Gordon Dowsley, WG’69
Oshawa, Ontario
Gordon’s career was in Financial Reinsurance for Crown Life Insurance of Canada. During his work years, he held a number of positions in a Canadian political party which brought business and government closer together to understand each other’s views. He also volunteered for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and “Eva’s Place”, a homeless shelter for teenagers. Gordon was also active in the Quebec separatist referendum focused on keeping Quebec in the Canadian government. Other volunteer efforts led to appointments in the Board of Canada’s Council for the Arts and the Ontario College of Art and Design.
His professional work involved international assignment which led to his being a founding member of the Japan society, working with orphans & homeless children in Mongolia and Afghanistan, as well as organizing programs to build and support artists in both countries. Hi assignment in Moscow led to the creation of a Rotarian Club which provided advanced hearing aids for children.
In his ‘retirement” he remains active in the Rotary Clubs of Canada which provide books for children of ‘aboriginal peoples’ of northern Ontario which had to be delivered by ‘aid drops.” He is also on the National Board of the Canadian Landmines Foundation and active for the past few years as a delegate to several international conferences celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Oxford Manifesto devoted to the abolishing human rights abuses worldwide.