Tim Trousdell

Board Member

Tim was born in India in 1925, he had 5 years of childhood in Egypt and was schooled in England. He served in the British army from 1943 to 1950, with infantry battalion in Italy in 1945. He immigrated to Canada in 1950 to farm Vancouver Island. He had teacher training in the Normal School in Victoria (1956-1957) then taught at Monterey Elementary School (grade 5) from 1958 to 1961. He attended Victoria College from 1961 to 1963 and earned a BA in History (1st Class Honours). He went to Ottawa and served on the Communications Branch National Research Council from 1963 to 1970; then was in the Prime Minister's Office from 1970 to 1972 and from 1973 to 1974. He returned to Vancouver Island in 1974 to a hobby farm in Duncan. He is married with 3 children, all now in their 50s.

Tim served on the Volunteer Society Board starting in 1984 for 5 or 6 years (President 2 or 3); Seniors Advisory Society starting in 1987 for 18 years (President for 8); Co-Chaired Cowichan Communities Health Planning Committee for 2 or 3 years in the 1980s; served on a number of other committees. He joined the Board of CFCSS in 2007. He has also been involved with Providence Farm for many years. Awarded Governor General's Caring Canadian Award in 2002.