Interview with Jim Morell

Interview with Jim Morell

Jim Morell is one of the builders of the Canada Games, and a Hall of Honour inductee. His interest in amateur sports began when he helped plan the 1969 Canada Games in Dartmouth-Halifax. In this interview, Jim tells us how he became the Director of Sport in New Brunswick's Department of Youth, which led him into Canada Games work from a government perspective. A Mission member, Chef de Mission, and all-around "government V.I.P." for New Brunswick, Jim helped plan a total of 11 Canada Games between 1969 - 1995.

Government Relations

Organizing the Canada Games

Inclusivity in Sport

(Dis)Abilities

Women & Gender Equity

Unity Through Sport

Bidding

Media

2020-10-02

video

CGOH-020

Vlossak, Elizabeth

Linzel, Jessica

Morell, Jim

Recorded over Microsoft Teams in St. Catharines (Ontario, Canada) , Grimsby (Ontario, Canada) and Fredericton (New Brunswick, Canada).

English

1968-1998
1969
1985
2001
2011

Canada -- New Brunswick -- Fredericton
Canada -- New Brunswick -- Saint John
Canada -- British Columbia -- Burnaby/New Westminster
Canada -- Nova Scotia -- Halifax/Dartmouth

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 removed.

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Hall of Honour

Chef de Mission

Mission Staff

Canada Games Council

Sport Federation of Canada

New Brunswick

Host Society

Development

Hockey

Canada Games Family