run of 2007 was the firstwhen online giving was possibleand, I believe, the reason that ourtotal donations for the Terry FoxRun made $30,206.65, ranking usas the Number 1 FundraisingSchool in British Columbia! As wego to press, the totals have notyet been confirmed, but ourfingers are crossed that all thatenergy combined with enthus-iasm will provide us with a similarfigure this year.

The Terry Fox Run has become amuch anticipated event in the St.George’s community, and is yetanother event where every mem-ber of the community is invitedto participate.

TERRY FOX RUN

The Terry Fox Research Institute was launched in 2007 and involved the collaboration of cancer hospitals and researchorganizations across Canada. This institute brings researchers together to improve health outcomes in prevention,early detection, and treatment of cancer patients. St. George’s parent, Dr. Victor Ling (David ’10) is the ScientificDirector of the Terry Fox Research Institute.

THE TERRY FOX RESEARCH INSTITUTE

HamperHamperTHE ORIGINS OF THE

by Elizabeth Knox, Archivist

DriveDriveACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF SOCIETY

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THE HAMPER DRIVE

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The St. George’s School Hamper Drive cantrace its origins back to those boys whowere members of the School’s originalRover, Venturer, and Scout troops. Thesetroops, in their day, more than exceededthe expectations of the Scoutingmovement by upholding a strong publicservice commitment. In 1969, GeofStancombe ‘62 immediately envisionedopportunities for St. George’s to provide aneven greater service to the community.

Geof’s vision slowly unfolded with inputfrom local organizations, churches, andother community-based service agencies.By December of his first year, he hadestablished a very successful program tocollect toys for the Christmas Bureau.However, it was not long before he realizedthat the School should help families in aneven more personal way. He saw anopportunity to develop a school-wide

program to create individual hampers forfamilies in need, and so, the Hamper Drivewas born!

For the first few years, the Hamper Driverelied on food donations from within theSchool community. These hampers wereprepared for families whose names hadbeen provided to the School by localagencies. They contained mostly cannedfood with very little variety and next tonothing in the way of fresh produce. Theywere hand delivered to families by Grades11 and 12 students. By the early 1980s,word had spread about the wonderful St. George’s School Hamper Drive initiativeand further agencies came forward withrequests.

Geof recognized an urgent need to extendthe request for food items to a widerconstituency to provide those in need an

enjoyable holiday season. He immediatelycanvassed businesses and families whohad connections in the food industry.Today, many of those original businessessolicited by Geof still continue to supportthe Hamper Drive. Groups of businessmenand their associates have been solicitingfinancial donations for ten years andnowadays we can even be sure that eachhamper contains a fresh turkey.

Preparation for a Hamper Drive occursweeks in advance of the actual event.Students bring in contributions, money issolicited from the community, companiesare canvassed, and the boarding studentsparticipate in an event called the ReindeerRun to collect cans from local neighbours.There are also those who work behind thescenes sorting the products intocategories, shopping for specific giftrequests, and making up the baskets.

St. George's School is the second largest provider of Christmas hampers in theLower Mainland. Each and every year, we receive direct calls for help fromagencies such as the Christmas Bureau, the Central City Mission, Harbour Lights,and the Lookout. Elizabeth Knox, the School’s Archivist looks back at the HamperDrive’s early history, with the help of some oral history provided by the originalpioneer of the program, Geof Stancombe ‘62.

THE HAMPER DRIVE

20 • The DragonA Scene from You Can’t Take It With You

It is now a seasonal fixture to see both ofthe Senior School gyms transformed intowarehouses. However, the logistics ofmoving the crates of canned and dry foodand toys from the gyms to boxes andonwards to delivery to homes fall on twostaff members, who remain passionateabout the Drive: Ed and Danette Mortimer.Since their involvement, they havestreamlined the organization of hampersby sorting delivery by postal code andusing a conveyor belt to help move theheavier boxes.

When Geof Stancombe is asked to reflectback on the major milestones in theevolution of the Hamper drive, he focuseson how each family’s personal andindividual needs have been fulfilled. Theobjective to personalize the hampersmeans that no year is entirely the same. Byits very nature, this decision has increasedthe variety of perishable and non-perishable goods and the requests formore financial donations from the alreadygenerous School community. For example,one year, it appeared that single momsshould be the focus of our giving and

special baskets were made up toaccommodate their specific needs. Thefollowing year gifts for children wereincluded. In recent years, gift certificateshave been added to try and bridge eachfamily’s specific needs.

So why is it important that we continue tohave a Hamper Drive each year? Firstly, theHamper Drive is a community event and acommon cause to which the extended St.George’s School Community can worktogether. Parents, Georgian Parents,Georgians, students, and faculty, worktirelessly so that families in need have abrighter holiday. For many of thesefamilies, the holiday season does not startuntil the hampers have been delivered.

Secondly, the fact that our studentsphysically deliver the hampers to families’homes can be a real eye-opener tohighlight just how fortunate are their owncircumstances and how important it is forthem to look beyond themselves. Twoanecdotes illustrate this point.

On one occasion, two students approa-ched a home and realized they had

delivered a hamper there the year before.The lady who answered the door was blindbut remembered both their voices andtheir names. The boys helped her to stackthe hamper items on her kitchen shelvesso that she would know where everythingwas. As the boys said goodbye, they wereovercome with emotion at the reality ofthe situation.

On another occasion, boys delivered ahamper to an apartment to discover twosmall boys sleeping on a mattress in a verybare room. The contents of the hamperappeared to be all the food and clothesthey were to possess. Upon their return toschool, the boys were notably upset andwanted to see if more could be done forthis family. Within a short period of time,additional clothing, food coupons, andfood stuffs were assembled to provide aspecial holiday.

The Hamper Drive is all about giving backto the community. It is about service and,as our mission statement says, it is aboutaccepting responsibility for the better-ment of society.

The Hamper Drive is all about giving back to the community.

SCHOOL LIFE

by Martha BassettClubs’ Coordinator

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The Global Perspectives and Comm-unity Service (GPACS) has evolvedfrom the Service Club and forms anumbrella for Green Machine Recycl-ing, Library Monitoring, Note Taking,Peer Tutoring, and Scorekeeping; all ofwhich provide a service for others intheir own specific ways. We alsoentertain each other with the Concertand Jazz Bands, Saints’ Players Theatre,and the Painting, Graphics, andCeramics which are on display aroundthe campus.

Our Hamper Drive continues todistribute Christmas cheer to needyfamilies in the Lower Mainland andour Amnesty International Club writesletters in support of Prisoners ofConscience all over the world. Theinternational Duke of EdinburghAward Program includes a servicecomponent and each year has manystudents qualify for awards. Moreoverevery autumn, the entire Schoolparticipates in a St. George’s Terry Foxrun. Either directly or indirectly, everyboy gets involved in service at St. George’s School.

• Amnesty International

• Bands Concert and Jazz

• Business Leaders (Entre-prise)

• Café au Lait (French)

• Cafecito con Leche (Spanish)

• Ceramics

• Chinese Book Club

• Choral Society

• Cinema

• Classics ExamsClassical League

• Coxswains

• Debating

• Destination Imagination (DINI)

• Digital Photography

• Duke of Edinburgh Award Program

• Food for Thought

• Foot Bag

• Georgian Yearbook

• Global Perspectives andCommunity Service (GPACS)

• Go, Japanese Board Game

• Graphic Novel

• Green Machine Recycling

• Guitar

• Hamper Drive

• Improv

• Investment Club

• Juggling

• Kaffee Klatsch (German)

• Kissaten Café (Japanese)

• Korean Café

• Lego

• Life Drawing

• Library Monitors

• Math

• Model United Nations (MUN)

• Multicultural

• Note Takers

• Open Studio Art

• OPUS Literary and Art Publication

• Peer Tutoring

• Portfolio (Art)

• Robotics/ Technolog

• Rock Climbing

• Saints’ Players Theatre Company

• Schoolreach Quiz Teams

• Scrabble

• Sea Kayaking

• T-Shirt Silk Screen

• Tabletop War Gaming

• Tea Club

• The Well (Bible discussion)

• Woodworking

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES 2008-2009 Co-curricular clubs andactivities have more thandoubled from 19mandated clubs in 1992to over 50 at the lastcount. They reflect notonly the multitudinousinterests of both facultyand students alike, butalso demonstrate theSchool’s active support ofdiverse talents andpursuits. Participationprovides various learningopportunities forleadership, membership,risk-taking, and personaldevelopment arisingfrom success, set-back,and sustained effort. Withthe increase in thenumber of clubs, thevariety of opportunitiesfor service and charityhas also grown.

The Global Perspectives and CommunityService Club (GPACS) is a club forstudents to learn about availablevolunteer opportunities, help organizecharitable fundraisers, and discuss globalissues. Students of all grades are welcometo participate and are encouraged tocontribute ideas for events. CurrentGPACS events include the 30-hourFamine, Jeans Day for BC Children’sHospital, Random Acts of Kindness Day,and Earth Day.

The GPACS club is led by the sponsorteacher, Mrs. Heather Morris and theGrade 12 prefects elected as Chair ofService and Charity, Thomas Fung. Acommittee of Grade 12 student leadersguides the program and works todevelop leadership and continuity withinthe club. Involvement in GPACS is anexcellent way to earn service hours andto connect with other students who arepassionate about making a difference.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE (GPACS)

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CLUBS

CLUB PROFILE

The Duke of Edinburgh’s AwardChallenge is one of the most prest-igious achievement awards availableto young Canadians. It is a challenge toall young people between the ages of14 and 25 that offers an opportunity tobroaden interests and experiencesunder adult guidance and assessment.There are currently more than 20,000young Canadians working towardsthis award.

Participants involve themselves in abalanced program of practical, cult-ural, and adventurous activities chosento suit individual aptitudes and relatedto local needs. Participation representsa personal commitment to a construc-tive endeavour, promoting qualities ofself-discipline, self-help, and self-reliance—qualities that fit with the

educational philosophies and object-ives at St.George's School.

St.George’s School has a long historyof involvement with The Duke ofEdinburgh’s Award. Over 100 studentshave started their D of E program thispast year. Of these new participants, 75 per cent were Grade 9 studentswho were using the Explorer outdooreducation experience to fulfill theBronze Level Adventurous Journeyrequirement.

St.George’s is proud of the accom-plishments of its Duke of Edinburghparticipants. Last year we had severalstudents achieve the Gold LevelAward.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Choi and BrianHarries, our latest Gold Level achievers.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD PROGRAM AT ST. GEORGES SCHOOL

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CLUBS

CLUB PROFILE

THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH VISITS ST. GEORE’S SCHOOL, OCTOBER 29, 1969

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"Sow good services. Sweet remembrances will grow with them." Mme. de Stael (1766–1817)

Service,Fun,Memories Galore!& 56 YEARS OF THE ST. GEORGE'S FAIR

by Lesley BentleyPast Auxiliary President

In 1953, the St. George'sSchool Fair made its début.Much planning and a full dayof fun earned a total of$135.65 with a net profit of$94.65. The committee, madeup of Auxiliary parents,reported with delight that theFair was a success, "not onlybecause of the financial resultbut because of theatmosphere of enjoyment thatseemed to pervade. Helpersand patrons alike all appearedto have a happy time." Thecommittee went on to expresstheir "hope that the St. George's School Fair willbecome an annual event".

