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
For more information:
Councillor Dave Loken
2nd Floor, City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 2R7
| Telephone | 780-496-8128 |
|---|---|
| Fax | 780-496-8113 |
| dave.loken@edmonton.ca |

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