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Professional/Work Life ...

  • School Trustee, Abbotsford School District (1983-2005, 2008-present)
  • Consultant in Strategic Management and Marketing Research/Educator (2006-present)
  • Adjunct Professor of Business, Trinity Western University (1999 to present)
  • Vice President Academic, King's University College (2004-06)
  • Director of Government and Media Relations, Christian Labour Association of Canada (1999-2004)
  • Professor and Dean, Faculty of Business & Economics, Trinity Western University (1978-84, 1987-99)
  • Sessional Instructor, U.B.C., Faculty of Commerce (1985-89)
  • Director, Extension Education at Regent College (1984-87)

As a School Trustee

I have been a school trustee in Abbotsford for 24 years. During that time the school board developed:
  • middle schools
  • the Traditional family of schools
  • the Integrated Arts family of schools
  • Career Technical Centre
  • hockey, baseball, soccer and golf academies
  • the Advanced Placement programs
  • our extensive summer school program
  • international recruitment of students
  • the Virtual School
  • our Business Company
  • the Bakerview Centre for Learning and its predecessor, the ACE program
  • the Aboriginal Education Centre/Hub
  • the community schools
  • Punjabi Immersion
  • New Beginnings
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Other Interests

  • Research and publishing. Published author of books on moral and ethical perspectives on bankruptcy, and on labour relations and justice in the workplace.
  • All sports, but particularly hockey (Canucks rule!).
  • Travel, reading, live theatre, photography.


Family Life

My wife Sharon and I were married in 1969. She is a talented elementary and middle school teacher and the world's best listener. Together we are the proud parents of our two adult children, one a university lecturer, the other in the non-profit social justice sector. I'm also ...
  • a pastor of neXus Church
  • a member of the Abbotsford Social Development Advisory Committee
  • a commissioner with the Abbotsford Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission.


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I REALLY enjoy live theatre :^)