ARCC Annual General Meeting, January 29, 2014

  • Agenda
  • Minutes
  • Regional Reports: PEI, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto / Ontario
  • Executive Director’s Report 
  • Financial Report (goes to PDF)
  • Membership Report
  • Election of Board of Directors

Note: Here are the minutes and reports from previous ARCC AGMS:

2008  •  2009  •  2010  •  2011  •  2012  •  2013   

Agenda

  • Nova Scotia
  • PEI
  • New Brunswick
  • Quebec
  • Ottawa
  • Toronto / Ontario
  • Executive Director’s Report
  • Membership Report
  • Financial Report
  • Election of Board of Directors 
  • Adjourn meeting

Minutes of the Annual General Meeting

Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada / Coalition pour le droit à l’avortement au Canada (ARCC-CDAC)

Wednesday, January 29, 2014, Via teleconference (Skype)

Present:  Joyce Arthur (Executive Director). Board: Allison Webster, Jennie Donovan, Patrick Powers, Peggy Cooke, Stephanie Shea, Julie Lalonde
Members at Large: Tamara Underwood, Jordan Reid, and Simone Leibovitch

2013 Minutes: Attendees have no questions or comments.  Motion: Joyce moves to adopt the 2013 minutes. Seconded by Jennie. All in favour. Passed unanimously. 

Adoption of 2014 agenda: Attendees have no additions. Joyce moves to adopt, Pat seconds. Passed unanimously.

Agenda:

  • Report on the New Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (NFP Act) – presented by Joyce
    • Proposed Motion by Joyce – to appoint Joyce as delegate to chair meeting in Carolyn’s absence. Seconded by Allison, passed unanimously.
    • Proposed motion by Joyce – to adopt new bylaws to comply with NFP Act as revised by Joyce, no changes suggested. Seconded by Stephanie, passed unanimously.
    • Proposed motion by Joyce – to approve the Special Resolution of Members regarding incorporation requirements under NFP Act. Seconded by Peggy, passed unanimously.
    • Proposed motion by Joyce – to adopt Schedule A, Form 4031 as per NFP Act, Seconded by Pat, passed unanimously.
    • Proposed Motion by Pat: “For fiscal year 2014, ARCC will not appoint a Public Accountant. We will use the Compilation method of producing financial statements.” Seconded by Peggy, passed unanimously.
  • ProvincialReports:
    • Report from Nova Scotia, prepared and read by Jennie Donovan.
    • Report from PEI prepared by Josie and Kandace, read by Joyce.
    • Report from New Brunswick prepared and read by Alison.
    • Report from Quebec prepared and read by Pat.
    • Report from Ottawa prepared and read by Julie.
    • Report from Toronto prepared by Carolyn and Peggy, read by Peggy.
    • No Alberta report, BC merged into Exec. Dir. Report 
  • Executive Director’s Report: prepared and read by Joyce.
  • Membership Report, read by Joyce
  • Financial Report: Joyce proposes motion to accept financial report as presented by Stephanie, seconded by Peggy, passed unanimously.
  • New Business: none.
  • Election of Directors to the Board:
    • Stephanie Corbett (Calgary) and Kandace Hagen (PEI) resigned in January 2014.
    • A few words from new nominee Tamara Underwood.
    • Discussion and decision made to affirm slate of candidates rather than vote.
    • Joyce proposes motion to elect slate of candidates for two-year term. Seconded by Allison, passed unanimously.
  • Meeting adjourns at 5:27 PT.

Regional Reports

Report from Nova Scotia

By Jennie Donovan

In March, Carbon Arc Cinema held a screening of Status Quo? The Unfinished Business of Feminism in Canada. Later that month, Saint Mary’s Women’s Centre in collaboration with other community groups held another screening, which led to very spirited discussion. Both events had great turnouts.

May 8th, the day before the anti-choicers’ March for Life, there was an anti-choice presence in front of the VG hospital, and we organized a (small) counter-presence that got excellent support and feedback from passers-by. Not much attention was given to the actual march itself May 9th, it was fortunately stormy out that day.

