A garden in the country
dental health jobs and explored the country from Vancouver to Prince Edward Island. Upon coming to Canada from
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London, England, he became a well-connected broadcaster, working for CBC. His uncle, who lived in Vancouver, was a former Canadian ambassador. But farming was in Bruce
Odlum’s blood so it was decid- ed that he and Olva would trek out to the Peace Country to manage a farm. He met a man from Winnipeg there who helped get Bruce a job as advertising director with a chain of farm stores in Manitoba. Bruce went on to become the adver-
tising director for Polo Park, and during this time, he fell in love with Winnipeg, or “Whatever Winnipeg
26 • Beautiful Gardens 2014 Wild country charm.
does to people,” is how he phrased it. He liked the warmth and empathy of the people. Olva, in the meantime, had been working for the Manitoba govern- ment when she decided to go to dental college. She became a dental profes- sor at the University of Manitoba and
ver the years, they’ve travelled the world, worked in the North on
worked there for the next 26 years. Bruce himself pursued an
Ag. degree at the University of Minnesota and then, intrigued and stimulated by what he was learning, he took a course in anthropology and community development at the University of Manitoba. This and his volun- teer work with the Canadian Executive Services, took him all over the world. Olva, meanwhile had discovered the North when a program was started to send students to work on reserves and in Churchill with the Inuit.
She worked closely with this program
and later, when she left the university and went to the National Research Council, she continued her work with them, researching oral cancer. So fast forward now to 2012 and see the Odlums’ quiet and peaceful
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