(L) Robert Davidson, (C) Carol Baird Ellan, (R) Bruce Allen

 

Robert Davidson (1946 – )

Robert Davidson was born in Hydaburg, Alaska, as a member of the Eagle moiety, Ts’al’annas lineage. As an infant, he moved with his family to the village of Masset, on Haida Gwaii. In 1965, he travelled to Vancouver where he attended Point Grey Secondary School. In 1966, Davidson apprenticed under the master Haida carver, Bill Reid. In 1967, he studied at the Vancouver School of Art, and in 1969, he carved and raised the first totem pole on Haida Gwaii in almost a century. He has won several prestigious awards including Honorary Doctor of Laws, Simon Fraser University (1994), Member of the Order of Canada (1996), and the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, Canada Council (2010).

Carol Baird Ellan (1956 – )

Carol Baird Ellan (born Carol Cecilia Baird) was born in Vancouver. In 1973, she graduated from Point Grey Secondary at the age of sixteen. In 1976, she was accepted into the UBC Law School, where she graduated 7^th in her class in 1979. In 1983, she began a 10-year career as a Crown prosecutor, and in 1983, was appointed a judge in Vancouver’s Main Street Criminal Court.  In 1999, Carol Baird Ellan was appointed Chief Judge of the BC Provincial Court, where she served for five years. In 2005, she was appointed to the North Vancouver Provincial Court, where she remained until her retirement in 2012.

Bruce Allen (1945 – )

Bruce Allen grew up in the Dunbar neighbourhood of Vancouver. As a high school student, he attended two schools: Point Grey Junior High and Prince of Wales Secondary. He then went to the University of British Columbia. In 1966 he established a management agency that went on to represent many well known Canadian performers including Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Loverboy, Bryan Adams, Ann Murray, Michael Bublé and Jan Arden. He has also hosted popular ‘talk radio’ shows and engaged in major fund raising efforts. In 2012, Bruce Allen was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II diamond Jubilee Medal.

 

 

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