Lifetime Detailed
Lifetime Detailed
Lance Read DOB- 1952 Apr 16
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EDUCATION
1974 - 1983 University of British Columbia, Canada – Student ID #####740
B. Sc. Bio-Chemistry Class 1 May 1979; B. Education Class 1 1983; B. Arts English Class 2 May 1983 (Granted on Partial Program)
1970 - 1973 VCC, Langara Campus, Vancouver – Student ID 703##### (# for privacy)
1964 - 1970 Kitsilano High School, West 10th Ave. Vancouver gr. 7 - 12 - class size average 37
1968 - April 18 - Scouts Canada Queen Scout Award - Government House Victoria, BC
1958 – 1964 Lord Tennyson, West 10th Ave. Vancouver – gr. 1- 6 class size average just under 40
1963 & '64 School Safety Patrol Officer
1956 and '57 - Hindle Sister's neighbourhood Kindergarten - 2285 West 14th Ave. - 2 teachers for 20 kids
Swim Instructor / Lifeguard
RLSS Instructor Up to and including Bronze Cross 1974, NLS Pool + VanParks Beach option
NAUI Certified - Openwater, Specialty Rescue, Night Diver / PADI - Instructor, Master Diver Trainer
TC Pleasure Craft Operator
First Aid Certifications
St. John Ambulance Level 1 standard 1967, Occupational (Industrial) First Aid Level 3 1971
Full time / Part-time / Summer employment
1960-1964 – Kirkham Brothers construction Vancouver part-time, foundation formwork teardown, construction assist.
1964 to '65 – Vancouver Sun paperboy – shared route #5808 Jack McDonald - shack #58 - 8th Ave. East off Arbutus
1964-'68 - 4 to 6 hrs a week bowling pin-boy, Ridge Bowling Alley 2110 West 15th Avenue (now gone)
1964 & '65 – Summer full time – Wrangler Twin Lakes Guest Ranch near Keremeos BC
1965 to 1970 – Regency Caterers – Vancouver, BC – part-time catering weddings - Cecil Green etc.
packing, loading, transport, setup, teardown, bussing, serving (pot scrubbing) weddings etc. - occasional kitchen
1968, ’69, ’70 – paid Swim instructor – Sun Free Swim lessons Kits Pool - summer a.m. sessional
1967 summers – Regency caterers delivery driver 5 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. (age 15 / no license) prior to lifeguarding at Kits
1967 to 76 - 1977&78 – Vancouver Parks Lifeguard - Spanish Banks – summers full-time Vancouver Parks - CallSign XM11-1544
1970 – 1971 - Yen Brothers Produce Vancouver – delivery part time mornings
- Hudson Bay Vancouver – custodial services part time Fri. Sat. and/or Sun. evenings
- ANDO Denture Labs – part time pick up & delivery M, W, Fri. days, Sat. a.m.
- Yellow Cab part time weekend evenings (school mate / neighbour Val Taylors’s dad Mr. Taylor)
1971 and 1972 - Citation Cabinets, Richmond BC -1st Aid Att. & Assorted jobs – full time
1972 – April/May Tahsis Lumber Co. choker-man holiday relief (Tahsis BC) - prior to summer lifeguard work
1973 - BC Forest Products Sawmill - 5 weeks holiday relief(Apr/May) - prior to summer lifeguard work
1973-1975 -Keg & Cleaver Granville Island bar-tender part-time
1974- '78 UBC Food Services events bar-tender
1977 – 1980 - McDonald Sr. Care Lodges / Dayboy Ind. Elder Care – facility renovations – part time
1974 Sept – 1976 Jan - UBC Dept. Chemistry – TA / lab technician, stores clerk – full time
1976 - travel sabbatical (Europe / N.Africa 14 mos)
1977 Sept – 1978 June – UBC Dept. Chemistry – TA / lab tech / stores clerk / 1st Aid – full time
1977 - Ando Dental Labs denture pickup and delivery - part-time
1978 - 1979 Teacher Canim Lake Band First Nations – full time, gr. 3/4
1979 & 80 Summers – Waterfront Aquatic Director YMCA Camp Elphinstone- Certified Red Cross swimming, canoe, kayak, small sail craft instructor.
1979 - UBC & private Contractor Free-lance Computer programmer
1980 Feb – 1982 Dec – Microsoft Corporation overseas – programmer part-time Apple Div. core-kernel algorithms
1981 - TRAVEL sabbatical - Europe / Middle East 12 mos) Israel MS part time
1984 – 1985 – McDonald Lodges Elder-Care Homes / Dayboy Industries – renovations – full time
1985 -1986 Teacher Haa-Huu-Payak First Nations Port Alberni– full time gr. 3/4 teacher
1986- 1989 - stay at home dad (Taisha age 2.5 – 5. Stu age 1.5 – 4)
- Computer tech/programmer / ‘Ken Han’ Taipei Export Import Ind.
