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Past Presidents
Presidents of the University of Alberta Alumni Association
A.E. Ottewell
1915-16 / 1917-18
Albert Edward Ottewell, '12 BA, '15 MA, was born November 21, 1882, in Edmonton. He served as first editor-in-chief (1910-11) of The Gateway and president of the Students' Union (1911-12). In recognition of his academic achievements, in 1912 Ottewell was the first recipient of the Chancellor's Gold Medal. That same year, he joined the Department of Extension as its secretary. He held this position until being named the University's registrar in 1928, a post he would hold until 1946. Over the course of his career at the University of Alberta, Ottewell served as a founding member of the Collegium Agricalorum, first chairman of the Student Committee for University Residences, and president of the Alma Mater Committee. In the wider community, he was a member of the Edmonton School Board and served as its chairman in 1927. He was also a member and president of the Alberta School Trustees Association, a member of the Canada-Newfoundland Educational Association and of the Canadian Club, a campaigner for the Red Cross, a senior elder with Knox Metropolitan Church in Edmonton, and president of the Canadian School Trustees Association in 1945.
W.R. Howson
1916-17
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Archives
The Southern Alberta Pioneers challenging their Posterity Archives holds documents, photographs, audio recordings, family histories, newspaper clippings, and numerous other artifacts.
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Pioneer Profiles
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Jim Boucher, AOE Council Member
Jim Boucher of Fort McKay is a visionary leader and businessman who led Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN) to become one of the most successful and enterprising Indigenous communities in the world. Jim believes practice and preservation of one’s traditional way of life can occur simultaneously alongside continuous and long-term sustainable oil sands development. Jim has effectively built relationships with the oil and gas industry and all levels of government. This has built Fort McKay’s social and economic strength, facilitated proper consultation and advanced the rights of his community and its people.
Jim was born in Fort McKay, Alberta, a community of around 850 Dene, Cree and Métis on the bank of the Athabasca River. He is a direct descendant of Headman Adam Boucher, who signed Treaty 8 on August 4, 1899. Raised by his grandparents, Jim’s first languages were Cree and Dene. The family lived off the land with Jim helping on the trap line as a young boy. At 13, Jim and his younger siblings were placed in Blue Quills Indian Residential School in St. Paul, his 3 older sisters having already been sent several years before.
In 1986, Jim was elected as Chief of Fort McKay First Nation after serving on the Council executive. He served as Chief for