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In 1978, as part of his research in Indigenous land rights for his MA thesis at Carleton, Christian travelled to Australia where, without having ever planned to do so, he attended the law school of the Australian National University. His career highlights in the Australian Public Service included helping draft and implement legislation to set up Australia’s sports drug agency, the National Environment Protection Agency, and a national regime for the recognition of Indigenous native title, as well as managing the Aboriginal Land Rights legislation section in Darwin. His final position before retiring was in the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations, an agency dedicated to assisting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to set up their own companies to run enterprises like Indigenous health services, sporting clubs, and youth and cultural centres.

Jim has been Director, Development at the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra since October 2018. This is his first opportunity to work in the world of the performing arts, although he prefers to think of it more as a “dementia prevention program” than an actual job. Jim is looking forward to an anticipated return to live performances and the joy of listening to world-class musicians do what they do so well. In his community volunteer roles, Jim is president of the Alberta Wilderness Association, and also serves on the board of the Centre for Suicide Prevention. Jim can be contacted at jcampbell@calgaryphil.com.

Ruben is still using the extraordinary education he received at Queen’s. He has earned an international reputation among those who undertake futures studies in the emerging field of strategic foresight. He is the only Canadian who is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, the World Business Academy, and the Meridian Institute on Governance, Change, and the Future. He is also a Johnson Award recipient – an honour bestowed by the Queen’s Alumni Branch in Calgary. You will find some of his recent videos and his paper on Civilizational Paradigm Change: The Modern Industrial Case if you Google “Ruben Nelson civilization.” After 20 years in Ottawa, he and his partner, Heather, now live in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta at Lac des Arcs.

Venetia is still president of the Pontiac Archives in Shawville, Que. Her son, Allan Crawford, owns Canadian Wilderness Adventures in Whistler, B.C. Her daughter teaches in Blackburn Hamlet, outside Ottawa; she is married to Scott Collins and has two children, Sage, and Riley. Sage is helping Venetia write about prehistoric stone structures found in Venetia’s neighbourhood.