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RISING STARSFINDING OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS

CLASS OF 2016

PROFILES BY R.P. STASTNY // PHOTOS BY COLIN WAY

Rising Stars f inding opportunity in crisis

In the Chinese language, the word crisis is com-

posed of two characters, one representing danger

and the other opportunity, goes the old motiva-

tional speakers’ cliche.

While the translation isn’t exact, it makes a

point that those who believe in themselves can

survive hard times and come out ahead of the

game with a little hard work.

There is no question this year’s class of Rising

Stars is making the best of the opportunities present

in the current oil and gas downturn, which is now

going into its second year with no signs of abating.

This year we have a southern Alberta country

girl and former basketball player who is helping

her company’s clients work through the environ-

mental and regulatory red tape more efficiently.

We have the Canadian Association of Petroleum

Producers’ manager of media relations who cut

her teeth working with Aboriginal groups in the

remote North.

We have a chief financial officer looking to join

the ranks of what they in the investment com-

munity call “an experienced management team.”

We have a small-town Ontarian who came

west to be a paramedic but instead found her

calling as a land broker.

We have another easterner who made it in the

western oilpatch and is now working to bring oil

and gas development back to Quebec.

We have a former railroader who is now mak-

ing it in the pipeline business.

And we have a corporate headhunter who works

to find executives with experience who also fit a

client’s corporate culture.

All seven of this year’s Rising Stars are heav-

ily invested in making the communities in which

they live and work better places.

Thanks to the Fairmont Palliser hotel in Calgary

for graciously providing the backdrop for this year’s

class photos.

Turn the page to learn more about the 2016

Rising Stars, and look to jwnenergy.com for a

special digital project coming soon to celebrate

the eighth annual class of Rising Stars.

Oilweek ’s 2016 Rising Stars gather at the beautiful Fairmont Palliser hotel (left to right): Kim Lindsay, John Pantazopoulos, Angela Thompson, Chelsie Klassen, Laura Weeden, Matthew Goegan and Morgan Campbell.

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Having grown up in small-town Ontario amid black bears, black flies

and the natural beauty of Toronto’s cottage country, 18-year-old Kim

Lindsay took a leaf out of her family’s book of independence and

loaded up a 32-foot U-Haul, drove out to Calgary with her boyfriend

at the time and set about becoming a paramedic in the shadow of

the Rocky Mountains.

That was the plan at least. Coming up against a scarcity of emergency-

and health-related jobs after her first year at SAIT Polytechnic ran her

off that path and into a finance and investment job until, lo and behold,

a friend mentioned working in oil and gas. She sent out some resumes

and collected two offers from land brokers.

“I got a really good vibe about Britt Land,” Kim recalls of the com-

pany that today is the only woman-led land brokerage of its size in

western Canada.

That vibe has now carried her though 11 years, from starting as a junior

land administrator to her current role as a land operations manager with

responsibilities for client relations, quality assurance and key business

development areas. Her ability to think on her feet, find smart solutions

and meet tight deadlines are qualities that she now shares through inter-

nal training and mentoring.

Kim’s bold and unconventional leadership finds its strength in remain-

ing true to her independent streak.

“Dayna [Morgan, Rising Star class of 2013] has been my mentor. She

does things a certain way, and she’s good at her job, so I followed in her

footsteps, but I’ve always struggled with having to do it like Dayna does,”

Kim says. “So I’ve had to find my own way. This allows me to be a better

leader in a professional environment.”

A quality that comes naturally to Kim and drives her community

involvement is her almost unconditional support for people in times of

need. Consequently, her choice of charities is typically one of those that are

dear to her friends. For example, last year she coordinated an impromptu

Parkinson’s awareness walk in support of Britt Land’s chief executive offi-

cer, Ray Ramsay, as he was admitted for deep brain stimulation surgery

to treat the neurological symptoms of this disease.

Kim helped bring together the Britt Land team with videos of care

and encouragement across the company’s satellite offices, Team Ramsay

T-shirts and red balloons. The office then took to the streets to hand out

tulips and raise awareness and funds for Parkinson’s disease.

Alongside her past support of the Calgary Children’s Hospital, can-

cer walks and the community volunteering work that happens monthly

at Britt Land, Kim is an advocate for those who are sometimes the most

vulnerable in our society.