THE FAIR

Today, we smile at those humble results,knowing that in the ensuing years, theAuxiliary's Fair has raised millions of dollarsof support. Plants, home baking, books,food fair, raffle, and pony rides all had theirgenesis on that sunny Saturday in 1953.Most significantly, 56 years later, theprinciples embraced by the first Fair stillring true. The 25 mothers who put on theinaugural Fair had vision and theyunderstood service.

The Fair is a wonderful, fun, and rewardingevent. But, the service the Fair provides tothe community is easily overlooked as weget caught up in the excitement of rides,fantastic food, and sweet deals. The Fairbrings the whole St. George's communitytogether around a common goal. JuniorSchool and Senior School parents workside by side with students, faculty,Georgians, and Alum Parents to produce agreat day for the School, the surroundingcommunity, and even the wider city toenjoy.

Everyone comes to the Fair to have funand hunting for bargains is a popularpastime. Clothing deals for men, women,teens, and children abound and sportinggoods are snapped up at a great price.Students and young families come to theMarketplace to buy household items andkitchen goods to establish their firsthomes. Seniors come for some homebaking and to enjoy young musiciansserenading them in the Tea Room. Plentyof moms have received "special jewellery"

from the jewellery booth for Mother's Daythe weekend following. Allowances can goa long way at the St. George's School Fair!

For a number of years during the nineties afamily from Duncan, on Vancouver Island,had their major family vacation on the firstweekend in May each year. They came toVancouver specifically for the Fair. Theyoutfitted their three children with clothesand sports equipment for the next year.They refurbished and updated toys,games, and sports supplies. They had tonsof fun in the Midway and on the fieldplaying every game they could find. Theyleft exhausted but well fed and with ayear's worth of memories to take home.

As a parent at St. George's, your Fairexperience might include, yelling yourselfhoarse calling for the cake walk, seeingyour Grade 12 son flipping burgersdressed as a woman (possibly in clothingyou recognize as having been worn by hismother!), soaking in the jazz bandperformance on centre stage, or winningan unexpectedly nice bottle of wine at thebottle booth. But, the greatest gifts thatcome out of the Fair are the connectionspeople make in preparation for the day.Lifelong friendships are forged oversorting used clothing, making gift baskets,baking pies, and all the other jobs that gointo making the Fair a great success.

But service to the community doesn't endwhen the raffle winners are announcedand the gates close at 4 pm. The next dayon Sunday, dedicated volunteers gather

the remaining goods and preparedonations to be shared with numerouscharities to ensure that all items are put togood use.

And what of the funds raised? In 1953, theAuxiliary contributed $94.65 for thepurchase of laboratory and gymequipment. In 1957, a vegetable slicer waspurchased for $151, and, in 1954, a brandnew television for the boys' common roomwas acquired because it was deemed to be"…the solution to many forms ofdisciplinary problems—and a relief fromboredom." More recently, improvementshave included new buses, rowing sculls,computer labs, and new gym floors.

In 1961, showing great foresight yet again,the Auxiliary set aside $500 for bursaries.This tradition has grown and currently theAuxiliary supports an endowment fund inexcess of $500,000, providing scholarshipsand bursaries to numerous deservingstudents each year.

Today those founding principles of funand service continue. Over the winter andleading up to May 2, 2009, new lifelongfriendships will begin and the values ofservice will be modelled for our sons.When you are approached to volunteer, dosay, "yes"! You will be helping the boys andthe School, contributing to thecommunity, and creating memories thatlast a lifetime.

See you there!

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Norma Parker started her career at St George's School in 1973 as the HeadNurse. At that time, she was one of only ahandful of female staff living and workingwithin the boarding community. After aremarkable 34-year career, all spent livingin the residences, Norma looks backfondly on her experiences tending to themedical needs of the entire St. George'sCommunity. Even in retirement, Normacontinues to keep in touch with many of“her boys” as they graduate, movethrough their careers, and get marriedand have children. The theme of herconversations with her boys is always thesame: how wonderful and rewarding theyears were in boarding. The boardingexperience served as a remarkable canvasfor Norma's journey at Saints but moreimportantly, residential life with Norma’scare-giving clearly provided the boarderswith an experience of a lifetime.

Interview by Gordon C. AllanManaging Editor

Hunter House

Parker House

Hutcheson House

Pringle House

Hudon House

Maitland House

When you were originally involved in theboarding program, it was different than it istoday. How was the program originallystructured and what was your role?

In those days, junior boarders lived in anold converted farm house known as“School House” and, remember, in thosedays, we had boarders as young as Grade4. Most of them bunked in 16-personrooms. There were also a number of singledwelling houses along 29th Avenue, eachstaffed with either a family or single malehouse parents. These houses were for theolder boys; Grade 10 and above. The boyslived either upstairs or in the basementand the house parent lived on the mainfloor.

What sort of challenges did you face?

Being the main female staff memberdedicated to the boarding community andliving in Hutcheson House at the time, as Imade my weekly rounds to inspect eachstudent’s hair and skin, I had to jugglegoing between the houses on 29thAvenue and School House. While Ted Galedid Yeoman’s work as the Senior HouseMaster, there were still times when amotherly role was needed with theyoungest boarders who were most proneto homesickness.

Then of course, there were the ongoingattempts by the older boys to “liaise” withthe girls at the Convent of the SacredHeart School (which has since evolved intoour Junior campus). I remember more thanonce being in the office with the MotherSuperior, trying to convince her that ourboys were, indeed, gentlemen. I have tosay, she was not always convinced.

In 1980, the “Great Move” to the Convent ofthe Sacred Heart included the boardingcommunity. How did the boarders adjust tothis change and in what way did theprogram evolve?

Initially, they were not very happy about themove, particularly the boys who lived in thesingle dwelling homes. They had the feelingthat they were going to lose the intimacythat comes with being part of a small familyunit. In fact, they soon came to realize thatthe extended sense of community in theSacred Heart building provided evengreater opportunities. The new facilitieswere larger and much better appointedthan what they had been used to. Thephysical design of the building alsoprovided interesting nooks and crannies forthem to get lost in and enjoy timestogether. The integration of both youngerand older boarders created a wonderfulsense of camaraderie and older boys feltcomfortable assuming natural leadershiproles.

In 1990, the construction of Harker HallResidences was another milestone for theboarding community. How did that eventchange the overall character of boarding?

If you speak to Bill McCracken, who wasthe Director of Boarding at the time, he’lltell you that the boys approached the newfacility with much trepidation. In fact, thesame concerns the boys had raised aboutmoving into the Sacred Heart buildingsurfaced once more: in essence, theythought life in boarding was going tobecome institutional and clinical. Again,they were proven wrong. The new facilityprovided the same sense of community

with a much more space and onsiteresidential staff. It became much easier foreveryone.

When you look back at your time in theboarding community, are there anyevents that stand out as particularlymemorable?

Early House Suppers were particularlymemorable. They were white tableclothaffairs, with decorations, and all theembellishments. They were intimateoccasions during which we all cametogether as a community. I also rememberin 1978, after Bob and I got engaged, beingthrown a surprise party by the boarders.That was very moving.

More recently, I got a call from a formerboarder who is in the Marines and isheading off to Kandahar. He told me that,before he headed off, he wanted to informthe three very important people: hisgrandmother, his grandfather, and me. Iwas brought to tears.

Our Georgians often remind us how muchof an impact boarding had on their lives.Why do you think boarding is so powerful?

When many of our boarders arrive, theyare confronted with the ultimate chall-enge: living and learning away from home.It is a stressful time and yet, as they movecollectively through the stress and thechallenge of becoming self-sufficient, theyrealize at the end of it all just how life-changing it was and how it shaped themas individuals; as better individuals. It isremembered as a profound experience.

SCHOOL LIFE

NORMA PARKERLOOKING BACK AT BOARDING WITH

NORMA PARKER

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Roxburgh House Sweeney HouseRobinson House

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A REFLECTION ON THE PRESIDENCY OF THE GEORGIANS

Interview by: Bryan R. Ide '99

TSAKUMISALEX

A.G. (Alex) Tsakumis ’84 will be retiring from the presidency of the Georgians this

November 11. Before he steps down and hands over the reins to his successor, we

sat down with him to reflect on his years as President.

How would you describe the job as President ofthe Georgians?

As an Old Boy, it has to be the most fulfillingcommitment you will ever make to the School.You become the focal point, and sometimes flashpoint, for every event the Georgians have. It’syour responsibility to represent the best interestsof the Georgians, but must balance that off withthe greater good of the School. I feel exceedinglyblessed that we put together such a terrificgroup of 15 Board Members, they were amazingto me and have carried our success. However,while you give them credit for accomplishmentsmade, if there is ever a slip like a bad event or anunsatisfactory outcome on a particular initiativeor policy, as President, it’s your fault, you have totake the blame, in full. Needless to say, I wasfortunate…I never heard anything but highpraise for three years. I was honoured to servewith this board. I was deeply honoured by thenotes and calls and letters from so many OldBoys, who thought we changed the Associationvery much for the better. Being President isrewarding, yes, but challenging too, in that youcarry the confidence of not just your board but ofthe only legacy constituency in the School. Weare brothers. It will always be our school beforeit’s anything to anyone else.

What do you think were the biggestchallenges?

Oh, I think it’s always a challenge when you haveto take any organization to the next level,without some sort of significant history lesson orhandbook or playbook at your disposal fromprevious years. I was lucky to have had someexperience in serving under my predecessor,classmate and friend, Brian Soregaroli ’84, whoreally made it clear to me that the greatestchallenge was in reinvigorating the interest ofour members—and how to do it was the milliondollar question. So I thought about it andconsulted the board, and thought about it somemore…then I made the decision, as part of ourstrategic plan, and insisted that every one of ourevents and really any interaction with ourmembership should be about fundraising andfriendraising, first last and always. In the past theOld Boys were viewed as a tool for fundraising,almost exclusively so, and that, almost on its own,turned a great number of the lads off. For me andthis board, it was always about the proverbialoutstretched hand being a sign of respect—andnothing else. You have no idea the number of

Old Boys who have voluntarily reconnected withthe school over the last few years, because theyfelt the warmth and camaraderie that was,frankly, our greatest priority. You can’t talk toanyone about anything unless they’recomfortable with you. The school is now a verywelcoming place, not just for all Old Boys, buttheir spouses and families too.

What did you find rewarding?

There were a number of rewarding moments:what was most rewarding was theoverwhelming number of familiar faces that weattracted back to the school. But, certainly,honouring Peter Brown ’58 and Peter Bentley ’47with Lifetime Achievement Awards was specialas well. I don’t think you can prepare for a futurewithout honouring the past, and a great one atthat. And how ’bout Angus Gunn ’86 and BillThomas ’85 as honourees as Young Georgians,what marvellous supporters they’ve been…theirpersonal stories are inspirational.

On a personal level, again, working with myboard was wonderful; they are all leaders whocould easily helm their own terms in thePresident’s chair. But if there was an instant thatwas most rewarding, in fact, so very moving forme, it was presenting Stu Clyne ’50 with aDistinguished Georgian Award. Stu has beengreat counsel to the School, to me and thisaugust body, the Georgians. It was a veryemotional moment to present him with such adeserving honour. Stu’s son, John ’84, who waskilled in a tragic auto accident in Scotland manyyears ago, was my classmate and goodfriend…I’m sure he was looking down on us thenight of the awards gala, and smiling…

As you look back over the last two years, whatwould you say are your greatestaccomplishments?