In September, a group was organized around “pro-choice planning” on Facebook to bring together a lot of individuals and groups concerned with reproductive justice. It specifically focused on responding to the defund abortion rally set for Oct. 3 and the 40 days campaign. There were a number of brainstorming sessions about creative responses to these events, and this social media approach led to a greater reproductive-justice-minded counter-presence at anti-choice events.

A number of community groups, including university women’s centres and Support Choice Halifax (which is another Facebook group for spreading information and organizing around reproductive justice), organized a strong counter-presence that chanted against the Oct. 3 defund abortion rally.

On Wednesdays in October and November during the 40 days campaign, there was a stronger counter-presence than last year, and people used multiple strategies to resist and spread information, including pamphlets concerning reproductive justice, posters, music and dancing, as well as silent resistance. (The number of antis was also down from last year).

On November 21st  there was film screening  and discussion of 12th and Delaware put on by the Saint Mary’s Women Centre, Maritime Abortion Support Services, and Support Choice Halifax.

Throughout the year, the Support Choice Halifax Facebook page gained more support and allowed for networking that likely played a role in growing numbers of people in Halifax showing their support for reproductive justice.

As has been happening throughout Canada, anti-choice ads have been popping up around the city, including on a bus shelter on Saint Mary’s campus during the 40 days campaign, and more recently on city buses. This issue has gotten media attention. A Halifax woman started a petition to remove anti-choice ads, which has gained support quickly, collecting over 1800 signatures so far. Additionally, South House Sexual and Gender Resource Centre (Dalhousie) has started fundraising for pro-choice ads to highlight pro-choice services and options. As of this evening, they have raised almost 75% of their goal.

Report from PEI

by Josie Baker and Kandace Hagen, Charlottetown

2013 has been a productive year for choice in PEI. PEI marked the 25th anniversary of the Morgentaler decision with two events: a celebratory public event that was well attended, followed the following day by a surprise publicity event. On January 28th pro-choice activists brought a birthday party to Premier Robert Ghiz’s office, complete with balloons, cupcakes, and juice celebrating 25 years of decriminalization of abortion in Canada, and asking the PEI government to get with the times. The stunt was thoroughly covered by CBC, Radio Canada, and the Guardian Newspaper, with reporters waiting to greet the activists as they arrived at the floor of the Premier’s office. Ghiz was notably out of province. The media coverage also highlighted the letter sent by Abortion Rights Network of PEI (ARN) regarding resolution 17 passed in 1988 saying that PEI would remain anti-choice, and urging other provinces to do the same. There was also coverage of local access to medical abortion during this time.

The UPEI Campus Alliance for Reproductive Justice (CARJ) has continued to hold events such as film screenings.

Throughout 2013, ARN received an unprecedented number of requests for from women seeking abortion. Frequently, these were requests for both financial aid and for someone to drive to Halifax and back. These requests came to our inbox despite the fact that our email is not publicly available, and we do not have a website. Ad-hoc fundraising was required. The increase in women funding women for abortion services received media attention from CBC.

In late October of this year, the National Anti-Choice conference took place in Charlottetown. ARN’s response to this was to bring to fruition the Sexuality, Gender, Health Expo – the first event of its kind in PEI. This event highlighted issues of abortion rights, alongside other issues commonly shoved under the rug in PEI. This event explored barriers women in PEI have experienced in trying to access abortion through a maze-like installation that allowed visitors to symbolically navigate a real woman’s experiences in trying to get access. The two-day event also highlighted trans issues prominently, alongside issues of enthusiastic consent, sex-ed in schools, reframing girls menarche experiences, and many more. The event was very well attended, and allies from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick attended in solidarity, bringing workshops and booths. The launch for the PEI Abortion Rights Zine also occurred at this event. At over forty pages long, it features over twenty emotional, gritty, and raw stories of Island women experiences at accessing (and failing to access) abortion services. Also featured in the zine are different posters from past events and speeches that have been given over the years. ARN is currently deciding where the Zines should be sent in terms of politicians, groups and persons of interest, In addition this event served as a fundraiser in response to the increasing number of asks for financial support that have been coming to ARN. Collectively over 1000 dollars was raised. The community support for this event was astounding, with dozens of local artisans donating their works for a Silent Auction.

A great deal of media work surrounded this event, and we achieved our goal of overshadowing the anti-choice conference in the local media. While we had expected there to be interference from the antis, there was no communication or connections made during their conference.

