About Bill

Event Organization & Certification

Co-organizer for the 2009 Calgary City Chase - achieving a 40% attendance increase (to 900 participants), a 9.65/10 participant survey rating, and a single race record of over $40,000 raised for the designated charity Right to Play.
Course setter and major organizer of the 2008 Western Canadian Orienteering Championships held near Sundre, Alberta
Venue Director for the 2005 World Masters Orienteering Championships held near Edmonton, Alberta with over 1100 competitors
Event Director for the 2004 Alberta Orienteering Championships, the 2002 Canadian Championships and the 2000 Western Canadian Championships
Event Coordinator for past 7 years for Urban Orienteering at the Calgary Corporate Challenge and Course Designer for the 2004 and 2005 Theatre Junction's Rat Race
Course Setter for the Orienteering portion of the 2000 & 2002 Full Moon in June, the 2004 Inner Limits, and the 2005 Eco-Trek Adventure Races
Key organizer for the 2002 Asian Pacific Orienteering Championships in Alberta and the World Cup of Orienteering held near Toronto in 1992
Results volunteer, 1993 World Orienteering Championships, New York, USA
Cetified Level III Official and Learning Facilitator: Community Coaching with Canadian Orienteering Federation
Certified for Standard First Aid (Remote Responder Course from Rocky Mountain Adventure Medicine)

Sport Administration & Training

Bill is Technical Director of the Alberta Orienteering Association, after serving as the Executive Director of that organization for 3 years. He was on the board of the Foothills Wanderers Orienteering club for 9 years and was President for 5 of those years. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Toronto Orienteering Club.

Bill has been organising corporate team building events based on orienteering concepts since 1998. He has taught many new Orienteers and Adventure Racers how to navigate with map and compass at his popular navigation clinics. In 2009, Bill launched Break Away Corporate Aventures Ltd, with a renewed focus in offeri

Sport Achievements

Bill is a 4-time Canadian Orienteering Champion in Masters Categories (M35+), winning in all 3 disciplines (short, middle(2), and long).

He was on the winning team of the 2003 Race the Rockies 18 hour adventure race.

Bill is a 4-time regional champion of the City Chase, "The World's Largest Urban Adventure Series". In September 2004, he and fellow Calgarian Tory Meyer outlasted 1800 teams from across Canada to win the inaugural Bell City Chase National Championships in Victoria, BC (televised on Global TV), after first beating 150 teams in the regional race in Calgary.

In 2008, Bill once again represented Team Calgary in St. John's Newfoundland at the Mitsubishi City Chase National Championships, which was broadcast on CBC Television in October, 2008.

Education & Past Working Life

Bill has an Electrical Engineering degree (BASc) from the University of Waterloo (1986) and an MBA from York University (1996). At various times during 1986-2001, he was a software designer, project leader and product marketing manager for several tech companies in Toronto and Calgary.

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Contact: Bill Jarvis 403-478-2153 bill@billjarvis.ca © 2009 Bill Jarvis		About Bill Event Organization & Certification Co-organizer for the 2009 Calgary City Chase - achieving a 40% attendance increase (to 900 participants), a 9.65/10 participant survey rating, and a single race record of over $40,000 raised for the designated charity Right to Play. Course setter and major organizer of the 2008 Western Canadian Orienteering Championships held near Sundre, Alberta Venue Director for the 2005 World Masters Orienteering Championships held near Edmonton, Alberta with over 1100 competitors Event Director for the 2004 Alberta Orienteering Championships, the 2002 Canadian Championships and the 2000 Western Canadian Championships Event Coordinator for past 7 years for Urban Orienteering at the Calgary Corporate Challenge and Course Designer for the 2004 and 2005 Theatre Junction's Rat Race Course Setter for the Orienteering portion of the 2000 & 2002 Full Moon in June, the 2004 Inner Limits, and the 2005 Eco-Trek Adventure Races Key organizer for the 2002 Asian Pacific Orienteering Championships in Alberta and the World Cup of Orienteering held near Toronto in 1992 Results volunteer, 1993 World Orienteering Championships, New York, USA Cetified Level III Official and Learning Facilitator: Community Coaching with Canadian Orienteering Federation Certified for Standard First Aid (Remote Responder Course from Rocky Mountain Adventure Medicine) Sport Administration & Training Bill is Technical Director of the Alberta Orienteering Association, after serving as the Executive Director of that organization for 3 years. He was on the board of the Foothills Wanderers Orienteering club for 9 years and was President for 5 of those years. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Toronto Orienteering Club. Bill has been organising corporate team building events based on orienteering concepts since 1998. He has taught many new Orienteers and Adventure Racers how to navigate with map and compass at his popular navigation clinics. In 2009, Bill launched Break Away Corporate Aventures Ltd, with a renewed focus in offeri Sport Achievements Bill is a 4-time Canadian Orienteering Champion in Masters Categories (M35+), winning in all 3 disciplines (short, middle(2), and long). He was on the winning team of the 2003 Race the Rockies 18 hour adventure race. Bill is a 4-time regional champion of the City Chase, "The World's Largest Urban Adventure Series". In September 2004, he and fellow Calgarian Tory Meyer outlasted 1800 teams from across Canada to win the inaugural Bell City Chase National Championships in Victoria, BC (televised on Global TV), after first beating 150 teams in the regional race in Calgary. In 2008, Bill once again represented Team Calgary in St. John's Newfoundland at the Mitsubishi City Chase National Championships, which was broadcast on CBC Television in October, 2008. Education & Past Working Life Bill has an Electrical Engineering degree (BASc) from the University of Waterloo (1986) and an MBA from York University (1996). At various times during 1986-2001, he was a software designer, project leader and product marketing manager for several tech companies in Toronto and Calgary.