“Animals are dear to me. Not everybody loves animals. People love

people for the most part,” says Kim, who volunteers at a dog rescue pro-

gram. “Adopting animals is kind of scary because you don’t know their

history. But I want to give them a better story. They deserve a better story.”

Education Land administration course, Mount Royal

University; continued learning through industry

courses; leadership training and development,

Results Canada

Favourite charities

I will support any cause, whether it’s dear to me

or someone I know. I will participate, donate

or help however I can. This year and last year, I

rescued two dogs and donated to two different

animal organizations.

First job Other than being surrounded by a family-based

business, my first job by choice was cutting lawns.

If not for your current career, what would you be doing? I would be living out west in the mountains

somewhere with my son, fiance and two dogs,

spending as much time outside as possible and/

or travelling to remote destinations around

the world.

Best advice received

You don’t have to do things the same way as your

mentors and leaders have done in the past. Take

what you have learned from them and do it your

way. The best way to teach and lead someone is

to be your true self.

Favourite pastime Right now, it’s anything a two-and-a-half-year-old

does, and I will do it all day any day. Lucky for us,

that includes some adult-friendly things such as

hiking, camping and other outdoor activities. He

loves the mountains.

Favourite book The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Other passions Anything that takes me outside, whether its

familiar or exploring new things with my family.

I also really love my plants!

Kim LindsayManager, land operations // Britt Land Services

2016 RISING STARS


There’s a transition happening in Canada’s oilpatch. A new generation

is emerging, and when the industry comes out of this downturn, it will

be reaching for the reigns, says John Pantazopoulos, whose professional

aspiration is to step up among the ranks of the so-called “experienced

management team.”

Oil and gas company websites are filled with references to experience

because resources plays are expensive, and experience is the closest

thing to proof that things will go well for investors. You can be smart

and have good ideas, but you still face an uphill battle if you’re missing

this essential ingredient.

Financer: “Great, so you want money. What have you done?”

Newbie: “Oh you know, this and that.”

Financer: “But have you bought and sold a company and made money

for investors?”

Newbie: “Not yet.”

Financer: “Okay, call me in five years.”

John has been a chief financial officer for eight years now, and he’s

a founding member of Tangle Creek Energy, but he says he’s still “not

there yet. You have to have a notch on your belt and show that you’ve

had a winner.”

Privately held Tangle Creek will most likely be that notch for John.

There’s no ambiguity about its build-and-sell strategy. How that will play

out through these tough times, though, is still uncertain for the Greece-

born, Canada-raised exec. One thing is clear—sitting back and riding it

out isn’t in John’s DNA.

When the province announced a royalty review, he joined a Canadian

Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) committee and helped prepare

industry recommendations for improving Alberta’s royalty program. He

also serves on another CAPP committee that deals with financial issues.

And in his home neighbourhood of West Springs in Calgary, where he

lives with his wife and two young sons, a school shortage prompted his

engagement in a parent group that gathered 5,000 signatures in support

of building and funding schools. The group presented the signatures to

the Alberta Legislature and even met with Jim Prentice several times

when he was premier.

“We fought tooth and nail to get funding, and I think it worked because,

at the end of the day, our school is now being built,” John says.

He also volunteers with the Calgary Board of Education on an audit

committee. He’s on the naming committee of the middle school in his

community. In fact, education has become a bit of a mission in his life.

“Education is the key to society,” John says. “It’s a core fundamental

institution. If you want to see that in action, go to the first day of school. As

you walk in there, you see that the whole community has come together.

It doesn’t matter who you are and where you’re from or what your back-

ground is, they all come together in the school in order to learn and work

towards a common goal.”

Education

Bachelor of commerce, University

of Saskatchewan, 2000

Favourite charities Anything to do with promoting

public education.

First job Selling Dickey Dee ice cream in

Moose Jaw, Sask.

If not for your current career, what would you be doing?

Being a politician. I want the chance to

give back to my community through

public service and dream of being a

politician one day.

Best advice received In life and in business, conduct yourself

as if everything you do will be published

on the front page of the newspaper the

next day.

Favourite pastime

Spending time with my family. Travelling.

Favourite movie

Diggstown

Other passions Poker. It is the one game where winning is

more about playing your opponent than

playing your cards. The worst hand in

poker, if played correctly, can be a winner.

