Editing Jim Prentice (section)

==Background==
Prentice was born to a large, [[blue-collar]] family in [[South Porcupine, Ontario|South Porcupine]], near [[Timmins, Ontario]]. The family then moved to [[Alberta]] in 1969.<ref name=death/> He was the son of Wilma Lyle Marea (Mawhiney) and [[Eric Prentice]], a professional [[ice hockey|hockey]] player who played five games in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) in the 1940s.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary.aspx?pid=167483831M]{{dead link|date=September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.ourontario.ca/timmins/2441681/data|title=Mawhinney, Wilma Lyle Marea and Prentice, Eric Dayton, (Married)}}</ref> His uncle [[Dean Prentice]] played in the NHL for more than 20 years. Prentice was educated at the [[University of Alberta]] (where he became a member of the [[Phi Gamma Delta]] fraternity<ref>[http://www.phigam.ca/join/who-else/ Who Else is a Fiji?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410155856/http://www.phigam.ca/join/who-else |date=2010-04-10 }} – www.phigam.ca – retrieved 8 December 2008</ref>) and [[Dalhousie University]]. He paid for his tuition by working as a [[coal miner]] in the summer months for seven years.<ref>[http://www.ic.gc.ca/epic/site/ic1.nsf/en/01530e.html Speaking Points – The Honourable Jim Prentice – Canadian Council of Chief Executives Luncheon, Toronto, Ontario, November 21, 2007] – Industry Canada – retrieved 11 June 2008</ref>

As a lawyer, he served as a Law Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission of Canada.<ref>[http://www.indianclaims.ca/pdf/ICCP/ICCP14/Commissioners-eng.pdf The Commissioners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627111116/http://www.indianclaims.ca/pdf/ICCP/ICCP14/Commissioners-eng.pdf |date=2008-06-27 }} – Indian Claims Commission –  retrieved 11 June 2008</ref>

In his personal life, Prentice served for seven years on the Board of Directors at the Calgary Winter Club, including stints as president and Chairman. He was an active member and volunteer leader in the Grace [[Presbyterian Church]]. Prentice and his wife Karen have three daughters and two grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |first1=Michelle |last1=Lepage |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/to-lose-two-family-members-at-once-is-unbelievably-painful-prentice-family |title=To lose two family members at once is unbelievably painful': Prentice family |work=[[The Edmonton Journal]] |date=14 October 2016 |access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref>

He was also a member of the [[Trilateral Commission]], a non-partisan organization that aims to increase cooperation within the developed world. In this capacity, Prentice was one of 20 Canadian members.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Trilateral Commission (membership list)|url=http://www.trilateral.org/download/file/TC_%20list_5-12%20(2).pdf |website=www.trilateral.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526112706/http://www.trilateral.org/download/file/TC_%20list_5-12%20%282%29.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-26}}</ref>