Michael Franklin Harcourt (b. January 6, 1943) served as the 30th Premier of the province of British Columbia in Canada from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 39th mayor of BC's largest city, Vancouver from 1980 to 1986.

A Squamish and Kwakwaka'wakw sculptor and carver. He was born and raised in Squamish, BC and is known primarily for his wood carvings.

Xwalacktun received his name from his father, Pekultn, who was a hereditary chief from the Seymour Creek area of North Vancouver. His mother is Kwakwaka'wakw from Squamish and Alert Bay.

Xwalacktun studied sculpture at Capilano University and Emily Carr University of Art + Design (then called Capilano College and Emily Carr College of Art, respectively). He graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 1982.

Master Carver Bill Henderson is a member of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation in Campbell River, BC.

Ed Hill was born in Paris, Ontario, moving to Peterborough, Ontario at a very young age. At 20 he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and in 1969 he found himself posted to Surrey, British Columbia. He had studied art at the high school level only, but his youthful dream of becoming a productive professional artist didn’t take shape until the mid 1980’s. Over the years Ed continually dabbled and experimented with various art forms. In the summer of 1985 Hill and his family were posted to Tofino, British Columbia where he met and befriended renowned west coast artist Roy Henry Vickers. Ed’s interest in Vickers’ art and techniques meant that the two became fast friends. Hill became a student of Vickers. Hill spent many hours watching, questioning and listening before ever putting brush to paper in the Vickers’ style. After tutoring and encouragement from Vickers did he produce his first limited edition print entitled “Old Man”. The two men shared a great interest in the wilderness, fishing, native culture and their art. Hill is inspired by the awesome beauty, power and energy of British Columbia as a landscape.
Hill has retired from the RCMP to Gibsons BC. He continue to create art and be inspired by the West Coast.

David Alexander Hume was a BCIT project coordinator. He was also a Provincial Consultant at BCIT in 1979, when he had the opportunity to give Jack White—one of BCIT’s “founding fathers”—a tour of the “new” BCIT campus 15 years after its initial opening.

An endowment called the Dogwood Award was established in 1987 by David Hume to provide a first year achievement award to a student in Geomatics Engineering Technology.