John PantazopoulosVice-president, finance, and chief financial officer // Tangle Creek Energy

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From the time she spent in the far north, Chelsie Klassen has a jacket

made by an Inuvialuit elder that has animal fur from all the places in

the Northwest Territories where she worked, communities with stac-

cato names that roll off her tongue like a distant drum roll—Ulukhaktok,

Paulatuk, Tuktoyuktuk, Aklavik, Inuvik.

“I was engaging with the communities around Imperial Oil’s Arctic off-

shore drilling. You were the first on the ground. It was awesome,” Chelsie

says with disarming enthusiasm, a quality that made her an ideal land-

man, then a stakeholder and aboriginal engagement specialist, and now

a media relations manager with the Canadian Association of Petroleum

Producers (CAPP).

She’s so likeable in fact that she’s never even had a gun waved in her

face and been told to get off someone’s land while negotiating land agree-

ments for ExxonMobil’s LNG project in Alaska, the last American frontier,

the land of the brave and the free, and the home state of Sarah Palin.

“But one of my colleagues had a gun pulled out on him,” she says. “His

response to me was, ‘Well, I walked on his property, so you would expect

that could happen.’ I just looked at him and thought, ‘Really?’”

Chelsie’s seven years with Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil were a rodeo ride

that started straight out of university and bounced her from Calgary to the

Northwest Territories to Cold Lake to Alaska and finally back to Calgary.

This exposure to so many different cultures and types of oil and gas

activity gave her the confidence to take on something “more high level.”

CAPP provides that new challenge for her. In return, CAPP gets a more

responsive public image and a shift in industry tone on climate change

and the status quo.

“A highlight for me so far,” says Chelsie, who just returned from one of

her many business trips—this one to Ottawa, where she met with minis-

ters and government officials—“was representing the energy industry in

Paris last year. I think we’re in a time of new technology and innovation

around greenhouse gas emissions and reductions…. I don’t think it was

ever acknowledged that we as an industry are proactive in these solutions.”

Her advocacy work with CAPP is, in itself, a form of wider service that

benefits not just the industry but all Albertans and Canadians, but Chelsie

is also passionate about mentoring. She has always made herself avail-

able to young people seeking advice. Now that she is more geographically

settled, she has formalized the process by joining the Calgary Immigrant

Women’s Association.

“Right now I am mentoring this lady who is very impressive. She’s 15

years old. Her name is Eunice. She comes from Nigeria, and she’s prepar-

ing herself to apply to Canadian universities,” Chelsie says.

True to her own experience when choosing an education, which started

with nursing before redirecting to economics, Chelsie’s advice is to “look

at the whole process…not just job security. Find something that you’re

passionate about.”

Education

Bachelor of arts in economics,University

of Manitoba, 2008; Masters of arts in

conflict analysis and management, Royal

Roads University, 2012

Favourite charity

Calgary Immigrant Woman’s Association

First jobCabin cleaner, Clark’s Camp (a fishing

camp in northwestern Ontario)

If not for your current career, what would you be doing? Academic research in social sciences.

It’s interesting to discover what makes

people tick.

Best advice received Never compromise your integrity.

Favourite pastime I’m a foodie. Any new restaurants or hot

spots in town are a must-do!

Favourite TV SHOW My guilty pleasure is to watch crime scene

television shows and try to guess what

will happen next.

Other passions I’m passionate about helping young

women advance their professional,

personal or educational endeavours.

Helping a mentee reach their potential is

entirely gratifying.

Chelsie KlassenManager, media relations // Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

2016 RISING STARS


Angela Thompson has never been afraid to show up as herself. Phrases

like “Fake it till you make it” are irrelevant because she has known she

wanted a business career since she was 15 years old. She has the quiet

self-assurance of the eldest of four siblings. And she possesses the work

ethic and leadership sense of a former high-level basketball athlete on

a scholarship track.

“When I started my career with the ERCB [now the Alberta Energy

Regulator], I was really focused. I had a degree, and I was really good at

basketball, but that’s basically all I had to offer. I knew nothing about regu-

latory matters,” she says with candor. “But I embraced what was given

to me and quickly realized this was a growing market and that it was a

place where I could have a long-term career.”

The oil and gas industry in 2005 was booming. Angela learned the regu-

latory ropes at the ERCB and then went to Gemini, a traditional engineering,

procurement and construction management company, which as it turned

out, wasn’t quite ready to step into the regulatory and environmental busi-

ness. So Angela stepped over to consulting engineering company Hatch

and launched its regulatory/environment business. A year later, Gemini

was ready and invited her back to do the same.

