western canadaWestern Canada is comprised of Chapters in British Columbia, Calgary and Edmonton Alberta, Saskatoon and Regina Saskatchewan, and Winnipeg, Manitoba. To view photos of past events in Western Canada, click HERE |
MANITOBA
Brian Hosea
Saskatchewan
 Don MacFarlane - Saskatoon Chapter President
Don & Ruby live in Saskatoon and have been married for almost 10 years. They have a blended family of five children, ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Ruby is a retired nurse currently helping out with Covid vaccinations on a casual basis. Don began his career at Xerox Saskatoon in 1981 after graduating from Saskatchewan Technical Institute. Starting as a service rep on the 3100 family, he transitioned mainly to high volume, laser printing and engineering systems as well as a variety of other products, retiring as an Office Systems Service Professional in 2002. Don spent his entire Xerox career working out of Saskatoon. Highlights of Don’s career were service rep council, preparing 1090’s for the Olympics in Calgary and self-managed work groups. After retirement Don was asked to become the XCRA Chapter President for Northern Saskatchewan and has spent the past 11 years in that position. Don was also the Western Representative on the National XCRA board for 2 ½ years. Post retirement, Don worked for Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation and Sunnyside Adventist Care Centre doing building operations and maintenance work in both places. On the more leisurely side, Don & Ruby enjoy a good game of golf, travelling and cruising. Don enjoys doing renovations and repairs to his own buildings. |
Ray Chomos - Regina Chapter President Ray graduated from Ryerson in 1969 as an Electronic Technologist and joined Xerox service in Regina in 1973. Ray worked in Regina, Saskatoon, then a rural territory in Yorkton, returning to Regina in 1987 as a Service Manager. Ray worked in that position until 1994 when he moved back into customer service in electronic printing where he worked until his retirement in 2005. Ray and his wife Heather have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. They enjoy gardening in the summer, dabbling in tomato grafting and maintaining a small bee colony. In the winter Ray enjoys curling, woodworking, reading and simply enjoying the family. |
Alberta
 Al Norris - Calgary Chapter President Al started in Saskatoon as a contractor in 1963. A couple years later, he was hired on permanently as a service technician with all of northern Saskatchewan as his territory. Al married Betty Anne Hopkins in February of 1963. They recently celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary! Congratulations! Al and Betty Anne have a son and a daughter who travelled with them from Saskatoon to Winnipeg, finally settling in Calgary where they still reside. In 1969 Al was promoted to a Service Manager in Winnipeg where he served for 10 years. In 1979 he was transferred to Calgary as the Transportation Manager in the Calgary Distribution Centre. Al had many roles in Calgary including training all employees in Southern Alberta in Leadership Through Quality. One of the highlights of Al's career at Xerox was when he was selected as the Operations person for the 4 man 1988 Olympics Team when Calgary was selected as the host city for the Winter Olympics! Al retired in 1994 and since that time, he grew the Calgary Chapter of Xerox Retirees from the first 3 in 1989 to over a 100 today. |
Don Evans resides in Edmonton with his lovely wife, Annette. Don retired from Xerox in 2008 after 34 years with Xerox Canada. Don hired on as a Customer Service Rep in 1974, and was a OSR and Service Manager in the Edmonton area. He also held roles of Organizational Effectiveness Manager for Alberta, Operations Manager for Northern Saskatchewan, XGS Sale Analyst, XGDS Process Specialist, Document Service Implementation Manager and National XOS Manager After leaving Xerox Don worked at a golf course for ten years and continues to work part time in a consultant role for an energy sourcing company. He is active in volunteering and supporting seniors in the community and at the local Senior Centre. His passions in retirement are golf and watercolor painting. |
Don Evans - Edmonton Chapter President
Brian J. Clark started his career with Xerox in Edmonton on May 1, 1974. He originally supported Low Volume devices, 660/813, 720/914/1000, 3100F, 3400F and Microprinters and was soon promoted to OSR in Edmonton South. A highlight during this early period was participating in the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
In 1981 Brian transferred to Western Distribution Center (WDC) Refurb Operations as a Refurb Supervisor/Manager in charge of the Low Volume cleaning pool, Drum Module Program, Painting Operations, Parts Department and Refurb Plant maintenance group and Safety Supervisor for WDC. He also launched the Western Operations Mechanical Repair Program (MRP) for Western Canada and developed a non Xerox painting facility utilizing the resources left after Refurb’s closure..
Brian moved to Customer Service as Service Manager, assisting Al Norris with some of the planning/testing for the 1988 Olympics. Managed low volume, mid volume, color, decentralized electronic printing and rural areas over the next 11 years. With the introduction of workgroup coaches and downsizing of the Service Manager role Brian moved back into field service assuming the Specialist role for Color Products in Calgary and launching a large number of color products including large production products for Print Shops.
Brian’s final role at Xerox was a Color Production Service Specialist supporting Production Color Products and computer front ends. This culminated with the launch of the million dollar iGen3 Product Printing System
Brian retired in 2008 and in 2011 returned to WDC supporting and managing Western Canada Dustoff Operations until the warehouse closure in 2018.
British Columbia
After a 44-year tenure with Xerox of Canada Ltd., Jolland recently retired in February 2018. He serves as the BC Chapter President of Xerox Canada Retiree Association. 
Doug Beech joined Xerox in Vancouver in May of 1975. During his career he worked mainly in Customer Service in the roles of Service Rep, Technical Specialist, Service Trainer, Printing System Specialist and Service Manager. In 1995 he relocated to Victoria as Service Manager for Vancouver Island. When Doug retired in November 2008 he was the Service Manager responsible for Vancouver Island, Northern BC and the Yukon.
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