Here are the Keynotes from QCE 2010!

Mike Pearse

Mike Pearse is currently the co-owner and Director of Camp Tawingo in Huntsville, Ontario. Camp Tawingo welcomes over 1200 campers each summer for a Residential Camping experience.  It has been in existence for 45 years. For two years (1999-2001) he was the Principal of Tawingo College, a small Independent Day School on the grounds of Camp Tawingo. From 1989 to 1999, he was a Faculty Member at Oakridge Secondary School in London, Ontario teaching English, Drama, History, and Society: Challenge and Change.

Mike graduated from the University of Western Ontario with the Gold Medal in Psychology and the Chancellor’s Prize for the highest graduating average in the Faculty of Social Sciences. He earned his Bachelor of Education degree from Althouse Teachers’ College, where he won the J.W. Bowden Memorial Award for academic and teaching excellence. While at Oakridge S.S., Mike received the first-ever graduating students’ award for teaching excellence as well as the city-wide Bishop Townsend Award for teaching excellence. He coached the school Hockey and Senior Boys’ Soccer Teams and was the advisor to the Students’ Council, the Drama Club, the Oakridge Cabaret, the 30 Hour Famine, Grade Nine Welcome Week, and “Virus”, the first ever Oakridge Leadership Conference.

Mike has been a Motivational Speaker and Workshop leader since 1988 and has spoken at high schools and conferences in Canada, the United States, Venezuela, and Japan. His message is simple: live each day so that at the end of it you can say that you have made a positive difference in the life of another and therefore in your own life, too.

Mike is married to Tia, co-owner of Tawingo, and together they have three great kids – Christopher, Tyler, and Carson.

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Jane Rumball
Right to Play Athlete Ambassador
Rowing

A native of Fredericton, NB, Jane Rumball recently reached the top of her profession with a gold medal for Canada in the Women’s Pair at the 2006 World Rowing Championships. In recognition of her accomplishments, Jane and her partner Darcy Marquardt were named one ofthree finalists for “Partners of the Year” at the 2006 Canadian Sport Awards. Jane and Darcy were also awarded the Rowing Canada International Achievement Award and Centennial medal for their outstanding contribution to the sport of rowing in Canada.

An accomplished student, Jane recently completed her PhD in Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario, with research in women’s health and sports medicine. A two-time recipient of the Ontario Women’s Health Scholars Doctoral Research award and a four-time recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, Jane began the MD program at the University of Toronto in the fall of 2008, with the goal of pursuing a career as a Clinician-Researcher.

Despite her demanding schedule, Jane has always been heavily involved in her community and placed an importance on giving back through sport. She is active with Athletes in Action and also joined Right To Play as an Athlete Ambassador in early 2007.

Jane is passionate and dedicated to raising awareness and fundraising for Right To Play by making more people aware of the incredible difference Right To Play’s sport and play programs are making in the lives of children and communities across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America.

In April 2009, Jane visited Right To Play sport and play projects in Uganda.

A frequent public speaker, Jane has received the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award for community service.

Career Highlights
- 4th Place, 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
- Gold medal, 2006 World Rowing Championships
- Gold medal, 2006 Munich World Cup
- 6 – Time Canadian University Rowing champion in women’s single
- 2005 Canadian University Rowing Female Athlete of the Year