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Biography 2011-12 First Vice-President
LARRY CROSS, Mayor, Town of Sidney
Family:
Married to Dianne Cross, 45 years
Two children, a daughter in Vancouver and a son in Dublin, both attended Sidney/North Saanich Schools and the University of Victoria
Lived in Sidney/North Saanich since 1973
Education:
- Victoria High School
- University of Victoria (Bachelor of Education, Secondary School)
- University of British Columbia (Graduate Studies in English Literature)
- University of Washington School of Business (Certificate in Bargaining/Negotiations)
- B.C. Justice Institute (Certificate in Investigation)
- B.C. Business Council (Certificate in Grievance Administration)
Work History:
- Teacher in Fernie, Sooke and Saanich School Districts
- Curriculum Coordinator, Parkland Secondary School
- District Curriculum Coordinator, Saanich School District
- Vice-Principal, Parkland Secondary School
- Principal, North Saanich Middle School
- Director of Instruction, Saanich School District
- Member, BC Public Schools Employers’ Association bargaining team for Adult Education
- Private Consultant in K-12 Education Sector specializing in Human Resources/Labour Relations issues (negotiations, mediations, investigations, collective agreement management, organizational analysis, management training)
Professional Leadership:
- President, Education Undergraduate Society, UVic
- President, Saanich Teachers’ Association
- President, Saanich School District Administrators’ Association
- Chair, Vancouver Island Chapter, BC School Personnel Administrators’ Association
- Workshop presenter on K-12 educational issues
Community Service:
- Founding President, UVic Education Undergraduate Society
- North Saanich Recycle Coordinator
- Chair, Deep Cove Ratepayers’ Association
- Member, North Saanich Environmental Commission
- Member of Friends of Pat Bay (instrumental in the creation of the Pat Bay Park)
- Chair, Friends of the Sidney/North Saanich Regional Library
- Chair, Memorial Park Society
- Chair, Sidney Police Advisory Committee
- Member, Mary Winspear Centre Management Committee
- Infrastructure Grant Administrator, SANSCHA Foundation
- Chair, Communications Committee, Alumni Association, UVic
- President, Alumni Association, UVic
- Senator, the University of Victoria (Provincial Government Order-in-Council Appointment)
- Senator, the University of Victoria (elected by the Convocation)
- Councillor, Town of Sidney, 2006 -2008
- Volunteer for many community activities