Driven to seek, define and reinforce connections.
Michael Gurney promotes effective, powerful communication and is dedicated to creativity, historical inquiry and community enrichment.
Michael Gurney promotes effective, powerful communication and is dedicated to creativity, historical inquiry and community enrichment.
Draw a line between two points, and my enthusiasm is kindled.
A speaker ignites the minds of his audience. Knowledge of the past illuminates present events. Curiosity and opportunity graze like flint and iron, sparking innovation.
I embrace projects that unite people in a superlative purpose whose subtle ends are improvement, intelligence and inspiration.
Professional and volunteer affiliations
Arts and culture correspondent for the Sunshine Coast’s weekly newspaper. The region’s population of 32,170 is notable for its quotient of musicians, writers and artists.
Secretary and logistics coordinator for the local festival organization that has nurtured instrumentalists, singers and orators since its establishment in 1973.
Onstage and backstage supporter of the Sunshine Coast's longest-lived dramatic company. Driftwood produces plays, runs a theatre school and mounts guerilla-style spectacles.
Director-at-large for the public institution that preserves records and history of the region from Port Mellon to Egmont — the swiya of the shíshálh Nation and territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation.
Co-director for community productions of full-length works by William Shakespeare at Sechelt's open-air Rockwood Pavilion (featuring live music), from A Midsummer Night's Dream to Twelfth Night.
Technical specialist for live productions at this intimate and full-featured venue in uptown Gibsons. The Playhouse is a vibrant centre of dance, drama, music and film.
Past associations and collaboration
Past president of the Port Edward Historical Society, which conserves and operates the 134-year-old North Pacific Cannery National Historic Site.
Former manager of Corporate Communications at Canada's westernmost gateway for transpacific marine trade, promoting terminal capacity and growth to global markets.
Past president of the provincial organization that empowers young historians to become community leaders and formidable storytellers.
Past vice-president and actor with an eclectic troupe of players who nurture dramatic arts on B.C.’s north coast through improvised comedy and scripted works.
Former member of the board of directors for the non-profit body driving integrated trail developments in the Prince Rupert and Port Edward area.
Club coach and district official for the leadership development organization while variously a member of the Prince Rupert, Morningstars, Coastmasters, Beachcombers, Sunshine, Terrace, Nechako, Cloverleaf and Toastmentors clubs.
Served on the board of directors for the wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the society that delivers language and culture programs for Nisga’a citizens in Prince Rupert.
Contributor and presenter for this literary association, which hosts the multidisciplinary Art & Words Festival and publishes a quarterly anthology, Not An Island. In 2024 SCWES launched the Tale Trail, a geotagged directory of regional writers.
Guided initiatives like the Business Excellence Awards and the Rising Stars mentorship program as a volunteer and board member with the venerable Chamber of Commerce (founded in 1908) in the City of Rainbows.
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