Visual artist Becka Viau has been working on a film art piece entitled, “Installment of Access,” documenting the thoughts, opinions and stories of Island women in relation to PEI’s lack of access to abortion services.

Through a small number of local doctors willing to prescribe medical abortion medication, we have secured an accessible method of access to abortion, and have been referring women to this route if they are within the allowable number of weeks. However, proper care is difficult to access if the medical abortion is not complete. To receive treatment in PEI hospitals they must lie and claim that they have had an accidental miscarriage.

Dr. Colleen MacQuarrie’s research and ongoing community work has done an excellent job of highlighting the harm that results from blocked access to safe abortions, and the struggle to access even basic information. Her report of the project findings will be released on January 28th.

In the coming year ARN will create a website with the help of an anonymous donation for this purpose. There will also be an international academic conference in Charlottetown from August 7th-8th called “Abortion: the Unfinished Revolution”

Report from New Brunswick

by Allison Webster, Fredericton

Unfortunately, we don’t have a very optimistic update from New Brunswick at this time.

The Human Rights case, launched by an NB doctor against the province of New Brunswick regarding abortion in the province, has stalled.  In fact,  Simone Leibovitch, the manager of the Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton, says “it is unlikely there will be any further movement.”

There are also no new developments with the NB court case, as far as we know. Simone is very concerned about the amount of money the province has been willing to spend (in the case Dr. Morgentaler had launched, and also in the Human Rights case) and fears that the hostile environment here in NB will continue to be prohibitive to moving forward with a lawsuit.

The Morgentaler Clinic is also down about 100 patients so far over the previous year, which is fairly significant in terms of the operating costs of keeping the clinic open and running. Simone believes that the Georges Dumas Hospital in Moncton has been doing more abortions lately, which is positive for some New Brunswick women, since Medicare will pay for the procedure at the hospital. However, no matter how many procedures the Moncton hospital will do, it won’t matter to women in New Brunswick without a current Medicare card, or to women without a family doctor to make the required referral, or to women who have a doctor who is anti-choice and refuses to make a referral. So the situation with the Moncton hospital is a bit of a mixed blessing.

Finally, the anti-choice organization, NB Right To Life, has obtained an ultrasound machine and a nurse trained to use it. They now have a sign out front of their Centre, next door to the Morgentaler Clinic, offering “free ultrasounds and free pregnancy tests”. It’s hard to know if this is also affecting the numbers at the Morgentaler Clinic, but it’s certainly possible. When I did a little digging around the NB Right to Life website (http://nbrighttolife.ca/new/), and clicked on the link for 3D 4D ultrasounds (http://www.babyimages.ca/), it says they are “no longer in operation”. However, the website for their “Women’s Care Center” (http://womenscarecenter.ca/services.php) confirms that they are offering ultrasounds for women, and in their words: “an ultrasound scan may provide you with precise and helpful information about whether you are pregnant and, if so, how far along you are”.  So it’s definitely a concern that this anti-choice organization is putting themselves out there offering ultrasounds as part of their so-called “Counselling on All Options”.

So in summary: the legal cases against the provincial government are stalled to the point of complete stagnation, and the NB Right to Life organization is now offering free ultrasounds to women who may be pregnant and possibly considering abortion. Without exaggeration, women’s reproductive rights in the province of New Brunswick continue to be in grave danger.

Report from Quebec

by Patrick Powers, Montreal

Things have been quite and smooth in Quebec.

Magaly Pirotte of the Fédération du Québec pour le planning des naissances (FQPN) confirmed my sense of “calme” regarding access to abortions in Québec.  Only the Morgentaler Clinic continues to experience some difficulties with anti-choicers.  The Federation’s report on anti-choice pregnancy centres will be ready soon.  A report is also being produced regarding access issues for foreign students next month.

Report from Ottawa

by Julie Lalonde

Things have been really quiet in Ottawa, which in cases like this are not necessarily a bad thing. The usual ruckus around “March for Life” and “40 Days for Life” but nothing out of the ordinary.

In terms of pro-choice organizing, there has been much discussion about the way the movement should be heading towards a “reproductive justice” model, but it’s a controversial approach that has seen some chasms in the local movement.

