Graham MacDonell:
CLASS OF 1961
Hillcrest High SchoolClass of 1961
Ottawa, ON
Graham's Story
1961-62 - Hillcrest High School
1962-65 - Vincent Massey CI, Etobicoke (liked Grade 13 so much, did it twice) 1965-66 - Ryerson Poly Tech (now Uni.)
1966-67 - Europe, CFB Metz Radio DJ plus lived in London; back to Hogtown and worked at Sears;
1967-68 - Toronto Teachers College
1968-70 - DIAND at Cat Lake and Sandy Lake in Sioux Lookout Agency
1970-71 - UWO in London; car accident; went to parent's home in White Rock, BC to recover;
1971-72 - taught in Clearwater, BC
1972-76 - finished BA (Journalism) at Western Washington State College, now University, in Bellingham, Washington
1976-79 - Editor, Peace Arch News, White Rock, B.C. (fired)
1979-80 - Editor, White Rock and South Surrey Sun, White Rock, B.C.
1980-85 - BC Hydro, PR Department (laid off)
1985-88 - own PR consultancy
1988-93 - Hiroshima, Japan, teaching ESL and multi-national corporate PR
1993-2001 - own PR consultancy with BC Liberal Party as major client;
2000-02 - back to school at UBC, SFU and Institute for Indigenous Government in Vancouver studying First Nations;
2002-03 - own PR consultancy;
2004-05 - moved t...Expand for more
o Inverness, Scotland, started genealogy business
2005-09 - Worked as PR guy for Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland while attending the University of Strathclyde getting Post-Graduate Certificate in Genealogy
2009-10 - living in Culloden, working a professional genealogist while writing a book on a Highland clan and on Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Battle on Culloden Moor;
2011 - living in Abbotsford, B.C., taking care of an aging mother; waiting for personal effects to arrive from Scotland; devoting all of my time to working for the Reunion Committee and producing the monthly newsletter
1979-1986 - got married, had two children (Tara, now 30; Rylan, now 29);
1986-90 - Separated leading to divorce
1990 - 2010 - still looking for next love (old high school crushes still strong!!!)
2010 - found someone I thought I could develop a loving relationship with; however, we are - after four months of e-mailing and telephone calls - now friends...which is great
2011 - it seems that good things don't last and nor did this friendship! Ah, well, back to being alone in life!
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