Notes:

Bruce Rigby A long-time resident of Nunavut, Mr. Rigby is currently on a two-year secondment to the Department of Education from Nunavut Arctic College to write and implement the Nunavut Adult Learning Strategy, and to develop a new funding allocation model for Colleges in Nunavut.Mr. Rigby has held several senior positions with both the federal and territorial governments, and has worked with Inuit organizations throughout Nunavut.Most recently, Mr. Rigby was the Interim President of Nunavut Arctic College, a Deputy Head position of the Government of Nunavut.He has also held a Cabinet appointment as the Science Advisor to the Government of Nunavut and Executive Director of the Nunavut Research Institute.Mr. Rigby continues to work in community participatory action research specializing in sustainable development, traditional land use and community education and development.He has sat on advisory boards for several foundations and agencies which have included the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, the Northern Science Training Grant Program, the Canadian Circumpolar Institute, and as the chair of the Scientific Screening Committee of Polar Continental Shelf Project. (source: gateways.athabascau.ca, 10 Aug 2007).

IQALUIT, Nunavut (12 novembre 2010) – La première ministre Eva Aariak a annoncé aujourd’hui que Bruce Rigby, qui a servi son cabinet à titre de secrétaire principal et de chef de cabinet prendra sa retraite du gouvernement du Nunavut à la fin de la présente année civile.
 Monsieur Rigby a occupé plusieurs postes au cours de ses 24 années de service au gouvernement du Nunavut et au gouvernement des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, ainsi qu’à titre de président du Collège de l’Arctique du Nunavut et de président de la Société d’énergie Qulliq.
 Parmi ses nombreuses réalisations, Monsieur Rigby a notamment conçu et dirigé le Programme sur les technologies environnementales du Collège de l’Arctique du Nunavut, établi l’Institut de recherche du Nunavut, servi en tant que conseiller scientifique du Nunavut et coprésidé le groupe de travail chargé d’élaborer la Stratégie de formation des adultes du Nunavut.
 « Je tiens à remercier Bruce pour ses 24 années de services dévoués au sein des gouvernements du Nunavut et des Territoires du Nord-Ouest. Bruce mérite toutes nos félicitations, non seulement pour son engagement envers son employeur, le gouvernement, mais aussi de manière générale pour son engagement envers les Nunavummiut qu’il a si bien servi en tant qu’employé de l’État », a déclaré la première ministre Aariak, « Son savoir collectif et ses connaissances de l’histoire vont nous manquer. Je remercie Bruce au nom du gouvernement pour ses nombreuses contributions et je lui souhaite bonheur et succès dans ses futures entreprises. »

Bruce married Carol Esther KEITH in 1979. Carol (daughter of Rev. John Frederick KEITH and Virginia Edna GIBB) was born on 22 Aug 1956 in Beverley Farms, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Carol Rigby spent her early years in Portugal, Angola, and the Congo, with her parents, missionaries John and Virginia Keith. She has been in the Canadian Arctic for the last 20 years with her husband and two sons, where she spent 10 years as library technician for the territorial public library service. Currently (2006) she works as a contract cataloguer in Nunavut.

Notes:

Marriage annoucement published in Burlington Gazette, 11 Sep 1979.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1958, Lisbon, Portugal
• Residence: 1962, Petitcodiac, Westmorland, New Brunswick
• Residence: 2014, Lakefield, Peterborough, Ontario

Notes:

John Keith grew up in Corn Hill, New Brunswick. His career spanned forty years, with Canadian Baptist Ministries, in several capacities, including General Secretary. He holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from Boston University, with a specialty in African Studies.

John married Virginia Edna GIBB on 11 Jun 1955. Virginia was born on 19 Jun 1930 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died on 6 Mar 2018 in Lakefield, Peterborough, Ontario; was buried in Cornhill Baptist Cemetery, Cornhill, Kings, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John and Virginia Gibb Keith ’51 sailed in October for Lisbon, Portugal, with their daughter Carol. After a year of language study, they plan to go to Angola, Portuguese West Africa, under the Canadian Baptist Mission. (Source: Wheaton College Alumni, February, 1958).

Notes:

Wheaton Weddings:
Virginia E. Gibb ’51 and John F. Keith were married June 11 in Beverly Farms, Mass.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Jack

John married Ada Winifred STRAIGHT on 21 Dec 1927 in Saint John, New Brunswick. Ada (daughter of William Allan STRAIGHT and Alice May PARKS) was born on 26 Jun 1908 in Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick; died on 19 May 1995 in Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick; was buried in Cornhill Baptist Cemetery, Cornhill, Kings, New Brunswick. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1921, Cambridge, Queens, New Brunswick
• Occupation: From 1926 to 1964, Cornhill, Kings, New Brunswick; Teacher

Notes:

LDS: Ada Winnifred OR wid-Kieth Straight