- and Vancouver Cabs driver - July to mid- October (Expo’86 World’s Fair)
Teaching Career
1979 - '80 Teacher gr.3/4 Canim Lake Band First Nations, 100 Mile House, BC
1985 - '86 Teacher gr. 3/4 Haa-Huu-Payak First Nations, Port Alberni
1988 Sept – 1989 June - 0.5 mornings gr. 4 general and IT computers K-7 - Seaview Elementary SD43
1989 Sept -June 1992 Hazel Trembath - gr. 4, gr. 5, gr. 5, gr. 7, gr. 7 - coach V-ball 7 girls, B-ball 7 Boys, (Track&) Field
1992 Sept - 1994 June - gr. 7 general and teacher assistance IT Computers gr 6-7
1994 Sept - 2005 June - IT computers 6-8, Citadel Middle School / PE / Drama / guitar 6/7
- Coach - Volleyball 8 girls, Field-Hockey 6-8 co-ed, Basketball 7 boys and Rugby 6-8 G&B; sponsor school yearbook and newspaper team.
• 1987 - 2005 Info Tech workshops, computers OS & hardware troubleshooting, Internet use, multiple applications
- in school, District and Provincial Pro-D levels as well as province wide Middle School / MYABC Conferences.
• 1994- 2005 Coquitlam Middle School Athletic Association executive, secretary
• 1994 – 2005 Middle School Rugby coordinator, referee allocator
• 1994 - 2005 co-coordinator grade 8 girl’s district season-end volleyball championships
• 1991 – 2005 co-coordinator gr. 7 - Gordon Paton District Co-ed Volleyball tournament - 1 day – 64 teams
• 1995 developed SD43 Middle School IT curriculum (implemented by Prov. of BC)
• 1998 - 2002 school drama/musical production - directing, stage-craft, props, lighting and sound.
1974-76 ~1977-78 UBC Chemistry Pre-Med / Bio-Chem TA / Chem Research Tech
Family Info
Daughter- Taisha Emily, b.1983.10.01, SFU B.Arts – UBC- B.Educ.- teacher New West
Son- Stuart Daniel, b.1985.01.17 - U-Vic, BCIT – Certified Fire Protection Technician and Construction Management, BC
Son- Thomas Nathaniel, b.1989.04.21 - Electronic Engineering BCIT, BC
Community involvement
Meraloma Athletic Club, Vancouver
football – 1970-1974 player; rugby 1975 – 2005 – player, coach, game day co-coordinator; executive VP-PR, recording club secretary
- see Meraloma.com / 2002 R.D. Hayes Founders Award for club and community volunteerism and general club contribution, quarterly newsletter – 1988- ’05, website designer/steward 1998-’05
Volunteer– MEC Founding Directors / recording secretary, Greenpeace backroom joe-boy, Delta Recycling Society founding directors / recording secretary, Pacific Spirit Park Society executive / recording secretary; Wreck Beach Preservation Society executive / recording secretary/ web steward; Farmland Defence League – web-steward / fund-raising Serving-it-right bartender; Camosun Bog web steward
1997 – 2004 - volunteer PC maintenance for numerous charitable centres such as Vancouver Mental Health Drop-in, Adbusters, Coquitlam Evergreen Cultural Centre - Sr's Drop-In Centre, etc. until Windows OS was stabilized; volunteer in-service e-mail, internet sessions for retired seniors at Evergreen Sr's. Centre (non-rugby Saturday mornings) 1998-'99.
Cuba 2006 July to 2007 April - TV Cubano transition from Beta-video tape to Digital video and editing (sponsored by Apple Canada), volunteer English editor Granma newspaper English edition. Accompanied 50th Anniversary of the Revolution "exemplary" Canadian student's Ache Cuba brigade and TV Cubano crew (with new digital video cameras) to all of the sites of the revolution.
See Aché Cuba 2007 - Search - Youtube RLR StarHeart Channel
Performing Arts
Kitsilano High School Concert Band, Swing / Stage Band, Mariachi Brass - Trombone; Bye Bye Birdie chorus
1960s Canadian Memorial kids choir, 1977-79 Pacific Singers,
UBC Freddie Wood Theatre - stagecraft crew, 1978 The Prince Who Learned from Books lead,
Godspell 1979 Canadian Memorial Church, JC Superstar 1996 TUTS chorus
Please see - http://magickallgateway.org for more extensive other volunteerism.