“In 2011, I put together a strategic plan at Gemini to grow the regulatory/

environment business into something pretty special and great,” she says.

“We acquired two organizations as part of that strategic plan, which

was one of my biggest milestones—executing that plan and seeing

it through the integration of these really great businesses in such a

short period of time.”

Growing up in Bow Island, Alta., Angela was profoundly influenced

by her mom, who raised four children on her own. Her personality was

also shaped by her grandmother, “a fearless, fiery redhead” who encour-

aged her to have the self-confidence to be herself and “shatter the glass

ceiling.” Her grandmother, who passed away seven years ago, inspired

Angela to become a board member of the Golden Age Club.

“Seniors, at times, are overlooked in a lot of ways, and it gave me great

personal satisfaction that my grandparents played a very large role in the

community they lived in, so I wanted to give back in that way,” she says.

A loyal supporter of the University of Lethbridge, where both her sis-

ters were also educated, Angela is the vice-president of the Women’s

Basketball Alumni Association there.

Gemini also takes community involvement seriously.

“How your business functions today within the community is almost

your reputation and your brand,” she says. “When we hire people, we look

at whether they will fit our core values—do they value the community,

the people and the relationships we have?”

Education

Bachelor of management,

University of Lethbridge

Favourite charities Golden Age Club, University of Lethbridge

Pronghorns Athletics

First job Coaching basketball camps

If not for your current career, what would you be doing? I love interior design. It allows me to tap

into that artistic side and explore endless

creative ideas.

Best advice received My mom always told me, “Carry yourself

with tenacity and grace. There are no

limitations to what you can achieve.”

Favourite pastime Spending time with my husband,

eating great food and drinking wine with

my friends.

Favourite bookWooden on Leadership: How to Create a

Winning Organization by John Wooden

Angela ThompsonDirector, regulatory, environment and land // Gemini

2016 RISING STARS


Seeing the good life his father made of a 30-year career with Canadian

Pacific Railway (CP), Matthew Goegan thought he would do well to follow

in his footsteps. So with business degree in hand, he took a job with CP.

He even enjoyed his time there for a couple years until he started to feel

like he would never emerge from his father’s shadow.

“I remember being called Vince—my dad’s name—three times in one

meeting,” Matthew recalls with a laugh. “That’s when I realized that I

needed to figure out my own path.”

So he left the iconic Canadian transport company, said goodbye to

friends and family in Ontario, travelled across the country to Calgary and

nailed down a job with, well, another iconic Canadian transport company.

This time it was Enbridge.

“The transportation link-up seemed a good fit,” he says.

Spending his days working on data analytics and trends, assessing

how the company executes major projects compared to benchmarks,

identifying course corrections and providing reviews to senior manage-

ment, Matthew has built a career in one of the fastest-growing companies

in the oil and gas industry. What he particularly appreciates about this

work is its human dimension and the opportunity to help develop the

abilities of his team.

For example, he is encouraging a person hired into an administrative

function to leverage her foreign education and shift into a more fulfill-

ing higher-level role. He has also helped an introverted work group step

up to the challenge of taking on a higher profile and delivering presenta-

tions to management. Matthew’s formula of empowerment comes down

to extending opportunities and setting out manageable stepping stones

that lead to clearly defined goals.

His passion for personal development isn’t confined to his workplace.

As a volunteer with Junior Achievement, a not-for-profit organization that

delivers experiential programs to youth on the topics of financial liter-

acy, work readiness and entrepreneurship, Matthew often spends a half

day or longer talking to students at local high schools.

“I remember going through school and having people come in and

tell us what the world is like after you get out of school,” he says. “It was

always interesting to me, so I do that and try to give students a perspec-

tive they might not get otherwise. Hopefully that can put them in a better

position going forward.”

The prospect of spending a day with a roomful of hormonally amped-up

adolescents might strike the fear of God in some, but Matthew, who loves

kids and has two young children of his own, thrives on the opportunity.

He is comfortable in front of groups and makes it engaging with interac-

tive exercises and discussions that help students understand finances,

budgeting and other topics.

Part of that facility comes from the night courses in supply chain logis-

tics that he also teaches.

