The alumni below come from the private and independent schools in BC and across Western Canada we profile on our website. We explore the relationship between private education and successful careers here (where we also list alumni from schools across Canada).
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Taube |
Luther College High School
In 1983, Dr. Henry Taube was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
1932 |
| Roger Stanier |
Shawnigan Lake School
Influential in the development of modern microbiology. Made key contributions to the taxonomy of bacteria. |
1934 |
| Barry F. Cooper |
Shawnigan Lake School
Political Scientist and influential member of the "Calgary School" of political thought. Fellow at the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. |
1961 |
| Steve Deering |
Shawnigan Lake School
Declared 1994 "Geek of the Year" by Internet Talk Radio. Fellow at Cisco Systems. Worked at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Centre. |
1969 |
| Wade Davis |
Brentwood College School
Award-winning anthropologist and ethnobotanist, particularly famous for his best-selling book, "The Serpent and the Rainbow." Named to list of "Explorers of the Millennium" by the National Geographic Society. |
1971 |
| Delaney Boyd |
Banbury Crossroads School
Delaney Boyd has just graduated with a Ph.D. One site is http://wikipedia.org/wiki/plains_bison, where her thesis is referenced. |
2016 |
| Tony Hou |
Pythagoras Academy
Tony studied at PA from 2014 to 2017, when he graduated and was accepted into one of the top independent schools, St. George’s School. Tony's SSAT score of 2084, was the highest in 2017. |
2017 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Joyce Anne Marriott |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Joyce Anne Marriott was a poet/writer who won the 1941 Governor General’s Award for English-Language, Poetry, or Drama for Calling Adventurers! |
1931 |
| Robert Stewart Hyndman |
Shawnigan Lake School
Distinguished Canadian landscape and portrait artist. Created the portrait for Sir Wilfred Laurier on the 100th anniversary of his election, (2001). |
1933 |
| Myfanwy Pavelic |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Myfanwy Pavelic was a portrait artist whose portrait of Yehudi Menuhin, hung permanently in the National Portrait Gallery in London was the first-ever Canadian to be so honoured. |
1933 |
| Rona Jean Murray |
Queen Margaret's School
A Canadian poet. |
1941 |
| Joan Willsher-Martel |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Joan's work is in such public collections as the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Sydney, NS; and the University of Toronto. |
1942 |
| Ian Tyson |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Ian Tyson is a Canadian singer-songwriter, best known for having written the songs "Four Strong Winds" and "Someday Soon", performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia. |
1950 |
| Susanna Blunt |
Queen Margaret's School
A Canadian portrait artist who designed the most recent portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the current Canadian coinage, which began in 2003. |
1958 |
| Di Brandt |
Mennonite Collegiate Institute
Di Brandt is a Canadian poet and scholar from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She became Winnipeg's first Poet Laureate in 2018. |
1969 |
| Susan Coyne |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Writer and actor; best known as one of the co-creators and co-stars of the award-winning Slings and Arrows program. |
1976 |
| Jon Kimura Parker |
Shawnigan Lake School
Canadian concert pianist and Officer of the Order of Canada. Winner of multiple international awards and competitions. |
1977 |
| Atom Egoyan |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Atom Egoyan is one of the most celebrated contemporary filmmakers on the international scene. His body of work includes theatre, music, and art installations. |
1978 |
| Zach Werner |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Musician; record producer; entertainment lawyer; and talent manager. |
1978 |
| Eve Egoyan |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Eve Egoyan is an internationally celebrated Armenian-Canadian pianist. She has recorded 12 solo CDs which have received accolades including “Top Classical Disc of the Year”, The Globe and Mail (2011). |
1981 |
| Leslie Hope |
St. Michaels University School
Actress - famously playing Teri Bauer in the Fox TV show 24. |
1982 |
| Timothy Williams |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Timothy Williams is a multi award-winning composer and orchestrator of film, TV, video games and theatre, with over 63 feature film credits. |
1983 |
| Evan Adams |
St. Michaels University School
Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Public Health with the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch and award winning actor. |
1983 |
| Kenneth Oppel |
St. Michaels University School
Young adult and children's author - famous for the Silverwing series. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award in 2007. |
1985 |
| David Schumacher |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Emmy-winning television and film producer/director. |