We took the Georgians and established aframework for greatness: huge increases inmembership participation; tremendous, unpre-cedented financial success; events sold-out wellin advance of the date; an active relationshipwith a cooperative administration and incredibleteaching and support staff; reaching out to thestudent body and supporting their future plansas much as possible…I think we got through anambitious agenda, with great purpose andintegrity. I’m proud but also humbled to say thatthe Old Boys have never had anywhere close tothis amount of success—ever. It was anincredible run.

What motivated you to devote so much of yourtime and energy to what is essentially anunpaid, volunteer position?

I love St. George’s School—period. Other than thetimes I’ve spent with my three children, as theygrow and mature, the days I was a boy at St.George’s were the most satisfying and happiestof my life. I never forgot where I came from. Icame from here. The faces and people, over time,may change, but this place has a spirit likenothing I’ve ever experienced.

What advice do you have for future Georgianswho take up the president’s gavel?

Never, ever give up. Stick to your agenda.Surround yourself with better men than you…inmy case, it goes without saying, that was fairlysimple…

Even though you’re stepping down asPresident, how will you keep active in the St.George’s Community?

I serve at the pleasure of my school. I’m alwaysavailable. The Headmaster and the Chairman ofthe Board know that all too well. Plus, there arecertainly opportunities to get involved as aparent. I couldn’t be prouder of my son and hisefforts at the School. We've have an unusuallystrong bond between us. I marvel at his never-say-die attitude…and his wit—he, of course, getsall that from his mother…

What are your feelings on where you think theAssociation is heading in the next five to tenyears?

I believe we need to expand our circle oncemore…chapter development will be key. Wehave a vibrant and diverse group of Georgians inGreat Britain, Hong Kong, the United States, evenin parts of the Middle East and of course,throughout Canada. We need to engage as manyas possible. As The Georgians grows, so will thedemands on us. Also key, will be providinggreater strategic input to the school as it growsas well. Frankly, I am leaving the Presidency of theGeorgians with the greatest hope for the School’sfuture and confident that the leadership we willprovide will be pivotal. I’m so proud of whatwe’ve done. I feel so very privileged to have beenthere when the wheel went around…I just can’tsay enough about the experience. It waswonderful to get an opportunity to give back tothe School, for all of the great things it ever didfor me.

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What was the inspiration for EPN?

Wow! Tough question—inspiration is afunny thing and its origins for eachindividual person are different. I don’tbelieve that anyone can attributeinspiration to a single source. Even if wewere working for the same cause, yourpassion may be very different from mine. Ibelieve that the interaction of imagination,purpose, and passion is so beautiful andcan provide the foundation for makingchange in the world.

I’d have to say that my inspiration anddrive came from my upbringing. I belongto the Ismaili community, which placesgreat importance on service for those lessfortunate. I have been raised by a familywhich, from a very young age, hasreinforced the importance of service andcharity. My parents have played a strongrole in building within me what I’vedubbed a culture of care. They consistentlyreminded our family about how fortunatewe are and how many people in the worlddon’t have access to the opportunities thatwe do. They imbued within us a belief ofthis position of privilege and that it is ourresponsibility to give back and to make adifference. However, this feeling didn’tcreate sentiments of guilt; rather theycultivated within us a want, almostyearning, to dedicate ourselves to makinga difference towards change. Furthermore,

they supported and provided us with theresources to turn ideas into action.

I believe that this familial support stems, atleast a little bit, from the struggles that ourcommunity, and to a lesser degree ourfamily, has undergone. My forefathers leftIndia, not really by choice, with little butthe clothes on their back. Similarly, many ofmy relatives from my parents’ generationfled East Africa amongst the politicalturmoil and upheaval of the 1960s and1970s. I believe that these struggles, whichwere nothing close to the hardship andpain experiences by millions of peopleeveryday, have left a mark, at leastsubconsciously, on me and provided mewith an identity that is inspired to makechange, not only to people in my family,community, or country, but also to myfellow brothers and sisters of humanity. Iagree this may sound corny; but it is oftenthis inspiration that gets me out of bed inthe mornings.

As for EPN specifically, there is a bit of afunny story. When I was in my second yearat McGill on the third floor of the StudentSociety building, affectionately dubbedthe Shatner building, my Dad called mefrom between patients. I will never forgetthis conversation because of its absurdity,and yet, the profound change it created inmy life. He said to me, “Nejeed, you need toend poverty. Okay, I have to go, I’ve got a

GEORGIAN: Nejeed KassamYEAR OF GRADUATION: 2004PROFILE: M.Phil. Student at Oxford UniversityORGANIZATION: End Poverty NowWEBSITES: www.endpovertynow.cawww.thehighonlifebook.org

Interview by: Bryan R. Ide '99

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What started as a simple phone call has grown into an organization committed toalleviating global poverty. Nejeed Kassam ’04 tackles the challenge. He founded EndPoverty Now (EPN) at McGill University with a group of students who want to make adifference. Through various grassroots poverty-alleviation projects, education, andvolunteer opportunities, EPN has attracted young people nationally and internationally. Ifrunning an organization and starting graduate school at Oxford weren’t enough, Nejeedis also putting together a book on inspirational stories of young people.

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patient. Love you. Bye.” I was a little shell-shocked. How could my Dad ask a little 19-year-old kid to end poverty and in such amatter-of-fact way, like it was no big deal?Nevertheless, that call affected me deeplyand three years later, EPN has become aninternational NGO working in more thanfour countries, making concrete andtangible changes in the lives of hundreds ofpeople. I now have faith that anyone andeveryone can make a difference.

How is a charity built? What challengesdid you face?

I think you could write a book on answeringthis question. In fact, I think I’ve read one!Building a charity from scratch is a difficult

task. It is somewhat like building up abusiness. You need vision, short and long-term plans, financial support, infra-structure, and staff. But, unlike a business,people don’t necessary get a product inreturn for “investing” or supporting acharity initiative. In a society that is over-saturated with charities to which peopleare constantly being asked to donate, it isimportant to find something unique,different, and exciting when starting yourown initiative. With EPN, I believe that wefound an interesting niche; we focus solelyon the issue of poverty and have a uniquedevelopment philosophy. Furthermore,EPN is non-political, non-partisan, and non-religious. Thus, our goal in all our initiativesis to bring people together, regardless oftheir political or personal differences topursue real and concrete change.

Nevertheless, EPN has faced, and continuesto face, numerous challenges. Like anycharity or non-profit project, we arestruggling to make ends meet. Because 70per cent of our money goes directly topoverty-alleviation grassroots projects,and 20 per cent goes to educationalinitiatives, EPN is constantly dispensing themoney that we raise. Unfortunately,because we don’t have the financialresources, we’ve had to turn down anumber of poverty-alleviation projectswithin the last year. Similarly, EPN facesstaff issues. As a complex and multi-faceted organization, EPN needs a smallarmy of staff to continue its upkeep.Because EPN is a 100 per cent volunteerorganization, it means everyone from ourlawyers and accountants, to our directorsand officers work without pay. It is oftendifficult to attract (and keep) high calibrestaff members.

A number of charity organizations startoff with good intentions, but theyeventually fizzle out. How are youensuring EPN’s sustainability?

I believe that sustainability is directlylinked to infrastructure. Solid infra-structure, combined with long- and short-term plans of action, can act as a powerfulantidote to “fizzling out”. Accordingly, EPNCanada and EPN International haveworked (and are working) diligently toensure the stability of our infrastructure. Inthis way, EPN continues to grow and willcontinue to do its amazing work for manyyears to come.

The people who work for the organizationare so dedicated to change that I believewe will overcome any challenges that mayarise. In fact up until now, the success ofEPN is a direct consequence of our team.Our dedicated staff provide the inspirationand impetus to overcome the constantchallenges we face.

How does EPN distinguish itself fromother charities? How can EPN succeedwhere other charities have failed?

We were founded and continue to be runby young people. Although we havevolunteers of all ages, most dedication andpassion is shown by our staff membersunder the age of 30. Youth brings a lesstarnished idealism and an inspiring energy,which leads to tangible results and realchange. Furthermore, EPN’s non-political,non-partisan, and non-religious mandatebrings people of all kinds together.

Unlike many organizations, our develop-ment philosophy is to empower andenable local communities to bring themout of poverty rather than just fix theproblem for them. Instead of telling peoplewhat to do, EPN is committed to workingwith local communities and organizationsto bring about change. After a series ofchecks, including reports from academicand on-the-ground experts, we decide ifthe project is feasible, beneficial, andsustainable. Then, we work together withthe local organization to make the projecta reality. This philosophy of developmentcombines local initiative with globalexpertise to effect real change.

We encourage people to commit as manyresources as they are able to bring aboutchange without drastically changing theirlifestyle. Perhaps someone is only able todonate and that is wonderful. But we alsoprovide opportunities to work andvolunteer in a number of capacities. AtEPN, we believe that changing the worldmeans changing yourself and we are

committed to facilitating this change.Finally, I believe that EPN is differentbecause we enable people, all people, toget involved in whatever capacity theycan.

Can you tell us a little about the bookyou are writing?

I am working on a project called The HighOn Life Book, but I would say that it is unfairto credit me with the “writing” of this book.Apart from the introduction and other bitsand pieces, I am the thread that weaves allthese stories together into a purposefulnarrative. The writers are all those peoplewho are willing to share their stories ofhope, change, and leadership so they caninspire and enable other young people tojoin and make a difference. It is more thanjust a compilation of inspiring stories. It is ahandbook of change and it reflects thecollective wisdom of young people whoare making the world a better place. I hopeall those who read it will be touched andinspired.

You’ve compiled stories from some of themost intriguing people around theworld. What are some of the sharedthemes and characteristics?

Everyone has something different to tellabout their experiences. Yet each of theseagents of change shares something incommon. It is the passion to make adifference. Each demonstrates an energyfor change and a belief in humanity and itsinherent goodness. All the stories I haveread so far have reinforced my belief thatwe all have the ability to make a differenceand, with the right support, resources, andopportunities, we all can.

What was it like to speak at the ClintonGlobal Initiative and meeting PresidentClinton?

In March 2008, I was honoured andprivileged to be selected as one of theClinton Global Initiative University “youngleaders”. I attended a conference in NewOrleans with hundreds of inspiring andpassionate people from all corners of theglobe. Like so many of the conferences thatI have attended, I was inspired by how ourgeneration is dedicated to change. I havehad the privilege of learning so much fromconferences such as these, and as a result, Iwas inspired to compile the book.

Moreover, on two occasions, I happened tobe in the right place at the right time andhad the chance to chat to PresidentClinton. Wow! His energy is inspiring andhis post-presidential dedication todevelopment and global change isadmirable, regardless of political affiliation.

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But most striking about this man was hiseasy-going humility. He was neitherpretentious nor arrogant. From our briefencounter, I believe that he truly lovespeople, and loves humanity. He talked tome, not as a president talking to aconstituent or as an authority figuretalking to a student, but as a human beingtalking to a fellow human being. MeetingPresident Clinton was an honour and anexperience I will never forget. I hope thatwe can all learn from his humility anddedication to the betterment of humanity.

How do you find the time to be so activein service?

