William Komer

Canadian business person

William Komer (born 1988 or 1989) is a Canadian businessman and is a director and the chair of The United People of Canada organization.

Early life and education

Komer studied computer science at the University of Western Ontario, where he earned the honour of three-time Academic All-Canadian while competing as a varsity athlete on the Western Mustangs Men’s Cross Country Team.^[1] Academic All-Canadian distinction is considered to be one of the highest recognitions for a university varsity athlete.^[2]

Career

Komer owns five businesses located around London, Ontario including Campus Creative website company and Under the Umbrella wedding photography company.^[3]^[4] In 2016, at the age of 27, he proposed that Campus Creative purchase the empty Lorne Avenue public school in London, to convert it into a "Intergenerational Community Centre", a project endorsed by Creative Age London and backed by an accredited investor.^[5]^[6]^[7]

He is also a director and the chair of The United People of Canada (TUPOC) not for profit organization,^[8] that occupied Saint Brigid’s church and which has links to the Canada convoy protest.^[3]^[4] Komer signed an agreement on behalf of TUPOC to buy the church for $5.95 million but the group failed to pay the deposit prior to being evicted.^[9]

Komer attended the Canada convoy protest, and told the Ottawa Citizen newspaper that he did so "as a documentary filmmaker".^[10]

Personal life

Komer was aged 27 in 2016.^[6]

References

^ "William Komer - Cross Country". Western Mustangs Sports. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "U SPORTS Academic All-Canadians". Dalhousie Tigers. Retrieved September 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b McInnes, Angela (September 23, 2022). "Businessman at centre of group in Ottawa church sit-in is accused of cheating several people". CBC. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Paparella, Nick (September 26, 2022). "Ingersoll bride ghosted by wedding photographer". London. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "TUPOC and supporters vow to stay put as enforcement of eviction order looms at St. Brigid's". ottawacitizen. Archived from the original on August 25, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Ghonaim, Hala (July 11, 2016). "London's Campus Creative wants to turn Lorne Avenue public school into tech hub". lfpress. Retrieved September 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Lorne Ave Proposal Update". eSCRIBE Published Meetings. Retrieved September 5, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Judge orders eviction of Freedom Convoy-affiliated group from Ottawa church". Ottawa. September 23, 2022. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "TUPOC is out, but the future of St. Brigid's remains uncertain". ottawacitizen. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved November 22, 2022.
^ "Ottawa police 'proactively engaged' with group building private security force at former St. Brigid's property in Lowertown". ottawacitizen. Retrieved November 22, 2022.