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Elections at CHF Canada’s 2009 AGM

CHF Canada seeks candidates every year to run for the Board and Ontario Council. CHF Canada has a 16-person Board of Directors with one director from each province, one representing the Aboriginal community, and five elected at large. Directors serve two-year terms and elections are held each year for half the Board. Some regions have chosen to hold regional director elections in the region; others are conducted at the annual meeting.

The CHF Canada board of directors (l to r): Wes Hosler, Glenn Armstrong, Claude Turcot, Yaana Dancer, Jim Clow, Dorothy Eisen, Ken Elliott (president), Julie Campbell, Jeanene Harnett, Ivy Tait, David Boyde, James Gilliard, Adan Jemott, Linda Ferguson, Patrick Newman and Deryl Thompson. Photo credit: Chris Deakin/shoot-2-thrill

The following were elected this year:

Board of Directors

At Large

  • Julie Campbell (Homestarts ,ON)
  • Ivy Tait (Lavender Lane, ON0
  • Glenn Armstrong (Pine Ridge, BC)

Regional

Alberta/Northwest Territories

  • Deryl Thompson (NACHA, Edmonton, AB)

Saskatchewan

  • James Gilliard (Rainbow Co‑op, Saskatoon, SK)

Quebec-Nunavut

  • Claude Turcot (FECHIMM, Montreal, QC)

Prince Edward Island

  • Jim Clow (Westridge Estates, Chatlottetown,PE)

Nova Scotia*

  • Jeanene Harnett (Capeland Co‑op, Halifax, NS)

NOTE:

* Co‑ops in Nova Scotia elected their regional director at a meeting held April 4 in Halifax.

Finance and Audit Committee

  • William Goodman (Duncan Mills Labourers’ Co‑op, North York, ON)
  • Catherine Porter (Pine Ridge Co‑op, Burnaby, BC)

Ontario Council

At Large

  • Deana Sheriff (Elmvale Co‑op, Ottawa)
  • Nicole Waldron (Atahualpa Co‑op, Toronto).

Federations

  • Judith Collins (CHFT, Toronto, ON)