Meet Barrie Chapman, the 76-year-old fitness instructor from West Vancouver
When we started writing the project overview for The Fit Generation, Barrie Chapman was one of the first people we wanted to meet. Barrie worked for Telus for almost four decades, taking leadership in in their marketing and corporate communications departments and helping found their corporate fitness program. After his retirement, he started volunteering at the West Vancouver Community Centre, where he leads the Fit Fellas, a 180-member fitness group for men over 55 years of
Meet Lawrence Huzar, the 79-year-old Jack of all trades
“I’ve never been sick in my life. I don’t even have a doctor.” These were the first words that Lawrence told me before introducing himself last week. We were at the Burnaby Winter Club, where he plays hockey twice a week with other fellows of around his age. It was about 11:30 AM. Lawrence had been on the ice rink for about three hours. “I might not be the first one to arrive there, but I’m always the first one to be on the ice to skate.” That day, three men in the teams were
Meet Ava Stone, the 71-year-old yoga instructor from Port Moody
I confess that I was not a big fan of yoga when I heard about the yoga classes run by a “super funny old lady” in Port Moody, British Columbia. When I attended her class on a Tuesday morning, it took me only ten minutes to change my mind about yoga and to realize that she absolutely needed to be part of the documentary. Later on, she ended up becoming the very first person to be interviewed on camera for the project. Ava Stone could have enough reasons to age as a sad and lon
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