Mr. Telfer and his wife, Nancy Burke, are also active with many charities and non-profit organizations in Vancouver.  Nancy is an honorary director of the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation Board (she joined the board in 2009) and she was the chairman of the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival Bacchanalia Gala in 2007-2008.  As well, Mr. Telfer and his wife established the Fernwood Foundation, a charitable foundation that donates to various organizations including the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership Canada, Adoptive Families Association of B.C., the Sarah McLachlan School of Music and Collingwood School.