GAY John

General
OTHER ACTIVITIES
After visiting North India with his family in 2011, he became the chairman and director of the Child of Mine charity that supports children's homes in the region. Gay's father travels to India for a month every year and he joined his father there in October 2019. "I took part in the children's daily routines. I did chores, helped prepare meals and played games. They also had their annual track and field day while I was there and, to take part in that and see the joy that comes with the sport, really rekindled an appreciation for it in me. It was just amazing to see how universal the language of sport is. As more and more of these children grow up and their ambitions continue to grow, so do the financial demands to see them through their education and a Canadian dollar goes a lot further in India than it does in Canada." In late 2020 he organised the Mile by Mile fundraising event where he invited people to donate one dollar to the charity for every mile they ran that day. "It can seem like such an inconsequential sum if you're going for a three-mile run but, when you multiply that by all the people getting out of the door, it can add up so quickly." (runningmagazine.ca, 24 Nov 2020)

FURTHER STUDIES
After completing a degree in international relations at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 2018, he went on to study for a master's degree in business management at the UBC Sauder School of Business in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (LinkedIn profile, 12 Jul 2021; johngay.ca, 01 May 2019)