1987 |
| Andrea Ludwig |
Luther College High School
Opera singer |
1988 |
| Steve Braun |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Television and movie actor. |
1994 |
| Tara Spencer-Nairn |
Shawnigan Lake School
Canadian actress. Best known for her role in the TV series, "Corner Gas". |
1996 |
| Clifton Murray |
Brentwood College School
The Tenors are a vocal quartet perform operatic pop music that is a mixture of classical and pop. |
1998 |
| Declan McGarry |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Country Music Artist. |
2002 |
| Jonnie Penn |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Jonnie Penn is the creator, executive producer and cast member of MTV series The Buried Life and co-author of the book “What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?”. |
2004 |
| Lindsay Nelko |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
International Choreographer. |
2004 |
| Christine Evans |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Christine Evans is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her debut single, "Take Me Home"/"Time for Me" was released in 2004 and her debut album, Take Me Home followed in 2005 by Warner Music Canada. |
2006 |
| Emmett Sparling |
Island Pacific School
If you’re one of the nearly 1 million followers of Emmett Sparling’s Instagram account – @emmett_sparling – then you’ll be familiar with his breathtaking world-wide photo and video work. |
2013 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Gerald Maier |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Chairman, President and CEO of TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. Officer of the Order of Canada. |
1946 |
| David Asper |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Lawyer; businessman; Chairman of the National Post newspaper; Executive Vice President of CanWest Global Communications Corp. |
1976 |
| Stewart Butterfield |
St. Michaels University School
Founder of Flickr, co-founder of Slack entrepreneur and businessman. |
1991 |
| Manjit Minhas |
West Island College (Calgary)
Owner of Minhas Craft Brewery. And Current Dragon on CBC's Dragon Den |
1998 |
| Ann Makosinski |
St. Michaels University School
Inventor of the thermoelectric flashlight and eDrink Coffee Mug. Recipient of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship Award of Excellence, named in Top 30 under 30 lists in Time, Entrepreneur and Glamour. |
2015 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Barber |
Luther College High School
Professor and the second President of the University of Regina |
1949 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Audain |
Glenlyon Norfolk School
Michael James Audain attended GNS (Glenlyon) from 1946-1951. He would go on to become a social activist, residential developer, museum builder, grizzly bear protector, art collector and philanthropist |
1953 |
| Robert Steadward |
Luther College High School
Founder of the paralympic sports movement |
1964 |
| Robb Nash |
Mennonite Collegiate Institute
The Robb Nash Project is an immersive experience that uses music and storytelling to address difficult mental health-related topics such as suicide, addiction, self-harm and anxiety. |
1996 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey |
St. Margaret's School
On July 1, 2015, Dr. Kelsey was named to the Order of Canada for her role in preventing the drug thalidomide from entering the United States in the 1960s. |
1931 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Hoey |
Queen Margaret's School
A Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. |
1925 |
| Liz Williams |
Island Pacific School
Liz has been deployed overseas, including to Iraq for tactical operations and to Mali as part of a MEDEVAC force for a United Nations mission. She is a Standards Instructor Pilot with 427 Squadron. |
2000 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Pybus Bell-Irving |
Shawnigan Lake School
23rd Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia |
1931 |
| James Armstrong Richardson |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Politician; member of Cabinet under Pierre Elliott Trudeau; businessman; founder of James Richardson International. |
1939 |
| Alastair Gillespie |
Brentwood College School
Federal MP with cabinet positions in: Industry, Trade and Commerce; Energy, Mines and Resources; State for Science and Technology. Officer of the Order of Canada. Rhodes Scholar. |
1940 |
| Douglas Everett |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Retired Senator. |
1943 |
| David Kilgour |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Politician; one of the longest current serving Members of Parliament and one of the very few who has been elected under both the Progressive Conservative and Liberal banners. |
1959 |
| Stephen Owen |
Shawnigan Lake School
Federal Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of State for Sport. Federal Liberal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Quadra. |
1966 |
| Peter Ladner |
Shawnigan Lake School
Vancouver city counsellor. Journalist. |
1967 |
| Suzanne Anton |
Queen Margaret's School