Planned Parenthood Ottawa informed me that you can now get what they refer to as a medical abortion (Drugs inserted into the vaginal canal that you do at home) at the Ottawa hospital, which is new. Previously, you could only access surgical abortions at the hospital.

Report from Ontario

By Carolyn Egan (Ontario Coalition for Abortion Clinics, OCAC) and Peggy Cooke, Toronto

Just a year ago we celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Morgentaler decision at the Supreme Court of Canada. OCAC organized a forum at Innis Town hall on the University of Toronto campus on January 28th, 2013. The hall was packed with enthusiastic supporters young and older.

Dr. Morgentaler was not able to attend but his wife, Arlene Liebowitz was present. The event was MCed by Ayesha Adhami from OCAC and the Immigrant Women’s Health Centre, and Anjali Kulcarni from Medical Students for Choice. We showed the film “The Life and Times of Dr. Henry Morgentaler” followed by presentations from Michelle Landsberg, Judy Rebick, Angela Robertson, Director of Diversity and Community Outreach at Women’s College Hospital and Carolyn Egan. It was streamed into the House of Commons where the Federal NDP and others held anevent as well. CBC taped the forum and sections of it were later aired.

The following day a panel took place at the University of Toronto Law School examining the Supreme Court decision. Dr Robert Scott, who had been arrested with Henry, Morris Manning who argued the successful case, Carolyn Egan form OCAC, and Kirk Makin from the Globe and Mail who covered the case spoke to a packed auditorium of law students. Sections of this were also aired on CBC. There were many media interviews that OCAC did on the significance of the decision and the obstacles that women still face.

OCAC was involved in organizing the rally and March for International Women’s Day in Toronto. Michelle Robidoux from the group was one of the three featured speakers at the rally. Over 2,000 women and men marched for women’s rights including Reproductive Justice.

When Dr. Morgentaler died a number of us attended the family funeral and reception. We did many media interviews on the abortion/reproductive justice movement, the gains that have been made and the barriers still facing women.

Later on July 19, 2013 OCAC organized a celebration of his life at the Great Hall at Hart House at the University of Toronto. It was a full house. There were many speakers including his son Abraham who flew in from Boston, Vickie Saporta from the National Abortion Federation who flew in from Washington DC, Marie Clarke Walker Executive Vice President of the Canadian Labour Congress, The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band other entertainers and speakers. It was a tremendously moving event which was the Toronto movement’s thank you for all that Henry had done. It was greatly appreciated by his family.

Carolyn attended the National Abortion Federation Canadian providers meeting on behalf of ARCC that took place in Toronto.  There were excellent sessions on counselling, the provision of abortion services to refugee woman and networking.

OCAC did a social media blast on September 28th marking the international day for abortion rights. We did many high school and university presentations on abortion/reproductive justice. OCAC provides escorts every Saturday at the Women’s Choice Clinic which is picketed by the anti choice. We did a lot of work with Medical Students for Choice on sex selection abortions. We are working with two local filmmakers on a possible film on the reproductive rights movement after Morgentaler.

On February 11th we are organizing a showing of Young Lakota at Innis Town Hall with the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and Medical Students for Choice.

We have membership meetings monthly and an office in Trinity St. Paul’s United Church.

Supplement (added by Peggy Cooke Jan 29, 2014)

On February 5th, 2013, ARCC co-sponsored the Toronto premiere screening of “Status Quo?: the unfinished business of feminism in Canada”. Peggy, who is featured in the documentary, was able to say a few words to the packed house on behalf of ARCC. It was held at the Bloor Hot Docs cinema, with approximately 450 people in attendance.

In April, an episode of Context TV went to air dealing with Mark Warawa’s sex selective abortion motion, M-408. The episode featured a “debate” between Peggy Cooke and National Post columnist Barbara Kay, as well as one between Dr. Jesse McLaren (of Medical Students for Choice) and Aruna Papp.

In October, Peggy travelled to Ottawa to attend Nikki Ashton’s NDP Women’s Forum, where she spoke on a panel on “The Politics of Advocacy” as a representative of ARCC; mostly focusing on barriers to access to abortion and sexual health care in New Brunswick and PEI.

