People on the Move
Health/Medical
Kevin Evans has been appointed CEO at the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia. Evans, a former television journalist, association executive and CEO of B.C.’s Industry Training Authority, replaces Rebecca Tunnacliffe.
Legal
Emily L. Clough and Lisa N. Mackie have joined the partnership of Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP. Clough is a member of the firm’s wills, estates and trusts and commercial litigation practices. Mackie leads the firm’s strata property practice, and is a member of the corporate/commercial, insurance, insolvency and restructuring practice, as well as its information and privacy and real estate practices.
Susan Justice and Naseeb Kahlon have joined MacLean Law. Justice is fluent in Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu and can converse in French; she has joined the firm’s Surrey office and practises both family and personal injury law. Kahlon has a broad range of legal experience including utilizing alternative dispute resolution and has joined the firm’s Vancouver family law and personal injury practice. She is fluent in Punjabi and Hindi.
Non-Profit
Kristy Gill has been appointed executive director at Variety – the Children’s Charity. Prior to this appointment, Gill was executive director, Cystic Fibrosis Canada, Western Region, for two years, and before that, served nine years as director of donor relations at Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.
Resources
Edward Marlow has resigned from Thor Explorations Ltd.’s board of directors as a consequence of existing policies in his current position.
Technology
Wayne G. Thomson, director, Cenovus Energy, and Tracy Evans, president and CEO, Tabula Rasa Partners, have been appointed to the board of Inventys, developer of the VeloxoTherm carbon dioxide capture process. Thomson has been appointed chairman; both join existing Inventys board members: Steven Chu, Nobel laureate and former U.S. secretary of energy; Denis Connor, founding CEO and former chairman, QuestAir Technologies; Dan Miller, managing director, the Roda Group; Marty Reed, principal, the Roda Group; Wal van Lierop, president and CEO, Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital; Soheil Khiavi, co-founder and VP, technology, Inventys; and André Boulet, president, CEO and co-founder, Inventys.
Catalina Lopez-Correa has been appointed vice-president, sector development, and chief scientific officer (CSO) at Genome British Columbia. Lopez-Correa has more than 18 years of international experience in both the academic and private sectors. Most recently, she served as vice-president and CSO, scientific affairs, at Genome Quebec.
Transportation
Ian Brennan has joined Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards as vice-president, supply chain management and contracts. Prior to this appointment, Brennan served as chief counsel and corporate secretary at General Dynamics Mission Systems – Canada.
Companies on the move
Name change
Three specialized bridge, tunnel and marine engineering consultants have combined to drive the growth of COWI in North America. On January 1, COWI-owned bridge engineering company Buckland & Taylor (headquartered in North Vancouver) joined with sister companies Jenny Engineering Corp. and COWI Marine North America to become COWI North America.
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.
Whole Foods Market donated $42,500 to the Fresh to Families Project, a Vancouver-based expansion of the Farmers Market Nutrition Coupon Program. The funds will help sixty low-income families. Fresh to Families ran until December 31, 2015, at Vancouver Farmers Market’s winter markets, and will start up again in June 2016 for the summer market season. Through its in-store Community Giving Program, Whole Foods Market plans to raise an additional $32,900 for 2017, effectively doubling the number of families who will have access to the coupon program in Vancouver by June 2017.
The Great-West Life Assurance Co., London Life Insurance Co. and Canada Life Assurance Co. donated $25,000 to Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver Foundation. The funds will support the charity’s aboriginal mentoring programs.
Two anonymous donations of $100,000 and $60,000 were given to SOS Children’s Village B.C. at its recent holiday gala at Grouse Mountain. The $100,000 donation was from a long-time supporter of the Transition to Adulthood Suites capital campaign, who refers to the homes as “success suites” for giving youth a chance to turn their lives around. The gala raised an additional $67,000, apart from the anonymous donations.
TB Vets donated $30,000 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation. The funds helped to purchase a non-invasive ventilator that avoids the need for breathing tubes.
NCIX Computers & Electronics donated more than $13,000 to Richmond Hospital Foundation. As the presenting sponsor for the foundation’s Community Cares Month, NCIX held an in-store and online promotion throughout September. Proceeds raised from the promotion will benefit improvements to patient care at Richmond Hospital.
Members of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce donated $7,000 to the Richmond Christmas Fund, which works to provide grocery vouchers and holiday gifts to low-income Richmond residents. Funds were raised at the chamber’s annual Christmas luncheon, held at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel and sponsored by chamber partner, Port Metro Vancouver.
London Drugs donated $50,000 to Simon Fraser University’s Chancellor Brandt C. Louie Legacy Endowment fund. The fund provide bursaries to undergraduate or graduate students in any faculty on the basis of demonstrated financial need and good academic standing.
Members of Skål International Vancouver, the organization representing the travel and tourism industry, donated $1,055, as well as a trunkload of toys, to the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau at its recent monthly meeting.
Promerita Group donated $4,800 and hundreds of meals at Union Gospel Mission on December 12, along with 15 volunteers to help serve those in need.
Telus matched donations made by its current and retired staff and donated a total of $14,691.28 to Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation.
On December 8, 2015, Vancouver International Airport hosted its fifth annual holiday hamper drive in support of Quest Food Exchange. Its goal was to raise 600 hampers to provide special holiday meals to families in need; 661 hampers were donated by the airport community. Hampers were distributed throughout the Lower Mainland by Quest Food Exchange.
More than 17,000 working poor and homeless people throughout the Lower Mainland received blankets and warm clothing via the 2015 Realtors Care Blanket Drive. More than 100 real estate offices served as drop-off points for donations between November 16 and 23, 2015. Realtor volunteers then collected, sorted and delivered the donations to local charities.
Subway customers donated $40,000 to food banks in B.C. Donations were collected at Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island Subway locations throughout the month of November.
White Spot raised $19,176 for two local charities at its annual Christmas Day luncheon. Staff at the Richmond Centre and Kingsway Vancouver White Spot locations donated their time and tips on Christmas Day to Richmond Hospital Foundation ($11,288) and Variety – The Children’s Charity ($7,888), respectively. •
