Kenneth Melvin Spotswood (1945 – 2015)
	
Ken Spotswood was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. He enjoyed an award-winning career in print and television journalism. He was a photo-editor and reporter at //The Province// (Vancouver) from 1966 to 1979. He was head writer and producer at CKVU-TV News from 1979-1981. He was the Northern Bureau Chief for //Southam News// and the //Edmonton Journal// while living in Yellowknife from 1981 to 1983.((//Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 22 June 2016.))

Spotswood was an actor and comedy writer with a touring troupe in Toronto from 1983 to 1985 and later acted with the Whitehorse Drama Club. He was an assignment editor and producer for BCTV //Weekend News Hour// from 1985 to 1989. He lived in Whitehorse and Dawson City from 1989 to 2004 and was communications officer for the Yukon Anniversaries Commission, Yukon Electrical, and the RCMP. He was an Executive Producer for Northern Native Broadcasting, media skills instructor at Yukon College, and a features writer for the //Yukon News// (Whitehorse).((//Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 22 June 2016.)) 

Spotswood’s book, //The Rush for Souls: Missionaries, Mayhem, and Memories,// was published in 2002. He was a founding member of the Northern Writer’s Circle.((“Kenneth Melvin Spotswood." Dignity Memorial, 2020 website: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaryuaries/victoria-bc/kenneth-spotswood-6716355))

In Vernon, British Columbia Spotswood was public coordinator for the Mental Health Association in 2007. He wrote //Men and Depression - A Silent Epidemic// and became a speaker and educator on the topic. He was the proprietor of Funtiques in Vernon from 2009 to 2010.((//Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 22 June 2016.)) 

Ken Spotswood moved to Victoria in 2012 and was the director of Prime Timers. He was a well-read, intelligent man with an outrageous sense of humour. He was a gourmet chef who loved to hold themed costume dinner parties. He died suddenly from heart failure.((“Kenneth Melvin Spotswood." Dignity Memorial, 2020 website: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaryuaries/victoria-bc/kenneth-spotswood-6716355)) His ashes are buried in the Yukon Order of Pioneers Cemetery in Dawson.((//Yukon News// (Whitehorse), 22 June 2016.))