As I get older, the more I learn about theimportance of time management. I am ascheduling nut and my Blackberry hasbecome an extension of my hand. I reallybelieve that I have made an honest time-commitment to my work. I live for the longhours and skipped lunches. But, as astudent, now doing my masters, I amalways pleased when I’m the last personout of the office or library. This hard work issomething in which I truly take pride.

When you’re so passionate about some-thing, it barely feels like work. It’s more likea love-affair! I do believe that service is a bitlike love, if your heart and soul are in it andbeyond the practical and logisticallimitations, there isn’t really a limit to howmuch you can give. I’ve found that themore I do, the more time, effort, anddedication to change and service, thehigher my grades are. I guess when you’rein the zone in your life, when you’ve gotwhat my Dad calls a vector movement, ordirection, then you are successful ineverything you do. And I am thankful thatI’ve been blessed with this success.

Why is service so important to you?

Service is something ingrained into who Iam. It has become a fundamental aspect ofmy identity and the person I want to be inthe future. I’m thankful for the skills, talents,and abilities that I’ve been given, and wantto put these to use. I feel a responsibility tomake a difference for the betterment ofhumanity.

Mahatma Gandhi is one of the mostinspiring people in history and once said,“Be the change you wish to see in theworld.” As overused (or misused) thatquotation is, I have tried in my life to makeit a philosophy by which I live. I trulybelieve that we together can make changein the world. This is a challenge ourgeneration needs to face.

What do passion and inspiration meanto you?

I have the blessing (or curse) of being avery passionate person. It’s just in mynature. Anyone who has ever watched meon the tennis court can attest to thispassion! When you’re passionate aboutsomething, whether it be an issue or asport, you yearn to be involved in it. I havethat passion about service, development,and change. Passion and love gets me overthe hurdles and inspires me to keepplodding.

What advice would you give to theSchool’s community service programs?

St. George’s School churns out some of thebest and brightest young people inCanada. I am proud to be a Georgian andthankful that I had the opportunity toattend the School. It has resources toprovide students with the best ofeverything, but there needs to be created agreater culture and ethos of service, anenergy to inspire and support students tobetter the community.

The School is committed to service in ourmandate and in our words, but I believe,there is not enough in our actions. I believethat for Saints to realize a dedication toservice and change, to become a schoolthat is an integral asset to our community,we need to invest more heavily in ourcommunity service programs. When Ispeak of investment, I’m not just alludingto money. Service can’t be done to gainadmission into Ivy League universities, butit can be done to better the School’s namein the community. We are committed toaction, since we have taught our studentsabout the importance of giving back, ofcreating change, of bettering the world.

I remember the energy in the gyms duringthe Hamper Drive, the feeling ofcommunity, of selflessness, and of care.Imagine if we were to develop aninfrastructure and culture of service tomake St. George’s like this all the time.Imagine if our service program competedwith our sports program for headlines inthe School newspaper. I hope this day willcome when we can remember howprivileged we are as a community anddedicate ourselves to giving back.

On every level, from the Board of Directors,to the Headmaster, to every single teachera plan of action needs to be put in place. Anew attitude and outlook to service needsto be developed and perpetuated. Weneed to build infrastructural support forstudents, to provide them with thestimulation and resources to becomeagents of change in our global community.You may say I’m ambitious, but I believe inthe potential of our School and the calibreof our staff and students. However, toachieve and develop this culture is not aneasy task.

How would you suggest members of theSaints community—Georgians, students,parents, and staff—get involved inservice?

Making a difference doesn’t meandrastically changing your lifestyle. It meanstaking small, but conscious steps everydayin your life to make the world a betterplace. This could mean volunteering once aweek at a local charity or NGO. It couldmean starting a chapter of EPN at theSchool, or it could be really simple, such asencouraging your parents or children to bemore energy efficient at home. At theSchool, we need to take institutional stepsto introduce and act upon gettinginvolved in service.

Any Final Thoughts?

A calling for me, a purpose in my life, is tobring people together in the name ofchange. Whether it’s in the political,business, or non-profit fields, I firmlybelieve that collective action is the key totrue and sustainable change. I hope that inmy life, in all my projects and endeavours, Iam able to support this noble cause andthus make my contribution.

I believe that it is so important for every-one to remember that each and every oneof us can make a difference. True changeonly happens when people cometogether. The sum is greater than its partsat both micro- and macro-cosmic levels. Asa School and as a community, we can do somuch more than each student could asindividuals.

Two pillars of strength of our communityare our unity and our pluralism. We arerepresented by a multiplicity of peoplesand this pluralism should be celebrated!We can use this pluralism to bring togetherexperiences, to combine ideas, and tomake real change. Our pluralism is furtherstrengthened by our School andcommunity spirit. It is upon this foundationthat we can become a true leader incommunity service and a leader in creatingchange in the world.

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What inspired you to create Spread The Love Project?

In March 2007, I was part of a small group fromthe Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and,in order to learn about the ancient EthiopianJews, the Falasha, I visited Ethiopia. I trekkedthrough the countryside near the northern city ofGondar to visit an ancient village, GendawehaGabriel, from where the last two remaining Jewishfamilies have since moved to live in Israel.

As I passed through Awdeba, another smallvillage on the way, I had an encounter whichmade a lasting impact on me. I saw a torn bluetarp on an old tree. That was an open-air villageschool with no seats for the children and only veryrudimentary materials. However, the children’sspirits were not dampened by their surroundingsand they had huge smiles on their faces. I made apromise that day to fund the construction of anew school and return next year to see the kids. Ikept my promise.

What is the goal of Spread The Love Project?

The goal is to construct adequate schools, toprovide necessary learning and teaching mater-ials, to ensure that the project is carried outeffectively, and to have the funding administeredby officials of the American Jewish Joint Distrib-ution Committee, who accompanied me on thetrip and have been carrying out humanitarianprojects in Ethiopia for a number of years.

Spread The Love Project is not a Jewishorganization and the schools built are notintended for children of any specific religion.However, Spread the Love Project and the JointDistribution Committee work using the Jewishidea of “tikkun olam” or “repairing the world”.

How much have you raised so far?

About $16,000, of which $7,000 went towardsconstruction our first school.

What does it take to build a school?

Each classroom will be constructed with logs, thewalls plastered with mud, the floors will beconcrete, and the roofs will be covered withcorrugated iron sheets. The stones on which thechildren currently sit will be replaced by benchesand each classroom will also be equipped with ablackboard and teacher’s table and chair. Inaddition, each satellite school will receive two dry-pit latrines to ensure a healthy and sanitaryenvironment.

Can you tell us a little bit about the growth ofyour organization?

Spread The Love Project is a grassroots organ-ization based on the simple concept of love. Weare driven by our desire to care for children andhelp them learn. What began as a promise hasturned into a reality. Spread the Love Project’soriginal goal of replacing a worn tarp over a treewith a new school has evolved into an evengreater goal of building four schools for theAwdeba villagers. It will continue to grow but willforever contain the spirit with which it began.

Spread the Love Project has strong ties to St. George’s, doesn’t it?

Yes, both my brother, Adam ’02, and father, Gary,are actively involved with the organization.Moreover, St. George’s School had a greatinfluence on my commitment to serving those ingreatest need. Giving back is really important tome and St. George’s taught me that.

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It’s still warm and sunny in California. At the University of Southern California, students walk aroundcampus in T-shirts and shorts. Justin Segal ’08 is so far enjoying his freshman year at USC’s Marshall Schoolof Business. The stunning campus situated in Los Angeles is a far cry from what serves as a school forchildren in a village in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, thanks to efforts of Justin and his organization, Spread TheLove Project, the children in Awdeba now have the chance to learn in a proper school. Justin tells us howone trip changed his life and motivated him to spread the love.

GEORGIAN: Justin SegalYEAR OF GRADUATION: 2008PROFILE: Freshman at the University of

Southern CaliforniaORGANIZATION: Spread The Love ProjectWEBSITES: www.spreadtheloveproject.com

Interview by: Bryan R. Ide '99

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Why did you decide to start a charity?

I was having dinner with a friend from businessschool when the idea first came up. We’d workedtogether on a brief charitable campaign atuniversity for the Canadian Red Cross and werethinking it would be great to start somethingmore long term.

How and why did you decide to focus on malaria?

There is a global malaria crisis. Most estimates arethat each year, malaria will cause disease in asmany as 500 million people. And I think what’smore alarming is that 90 per cent of these caseswill be found in Africa, mostly among childrenbelow the age of five. Now all that said, whatpulled us to this cause was the fact that there is aclear solution. A simple, insecticide-treatedmosquito net has been proven extremelyeffective in preventing mosquito-bornetransmission of the disease.

What was the inspiration behind the namesavefourlives?

It’s based on a UNICEF statistic on theeffectiveness of bed-nets in reducing malariatransmission. “One bed-net treated withinsecticide can protect the sleeping area of afamily of four for up to five years.” Thus, verysimply, a $10 donation, for one bed-net, savesfour lives.

Your organization is concerned primarily withproviding mosquito nets, but what other measuresare necessary to implement an effective andcomprehensive solution to tackle malaria?

Education is critical. What’s being found in thefield is that bed-net programs are far moresuccessful when users are educated on how andwhy they need to use a net. This is why a part ofeach $10 donation through savefourlives goes tosupporting UNICEFs distribution and educationprograms in Africa.

How is savefourlives different from otherorganizations doing similar work?

In comparison with larger, broader campaigns,we decided we would specifically targetcorporate donors.

What do you think are the key strategies inmobilizing the business community, especiallywhen there are so many competing causes?

I think the key, like in any marketing effort, isbeing able to understand your customer. In ourcase, corporate donors want immediate andmeasurable results. So, we built savefourlives,from the name up, to communicate the exactresult of each $10 donation.

Why did you decide to partner with UNICEF asopposed to another organization? Did you everthink of going it alone to establish a savefourlivespresence directly in Africa?

UNICEF is the largest purchaser of insecticidetreated bed-nets in the world and therefore hasa huge cost advantage. In addition, theirextensive distribution infrastructure was alreadywell established. So at the end of the day, wedecided to focus where we could add the mostvalue, which was in fundraising.

How will you grow your organization and, moreimportantly, keep it sustained?

Since our day jobs really constrain how muchtime we can dedicate to savefourlives, we’regong to be adding two new partners this year totry to spread the work around a bit better.

Where do you hope savefourlives will be in fiveyears? In ten?

We’re working now to try to bring on boardseveral large donors, so hopefully we’ll be able tosecure some long-term commitments. In tenyears? Frankly, I hope there’s a lot less need forefforts like ours in ten years.

In what ways did St. George’s influence yourcommitment to service?

Looking back, I think Daddy Stancombe ‘62 had ahuge influence on me. The hamper drive stillstands out in my mind as representative of theimpact that one person can have on the lives ofmany.

What for many is a very real and serious problem is entirelypreventable and treatable. Over 41 per cent of the world’s populationis at risk of contracting malaria and it is responsible for the deaths ofover one million children each year. Despite maintaining a gruellingwork schedule as a Senior Associate Consultant at Bain & Company,Steve Kenning ’00 has rallied the corporate world to do its part to helpfight the disease. He shares his story about his charity, savefourlives.

