The Board of Trustees of Northview Apartment Real Estate Investment Trust announced the appointment of the Jim Prentice, P.C., Q.C., as a Trustee of Northview. He practiced law for twenty years, specializing in property rights and in the resolution of First Nation land claims. He was designated a Queen's Counsel in 1992 and served as a Commissioner and the CoChair of Canada's Indian Land Claims Commission from 1993 until 2000. In the time between 2006 and 2010, Mr. Prentice was one of the most senior Ministers in the Canadian Government, serving variously as the Minister of Industry, the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. He retired from federal politics in November of 2010 to return to the private sector as the Senior Executive VicePresident and Vice Chairman of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. He has previously served as a Director of Canadian Pacific and BCE Inc. (Bell Canada). Mr. Prentice currently serves in a number of advisory roles relating to energy and finance. He is an Industry Advisor to Warburg Pincus LLP and is a Global Fellow at the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.