Robert H. Lee
A real-estate mogul banks on his ancestral values
Robert H. Lee | backstory
Challenge Telling Bob’s whole story We’d been hoping to work with Bob Lee for years. The real estate legend had a remarkable story; from humble beginnings in Vancouver’s Chinatown, his name now graces buildings throughout the city thanks to his generous philanthropic contributions. However, when we sat down with Bob, he was clear that the […]
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
BC Bearing Engineers
Wendy McDonald’s life wasn’t typical. Neither was her book.
René Fluri | backstory
Challenge Braiding together a story where business meets personal Bayshore Hotel, BC ferries, McDonald’s, several airlines … René Fluri has had a hand at feeding nearly everyone in Canada. When Echo’s founder, Samantha Reynolds, met Fluri in 2015, he told her how he had been thinking about a book for some time, but it never […]
Keith Beedie
A family business. A father’s legacy. A story built to last.
BC Bearing Engineers | backstory
Challenge Honour a matriarch who led without apology In the 1950s, industrial bearings were a man’s world. That didn’t stop Wendy McDonald after her husband died. Raising four small children, she managed to grow a small Vancouver machine shop into a profitable company with 60 locations worldwide. So when she retired, those around her didn’t […]
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 […]