GEORGIAN: Steve KenningYEAR OF GRADUATION: 2000PROFILE: Management ConsultantORGANIZATION: savefourlivesWEBSITES: www.savefourlives.com

Interview by: Bryan R. Ide '99

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As this unprecedented act plays out, our attentionto good governance is also focused on thepolitical arena, especially with three elections—the US presidential election, the federal electionin Canada, and the municipal election in the Cityof Vancouver.

Citizens elect political leaders and shareholderselect corporate boards. In theory, these electedleaders should serve their voters’ interests, but thisis not always the case. Wall Street is full of storiesof CEOs who made big bets on the credit marketsand lost, either driving their long-establishedcompanies into the ground or being bought outby rivals. We also hear of politicians who don’tseem to serve their constituents but rather arebeholden to special interest groups.

So how can we make those we elect moreaccountable and more responsive? As MarkLatham ’70 suggests, we cannot exercise ourvotes effectively if we do not understand what

our leaders—whether they be politicians orcorporate directors—are doing. Because we areall busy with our own lives, we may not have thetime to investigate for ourselves. We rely on themedia to help inform us and given our hecticbalancing of work and family obligations, aboutthe best most of us can do to keep informed, is totune into the nightly news or quickly skim thepaper. Mark argues that the media are a keycomponent of our democratic system of checksand balances.

A Ph.D. in Finance from MIT, a former AssistantProfessor of Finance at Berkeley, and a formerinvestment banker who worked on Wall Street forsix years, Mark has a keen interest in how to fixproblems in the power structure of corporationsand democracies. Since 1996, he has beendeveloping and publishing this solution, which hecalls “voter-funded media”. It began with Mark’sefforts to find more effective means of corporategovernance with the Corporate MonitoringProject. In 2000, Mark expanded his idea to alsoinclude the study of democracies. In 2006, Markrebranded his non-profit as VoterMedia.orgdedicated to developing the idea of voter-fundedmedia as a means of improving the governance ofdemocracies and corporations.

Mark sees the problem as uninformed voterselecting poor leaders in governments andcorporations. These leaders make poor decisionswhich lead to corruption, waste, pollution, andwar. So, the solution is to let voters control some ofthe funding of media, which, as Mark asserts, willin turn make media more loyal to voters.

In January 2007, UBC, where Mark completed hisundergraduate and Master’s degrees, carried outthe world’s first experiment of voter-fundedmedia. It took place during the annual election forUBC’s Alma Mater Society, an elected body thatserves as a voice for students at UBC. For thatelection, Mark donated $8,000 in prize money fora voter-funded media contest. Both he and UBCwere satisfied with the results of their experimentand so they ran another contest this year with animproved design.

Mark is now sponsoring and administering avoter-funded media experiment focused on thecurrent municipal election in Vancouver.

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GEORGIAN: Dr. Mark LathamYEAR OF GRADUATION: 1970PROFILE: Former finance professor and

investment banker, founder of a non-profit organization

ORGANIZATION: VoterMedia.orgWEBSITES: www.votermedia.org

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Good governance seems to be thebuzz phrase these days. Wall Streethas been shaken by financial turmoilas the US government scrambles torescue the financial industry. We havewitnessed the historic collapse ofseveral major financial institutions,including Bear Stearns, Lehman—Brothers, and AIG—once consideredtitans too mighty to fall. Hundreds ofbillions of dollars have been pumpedinto the markets by central banksaround the world in order to prevent acatastrophic meltdown.

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1) Annual Georgians’ Dinner: Past Faculty Member DougalFraser (l) chats with Geoff Litherland '84 (r). Dougal wasinducted as an Honorary Georgian.

2) The Annual Georgians’ Dinner was held on May 15, 2008.Peter J.G. Bentley '47, Stuart Clyne '50, Bill Thomas '85, andpast Faculty Member Dougal Fraser were all honoured.

3) Annual Georgians’ Dinner: Don Livingston, ChiefAdvancement Officer, (l) and Ron Cliff, Sr. '46 (r)

4) Annual Georgians’ Dinner: Past Headmaster Alan Brown '54(l) and A.G. (Alex) Tsakumis '84, President of the Georgians, (r)

5) Senior Georgians’ Dinner, Reunion Weekend 2008: Eva andKen Mitchell '56.

6) New York Georgians Reception

7) Alex Tsakumis’ Retirement Dinner, from l to r: Dougal Fraser,A.G. (Alex) Tsakumis '84, Bryan R. Ide '99

8) Reunion Weekend 2008: the Class of 2003

9) Reunion Weekend 2008: the Class of 1978

10) Senior Georgians’ Dinner, Reunion Weekend 2008:Headmaster Nigel Toy (l) and Peter J.G. Bentley '47 (r)

11) Stancombe Invitational 2008: Charles Young '72

12) Stancombe Invitational 2008, from l to r: Robin Black '00,Patrick Stancombe '00, Lucas Burdick '99, Mark Jukes '00

13) Thank you to all those who generously supported this year’sgolf tournament.

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GEORGIAN: Donovan Tildesley YEAR OF GRADUATION: 2002PROFILE: Canadian Paralympic Swimmer

Interview by: Bryan R. Ide '99

Did your experience in Beijing this past summermeet your expectations?

My experience in Beijing did not merely meet myexpectations, it exceeded them. The Chinese left nostone unturned when planning the Olympic/Paralympic Games. The village was estheticallypleasing, transportation was reliable, and all the staffand volunteers were exceedingly friendly. The waterCube is an amazing facility.

When I first set foot in the Cube, I found it hard tobelieve that I, Donovan Tildesley, would be competingin the very same facility where Michael Phelps won allthose gold medals just three weeks earlier. On apersonal level, this was my best Paralympics yet. Mygoal was to "have fun", and I easily accomplished thattask. Although I was disappointed not to come awaywith a gold medal (my secondary goal), I know that Idid the very best that I could on the day of the race,which is all that matters in the long run. Being beatencan be discouraging, but it’s encouraging to see howmuch more competitive Paralympic swimming hasbecome in the last four years.

When you first learned that you would carry the flagfor Canada, what was your initial reaction?

Shock and surprise. While I very much wanted to carrythe flag, I didn't think I had a chance, as I was up againsttwo formidable contenders. Both Chantal Petitclercand Paul Gauthier have been involved in Paralympicsport longer than I have, so I thought the honourwould go to one of them. When my name wasannounced, it was like a bolt of lightning shootingthrough my body. With the help of my Dad, I unfurledthe flag in front of everyone. But for the first time in mylife, I was rendered speechless! My heart was pounding,my mouth was dry, and if it wasn't for a joke I'dprepared beforehand, I don't think I would have beenable to give my speech. The next couple of days were abuzz of excitement, what with interviews, emails, andaccolades from Canadian team members who I'd nevermet. Walking into the Bird's Nest with the flag, I'm outsure which was louder: the cheers of the fans or thesound of the music. What an experience!

What does it mean to you to be a Paralympian?

Being a Paralympian has afforded me with someamazing opportunities. Not only have I had the chanceto travel the world and represent Canada in sport, butmy experiences have also opened many doors for me.I've been given job offers, as well as opportunities toparticipate in activities which I could only dream of. If Iweren't a Paralympian, I doubt I'd have theseopportunities. Furthermore, I feel strongly that I havebeen a part of a major turning point in Paralympicsport. When I attended my first Games back in Sydney2000, the Paralympic Movement was only just breakinginto the mainstream. Media coverage was scant, andthe majority of the general public was unaware of whowe were.

In the pool, Canada won 48 medals that year, with 24 ofthem being gold, helping us to win the swimmingcompetition. Fast forward eight years. The media hasrealized that the Paralympics are a force to be reckonedwith, and the rest of the world is stepping up like neverbefore. We only won 23 medals this time around in thepool, seven of which were gold. The Paralympics is fastbecoming as high a calibre competition as the regularOlympics. And I've been there to see it all happen!

What impact did St. George’s have on your athleticcareer?

St. George's was the first school who recognized thesignificance of my hard work and achievements as aswimmer. Just because I wasn't a basketball or rugbyplayer didn't mean I was not a dedicated athlete. Afterwinning a bronze medal in Sydney, I fondly rememberbeing asked to speak at both the Junior and SeniorSchools by Mr. Toy, as well as being recognized at acouple of annual Sports Banquets. Furthermore, I'llalways cherish the years I had the opportunity tocompete for the school. I'm forever grateful to Ms.Jeanette Nienaber, Mr. Dave Louttit, Mr. Jeremy Sayers’82, and the enumerable other volunteers and staffwho facilitated my involvement in the Saints SwimTeam. In short, St. George's helped to instill in me astaunch work ethic, and were always, and still are,supporting me 100 per cent in my endeavours.

This past summer, Donovan Tildesley ’02 captured the world’s attention as the flagbearer for Canada at the Paralympic Games in Beijing. His positive attitude, talent, anddrive have served as shining examples to others. Donovan has done not only St. George’s, but also the entire country proud. We had the opportunity to hear fromDonovan after the Games.

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THE FLAG BEARER THE FLAG BEARER What message would you like to share with yourfellow Georgians?

Always follow your dreams, but never forget to havefun along the way. Passion is a major ingredient ofsuccess—it stokes the fires of ambition. But in the thickof your drive and passion, never lose sight of all theworld has to offer. And, if you truly believe in your heartthat you can do something, then you will do it!

You have indicated that you will be retiring fromyour sport after Beijing. What’s next for you?

Ah, and now the question of the day! I plan to spendthis year de-training. Basically swimming and workingout in the gym a few times a week, just so that I can stayin shape and not go crazy. I'm thinking I'd like toattempt a triathlon next summer. I still love swimming,so it’s not going to be easy to hang the Speedos up forgood. But I'm 24, and the "real world" is knocking onthe door. Theoretically, I could continue competing foranother four years, but then I'd be putting other majorlife goals on hold. What are these goals you ask? Careeris number one. I've just completed my BA in EnglishLiterature at UBC. My neighbour who owns BuntainInsurance has suggested that I come work for himselling medical insurance. I don't know a thing aboutthe business but am ready for a challenge. However, myultimate goal is to become a career motivationalspeaker. For the past year, I've worked for RBC as a partof their Olympians Program. Through my work withthem, I've had the chance to speak to countlessaudiences about my experiences. It’s something I loveto do as much as competing, and hope to continue insome capacity. On the side, I am part-owner of 88.7Whistler FM, a tourist information station in Whistler.Our company is in the process of expanding, and I'mlooking forward to what lies ahead. (I've beenpassionate about radio broadcasting all my life). Othergoals of mine include moving out and findingsomeone. All I know is that life is an adventure whichI'm only just beginning!

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SNAPSHOTSDespite their busy lives,Georgians find the time andenergy to devote to theircommunities. Here are a fewsnapshots of what ourGeorgians are doing to help.

Peter Menyasz '69GOING FOR THE GOALPeter coaches soccer in his community of Carleton Place in Ontario and acts as Club Head Coach ofthe Carleton Place Soccer Club. This past summer, he was the head coach of two league-leadingcompetitive soccer teams in the East Region Soccer League, the U-14 Girls Premier “TNT Extreme” andU-16 Girls Division 1 “Attack”. The TNT Extreme was the winner of its division in the East Region SoccerLeague in Ottawa and is up for promotion to the regional level next summer. The team also won itsage group in the annual Icebreaker Tournament in the spring.