“As you can see, I like to talk.”

Education Bachelor of commerce, Ryerson

University, 2005; PROCI Change

Management Certification, 2014;

Supply Chain Management

Professional, Alberta Institute of the

Purchasing Management Association

of Canada; other industry diplomas

and certificates

Favourite charities Junior Achievement, United

Way, Canadian Red Cross,

ALS Society of Canada

First job Clerk at a private video rental shop

If not for your current career, what would you be doing?

For as long as I can remember, I have

wanted to be a philanthropist working

with inspiring people, and when I’m not

busy with that, I would be travelling and

exploring the world with my family.

Best advice received My top three: Get comfortable with

being uncomfortable. Enjoy the

journey. Leave things better than you

found them.

Favourite pastime Geocaching with my family.

Favourite moviE The Star Wars original trilogy

Other passions Cooking, hiking, geocaching,

travelling, street hockey, basketball,

classic rock, reading, teaching and

volunteering, but my biggest passion is

spending time with my family playing

games or watching our beloved

Pittsburg Steelers!

Matthew GoeganManager, cost controls and project performance // Enbridge

2016 RISING STARS


By helping her parents build a cottage in Quebec and later a house in Nova

Scotia, Laura Weeden learned how to drywall, run electrical wiring and

use power tools early on. When she reached high school with fingers and

limbs still intact, her interest in building things fuelled an inner debate

about whether to study architecture or engineering.

“I like to know how things work, how things manage to stand, how to

drill wells. Being able to answer some of those questions is what drove

me to engineering,” Laura says.

After a brief stint in the construction industry as a project coordi-

nator, the lure of the west brought her to Alberta and landed her in the

oilpatch. Her last three years with Baker Hughes have allowed Laura to

couple her talent for conveying technical innovations with her people

skills. As a salesperson, she has opened new markets for Baker Hughes’

drilling services product line across Canada, from Alberta’s Viking to

Anticosti Island, Que.

The Calgary branch of the Society of Petroleum Engineers recognized

Laura last year with an Outstanding Young Professional Award for her

leadership in the organization’s regular and new events, increased par-

ticipation and general involvement. What Laura considers a particular

high point in her career, though, is her work in advancing the oil and gas

industry in Quebec.

“I was asked to speak at some conferences in Quebec about both the

technical and the environmental dimensions of drilling,” she says. “There

are a lot of new technologies and innovations that reduce costs and emis-

sions and lower your impact in general. In the first year, I did a broad

overview of what’s available in the industry, from drilling to fracking.

“This past year, I was a panellist with two other companies, answer-

ing questions about the impacts and applications of various technologies

and why a person would pick one technology over another. It was very

exciting to be a part of that.”

In the community, Laura has been volunteering as a Girl Guide leader

for the past three years, mentoring girls ages 11–14 in the Pathfinder pro-

gram. Her troop regularly volunteers at organizations such as the Calgary

Food Bank, Grow Calgary, various women’s shelters and Inn from the

Cold. Under Laura’s guidance, each member of her troop has received the

Canada Cord—the Girl Guide’s highest distinction.

“When I moved here from Halifax, I didn’t really know anyone, and I

wanted to get involved in the community and set down roots. Girl Guides

is a program that I did as a kid, and my mom was a leader, so I saw it as

an opportunity to go from mentee to mentor,” Laura says.

“What’s really great about the Girl Guides is that you touch different

aspects of philanthropy…. Even if you live in a community all your life,

you might not see how other people live, so I think it’s important that the

girls have these experiences and help others.”

EducationCivil engineering, Dalhousie University, 2012

Favourite charity Girl Guides of Canada

First jobI separated flyers for newspaper inserts once

a month in 12-hour shifts when I was 15.

If not for your current career, what would you be doing?Back-country guiding and travelling

the world volunteering with Engineers

Without Borders.

Best advice receivedThe road to success is not always a

straight and upward line. We must learn

from our mistakes, persevere and move

forward with the knowledge we have

gained. Don’t sweat the small stuff.

Favourite pastimeSpending time with family and friends.

Favourite bookThe Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

Other passionsThe outdoors, travel, continuous learning

and helping others. As a child, my parents

encouraged me to try new activities,

expand my horizons, learn from every

experience, give back to society. I make

sure I’m always learning: new technical

aspects of our industry, exposure to

cultures and experiences while travelling,

mountaineering and volunteering as a

Pathfinder leader.

