Celebrity Guest

Georges Laraque played 13 seasons for different National Hockey League (NHL) teams, including the Edmonton Oilers. He was known as “The Rock”, acting primarily as an enforcer on these teams. His best-selling biography, The Story of The NHL's Unlikeliest Tough Guy, goes well beyond the stereotype of the tough guy. It is the story of a true humanitarian, an engaged citizen not only in his immediate community, but on the global stage as well. The son of Haitian immigrants, Georges Laraque campaigned for World Vision to help with Haitian relief and the rebuilding of the Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince. Today, he is involved in many charities.

An animal right activist and a spokesperson for PETA, he became a vegan in 2009 and has, ever since, contributed to the vegetarian movement in Montreal. A conscientious environmentalist, Georges Laraque stepped up in July 2010 to be the deputy leader of the Green Party.

We are thrilled to have him supporting our cause of funding research for colon cancer treatment.

Interviewer

Adam is an award-winning marketing and communications veteran with over 15 years of experience. He is also the co-founder of digital advertising agency, Adverb Communication.

Adam currently sits on the CKUA Radio Foundation board of directors and was recently published in a collection of essays called Midlife.

Speaker

Dr. Jacob Easaw is currently appointed as Associate Professor (Special Continuing) in the Department of Oncology in the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.

Dr. Easaw was also the treating oncologist to our fundraiser’s namesake, Geoff Hollis-Haynes.