David Trudel '73 GREENING THE COMMUNITYEvery park user knows the benefits of greenspace, especially in urban and suburbansettings. Public parks are at the centre ofmany communities. Green spaces provide avital role in enhancing the lives of citizens,improving our health, strengthening ourcommunities, and making us more aware ofenvironmental issues. David Trudel shareswith us the importance of parks to him.

Shortly after moving to a differentneighbourhood in Victoria, one of David’sneighbours suggested that he join in aSaturday “Broom Bash” in the park across thestreet. One thing led to another and soonDavid became involved with the Friends ofKnockan Hill Park as an executive boardmember. This year, the group has beenworking with the Habitat Acquisition Trust ona local “Good Neighbours” Project to helpraise the awareness of the fragile ecosystemof the park. In addition, under David’sdirection, the group worked with a team ofstudents from Royal Roads University ondeveloping the foundation document for aPark Management Plan.

As David describes, not only is the cityblessed with a great park across the street,but at the end of the block is an ancientcommunity hall, similar to the communityhalls found across the country. He has beentrying hard to revitalize this importantcommunity resource. His work involvesimproving membership brochures, reviewingthe constitution and by-laws, planning andholding events, and generally making surethat the hall continues to be a relevant andcentral part of the local community.

David feels that it is important to makemeaningful contributions at the locallevel. By putting in time and effort, onecan connect with the people who livein the same neighbourhood andthereby foster and maintain the socialnetworks that make our cities liveable.His park, small as it is, has become a“Walden Pond” for him and has been awindow to look at the broader world.What he has been doing is investingsocial capital in his backyard, and inreturn he’s realized a fabulous return insocial relevance.

David’s story is a testament to thepower of community involvement asmeasured in time, energy, ideas, andinsight rather than simply dollars.

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SNAPSHOTSCraig Brooks '76 SERVING AND PROTECTINGFor the past 16 years, Craig has had the honour andpleasure of being an Auxiliary Member of the RCMP.In this volunteer capacity, he holds sworn PeaceOfficer status, while performing between 300 and800 hours of service per year. He works with regularRCMP members on everything from crimeprevention, check stops, traffic enforcement to theextremely varied general duty role. As Craigdescribes, Auxiliaries are the second person in manyRCMP cars, responding to automobile crashes,domestics, bar and alcohol related issues, crowdcontrol, assaults, etc. In addition, they providecommunity policing activities at concerts, monsterstruck shows, hockey games, and trade showbooths.

Craig has done Auxiliary work in Prince Rupert,Peace River, Whitecourt, and now Red Deer.

Craig is proud that his auxiliary work is his majorhobby. So what motivated him to become anAuxiliary Officer? Craig shares that he has alwaysbeen involved with community service. At Saints, hehelped out in the library and was part of the teamthat put together the Georgian yearbooks. Hiscommitment to service carried on to university.While at UBC, where he obtained a B.Sc. inComputer Science, he was a part of the SCUBASociety, a member of the university’s political club, adirector of a political club, a student societyexecutive, and a writer for the university newspaper.Could two of his relatives, who were British Bobbies,also have had an influence on his decision to become a peace officer? When Craig is not a peaceofficer, he works as an IT Client Services Manager for Agriculture Services Financial Corporation whichprovides financial services to farmers and agribusinesses.

Simon Litherland '83A PASSION FOR ROWINGYou can’t talk about rowing in BritishColumbia without talking about SimonLitherland: the sport is in Simon’s blood. Heis completing his fourth year as President ofRowing BC, the provincial sport organ-ization responsible for the development ofrowing. Additionally, for the past number ofyears, he has been a member of the Board ofDirectors of Rowing Canada Aviron, thesport’s national organization. Prior to hisinvolvement provincially and nationally, heserved as Captain of Rowing at theVancouver Rowing Club down in StanleyPark. Furthermore, as current President ofthe newly formed False Creek Rowing Club,he is working with the Vancouver ParksBoard in developing a community rowingprogram in the legacy facilities in SouthEast False Creek resulting from the 2010Olympic and Paralympic athletes village. Ata municipal level, he sits on the steeringcommittee for the Vancouver ActiveCommunities Network, a group working toimprove the activity levels of the citizens inVancouver through the creation of a citysponsored sport council. And Simon’svolunteer activities don't stop at rowing: hehas been on the executive of BC’s provincialHostelling International association, havingserved as both its President and Secretary/Treasurer.

As a coach, Simon shares a few words ofwisdom. A message that he wants to passon to new graduates of St George’s is thatyou don’t have to put up your hand to getpermission to go to the washroom onceyou have left St George’s, particularly whenattending the Annual General Meetings ofassociations to which you belong. Also, anyorganization that embodies the spirit ofexcellence, integrity and community isworth being a part of and volunteering for.Lastly, there are three things to rememberin organizational dynamics: listen whenpeople need to talk, say “thank you” topeople when they deserve it, and knowingwhen to say good enough and move to thenext task.

Aly Jetha '88 TEACHING TOLERANCE AND DIVERSITYTHROUGH ENTERTAINMENTAly Jetha, and his wife, Shabnam Rezaei, are the force behindMixed Nutz, a kids’ cartoon made up of a colourful and diversegroup of characters. This animated television show targetschildren between the ages of six and nine promotes toleranceand an appreciation of diversity. All eight characters comefrom different parts of the globe and share their uniquenessand quirkiness.

Aly, who was born in Zambia, is someone you would leastexpect to be making cartoons. After all, he studied PoliticalScience at UBC, spent two years working for the Canadiangovernment at the UN, earned a law degree from UC Berkeley,was a consultant with Bain & Company, and founded atelecommunications company. His wife has equally impressivecredentials. Born in Iran and able to speak five languages,Shabnam graduated from the University of Pennsylvania andworked with companies such as Deloitte.

Despite their strong business backgrounds, Aly and Shabnamdecided to pursue a new venture that would be dear to theirhearts—opening people’s eyes to different cultures. Their firstanimated show was called Babak and Friends which they aimedto be the Persian version of Charlie Brown’s Christmas. However, because Christmas is not celebrated in Persian culture, theshow focused on the Persian New Year.

Babak and Friends was such a great success that it motivated Aly and Shabnam to continue their work and to create Big Bad Boo Studioslocated in Yaletown. It is here where a team of talented, Emmy award-winning animators and music composers bring to life the charactersin Mixed Nuts.

While Big Bad Boo Studios and Aly’s production company, Norooz Productions, may be businesses, they are more social ventures drivenby his commitment to help spread tolerance among children.

Charles Middleton '80 PEACEKEEPER

Charles Middleton has been with the Canadian Forces Reserves for 23 years.He is currently deployed to Sierra Leone on Operation Sculpture as a BattalionAdvisor. He is part of the International Military Assistance Training Teamwhose mission it is to develop the Sierra Leone armed forces into ademocratically accountable, effective, and sustainable force to fulfill securitytasks required by the Government of Sierra Leone.

Charles writes that a lack of development and corruption hinder progress inthe country. For example, while there are a lot of natural resources includingdiamonds and gold, but many are not being tapped. Also, for those that are,profits may be skimmed by corrupt officials. The little infrastructure that doesexist has been devastated by civil war. The country only has about 900kilometres of paved roads, which are barely two lanes and are full of potholes.The remainder are dirt roads which become rivers during the rainy season.

Most of the country has no power, no running water, and little sanitation.Charles notes that he is surprised that almost everyone he sees has a cell phone, even though it costs 50 cents to charge it, which is one thirdof a day’s salary.

Charles works mainly in the north of the country in a place called Makeni—he travels to Kambia and Kabala to visit the army. His normalrotation is two and a half weeks upcountry and then four days back in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone.

During his deployment he achieved more than his job . In his free time in the country, he has helped establish Scout troops. With $350, he hasbeen able to provide new uniforms for the local troop in Makeni. Furthermore, with $2,500 raised by Scouts at home in Victoria and with$7,500 of his own money, Charles was able to help purchase land and finance construction of a Scout hall.

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Adam Kebede '03 GIVING BACKAs Ian Yen ’03 and Saamy Karim ’03 write of theirfellow classmate, Adam Kebede, he has always lookedfor ways to give back to his community by gettinginvolved in projects that have both a local and globalimpact. In addition to supporting his local communitycentres, Adam has participated and initiated local eco-friendly projects in Vancouver by creating compostsand being a member of Critical Mass, a grassrootsgroup that encourages better city planning of bicycleroutes and promotes cycling as a more environ-mentally friendly method of transportation.

Adam expanded his outlook when he and his sister,Sophie, founded an AIDS awareness program, AIDS inContext. This organization was created to help spreadthe message of AIDS and its global impact toVancouver youth. He also went on exchange for oneyear to Quebec/Benin with Canada World Youth tolearn about the global community and how to helpimprove it. For more information on Adam’sorganization, you can visit www.aidsincontext.org.

His most recent achievement has been with a projectcalled Riding to Break the Cycle which is organized bythe Canadian non-profit organization Agents ofChange www.givemeaning.com/thon/adamk. Hesuccessfully raised $3,000 to go towards a microcreditproject in Mexico. Adam rode his bike to Mexico overa seven-week period to deliver the funds. Throughoutall of his ventures, Adam has always supported themotto that “together we can make a difference.”

Stephen Joyce '90 A STRONG COMMITMENT TO SERVICEIt’s not exaggeration to say that Stephen Joyce is a busy guy. Onaverage about 20 hours a week of his time is dedicated in some wayto community activities, all of which is volunteer time. As Stephenmentioned to us, he learned to enjoy giving back to the communitythrough the Public Service Club at Saints and through the Air Cadetprogram. A strong dedication to public service and communityinitiatives has always been important to him and it is something heencourages in his children.

He is the current Chair of the North Vancouver Chamber ofCommerce which actively supports economic growth and a vibrantbusiness community on the North Shore. He is a member of theBoard of Directors of the COHO Society of the North Shore, avolunteer, environmental organization that is committed toprotecting and revitalizing North Shore salmon streams and rivers.He has been a Director of the Pacific Club, a young entrepreneurs’speaking organization. He is currently a civilian instructor with theWest Vancouver Air Cadet Squadron. He is a founder and the currentPresident of the North America chapter of the InternationalFederation for IT, Travel & Tourism, a non-profit aiming to promoteinternational discussion about information and communicationtechnologies as applied to the tourism industry. Stephen also sits onthe Executive Committee of the Canadian E-Tourism Council.

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Spenser Rocky '04MAKING UBC A BETTER PLACE

Spenser seems well on his way to becoming a leader in the business world. In addition to pursuinghis business studies at UBC, he is the President of the Commerce Undergraduate Society, anelected volunteer position. And already Spenser is gaining valuable experience in how to managean organization as he is responsible for directing the $1.2 million budget of the Society. Moreover,he oversees more than 300 student members involved in the organization. Some of their majorprograms include:

• organizing a business plan competition and conference that attracts over 70 business plansubmissions from more than 300 student delegates from across the country. There is a total of$100,000 in prize money available for the winners and some of the proposed business plans havego on to become bona fide companies.

• managing conferences in international business, career planning, personal discovery, and sportsbusiness, each of which attracts between 100 and 300 student delegates.

• preparing 45 UBC students to compete in "case" competitions across Canada.

• developing charity programs that have raised in excess of $25,000 combined. As one example,the Society launched a "5 Days for the Homeless" campaign in which a handful of students livedhomeless on campus for five days, having to live off only the donations of passers-by.

