National and provincial representatives of 4-H across Canada met in St. John’s, Newfoundland recently for the 4-H Canada annual conference and general meeting.
Elected for a second one-year term as president and a vice-president were respectively Rob Black, of Fergus, and Valerie Pearson.
Jennifer Bishop and Rob Schmeichel were elected as new members of the Canadian 4-H Council board of directors. Also new to the council board is Kirsten Bevandick, who replaced Matthew Tweedy as president of the Youth Advisory Committee.
Bishop, of Annapolis Royal, Round Hall, Nova Scotia is owner of Bishop Farms Ltd., and a high school science teacher with the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board, Bishop was elected as a representative for the Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers Program.
Schmeichel, of Regina, Saskatchewan, is a director of marketing programs at Farm Credit Canada (FCC), a 4-H corporate representative for FCC to Canadian 4-H Council, and a volunteer with various community organizations.
Bevandick, of Oyama, British Columbia, is president of the Youth Advisory Committee, graduating last May from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Science in Agroecology and is working on a dairy farm in the Shushwap region of B.C.
The council board of directors is as follows:
– Rob Black (president), individual member;
– Valerie Pearson (vice-president), Saskatchewan 4-H;
– Judy Shaw (past president), Syngenta;
– Donna Bridge, individual member;
– Jennifer Christie, John Deere Ltd.;
– David A. Hovell, 4-H Foundation president;
– Linda Porter, 4-H New Brunswick;
– Gerry Sullivan, 4-H Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.;
– Michael Trevan, University of Manitoba;
– Jennifer Bishop, Canadian Outstanding Young Farmers;
– Rob Schmeichel, Farm Credit Canada; and
– Kirsten Bevandick, Youth Advisory Committee president.
One of the country’s longest-running and most respected youth organizations, 4-H allows Canadian youth to explore, learn and discover, while expanding their horizons.
In 2013, 4-H will celebrate its 100th anniversary. More than 7,900 trained volunteer leaders help 26,000 4-H members develop self-confidence and learn a variety of skills.
