As Executive Vice-President and Vice-President Partner Relations and Facilities for the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Jim successfully negotiated a lasting Games legacy for the city. Through the inter-municipal capital building program, the region acquired an aquatics centre, a velodrome, a lawn bowling facility and club house, and three new running tracks. Through Jim's vision, UVic gained two new major residence facilities, a multi-purpose track, a field hockey pitch and an improved Centennial Stadium.

Since the Games, Jim has remained heavily involved in community enhancement through participation in the United Way Campaign, the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame and the Duke of Edinburgh Awards (B.C. region). During his years as organizer for the Lions Society Vancouver Island 24 Hour Relay for the Kids (which UVic co-sponsors), the annual event at Centennial Stadium has raised close to $2 million for children with disabilities

George Heller, CEO of the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, said:

"There is no one more deserving of this induction into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame than Jim Reed. I honestly believe that there would be no PISE (Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence) had it not been for him driving this great project from concept to the world-class facility it is today. It was very quickly apparent to me that Jim was a first rate executive, tough-minded, visionary, an excellent negotiator and possibly one of the best communicators I have had the pleasure to work with. When we realized the Commonwealth Games left a surplus, Jim championed leaving a legacy in the form of a sports development centre in Victoria. He was convincing and visionary as always and single-handedly convinced the Hudson's Bay Company to contribute two million dollars to it."

There is no doubt that without Jim as the driving force and the inaugural chair, PISE would not exist today. The large numbers of Olympians who train in Victoria are a direct legacy of the games.

This amazing person has served on the following boards in different capacities:

 - Executive Vice-President Commonwealth Games Association and Foundation of Canada
 - Former chair of Pacific Sport Group -- Canadian Sport Centre
 - Minister's Council for Employment for Persons with Disabilities
 - 2005 World Curling Championship
 - The United Way of Victoria
 - The Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame
 - The Duke of Edinburgh Award (B.C.)
 - The Board of Trustees for Athletes Assistance Fund
 - Chair Canadian Curling Association
 - The Lions Society Vancouver Island 1995-2000. Founding Chair of the 24 hour relay for children with disabilities. Committee member to find a location for the Easter Seal House
 - Victoria Hospice Foundation. Chaired a major fund-raising swimathon netting approximately $500,000.
 - Past Director on Victoria Hospice and Palliative Care Foundation
 - Special advisor to Vancouver 2010 Olympic bid
 - National fundraiser for Canadian athletes to travel to the 16th and 17th Commonwealth Games

Jim's contributions have been recognized with the University of Victoria Community Leader Award (2009) and the Governor General's Caring Canadian Award (2012).

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Keith Dagg enters the Hall of Fame in the Builder category. Keith was 25 when he and his family arrived in Victoria 1962. He recalls that the first thing he did was to join the Victoria Curling Club. Being part of a family that has spent and continues to spend the majority of their lives in curling, Keith competed at many levels and over the years was runner up five times in the BC Men's finals and three times in the Mixed Championships.

Little wonder then that Keith threw himself into the competition to bring the 2005 Ford Men's World Curling Championships to Victoria. It was the inaugural sporting event in the new Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Keith chaired the committee and an army of more than 800 volunteers to pull off one of the most successful events of its kind in our sporting history. Indeed the event was so well received that he managed a repeat in 2013. Beyond the financial and promotional significance to Victoria, these events earned funds to establish the Victoria Curling Legacy Foundation that provides a full-time coach who teaches at all the local curling clubs, and opportunities for high school curlers to enroll in the Academy of Curling at Esquimalt High School.

Keith is also very involved in local soccer. He worked with Harold McNeill and Bill McCredie to bring another world class event, the 2007 FIFA under 20 World Soccer Tournament to Victoria. Every game was a sell out as we went soccer mad for a week watching the future super stars of the sport. Keith currently works with the Victoria Highlanders Soccer program. Teams in the Highlanders organization play at the highest levels in both men's and women's soccer in the Pacific Northwest.

Keith was also deeply involved in another world class event in the capitol city. He and his team at Copeland Communications were responsible for assembling the bid books that awarded us the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He also volunteered countless hours for the Commonwealth Games Society.

Among his finest accomplishments as a Builder in our sporting community is in the realm of golf. He and four others established Victoria as the first stop on the Canadian Professional Golf Tour. Thirty odd years later this tournament is still regarded as one of the best events on the entire tour. Keith continues his tireless efforts for this non-profit society as the go-to fundraiser, which he has done since its inception.

Not one to slow down, Keith currently sits on five boards. He is the Chair of the Victoria Curling Legacy Foundation; Co-chaired the 2013 Ford Men's World Curling Championship; serves as a Director for Victoria Highlanders Soccer; the Victoria Open Golf Society and the TELUS Community Board.

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