• maintaining a corporate relations program that raises between $110,000 and $120,000 fromcorporate partners in order to help fund the Society’s various programs.

Dr. Michael Cragg '82 SUPPORTINGINDEPENDENT SCHOOLSMike is the current Chair of the Board ofTrustees at the Cambridge MontessoriSchool in Boston. Founded in 1963, theschool is a non-profit that has a studentpopulation of 240 from Kindergarten toGrade 9. CMS is in the middle of a transitionto a new, expanded campus. The curriculumis based on both independent school andMontessori principles and draws heavily ontrying to set an agenda for developingstudent leaders sensitive to the needs tocreate a sustainable world. Furthermore,CMS prides itself on attracting a diversegroup of families.

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HONOURSGEORGIAN

PETER J.G. BENTLEY, OC, LLD '47LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT GEORGIAN AWARD

In May 2008, we presented this year’s recipients of the GeorgianHonours. These men are wonderful examples of Georgians giving their

time and energy to bettering their communities.

Peter Bentley is the Chairman of Canfor, a leadingintegrated forest products company based inVancouver with interests in 32 facilities in BritishColumbia, Alberta, Washington State, North Carolina,and South Carolina. Peter has served on the Board ofCanfor since 1966.

Peter has a long record of involvement on variousboards. He is a member of the Board of the CanadianInstitute for Advanced Research, a member of theAdvisory Board of BuildDirect.com, and a Trustee andChair Emeritus of the Vancouver General Hospitaland University of British Columbia HospitalFoundation. He served for many years as a director ofBank of Montreal and Shell Canada, Ltd, and also onthe international advisory board for JP MorganChase. He is the past Chancellor of the University ofNorthern British Columbia.

Peter is the recipient of many honours and awards. In1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canadain recognition of his important role in manufacturing,business, and finance in British Columbia. As cited bythe Order of Canada, his achievements included therepatriation of several foreign-owned lumbercompanies and his contributions to industrial peace.He has been awarded the Distinguished CommunityLeader Award from Simon Fraser University and theW.A.C. Bennett Award from the Sports Hall of Fame.Peter holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws degreefrom the University of British Columbia and thismonth will be receiving another Honorary Doctorateof Laws degree from the University of North BritishColumbia.

Peter has been a strong supporter of St. George’sSchool for many years, having served as a Governorof the School and having been a generouscontributor. Peter’s son, Michael, is a member of theClass of 1980. Peter has had four grandsons gothrough the school: Tyler Hislop ’01, Scott Hislop ’06,Spencer Bentley ’06, and Nathaniel Bentley ’07. Peter’sfifth grandson, Caleb ’11, is currently in Grade 9.

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J. STUART CLYNE, QC '50DISTINGUISHED GEORGIAN AWARD

Stuart Clyne has had a longand distinguished career as alawyer. Called to the Bar ofBritish Columbia and admittedto the Law Society of BritishColumbia in 1958, Stuartbegan practising in criminaland domestic law and generallitigation. He later specializedin employment, labour, andschool law. He was a partner atCampney, Owen, and Murphyand later at Harris andCompany. Mr. Clyne has beenrecognized as a labour andemployment lawyer. In May2008, he was recognized bythe Law Society for havingcompleted 50 years as apractising lawyer.

He has appeared as counsel onnumerous occasions beforeBritish Columbia’s ProvincialCourt, Supreme Court, andCourt of Appeal. He also hasappeared before the SupremeCourt of Canada and has beencounsel in numerous labourand employment arbitrationcases. In acknowledgment ofhis significant contributions tothe legal community, he wasappointed a Queen’s Counselin 1984.

He is the current Chair of St.John’s Ambulance in BritishColumbia, the HonorarySolicitor for the Air CadetLeague of Canada, Chair of theFriends of HMCS VANCOUVERGroup, a member of the UBCAthletic Advisory Committee, apast Director and President ofthe Abbotsford InternationalAir Show Society, and aDirector and President of theBC Rugby Union.

Even after graduating from St. George’s, Stuart hasmaintained strong ties to theSchool. He was President ofthe Old Boys’ Association from1955 to 1956. He is a pastGovernor of the School and isone of the original signatorieson the 1975 application tocreate the St. George’s SchoolFoundation and subsequentlythe Chair of the Foundation.Stuart is the father of Ian ’81and the late John Clyne ’84.Stuart’s wife, Meg, is a pastPresident of the St. George’sSchool Auxiliary and a formerGovernor of the School.

WILLIAM B. THOMAS '85YOUNG GEORGIAN AWARD

In the summer of 2007, BillThomas was named as the nextCEO of KPMG, one of theworld’s largest global acc-ounting firms. On October 1,2007, he became Deputy CEOuntil he officially assumes therole of CEO on December 31,2008.

Bill joined KPMG in 1989 andearned his CA in 1993. A yearlater, he left to become Directorof Finance for Shato HoldingsLtd., a private real estate andhospitality company. Afterthree years there, Bill rejoinedKPMG’s audit practice inVancouver and was named tothe partnership in 1999. From2000 to 2003, he led theFinancial Institutions, RealEstate and Services AuditGroup. In 2002, he was namedone of the “Top 40 Under 40”individuals in Vancouver byBusiness in Vancouver mag-azine. That same year, Bill wasone of two Canadian partnersselected to participate inChairman’s 25, a two-yearleadership development prog-ram for 25 leaders of the futurefrom KPMG in Canada, theUnited States and SouthAmerica.

In 2003, Bill was made thePartner-in-Charge of KPMG’sGreater Vancouver Area (GVA)Audit Practice. During this time,Bill spearheaded the GVA’s verysuccessful Private CompanyInitiative, which later becamepart of the national KPMGEnterprise Practice. InDecember 2006, Bill took therole of Managing Partner forKPMG in the GVA.

Bill has been a member of theAudit and Governance Comm-ittees of Vancouver’s ScienceWorld and he sits on the boardof the CA School of Business.Among his other volunteerendeavours, Bill was Chair ofthe Finance Committee for the2006 IIHF World Junior HockeyTournament, and Treasurer ofArts Umbrella, a non-profitorganization focused ondeveloping fine arts skills inchildren.

Bill started at St. George’s inGrade 5 and was Head Boy ofthe Junior School. Aftergraduating from St. George’s, heattended the University ofBritish Columbia where heearned a Bachelor of ScienceDegree in Bio-organicChemistry.

1974Dennis Molnar let us know about aninformal Class of ’74 lunch with pastHeadmaster Alan Brown ’54 on July 22,2008 at the Four Seasons Hotel inVancouver. As Dennis testifies, storieswere told, all guilt was denied, and manylaughs were had by all.

1975Peter Hilton has returned to Canada totake up the position of Associate Vice-President of Enrollment at ThompsonRivers University in Kamloops, BC.

1982Neil Menzies reports he has expandedhis financial services firm. Located inVancouver, Arbutus Financial ServicesLtd. now has eight team members,including Gardy Frost ’93. Neil’s son,Philip, is currently in Grade 6 at St.George’s. Neil remains active in theSchool community and with theGeorgians. He is a member of the Boardof Directors of the School Society. LastAugust, Neil’s sister, Michele, marriedfellow Georgian Michael Overton ’70,son of former School Matron KathyOverton and long-time faculty memberand Honorary Georgian David Overton.

1983Paul Harder has released a third albumof completely original Pseudo EthnicAcoustic Electronic World Music Funkmaterial entitled Harder, Softer, WorldGone Wild.In addition to his tenor saxophone,other instruments include Tibetanbowls, glockenspiel, bassoon, hammerdulcimer, doorbells, a bicycle horn, andbed springs.Songs include: Second Time Lucky, BabyLoves My Horn, Funked Up World(remix), Where In The World Is Clarance?,Waitin’ For Bab’s Reno and Funk Me, ILove You!

1986Jamie Brown has new responsibilitiesas recently appointed President ofCanaccord Adams Inc. (USA). He iscurrently based in Boston, MA andoverseeing the operations of thegrowth focus investment bank in theUnited States with offices located in

Boston, New York, Houston, and SanFrancisco. The firm focuses on providingresearch, institutional brokerage andinvestment banking for the Technology,Consumer, Life Sciences, and Sustain-ability sectors.

Geoffrey Hossie is Managing Directorof H Oil & Minerals Ltd., a junior oil, gas,and minerals exploration and pro-duction company specializing in Africa.He resides in Madrid, Spain.

1989David Law is spending three months inTokyo as a visiting professor in the lawfaculty of Keio University. He wasawarded an International AffairsFellowship in Japan (also known as theHitachi Fellowship) by the Council onForeign Relations to do research onconstitutional adjudication in Japan. Asof 2009, he will be moving from SanDiego to St. Louis to take up a tenuredposition as Professor of Law andProfessor of Political Science atWashington University in St. Louis,Missouri.

1990Jono Holmes has recently moved toToronto and joined Taxi Canada as aSenior Advertising Copywriter. He spentthe last five years at RethinkCommunications in Vancouver wherehe was ranked the #2 Copywriter inCanada in 2008 by Strategy Magazine.

His work in TV, radio, and print has beenhonoured around the world at Cannes,The One Show, Communication Arts,The London International Awards, andin Luerzer's Archive. He has alsoreceived recognition within Canada atThe Marketing Awards, The Bessies, TheLotus Awards, The Extras, and AppliedArts. His favourite accolade, though, washaving one of his BC Lions’ TV spots airon TBS’ World’s Funniest Commercialshosted by Kevin Nealon.

1991Robin Colwell, a medical doctor, startedhis post-graduate training in InternalMedicine at the University ofSaskatchewan on July 1, 2008.

1993William Choi is CEO of CB WilliamsEnergy Group, developer of a secondgeneration clean energy laser catalysttechnology that increases efficienciesand cuts carbon emissions between 15to 50 per cent in electricity and fuel. CBWilliams has opened a branch office inSeoul, Korea in April 2008, havingestablished corporate joint venturepartnerships and further research anddevelopment.

1994Torrance Donegani has joined thefamily business, Flag Chevrolet, inSurrey, BC as the Operations Manager.

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SAINTS’ NOTESFrom left to right: Stuart Goodman '74, Peter Clarke '74,

Dennis Molnar '74, and Alan Brown '54. (Photographer: Blake Lewis '74)

He is currently enrolled in the NationalAutomobile Dealers Association’sDealer Academy in McLean, VA. Torrancehas also recently graduated from CoachU’s CTP Program, and is workingtowards becoming a ProfessionalCertified Coach (PCC) in his spare time.

1995Scott Siegert is a Medical ScienceLiaison for Ovation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.and is also an MBA student at DePaulUniversity in Chicago. In 2006, heobtained his Doctor of Pharmacydegree from the University of Illinois atChicago where he also serves as anadjunct assistant professor. He has alsoattended Washington State Universityin Pullman, Washington. He has recentlypublished research papers in TheJournal of Pediatric Pharmacology and

Therapeutics and Advances in Therapy,two peer-reviewed journals. His wife,Sherry, is enrolled in the Doctor ofPharmacy program at the University ofIllinois at Chicago. They reside inChicago.

1998In addition to practicing dentistry inRichmond, Zul Kanji currently teachesat Vancouver Community College andat the University of British Columbia,where he is also currently pursuing hisMaster of Science in Dental Sciences.