Executive Director’s Report

By Joyce Arthur, Vancouver

Motion 408: ARCC successfully helped defeat Mark Warawa’s motion M-408 in March, which would have “condemned discrimination against females through sex selection abortion.” ARCC sent a letter to Chief Gov’t Whip Gordon O’Connor explaining how M-408 was a backdoor attempt to re-open the abortion debate, and another letter to the Parliamentary Subcommittee that determines whether private members bills and motions are votable or not. That letter laid out arguments for why M-408 did not meet 3 of 4 of the votability criteria. We were told by insiders that our letters had a strong influence. The committee used two of our arguments to deem the motion non-votable.

Kelowna proclamation / Kamloops banner: With the help of local activist Dianne Varga and others, as well as Westcoast LEAF, ARCC fought a campaign against both the Cities of Kelowna and Kamloops BC this year.  Kelowna has been approving an anti-choice group’s “Respect Life Week” proclamation every year, while Kamloops has been approving an annual “Respect Life” banner to be hung over city streets. We won the battle in Kelowna this year, when the mayor declined to approve the proclamation and revised their proclamation guidelines to reflect Charter rights so they could refuse the proclamation on the basis of protecting women’s rights. However, the opposite happened in Kamloops, with the City rewriting their banner policy to reflect Charter rights so they could approve the banner on the basis of free speech rights. ARCC is continuing the fight in Kamloops.

Dr. Henry Morgentaler died on May 29, 2013. It was a sad day, even though he was 90 and had lived a full and fascinating life. Unfortunately, the media coverage was often appalling, with most media getting comments from the anti-choice side, and allowing some of them to slander Henry and say many misinformed and hateful things. Joyce published an article criticizing the media coverage, which was well received, and this sparked an ongoing ARCC project to hold media more accountable in their coverage of the abortion issue. Also in July, OCAC held a memorial event for Henry. In January, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Morgentaler decision, but the details were reported at our last AGM.

New Brunswick:  Regardless of whether or not Henry Morgentaler’s lawsuit against the Province of New Brunswick will continue with another plaintiff (to compel them to pay for abortions at the Fredericton clinic and to get the province’s payment regulation repealed),  ARCC will be creating a special website on the entire NB issue with full information including history. A volunteer has been recruited to help.

Defund abortion: The anti’s worked hard on a “Defund Abortion” campaign last fall. ARCC’s position is that they would be extremely unlikely to succeed, however, their campaign can create harm by increasing stigma and misinformation. Although we did not take much direct political action to counter the campaign, we promoted and published articles refuting the anti-choice arguments and explaining the importance and benefits of full abortion funding. We also participated in social media campaigns to counter the anti-choice campaign, and supported and publicized other pro-choice counter actions, including a rally by the Manitoba Federation of Labour and an action in St. Johns NL.

Vellacott motions:  Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott is expected to introduce two anti-choice motions very shortly. ARCC does not anticipate spending a huge amount of time on these as they have virtually no chance of being put to a vote, but we will at least put out a statement opposing the motions and make sure all MPs have it. Vellacott is retiring as an MP in 2015.

Maternal health: In October, we collaborated with Fédération du Québec pour le planning des naissances (FQPN) to send out a statement criticizing the Conservative government position on the global maternal health issue, and its refusal to fund safe abortion for war rape victims and child brides, even while claiming to help them. We got about 30 signers on the statement, which was sent to our allies, national and Quebec media, and all MPs, and posted on our websites.

Mifepristone: The news came out in November that Health Canada is considering an application from a mifepristone manufacturer, to bring the drug to Canada. Sheila Dunn and Rebecca Cook wrote a commentary for the CMAJ.  NAF is largely the group behind this. We are optimistic that the process is well in hand and that mifepristone will be approved sometime in 2014. NAF does not believe a pro-choice political campaign would help matters right now. The anti’s are busy writing lots of letters to HC, but this is not likely to help their cause and may well hurt it. For now, ARCC is encouraging a Tweetathon and blogburst for the Jan 28 Morgentaler anniversary and beyond, which will educate on the need for mifi in Canada.

Sept 28, Global day of action for access to safe and legal abortion:  OCAC and ARCC did a Tweetathon to raise awareness, and it went pretty well. There were 100’s of actions all over the world. We submitted our Tweetathon to the global group as examples of what Canada was doing for Sept 28.

