Doug Firby - Director

Doug Firby is Director, Communications & Media Services for the Calgary Real Estate Board and Editor-in-Chief of Troy Media Corporation, an online content provider. He previously worked for Sunshine Village Ski & Snowboard Resort, and had a career in newspapers spanning more than three decades. He was with the Calgary Herald for seven years, as Editorial Pages Editor and later as Editor, Digital Content Development. Before that, he was Managing Editor of the St. Catharines Standard in Ontario, and previously worked at newspapers in Winnipeg, London and Windsor.

A graduate of the journalism program at the University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, he has also worked at newspapers in Winnipeg, London and Windsor. An avid skier, cyclist and kayaker, he also volunteers with the Calgary Stampede Lotteries Committee and the Southern Alberta branch of the Canadian Parks and Wildlife Society.