2000Adam Cotterall and Lyndsay Sandersrecently celebrated their engagement.The wedding is planned for summer2009. Adam is currently doing his MBAat Queen’s University.

Max Hager got engaged to JennyMargaret Lake on April 21, 2008.

Steve Kenning has been promoted toSenior Associate Consultant at Bain &Company, an international manage-ment consulting firm. As of October 1,he has transferred to work in Bain’s LosAngeles office where he will be focusingin its media and entertainment practice.

Rob Millen is a member of the SouthSudan UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS)—not to be confused with the UN Darfurmission in the north. He is a UN MilitaryObserver (UNMO) whose job is tomonitor the Comprehensive PeaceAgreement between the Governmentof Sudan and the Sudanese People’sLiberation Movement which has beenin place since 2005.

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2001Beau Chapman has been named to theNorth America 4 West rugby union. He isalso a former member of Canada’s U21rugby team.

2003Tyler Hotson was selected to theCanadian Rugby Team to play in theBarclays Churchill Cup tournament andagainst the French Barbarians this pastJune. The photo is of his first gameagainst Argentina when he scored a try.He is now living in Sydney, Australiaplaying for the Northern Suburbs RugbyClub, in the Sydney Premiership RugbyCompetition, known as the Tooeys NewShute Shield.

Alasdair Nazerali-Maitland has grad-uated from his five-year medical courseat the University of London in Englandand is starting his internship in InternalMedicine at St. Richard’s Hospital inChichester, England. He hopes to makecontact with other Georgians living inthe UK and in Europe.

2007Richard Veerman is studying at DukeUniversity where he has made theDean’s List.

BIRTHSJohn McGraw ’90 and his wife, Jennifer,a son and second child, Laird AnsonMcGaw, on October 22, 2007.

Mike Moon, faculty, and his wife, Maria,a son, Jordan Cyril Independence Moon,on February 24, 2008.

Tyler Hotson '03

Mike Moon, his wife, Maria, and son, Jordan Cyril

MARRIAGESScott Siegert ’95 to Sherry on May 17, 2008.

Zul Kanji ’98 to Ada Wong on May 31, 2008.

Geoff Bertram ’96 to Catherine Walsh on June 7, 2008.

PASSINGSEnid McKenzie-Smith on April 16, 2008 at Vancouver,BC. Enid was active with the St. George’s SchoolAuxiliary during the 1970s and the 1980s and ran theboutique during the Annual Country Fair. She alsostarted Crestedware at the School. She was made a LifeMember of the Auxiliary in 1975. She is the mother ofGuy ’75, Michael ’85, and James ’87.

Warren Schweppe ’46 on July 11, 2008 at Edmonds,Washington.

Martin Rogers ’62 on August 13, 2008 at NorthVancouver, BC.

John “Jack” Edward Balmer ’49 on October 10, 2008 atVancouver, BC.

Merton Cedric Parry Hawkshaw ’42 on October 15,2008 at New Westminster, BC. Cedric was a past Directorof the Old Boys’ Association, Class Captain for AnnualGiving, and father of T. Barry Hawkshaw ’75.

W. Michael Ferrie ’47 on October 21, 2008 atVancouver, BC. Michael was the father of Chris Ferrie’74 and the brother of Jock Ferrie ’47.

RETIREMENTSThe Board of Directors of the St. George’s Old Boys’Association and St. George’s School would like to thankJonathan Lotz ’94 for his dedication and service to theGeorgians. Jon will be retiring from the Board at theAssociation’s Annual General Meeting on November 11,2008.

Zul Kanji ‘98 and wife, Ada

SAINTS’ NOTES

Fall 2008 • 49

Scott Siegert ’95 and wife, SherryGeoff Bertram ’96 and wife, Catherine

50 • The Dragon

CALLING ALLGeorgians

IT’S TIME TO RECONNECTWHAT ARE WE DOING?We will be calling you to verify theaccuracy of your information in ourdatabase.

WHY ARE WE CALLING?We want to engage you with yourSchool, which has grown and evolvedconsiderably over the last 78 years.Whether you visit us often or read aboutus in The Dragon, we hope that all of youare proud of what St. George’s hasbecome and where it is going.

WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AREWE SEEKING?When we call you, we will be confirmingyour information such as mailingaddress, telephone and e-mail contacts,and employment and biographicalinformation.

Also, if you would like to update orconfirm your information, you are morethan welcome to contact us:

Bryan R. Ide ’99Manager of Georgian RelationsTel: 604.221.3885E-mail: bide@stgeorges.bc.ca

GEORGIAN ANNUAL FUNDThank you to all those who supported last year’s GeorgianAnnual Fund. The Fund, which was re-launched last year, waswarmly received. We hope to build upon the success of lastyear and to continue strengthening our endowment. Welook forward to your participation this year. Watch your mailfor further details on how to get involved.

SAVE THE DATEBook your calendar for the socialevent of the season – St. George’sGala, October 2, 2009. Details willbe available on our website soon.

Nominate a Georgian in one of our three categories for next year’s Georgian Honours!

• GEORGIAN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

• DISTINGUISHED GEORGIAN AWARD

• YOUNG GEORGIAN AWARD

For more information on award criteria or to download a nomination form,

please visit www.georgianhonours.ca or call:

Bryan R. Ide ’99, Manager of Georgian Relations, at 604.221.3885.

Want to know what’sgoing on at the School?Want to make sure that

you get invitations toall of our exciting

events?

Then, make sure to signup on the

Georgian Directory.

By doing so, you willreceive our

email updates and our E-Newsletter,

the Dragon’s Lair!Also, you can locate and

contact otherGeorgians!

DIRECTORYGeorgianGeorgian

Visit:

www.georgiandirectory.ca

HONOURSGEORGIAN

1970Edward Allen Oliver Anderson Paul Ankenman Gregory Buchanan (earlyleaver)Kevan F.T. CampbellGeoffrey Collin Brian A.F. Edy Brian Elliot Gregory Galbraith-Hamilton John H.A. Grant Gregory Hamilton David R.J. JohnstoneDavid Pelham KentNelson Lam (early leaver)Charles H.S. Locke Robert C.K. Lui Stephen Matthews David McDonald Richard Pachal M. Blair Pellatt Michael Roddan Hannes J.R. Ruus David E.S. Scholefield George Sendall Eric Sigmundson George Sutton Greig Williams Victor Wong (early leaver)

1971 Mark Angus Peter Carver Colin Coe Harold James CruickshankStuart Dick R. Bruce Falkins John R.W. Greenwood Murray Heath Kostie Killas Eric Lafeuille Michael Maguire Robert ManningLawrence John McDonald Michael Gerald McGeer Peter McKee Russell Warren McPhee David McPherson James Harding Pearcy D. Blake Scott Richard Stuart Colin Whitworth J. Fred Yerbury

1972 S. Bruce Archibald Anthony Bailey Norman Chan Edward Chau Bruce Culver Robert Deeley (earlyleaver) Brian Dennis Stephen Dunn Paul Engels (early leaver) Douglas Galbraith-Hamilton (early leaver) Philip Gordon S. Khouw Robert Kolbeins J. Glen Lambert (earlyleaver) David Mackinnon (earlyleaver) Robert MacleanJohn McLaren Michael Moore George Morrison Eric Nisbet-Brown A. John Norris (earlyleaver) Jon Olesen C. Joseph Rogers(early leaver) John Russell (early leaver) Richard Sager (early leaver) Richard Saxton (early leaver) Bradley Thomas Colin White Charles Young

1973 Daniel Bucholtz Kenneth Kam-Hon Chan Timothy Tin-Lok Chiu Angus A.S. Christian John Lindsay Cowan John Dolman Barre James Fleming Stephen Fraser Colin GibbPaul Gibson Ronald Hulton David Jenkins Donald Richard Jennings Robert Kelly David Kozak Richard Martin

Douglas HamiltonMcDowall Kenneth McNairn (early leaver) Bruce Middleton James Christopher Norris Melbourne O'Brien Hugh B.L. Odhams David PurdyJohn Ronan (early leaver) Mark Allan Shier Malcolm Verley (early leaver) William WallaceJohn Stuart Wallace

1974Robert Bettauer (early leaver) Paul Ernest Boxall D. Kirby Burnett (early leaver) Don Duane Eyford Ronald Gibbs Richard Gleason Paul Andrew Grey(early leaver) Jeremy M.G. Guard John T. Hess Jeffrey James Michael Ko Philip C.K. Lau Michael Lee Chun-Yang Lo John Martin Patrick McGeer Alan Stier Brian Thomas R. Regan Trethewey D. David Brian Waddell N. Glyn Williams

1975 Rick Abramson Peter Bell-Irving Paul Cooper Kirk Godfrey John Hart Ian Neville JonesT. Craig Jory Peter Kerrin A. Bruce Knudsen Walter McElroy William MerrittAlan C.W. Nam Patrick O'Brien

Andrew John Renold D. Jack Richardson Neil Stacey Michael Walker Kevin Wall Gavin Young (early leaver)

1976 Timothy Baker Michael Bardarch (early leaver) Christopher Boxall Michael Budge Herbert Cheng Peter Clerides Jeffrey Frank Couser (early leaver) J. Kerby Cowan (early leaver) L. Cory Dagg (early leaver) Robert Dybak Allan Gentles Eckardt K. Rory Kevin Hearty Carlos Heras Philip C.D. Hobbs Adrian Hopkins Simon Jones C. William King(early leaver) Ameerally Lakha Victor Leon John Locke Michael C. McLoughlin K. Bruce Muirhead(early leaver) Thomas Downey Nelson Brian ParkerW. Brien Pattison (early leaver) William St. Vincent Phillips Glenn Shand (early leaver) John Shier Michael Fred Steiner Denys Stewart erek Michael Trethewey Norman R.R. van Roggen

Peter D.A. Watson (early leaver) Brian Webster Geof Wheelwright (early leaver) Paul Wilkinson

1977 Malcolm Brian Bell-Irving Graham Richard Bibby Jonathan Cooper Burke Michael K.S. Chan Carl Frederick Christensen(early leaver) Jaice D.L. Crofton Jon Douglas Davis Gordon Hall Andrew Hamilton Kenneth Hatfield Miguel Lacson Heras Stephen JamesHildebrandt Malcolm Kenning Jeffrey Patrick Kerrin Mark Adrian Linsley Douglas Marr Anthony George Pearkes Graham Ramage Abdolreza Shafii William Unraw Timothy Cameron Wallace Philip Andrew White Richard Whittall

HELP FIND AN OLD BOY!Not all of our Georgians worldwide are reading this issue of The Dragon.

That’s because we have lost touch with them over the years.

Without current contact information, we cannot communicate with them about upcoming events or meetings in their local areas,keep them updated with what is happening at the School, or even send them this magazine.

If you know the whereabouts of anyone on this list, please let us know how we can get in touch with them. Anything at all helps: anaddress, telephone number, e-mail, or work information.

Please contact Bryan R. Ide ’99, Manager of Georgian Relations, at bide@stgeorges.bc.ca or (604) 221-3885. THANK YOU!

For a complete list of lost Georgians, please visit our webpage at:www.lostgeorgians.ca

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GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND VOLUNTARY SERVICE

If you would like more information or to contibute to this program, please contact:Don Livingston, Chief Advancement Officer

Tel: 604.221.3883 | Email: dlivingston@stegeorges.bc.ca