Ron Hayter Professional History

Business and Professional History

  • Councillor, Edmonton City Council, has served more than 30 years (in his 11th term). Currently, he chairs the Mayor's Aboriginal Initiative and is a member of the Mayor's Northern Initiative 
  • General reporter, acting business editor and northern editor for the Edmonton Journal
  • Correspondent, Time Magazine
  • Small business owner
  • Former member, National Parole Board, 1995-2001
  • Spearheaded development and approval of the City of Edmonton's Declaration on Strengthening Relationships between the City and Urban Aboriginal People, 2005

Board of Directors

  • Edmonton International Baseball Foundation
  • Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association
  • River Valley Alliance
  • Kingsway Business Association
  • Edmonton Northlands

Honours and Awards

  • Founding Director of 1978 Commonwealth Games, Edmonton
  • Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame
  • Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, July 2006
  • Edmonton Sports Hall of Fame
  • Alberta Sports Hall of Fame
  • Nicaragua Sports Hall of Fame
  • Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal
  • Vanier Award, as one of Canada's Outstanding Young Canadians, 1974
  • Inducted into the Hall of Fame, Hudson Bay, Sask., 2005
  • Inducted into the Hudson Bay Composite High School Sports Wall of Fame, 2004
  • Alberta Centennial Medal, 2005
  • Gold Medal in Baseball, 2005 World Masters Games
  • Recipient of the Alberta Government's 2005 "Salute for Sport and Recreation", recognizing 100 Albertans for outstanding contributions in the past century.
  • Recipient of the 2007 Spirit Award from the Terra Centre for Pregnant and Parenting Teens in recognition of his "commitment and efforts to building promising futures"
  • Recipient of an award from the Photographic Arts Society "in appreciation of your continued support of the photographic arts," 2007
  • Recipient of the Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association's Special Service Award 2008

Other

  • Past President and Life Member, Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
  • Past President and Life Member, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
  • Life Member, Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway Association
  • Past President and Life Member, Canadian Professional Boxing Federation
  • Past President and Life Member, Baseball Alberta
  • Honorary Member,  418 Royal Canadian Air Force Squadron, Edmonton

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