About this Event
Join us for the 8th Annual Vancouver College Alumni & Friends Irish Christmas Luncheon at the Terminal City Club downtown Vancouver. This event is an excuse to step out from work early, network with other VC supporters and hear from an amazing speaker.
This event always sells out quickly as space is limited.
Agenda:
11am Registration
11:45am Lunch
12:30 - 1:30 Keynote
1:30 - 3:00 Network & Socialize
Your ticket includes:
Delicious 3 course meal
Hosted Bar (beer and wine)
Speaker: Kevin Jagger – The Attraction of Long Shots
Kevin Jagger’s journey is a rare blend of grit, reinvention, and visionary leadership. A proud alumnus of Vancouver College, Kevin headed to McGill University from VC and began his career in investment banking with Citigroup in Toronto. After four years, in a bold and unconventional move, he left the corporate world to chase an unfulfilled athletic dream—pursuing long track speed skating… having no prior experience. Known as the Long Track Long Shot, Kevin relocated to Calgary and trained at the Olympic Oval. Kevin gained international notoriety for his approach to leveraging social media to support his pursuit and become a sought-after speaker teaching Canada’s Olympic athletes how to leverage his approach to help them raise funds to fuel their own Olympic journeys.
After retiring from competition, Kevin transitioned into the energy sector and joined Pembina Pipeline Corporation. There, Kevin architected and negotiated the landmark $5 billion joint venture with the Kuwaiti government’s Petrochemical Industries Company pushing Pembina into the petrochemical industry for the first time. In recognition of this achievement, he was named one of Oilweek Magazine’s Rising Stars in 2017.
Kevin now serves as President, NGL at Wolf Midstream, a major Canadian energy infrastructure company backed by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments). In this role, he was a key contributor to the creation of the $2 billion NGL North System and formation of Wolf NGL. Today, Kevin oversees all aspects of construction, operations, commercial, and commodity risk management for Wolf NGL, now one of the largest proprietary natural gas liquids producers in Canada.
From the Olympic Oval to leading one of Canada’s most significant pension-backed energy ventures, Kevin’s story is a testament to what’s possible when vision meets execution—and when you’re willing to bet on yourself.
Emcee:
Chris Gailus Biography
Emmy-winning journalist Chris Gailus co-anchors the highly-rated Global News Hour at 6 on Global BC with Sophie Lui. He is the winner of back-to-back Canadian Screen Awards (formerly Gemini Awards) for Best Newscast, Large Market. In 2015, the Canadian Screen Awards crowned him as the country’s best local news anchor. In 2017, Chris was nominated with co-anchor Sophie Lui in the same category at the Canada Screen Awards.
Chris returned to Canada and the Global News family in 2006. Prior to that, he was host and anchor of the morning program Good Day New York at WNYW, the Fox news affiliate in New York and at the time, the most-watched, locally-produced morning show in the northeastern U.S.
Chris has nearly 30 years of experience in broadcast journalism and is a proud graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Mount Royal University in Calgary where he made the Dean’s List for Academic Excellence and received the Jimmy Condon Scholarship to play basketball. After graduating in 1989, he worked in Lethbridge, Alberta as a reporter covering municipal and agricultural issues before moving up to news anchor and eventually winning a CanPro Award as anchor of the Best Small Market Newscast. He returned to Calgary in 1992 as reporter and anchor of CFCN’s weekend newscast before moving to Calgary 7 (now known as Global News Calgary) as one of its main evening news anchors.
In 2000, Chris moved to the U.S. to be the anchor of the morning newscast at the ABC affiliate in Dallas, Texas. He covered major stories such as the crash of the space shuttle Columbia and the subsequent investigation, the impact of the September 11th attacks on Dallas, and the deployment of U.S. troops from Fort Hood at the outbreak of the war in Iraq. He was nominated for a Katy Award, the highest honour in Texas journalism.
In 2003, he moved on to anchor Good Day New York at WNYW where he received a career highlight, winning a New York Regional Emmy Award for “Best Morning Newscast” in 2005.
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This is the 8th Annual Irish Christmas Luncheon.
In 2017, our inaugural event, our speaker was Finbarr O'Reilly (VC'89) an internationally acclaimed photographer.
In 2018 our speaker was Dr. Keiron McConnell (VC’86), a VPD Gang Squad member, shared his research on gangs in Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London.
In 2019 our speaker was Mel Zajac, a past Vancouver College parent, real estate developer and philanthropist. He joined Global News Anchor Chris Gailus for a fireside chat.
In 2021 our speaker was Tony Holler, a past Vancouver College parent, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He joined Global News Anchor Chris Gailus for a fireside chat.
In 2022 our speaker was Kevin Falcon (VC'81), the Leader of the Official Opposition and MLA for Vancouver-Quilchena.
In 2023 our speaker was Ken Sim, the Mayor of Vancouver.
In 2024 our speaker was Rusty Goepel, co-founder of Goepel Shields & Partners
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Any proceeds from the event go to the Vancouver College Alumni Association
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Canada
CAD 214.33 to CAD 2663.86
