 He stayed on as chairman at DTZ Barnicke Ltd. and only stopped working in his final year.Barnicke is known for both his business and philanthropic activities, having served as an Ontario campaign chair and a national campaign chair for the Canadian Cancer Society and donated a wing to St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto in his wife's name, Justina M. Barnicke.He also was the prime donor of the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery in Hart House at the University of Toronto.