Identified and investigated satellite mission opportunities throughout the Commonwealth at the highest political and diplomatic level. Engaged with the Prime Minister of Canada and senior government ministers with a focus on SAR satellite solutions to maintain the Sovereignty of the Arctic and an Alliance of Northern Nations for a Federated SAR Satellite constellation. Engaged with First Nations Grand Chiefs of the Yukon with a focus on SAR data for the monitoring of traditional Territories. Engaged with the most senior decision makers in the UK Ministry of Defence regarding and Alliance of Northern Nations including, Minister of Defence, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Air Staff , Commander of UK Space Command, National Armaments Director, senior Ministers, the Lord Zac Goldsmith, the House of Lords. Developed membership in the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, engaging with the Chair Lord Marland and H.M. the King in relation to Centre of Excellence in the Caribbean for the monitoring of EEZ’s as well as focussing on SAR missions and data opportunities in the wider Commonwealth.

“Michael Harding is the only person in North America who understands the Ultra High End market“

–John McCall MacBain, President McCall MacBain Foundation

• Design and create iconic Canadian experiences for Ultra Ultra High Net Worth individuals, including Igloo building, dog sledding and snow shoe experiences near Whistler BC in addition to unique First Nations cultural experiences in the Tla o qui Aht Tofino cultural territories
• Curate highly unique outdoor adventures catering to individual clientele
• Provide tailored Super Yacht cruises to remote British Columbia coastal locations

Digicon 83 “Night Satellite”. I conceived and produced and raised the funds for this first ever simulcast performed simultaneously at the Sydney Opera House, the KDD Studios, Tokio and the Queen Elizabeth Theatre , Vancouver. The event comprised simultaneous performances of three individual 5 minute compositions by Osamu Shoji (Japan) , Martin Wesley-Smith (Australia) and Jean Piche (Canada), performed on the Fairlight CMI Sound Computer using Japanese video technology and Canadian satellite technology – the Anik II satellite. The sound delay was factored into the compositions and as named the “”Universal Echo”. This event launched the Asia Pacific concept. It created a pyramid of sound across the Pacific.

Amnesty International
Produced ‘Concert for Peace’ at the O’Keefe Centre, Toronto featuring Karen Kain, Archbishop Scott, Rabbi Slonin, Frank Augustyn, Joyce Kogawa and other leading Canadian cultural figures. Performers read poems by prisoners of conscience as well as performing.

Shadbolt Centre for the Arts , Burnaby British Columbia : The “Give Art a Home” Campaign
Successfully raised $6 million for this Arts Facility from all levels of government, foundations and an extensive public events campaign. Produced AIG sponsored Kiri Te Kanawa Gala.

“Michael Harding is like a PitBull with a bone, he won’t let go till he gets what he wants”
The Hon Glen Clark, Premier of British Columbia

Pacific Space Centre – H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Successfully raise $8.8 million for this advanced Space museum showcase facility from all levels of government, foundations, public campaigns and numerous public profile events as well as the ‘Name a Star’ funding initiative.

“Very good, Mr Harding, my sons enjoyed to Space Centre very much”
His Majesty King Charles III. ( then Prince of Wales )

The CATS Benefit for AIDS Vancouver
Produced this first major benefit for AIDS services in BC. All artists, technicians and location, nightclub for after-party, reception food and alcohol were donated resulting in a net profit for AIDS Vancouver of $100,000.
” Michael Harding – the Patron Saint of Fundraising”. N Shore News

“Global Communications Centre”Open Space Gallery and Lester Pearson College of The Pacific
I created this centre, the world’s first global low cost communications system incorporating the I.P. Sharp computer data sharing system – the precursor to the internet, with Sloscan and Ham Radio. Global artists were invited to submit works using Sloscan for imagery, ham radio for voice and the I.P. Sharp system for text.

“The Silence”
I starred in this Super 8 film which filmed me during a whole month during which I did not speak. It included traveling by air to perform as a model at the New York Menswear Show as well’s performing street mime at the Faneuil Hall Market in Boston as well as across the playing fields at Harvard interrupting a football game. The Movie began with me entering a forest in Massachusetts and living with nature for three days without a tent or food.

“Tears Nor More”.
I created and performed this first Confrontational Performance Art work at the Berlin store courtyard in Vancouver. It comprised me wearing my father’s ashes as face and body make up. It was a tribute to lost opportunities for memory.

“Crucifixion”
I created this Confrontational Performance Art piece in which I was ‘crucified’ on a cross outside the Roam Catholic Cathedral in Victoria B,C after performing the 14 stages of the cross with soliloquies at each point beginning with personal disarmament at stage 1, with personal disarmament at stage 14 on the cross outside the Cathedral as the left the Good Friday service.

“Prisoner of Conscience”

I performed this Confrontational Performance Art piece for Amnesty International during which I was forcibly abducted from a restaurant , put in a cage on Dec 10 (Human Rights Day), in Ottawa and Vancouver, during which I was blindfolded and performed an oratory of human rights torture violations from Amnesty International records . This work appeared on the CBC National News.