People on the Move
Education
Wayne G. Wouters, former clerk of the Privy Council of Canada, has been appointed founding chancellor at Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences, to support the university’s pursuit of improving economic and social outcomes of those affected by workplace-caused impairments through educational programs and research. Wouters has had a 37-year career in public service including his former role as deputy minister of human resources and skills development.
Finance
Hsiu Jung “Amy” Wu, founder and executive director of HJ Wu & Company Inc., a chartered professional accountant public practice firm, was recently profiled in the November/December edition of Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia’s CPABCin Focus publication.
Legal
Matthew Ostrow has joined Farris as a litigation associate working in the family law group. Prior to joining Farris, Ostrow practised at a family law boutique firm in downtown Vancouver.
Marshall Rothstein, who spent more than nine years serving on the Supreme Court of Canada, has joined Vancouver’s Hunter Litigation Chambers as associate counsel. Rothstein will undertake a variety of legal work at Hunter, including providing legal advice and opinions. His focus will be as an arbitrator on complex commercial and public law cases.
Media
Linda L. Richards has been appointed publisher and senior editor at Self-Counsel Press, the 44-year-old self-help and business publisher based in North Vancouver. Richards replaces Kirk LaPointe, who is now VP, audience and business development, Business in Vancouver. Richards was the publisher and founding editor of January Magazine, which she started in 1997. She is also the author of 14 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including The Canadian Business Guide to Using the Internet, published by Self-Counsel in 1995. She has also taught and lectured on various aspects of writing and publishing with Simon Fraser University, the Publishing Success Network and writers’ festivals across the country.
Non-Profit
Joe Gallagher, CEO, First Nations Health Authority, and John Montalbano, vice-chair, RBC Wealth Management, and former chair of University of British Columbia’s board of governors, have joined the board of St. Paul’s Foundation.
Jill Krop, news director and station manager, Global BC, has been elected as a new member of the board at Variety – The Children’s Charity.
Resources
Brooke Clements has stepped down as president and CEO of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Peregrine Exploration Ltd. Eric Friedland, chairman of Peregrine Exploration, has been appointed president and will remain chairman. Clements will continue to act as a consultant to the company.
Sales/Marketing
Nathan Shubert-Harbison has joined Carter Hales Design Lab as senior developer. Shubert-Harbison specializes in custom WordPress sites, front-end development, JavaScript and PHP. In the past he has worked as a web developer at LiFT Studios, Little Penguin Studio and, most recently, Domain7.Marty Yaskowich, managing director, Tribal Vancouver, has been appointed chief innovation and growth officer at Tribal Worldwide Canada. Yaskowich has worked with clients such as Destination Canada (previously known as the Canadian Tourism Commission), Nordstrom, BC Hydro, Mastermind Toys and Capital One.
Janice Hawke and Ross Hansen have joined the sales team at Image Group Inc. Hawke has a creative background in musical theatre, voiceover acting and teaching and will be based in Toronto. Hansen, based in Vancouver, was previously a sales associate at Real Estate Weekly.
Technology
Garth Kirkham, principal, Kirkham Geosystems Ltd., was recently presented with the C.J. Westerman Memorial Award by the Association of Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. Kirkham’s career spans four decades, with specialized experience in supplying high-technology services and related products to the mining, oil and gas, geotechnical and environmental industries.
Companies on the move
New Address
Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP, a full-service law firm providing legal advice in a wide range of practice areas, has moved offices. The firm’s new location is at 10991 Shellbridge Way, Suite 300, Richmond, B.C., V6X 3C6. Telephone and email addresses remain the same.
HJ Wu & Company Inc., an established, boutique, client-focused chartered professional accountant public practice firm specializing in assurance, advisory, management and trust examinations, has moved its corporate office. The new address is 890 West Pender Street, Suite 600, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 1J9. The company’s website is www.hjwucpa.com. All phone numbers and email addresses remain the same.
Hats Off
Business in Vancouver welcomes submissions from local small businesses and large corporations alike that demonstrate examples of corporate philanthropy and community involvement in the Vancouver area. High-resolution images are also welcome.
John Fluevog Shoes donated $25,000 to YWCA Crabtree Corner Housing. Crabtree Corner provides 12 units of transitional housing for parenting and pregnant women who are overcoming substance use issues.
In the past five years, Delta-headquartered Windset Farms has donated more than 136,100 kilograms of fresh vegetables to food banks in B.C. Windset Farms is a national sponsor of Farm Credit Canada’s Drive Away Hunger campaign. This year, Drive Away Hunger collected enough food to put 5.2 million meals on the plates of hungry Canadians across the country.
Variety – The Children’s Charity donated $26,250 to the Vancouver Community College Foundation for classroom technology upgrades. Variety also established the Variety – The Children’s Charity Youth Award, a $3,000 award distributed to six students over three years.
Kin’s Farm Market donated $5,000 to Richmond Hospital Foundation to help ensure high-quality local health care. The funds were raised from the sale of foundation pins sold in Kin’s Farm Market Richmond retail locations during the foundation’s Community Cares Month in September.
This season will mark the third year that Dignity Memorial has contributed $10,000 to The Cultch as both a production and In Memoriam sponsor.
The Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation donated $40,000 to the Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC towards youth suicide prevention programs in the Lower Mainland and Sea-to-Sky corridor.
Tom Harris Cellular donated $10,000 to Union Gospel Mission (UGM). The funds were used to sponsor the fees for UGM’s match campaign.
The Estates of Robert and Margaret (Maggie) Carpenter donated $2.9 million to St. Paul’s Foundation. A significant portion of the donation will be used to support the acute and interventional pain management program at St. Paul’s Hospital. The donation was intended, in part, as a tribute to the work of Dr. William N. McDonald and in gratitude for the care he provided to Maggie Carpenter’s daughter, Lauren (“Woody”) Anderson, who passed away in December 2014.
Saint Mary’s Health Foundation donated $21,500 to Burnaby Hospital Foundation. The funds will go toward the purchase of a ventilator for critical care.
RBC Foundation donated $20,000 to the Science Fair Foundation of BC.
The CKNW Orphans’ Fund, in partnership with News Talk 980 CKNW and Global BC, raised $2 million at its annual pledge day event on December 2 at the Terminal City Club. Funds raised will go to support over 15,000 special-needs children in B.C.
The Surrey Board of Trade donated $1,500 and 400 pounds of food to the Surrey Food Bank. Funds and food were donated from the more than 400 people who attended the board of trade’s annual Christmas Seasonal Sizzle Business Reception. •
