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and the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association Social Responsibility Awards (2018). The ethos of the yacht-based training is an evolution of the ActionQuest Summer Programs run highly successfully by fellow OO Michael Meighan (Ldr 91), with whom James worked from 1997 to 2001. James also undertakes consultancy work across the Eastern Caribbean, mostly in the area of community-based tourism development for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, the Government of Saint Lucia’s
I am very pleased and honoured to take over the role of Canadian
Correspondent from John Foster (Sc
51), who has done such an excellent job for the past 11 years.
The highlight of 2017 was the Canadian OO Dinner held on 30th October in Toronto, Ontario, at the Albany Club. Our guest of honour was the School Head, Sarah Kerr-Dineen, who visited us as part of a North American tour. She was accompanied by her husband, Anthony. She gave an excellent speech with news and updates from Oundle. In attendance were John
Kellett (Sn 64) with Nancy, John Foster with Millie, Peter Davidson (Ldr 62) with Anne, Nigel Napier-Andrews (Sc 59) with Diane, Tim Terceira (D 75) with Karen, Peter Leach (St A 63), Harry Ruda (Lx 76), Dominic Hughes (D 88), Bill Fisher (B 75) and Fiona, Don Mertens (B 75) and Susan, Wojo
Ministry of Tourism and the Caribbean Development Bank. Most recently, he has been engaged to deliver training to the market vendors of Castries to help them enhance their products to reflect the changing tastes of modern travellers as part of a World Bank-funded regional tourism competitiveness project. Should any OOs be in Saint Lucia, James and Pepsi would welcome their contact and look forward to taking them sailing!
Rupert Lang (F 11) has just finished a year-long internship at Cambridge University, where he was working as a
Canada
By James Clayton (G 68)
Zielonka (D 85), Oundle Development Director Matthew Dear and me.
Chris de Gara (D 72) reports from Edmonton that he has retired from clinical practice and the University of Alberta after 40 years as a doctor/surgeon. He is now the Medical Panels Commissioner for the province
farm vet and involved with teaching students as well. He is currently doing some locum work around the UK and is hoping to start a PhD in March 2019 at King’s College in London.
Rupert’s brother, Angus Lang (F 09), is living in Northern Ireland with his wife, whom he married in July in Bermuda. Angus is working at Citibank and has been regularly involved with the OO golf scene, competing for OOGS in the Halford Hewitt in April, the Grafton Morrish qualifying in May and the Queen Elizabeth Trophy in September.
of Alberta to adjudicate on complex matters of injured workers. His wife, Peggy, is still working in IVF and organizing undergraduate teaching for the University of Alberta. Daughter #1 Lisajane is a policy analyst with the Government of Alberta and daughter #2 Julianne will be starting her final year reading English at the University of Toronto prior to starting law school.
Michael Bamford (Lx 51) is still living in beautiful Sydney, BC, on Vancouver Island and is enjoying the area with its good access to the jewels of Victoria without having to live with big city conditions. His update since last year is the sad news that his wife, Margot, died after some years of poor health, but after 60 years of marriage.
John Foster has authored a book on oil and world politics and, to his delight, Toronto publishing house Lorimer will publish it in October. The book exposes the petroleum geopolitics behind world conflicts today in Iraq, Afghanistan, Russia, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and more. Here’s the link: http://www.lorimer.ca/adults/ Book/3068/Oil-and-World-Politics.html. He and his wife, Millie, continue to enjoy Kingston, Ontario. He remains active in the Canadian Club of Kingston, which holds monthly luncheons with guest speakers, and in the Kingston Choral Society, with several concerts during the year. They spent a fascinating week in South-West Ontario, where she gave a talk on one- room schools and Ontario history, and they visited a small one-room school and oil museums. They also visited family in Toronto and Vancouver, and were all set to visit the UK for a family
NEWS FROM ABROAD
The OO Dinner in Toronto last year (left to right): Tim Terceira (D 75), Nigel Napier- Andrews (Sc 59) and Peter Leach (St A 63)
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