Laura WeedenAccount manager, drilling services // Baker Hughes

2016 RISING STARS


The energy industry, like any sector, is only as good as the people who run

it, and Morgan Campbell plays a key role in filling some of the industry’s

top positions. As an executive search professional, he has helped shape

the executive teams of numerous companies and organizations, includ-

ing the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association and the Alberta Energy

Regulator (AER).

Finding the right people for the top jobs is critical. Under new leader-

ship and after the amalgamation of the AER’s regulatory duties with wider

governmental responsibilities formerly overseen by Alberta Environment

and Sustainable Resource Development, Alberta’s regulatory system is,

arguably, in a better place today than in the past, and it is regarded by

other jurisdictions as an example to emulate.

“A lot of the work that we do changes an organization in one respect or

another. If you screw up a CEO search, and the company’s market value

drops by $2 million, that’s a big deal,” Morgan says.

On another level, in Calgary’s tight-knit oilpatch, executive search

firms provide a third-party layer so that companies aren’t seen directly

recruiting from their competitors. But the best executive search firms

also leverage geographic reach, network and a rigorous screening effort

to understand their client’s corporate culture and the values of their can-

didates and then build compatibility.

“It’s a common saying that a lot of people get hired for experience and

fired for fit, but it’s true,” Morgan says. “Cultural fit and values ultimately

make or break a placement, so we spent a lot of time trying to understand

those dynamics.”

The recognition of this very human dimension to success is also behind

much of the philanthropy that Boyden and its employees do in the com-

munity. Donating a percentage of overall revenues to charity is both good

for the community and for business. Doing a pro bono search for United

Way or a similar group each year helps that charity but also strengthens

Boyden’s profile in the city. Sitting on the board of the Canadian Petroleum

Hall of Fame, as Morgan does, is both good for the industry, and it expands

Morgan’s all-important network.

“In our view, what you give to the community you get back in some

way or another, whether it’s personal satisfaction, additional business or

knowing you’re doing the right things for the community,” Morgan says.

This pragmatic give-and-take view of philanthropy might seem some-

what mercenary, but in fact, it’s the best engine for the continued growth

of the not-for-profit sector and the important work it does. Every company

and every employee in this industry should make giving back to the com-

munity part of their career. Morgan—who spent part of his childhood at

the Ronald McDonald House in Calgary battling childhood cancer and now

sits on the organization’s board—knows this perhaps better than anyone.

Education Bachelor of arts,

University of Calgary, 1994

Favourite charities

Ronald McDonald House Southern

Alberta, Canadian Petroleum

Hall of Fame

First job Stock boy

If not for your current career, what would you be doing? In a perfect world, playing

professional sports, in reality,

a lawyer.

Best advice received Don’t take any wooden nickels (wise

words from my dad).

Favourite pastime Spending time with my wife Tracy,

family and friends.

Favourite book Game of Thrones

Other passionsSports, especially basketball.

Travelling. Socializing.

Morgan CampbellAssociate partner // Boyden Canada

2016 RISING STARS


2016 RISING STARS

A lot goes into Oilweek’s annual Rising Stars feature, starting with calling for nominations in the summer, then selecting the shortlist and final class roster. Finally, the Rising Stars are interviewed and gathered for a photo shoot in a special location.

For the class of 2016, we chose the luxurious setting of the Fairmont Palliser hotel.

With the gracious cooperation of Jacqueline Taylor, Fairmont Palliser’s communications man-ager, Calgary photographer Colin Way was able to snap some stun-ning shots in this historic landmark of downtown Calgary.

The photo session kicked off with Kim Lindsay in the expansive Alberta Ballroom on the hotel’s mezzanine floor.

It was still too early for a drink in the Oak Room Lounge on the main floor, but the allure of its dark wood interior made an ideal background for John Pantazopolous.

Then it was back up to the Alberta Ballroom for Angela Thompson, Laura Weeden and Matthew Goegan.

To vary it up, CAAP’s Chelsie Klassen posed by the glass wall between the Oak Room Lounge and the hotel’s main floor lobby, while Morgan Campbell took his place in the stairway corridor between the main floor and the mezzanine.

Finally, everyone ended up in the bright natural light of the Fairmont Gold Lounge on the Penthouse level for a few group shots.

Behind the scenes

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