Still not having shaken the travel bug, after a few months, he applied on
a competition to move to Ontario where the Operations Manager sent him to
Ottawa aeradio. He had been there until 1962 when he applied for and won a competition to the DOT Radio Regulations
Branch where he became a "full fledged" Radio Inspector at the Toronto
Regional/District Office.
Jim worked in Toronto (RI-2 & RI-3) from 1960 until late 1967 when
another competition poster arrived, this time for a Military Liaison Officer in
DOT HQ Frequency Assignment Section, Ottawa. After discussing it with the
Regional Superintendent in Toronto, he applied and won the position,
working with Al Heavenor/ (DOSF) from 1967 to 1970. In late 1970 he took
a lateral transfer as an EL-5 and relocated to Vancouver, working for
a few months with the Regional Engineer. In early 1971 he applied for and was
accepted into the bilingual exchange program and was transferred in early
1972, together with his family, to Quebec, where he worked at the Port
Alfred district office.,
Out west again, returning to Vancouver in 1973-74, he looked after Microwave licence applications and on
the retirement of Ron Thomas, he was promoted to EL8, Regional Manager of
Authorization. Jim retired from DOC in March of 1991, having worked with Duncan Black
and Hal Halliday.
Lately, he has been teaching word processing,
spreadsheets, accounting, and tax software programs. He also is
involved in assisting seniors with their income tax returns. He lives in North Vancouver, BC and has a daughter and two sons, both
boys born in Ottawa and currently living in the Vancouver area. His
daughter is married and has a son and two daughters, and is currently lives in
Calgary.