Suzanne Anton, Q.C. (born 1952 or 1953) is a Canadian politician and the current Minister of Justice and Attorney General of British Columbia. |
1974 |
| Gerard Kennedy |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Politician; former Ontario Minister of Education under Dalton McGuinty; former candidate for leadership of the federal Liberal party. |
1977 |
| Jason Kenney |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Canada's Minister of Employment and Social Development. Minister for Multiculturalism. Federal Member of Parliament representing Calgary Southeast. |
1986 |
| Alum | School & Accomplishment | Year |
|---|---|---|
| John Lecky |
Shawnigan Lake School
Silver medal-winning Canadian Olympic rower. |
1958 |
| George Hungerford |
Shawnigan Lake School
Gold medal-winning Canadian Olympic rower. Winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy (Canada's top athlete). Officer of the Order of Canada. |
1962 |
| Brian Engblom |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Former NHL player and announcer. |
1973 |
| Ralph Krueger |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Former Edmonton Oilers head coach; currently the Chair of Southampton F.C. of the Premier League. |
1977 |
| Brett Hull |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Former NHL player; son of Bobby Hull. |
1982 |
| Nevin Markwart |
Luther College High School
former hockey player in the NHL |
1982 |
| Wendel Clark |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey player and Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs |
1984 |
| Rod Brind'Amour |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Stanley Cup winning NHL player and captain, now coaching in the NHL. |
1988 |
| Steve Nash |
St. Michaels University School
Professional basketball player (two-time NBA MVP) and philanthropist. |
1992 |
| Vincent Lecavalier |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey star. Stanley Cup winner, Conn Smythe Trophy winner (MVP of playoffs), Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy winner (NHL's top goal scorer). |
1997 |
| Jennifer Botterill |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Olympic gold medalist; former member of the Canadian national women's hockey team. |
1997 |
| Tyler Arnason |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Former NHL player. |
1997 |
| Sarah Stock |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
Wrestler (a.k.a. Sarita, Dark Angel) |
1997 |
| Josh Jackson |
Shawnigan Lake School
Canadian rugby union player, and member of the national rugby team |
1998 |
| Brad Richards |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Stanley Cup winning NHL hockey player. Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy (league's most valuable player in the playoffs). |
1998 |
| Rene Bourque |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey player. |
1999 |
| Kristopher McDaniel |
Shawnigan Lake School
Bronze-medal winning Canadian national rower. Two-time national champion at Harvard. |
2000 |
| Jelena Mrdjenovich |
St. Michaels University School
Eight-time Women's World Champion boxing champion. |
2000 |
| Alexander Steen |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
NHL player. |
2002 |
| Braydon Coburn |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey player. |
2003 |
| Donovan Alexander |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
CFL Football player. |
2003 |
| Ryan Reaves |
St. John's-Ravenscourt School
NHL player. |
2005 |
| Matt Evans |
Shawnigan Lake School
Canadian rugby union player. Member of Canada's national rugby team. |
2006 |
| Eva Shockey |
Brentwood College School
First woman in 30 years to make the front cover of Field & Stream magazine and co-host for her father Jim Shockey's television shows on Outdoor Channel. |
2006 |
| Patrick Neufeld |
Luther College High School
Professional football player in the CFL |
2006 |
| Keith Aulie |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey player. Played in the 2009 World Junior Championships. |
2007 |
| Gillian Carleton |
St. Margaret's School
Canadian road and track cyclist. Carleton won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the women's team pursuit. |
2007 |
| Jordan Eberle |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey player for the Edmonton Oilers. Named the best Canadian World Junior Player ever by TSN. |
2008 |
| Tyler Myers |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey player and winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's best rookie. |
2008 |
| Jaden Schwartz |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
NHL hockey player, currently with the St. Louis Blues. Selected 14th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. |
2010 |
| Morgan Rielly |
Athol Murray College of Notre Dame
Morgan Rielly is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for and an alternate captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). |
2012 |
| Danae Jan |
Island Pacific School
Since being introduced to Ultimate at IPS in grade six, Danae Jan has really taken the sport head on. She is the 2022 Junior Woman's Division Athlete of the Year for Ultimate Canada. |
2020 |
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