Dick Cotterill
Quaker on SC
Dick was born in 1950 in Ithaca, New York and grew up on a nearby dairy farm. In 1972 he immigrated to Canada as a Vietnam era war resister. He settled in Nova Scotia, married and raised two sons while working at various jobs in agriculture, construction and forestry before starting a small family business in sales and service of outdoor power equipment. Dick is an active member of the Halifax Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). He is an Associate Member of the Canadian Friends Service Committee (CFSC), the peace and social justice agency of Quakers in Canada. He volunteers weekly at Nova Institution, the federal women’s prison located in Truro and is a member of the Kairos Indigenous Rights Circle (KIRC). Dick has been involved in the sport of Rugby Union Football for over 50 years as a player, coach, and administrator. Past volunteer activities include serving as manager of the Bible Hill Cemetery Company and as a director of Dismas Society, owner and operator of Laver’s House, Truro’s halfway house. Dick continues to live in Truro, Nova Scotia with his wife, Margie. His two sons, their wives and four grandchildren live nearby