It is with deep sadness that the Harkness family announces the passing of Robert Dickson Stephen Harkness on April 3, 2021 at age 60 of a sudden heart attack.

Dickson was born on October 2, 1960 in Toronto, Ontario and has resided in Oakville, Ontario since 1997.  Dickson graduated from Kipling Collegiate High School in 1974 before attending Wilfred Laurier University where he earned an Honours Degree with Distinction in History.  Dickson went on to attend Osgoode Law School from which he graduated in 1986 and was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1988.  Dickson was also admitted to the Bar of New York State in 1993.

Upon graduation Dickson practiced real estate law with Weir & Foulds where he met his wife, Heather.  They were married in 1995 and had a son, Adam, in 2003.  From Weir & Foulds, Dickson practiced commercial financing with Bassel, Sullivan & Leake and Smith, Lyons before becoming in-house counsel for Ontario Power Generation in 1996 where he was highly regarded as a senior commercial legal advisor and corporate group leader.  After OPG, Dickson became a trusted senior counsel with Engie Canada Inc.  Dickson loved his work and was highly respected by his peers for his quick wit, meticulous drafting skills and generous offering of his time and vast knowledge to anyone who sought his help.

Taken far too soon, Dickson will be remembered every day by his friends and colleagues, and deeply missed by his family.  Dickson was preceded in death by his parents, Ann and Hugh Harkness.  He is survived by his son, Adam, and his ex-wife, Heather.

Visitation will be held on Friday October 15, 2021 from 10 am - 11 at the Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, 64 Lakeshore Road West, Oakville (one block East of Kerr Street) A Service to celebrate the life of Dickson Harkness will be held in the funeral home chapel at 11 am.  Interment will follow at St. Philip's Cemetery, Weston.

For those who wish, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in lieu of flowers