Naheed Nenshi was sworn in as Calgary's 36th mayor on October 25, 2010. He is a passionate Calgarian, an accomplished business professional, and a community leader. During his first term in office, Mayor Nenshi’s leadership has resulted in many positive changes in Calgary to build better communities, keep Calgarians moving, and transform government to reinforce a culture of constant citizen-focused improvement at The City of Calgary.
Prior to becoming mayor, he ran a large nonprofit, was a trusted advisor to corporate leaders in Canada and the US, and literally wrote the book on Canadian cities.
Mayor Nenshi spent many years at the international business consulting firm, McKinsey and Co., where he advised large telecommunications, banking, retail and oil and gas companies in corporate strategy. After leaving McKinsey, he formed his own business, the Ascend Group, to help public, private, and nonprofit organizations grow. In this role he designed major policy for the Alberta government, helped create a Canadian strategy for The Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy and worked with the United Nations to determine how global business can help the poorest people on the planet. Mayor Nenshi was Canada's first tenured professor in the field of nonprofit management, at Mount Royal University's Bissett School of Business.
Ken Kunz, Vice-President, Western Power, TransCanada Energy Ltd.
Ken Kunz is Vice-President, Western Power for TransCanada Energy Ltd. Mr. Kunz is responsible for leading TransCanada’s western commercial power business including merchant physical and strategic power trading books, marketing and origination of structured power deals, management of commercial contracts and the optimization of physical assets. TransCanada’s western power division actively manages positions in Alberta, Pacific Northwest and Desert Southwest markets.
His responsibilities also include involvement in Alberta’s regulatory environment and the trading of environmental carbon offsets.
Mr. Kunz has over 17 years of experience managing TransCanada’s trading exposures in both financial and physical commodity markets. He has extensive experience in outright and structured derivative trading. He has formally Director of Trading and Financial Risk within TransCanada’s Finance and Treasury group.
Ken currently sits on Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (IPPSA) Board of Directors, Canadian Electricity Association Generation Council and represents Canadian Generators on the Board of Directors for the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)
Mr. Kunz is a graduate from the University of Calgary with a business degree in Finance.
Former Mayor Al Duerr is currently CEO of General Magnetic International Inc., a company he founded that has developed leading edge permanent magnet motor products for the energy industry. In this capacity Al spends a lot of his time in China, where the company has a factory that they own and operate.
From 1989 to 2001 Al served as the Mayor of Calgary, obtaining the highest public support in successive elections of any Mayor in Calgary’s history. Overseeing and positioning Calgary from a post Olympic recession to the fastest growing city in the country, his accomplishments during his terms of office included reducing Calgary’s mill rate debt by more than half, championing a major corporate reorganization, significant economic diversification, and securing new long term revenue sharing agreements with senior governments. His strong commitment to uplifting marginalized peoples included the Mayor’s Task Force on Community and Family Violence which began a process of innovative community engagement that continues to this day.
Al also served two terms of office as an Alderman for the City of Calgary while maintaining extensive international involvement in the private sector as a founder and President of a Canadian water and wastewater treatment company in Malaysia. He was also a project and district manager of an Alberta based land development company, a city planner for the City of Calgary, and a general manager of a Saskatchewan based urban planning consulting company.
Mr. Duerr earned a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from the University of Saskatchewan and a Masters of Business Administration from the Haskayne Business School at the University of Calgary. He earned an ICD.D professional director designation and currently Chairs the Board of Directors of FortisAlberta, serves on the Board of the Armstrong Hospitality Group in Vancouver, and the Haskayne School Management Advisory Committee.
Mr. Duerr has been the recipient of a number of awards and recognitions over the years, including Rotary International’s Paul Harris Fellowship and the Chief David Crowchild Memorial Award for his work in building bridges between aboriginal and non-aboriginal cultures. He is married to wife Kit Chan, a Calgary businesswoman who served as Co-Chair of the United Way Campaign, a member of the Board of the Bank of Canada for 7 years, and a member of the board of the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (Canada). They have a daughter Carly who is an electrical engineer in the utilities sector, and a son Ryan who is a chemical engineer in the petroleum sector.
