paul.harris@reddeer.ca
403-341-3352 Business
403-341-5754 Fax
c/o Sunworks
4924 Ross Street
Red Deer AB T4N 1X7
Place of Birth
- Calgary, Alberta (Holy Cross)
Council History
- 2010 Elected to City Council
Council Committees
-
Central Alberta Economic Partnership (CAEP)
- Emergency Management Committee (Alternate)
- Greater Downtown Action Planning Committee
- Governance & Policy Committee
- Library Board
-
Municipal Planning Commission
-
Nomination Committee
-
Parkland Airshed Management Zone
- Red Deer College Arts Centre Advisory Committee
Education
- Organizational Creativity, Corporate Community, Dublin, Ireland (2010)
- Inspired Leadership, Schmacher College, Totnes, England (2008)
- Appreciative Inquiry, Carmel, CA (2007)
- University Transfer Studies Associate Degree, Red Deer College (1998)
- Computer Systems Technology Associate Degree, Red Deer College (1998)
- Under graduate course work, General Studies, Communications, University of Calgary (1989)
- French Immersion, Montreal (1984)
- Undergraduate course work, ESL methodology, Linguistics, French, Japanese, Utah (1983)
Current Occupation
- Community Facilitator
- Retail Principle - Sunworks
- Commercial Property Development
Business & Professional Record
- Community Facilitator
- Envision Innisfail (2010)
- Red Deer Community Culture Vision and Plan for Action (2008)
- Entrepreneur
- Sunworks Home and Garden Inc. (1995 - Present)
- Sunworks is a lifestyle shop, with services in landscape, interior design and the culinary arts
- Swerve Living, Community Friendly, People Friendly, Earth Friendly - Condos
- Gestalt Computing Inc. (January 1996 - Present)
- Deluxe Lounge (March 2002 - April 2004)
- 936851 AB Ltd. Commercial Property Development
- Systems Analyst III, Nova Chemicals
- Instructor, Red Deer College, Business and Computer Courses
- Computer Support analyst/Technician, Red Deer College
- Technical Writer/Editor
- Project Coordinator/Administrator, Encor Energy, Esso Resources, Trans-Canada Pipeline
- Publicist, Ellis Bird Farm
- Management, Dylex
- General Manager, Green Dolphin Street
- Bragg Creek Steak Pit
Present Public & Community Service
- 8 years - Red Deer and District Community Foundation, Chair
- Red Deer Downtown Business Association, Chair
- Chairperson of Culture Link the "leadership vehicle" referred to in the Red Deer Community Culture Plan
- Chair of the Environmental Advisory Committee, Community Foundation
- Board Member of Culture Master Plan Steering Committee
- Member of Culture Master Plan Sub Committee responsible for finalizing the Culture Master Plan
- Writer’s Guild of Alberta, Treasurer 1995-1998. Information Systems Committee, Foundation Committee.
- Calgary Rock & Alpine Society, Member
- The Museum Shop, 1993-1996 Treasurer/Buyer, establishing a viable shop catering to tourists and residents for the purpose of providing financial support for the ongoing activities of the Red Deer and District Museum Society
- Promoter/Coordinator of the Cindy McLeod concert, fundraiser for the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter and the Central Alberta AIDS Network Society
- Alberta Society of Archivists, Past Member
- Red Deer Freenet, Steering Committee Past Member
- Canadian Information Processing Society, past member Former member of the TESOL organization (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
Honours/Awards/Recognitions
- Alberta Centennial Medal for Leadership
- Mayor’s Recognition Award for Outstanding Leadership in Culture and the Arts
Family
- Partner: Terry Warke
- Three cats: Lupin, Montana, Draba
Leisure Interests
- Applied Philosophy
- Culinary Arts
- Painting
- Writing
- Reading
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