Robert H. Lee
A real-estate mogul banks on his ancestral values
Don McLeod | backstory
Challenge “I simply didn’t see how anyone would be interested in my life story.” Canadian mining pioneer Don McLeod had been fending off pleas from his son and daughter for years that he get his story down on record for their kids, not to mention the mining community at large. He was a legend in […]
Don McLeod
A mining legend talks to his great-great-great grandchildren
Irv and Dianne Kipnes
The love story that shaped a community
Kipnes | backstory
Challenge Laying out the truest account of events In 1982, Irv Kipnes was worth $25M when he bought the North West Trust Company. When he sold it to the government five years later, he owed them $500,000. It was a critical moment, and as Irv rebounded from this setback, so began the story of his […]
René Fluri
How a fourth-generation pastry chef built a bakery empire
Gian Sandhu | backstory
Challenge Bridging together the public and personal Gian Singh Sandhu, one of the most prominent figures in Sikh public affairs in Canada over the past four decades, approached us to capture his personal life story for not only his children and grandchildren, but for the public at large. As a founding member of the World […]
Gian Sandhu
A personal memoir that moved thousands of hearts and minds around the world