Henry was ordained to the priesthood on May 25, 1968. He holds an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Notre Dame and a licentiate in theology from Gregorian University in Rome. From 1973-1986 he served as associate professor of Theology and Philosophy at St. Peter's Seminary. In 1986 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of London and titular bishop of Carinola, Italy. In 1995 he was installed as the fifth bishop of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and on March 19, 1998 he was installed as the seventh bishop of Calgary.
Henry's staunch positions have made him a polarizing figure in the Calgary community. His support has come from devout Catholics who agree with his traditional faith based views on contemporary issues.
Successful in the political sphere, he is a noted critic of modern trends in government, whether these be the libertarian policies of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives (Provincial Government), or the tendency of certain Canadian federal politicians to overlook their Catholic identities at election time.
Ordained to the priesthood: May 25, 1968
Pastoral Assignments:
1968 - 1970 Associate Pastor, Christ the King Parish, Windsor, ON
1970 - 1973 Post Graduate Studies: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana - M.A
Philosophy
Gregorian University, Rome, Italy - Licentiate in Theology
1973 - 1986 Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at St
Peter's Seminary
1973 - 1981 Group Spiritual Director, St
Peter's Seminary
1981 - 1986 Rector of St
Peter's Seminary
April 18, 1985 Named Honorary Prelate, with title, "Monsignor"
April 23, 1986 Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of London and Titular Bishop of Carinola, Italy
June 24, 1986 Episcopal Ordination at St
Peter's Cathedral, London
March 24, 1995 Named Bishop of Thunder Bay, ON
May 11, 1995 Installed as the fourth Bishop of Thunder Bay, ON
January 16, 1998 Named Bishop of Calgary, AB
March 19, 1998 Installed as the seventh Bishop of Calgary, AB
Recent Appointments:
Former Chairman of Episcopal Commission on Christian Education of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) and member of the Management Committee for the National Office of Religious Education
Canadian Delegate to 1990 Synod of Bishops - On the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day
Former Liaison Bishop to the English-speaking Seminary Rectors (CCCB)
Liaison Bishop to Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities of Canada
Representative of the Holy See for the Apostolic Visitation of Canadian Seminaries
Member of the Executive Committee of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops (OCCB)
Member of the OCCB Education Commission
Member of the OCCB Health/Medical Ethics Committee
Member of the Board of Directors of the Catholic Health Association of Ontario
Member of the Board of Directors of Catholic Church Extension Society
Member of the Executive and National Council of Development and Peace (CCCB)
Demetrio Navarro is a Canadian songwriter, singer, arranger, and producer, who reaches into his eclectic influences to create some of the most accessible songs in many genres. His music is rich in vocal harmony and he is not shy about layering thick keyboard passages in his arrangements. Heavily influenced by the music of his formative years in the 70s, 80s, and 90s, there are always elements of edge and rhythm, along with a strong melody to provide the listener always with something to take away and hum.
As a producer and co-writer for other artists, Demetrio Navarro finds the best way to enhance their song ideas by calling on his wealth of influences and ideas. Relentless in the studio for working through the details, he has been able to take each song to its next level of artistic revelation, to the artist's approval.
Demetrio Navarro's most recent work comes from writing music to the scriptural writings in the Psalms. He has brought his stylistic roots into his songwriting to bring out the timeless messages in these passages and give them modern musical sensibilities. The ideals of hope, prayerfulness, and gratitude are given a fresh, and powerful new delivery vehicle that no longer alienates the often jaded, modern listener.
Darrel is the co-anchor/co-producer of CTV Weekend News and a writer and presenter doing a weekly feature called Inspired. He has been with CTV since 1973. Darrel is a well-known personality throughout Calgary. In 2006, the Radio-Television News Directors Association awarded him with their lifetime achievement award, one of the most prestigious awards in broadcasting. Darrel actively works with various charities such as Heart and Stroke Foundation, Mustard Seed Street Ministry, Calgary Educational Partnership Foundation and Easter Seal’s Camp Horizon among a host of others.
All of us need someone in our lives who inspires us. Darrel has been fortunate to have a lot of people who have inspired him in his journey. Now he wants to tell the stories of people who have inspired you. Tell Darrel why someone deserves to have their story told. Send him an e-mail with your inspired story, inspired@ctv.ca.
