Interview with Keith Lees

Interview with Keith Lees

Keith Lees was an active community member in Lethbridge, Alberta throughout his life, and was the General Manager of the 1975 Canada Winter Games in Lethbridge, Alberta. A local business owner, Keith recalls how small businesses in the community worked together to make the Games a success. He describes the distances that athletes and their coaches had to travel by bus for some of the events, the people involved in organizing the Games, and some of the memorabilia he donated to the Galt Museum and Archives later in life. Keith passed away shortly after this interview was recorded, at age 92.

Industry/Post-Industrialization

Community Partnerships

Volunteering

Government Relations

Unity Through Sport

Canadian Identity

Organizing the Canada Games

Sport and Recreation in Canada

Education

Preserving Canada Games Materials

2020-09-23

video

CGOH-017

Vlossak, Elizabeth

Linzel, Jessica

Lees, Keith

Recorded over Microsoft Teams in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada), Grimsby (Ontario, Canada) and Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada).

English

1975

Canada -- Alberta -- Lethbridge

Permission from the SOHA is required for publication or reproduction.

This oral history interview was conducted digitally via Microsoft Teams. The video was edited in Adobe Premiere Pro, at which point an introduction sequence and question slides were added, and the interviewer's video and audio were removed.

Alberta

Volunteering

Local Business

Community

Transportation

School Bus