The Rotary Peace Project
Feb 22, 2021
Chris Offer, RI Peace Center Committee
The Rotary Peace Project

Rotary Club of Edmonton West invitation - Join us!  Monday, February 22 @ noon via Zoom.

Chris Offer is a member of the Rotary Peace Centers committee and will be vice chair in 2021-22. He is a Rotary Positive Peace Activator and IEP (Institute for Economics and Peace) Ambassador. He just completed a 3-year term as chair of the Rotary Peace Major Gifts Initiative Committee. The committee’s goal is to raise US$50 million for the Rotary Peace Centers and Rotary’s peace area of focus


Chris has served on a variety of Rotary committees involved in training, fundraising and membership development. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Ladner in Metro Vancouver. He served as Governor of District 5040.

He has been a Rotary volunteer in Philippines, Russia, China, Laos, and India. In 2016, he was part of a team including WHO, CDC and Gates Foundation evaluating the polio surveillance initiative in Nigeria. He served on similar polio surveillance teams in South Sudan and Sudan.

Chris retired from the Vancouver Police after 31 years of police service. He served in a variety of senior operational and administrative positions retiring as a District Commander.   

He has a degree in Criminology (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC), Graduate Diploma in Public Sector Management (University of Victoria) and a Master of Arts in Public Administration (Carleton University, Ottawa).

Chris is an accomplished photographer. His photos have been published in local and national newspapers, books, and calendars. He enjoys street and nature photography. He is a frequent speaker at Rotary events.

 

Please click on the link below to join the ZOOM meeting: 

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84425545896?pwd=SU5KVWwxL1lMWW1yRFQvODVad0JKZz09

In the event that you need it, the Meeting ID is: 844 2554 5896

Edmonton West Weekly meetings typically finish before 1 PM.