Lawsuit by CPCs:  In August, Joyce won the lawsuit launched against her personally by two local anti-choice “crisis pregnancy centres.” The judge granted her lawyer Don Crane’s motion to dismiss, and the CPCs were ordered to pay court costs. There was a one-day summary trial in April, and the judge ruled in August that her report on Exposing CPCs, written for the Pro-Choice Action Network in 2009, was not “of and concerning” these two CPCs in particular and they were not defamed. The judge made it clear that the CPCs’ case was deficient in various respects, too vague and too over-reaching.

Student projects: We have two UBC students who are working on researching ways to regulate CPCs (“crisis pregnancy centres”). They will be providing research and recommendations on the feasibility of a municipal notification bylaw, and preparing a bylaw for us. We also have a Dalhousie student helping us research the fetus sign bylaw issue. She is researching legal precedents anywhere in Canada or western countries where free speech was restricted to protect children, which would help us advocate for our bylaw with city councils. She is also liaising with several cities/towns where the fetus signs have been shown to try and interest them in our bylaw. ARCC had some success with Hamilton, where the CCBR hung a large graphic banner over the freeway last fall, leading to at least one car accident. Hamilton is preparing its own bylaw to prohibit banners for public safety reasons, but have also cited our arguments about protecting children.

The Canadian Federation of Medical Students: formulated a 6-page pro-choice Position Paper in October on induced abortion, which they said has “broad support from medical students across Canada”. ARCC is working on building a relationship with this group, including its National Officer of Reproductive & Sexual Health, Joshua Dias, as well as Andrew Bresnahan, Vice President – Global Health.

Synergy: Since Tara Paterson’s departure, we need a new Student & Youth Coordinator to help promote our Synergy network for campus pro-choice groups. Joyce is looking for volunteers.

Conferences: Joyce went to the National Abortion Federation conference in NYC in April. Carolyn Egan went to the regional NAF conference in Toronto in November. Peggy Cooke attended and spoke at the Women’s Forum in October organized by Niki Ashton, NDP Women’s Critic. Travel expenses and/or registration were mostly paid by ARCC, as well as a generous donor, and all the conferences were great opportunities to learn and network, as well as promote ARCC.

New NFP Act and ARCC bylaws:  The Conservative government issued a new Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act that all incorporated non-profits must abide by as of Oct 2014. It’s supposed to make it easier for everyone, but in reality only makes it easier for new start-ups. Everyone else has to create entirely new bylaws, pass special resolutions, and change a number of things they do. There is less flexibility now because many previous things that were in your bylaws and could be changed, are now in the Act and written in stone. Joyce reviewed all the requirements and took steps to ensure that ARCC would be in compliance. The new requirements are set out in the “Changes Arising from New NFP Act” sent out to all members.

Liability insurance: ARCC purchased Director’s Liability insurance (in early Jan 2014) to protect our Directors from personal liability in case of lawsuits against ARCC, the ED, directors, or volunteers; or in case of mistakes or wrongdoing by same. The insurance would also cover many of the costs associated with defending ourselves. It does not cover costs of suits we initiate ourselves except perhaps in special circumstances. The insurance also increases ARCC’s ability to attract professional board members, such as lawyers. We purchased $1 million worth of coverage for $1000 a year premium.

Communications: ARCC has been active in disseminating information via its website, published articles, media releases, our Facebook page, Twitter page, and speaking engagements. In 2013, we issued 3 press releases and published many articles and statements on our website and in the media. Joyce continues her monthly column at Rabble.ca, which she often uses to write about reproductive rights-related issues for ARCC. Our Facebook page is active and successful and now has almost 1900 members. ARCC’s spokespersons also did many media interviews and speaking engagements over the year. ARCC continues to operate its website, as well as two listservs for members only: Activist and News. We also continue to publish our newsletter, The Activist / L’Activiste, and are trying to issue shorter issues more frequently. The editors, Judy Burwell and Alison Brown, recently resigned as editors as they have been doing it for a long time and want to move onto other things. New Board member Tamara Underwood has offered to edit the newsletter.

Membership Report

165: Number of paid-up members as of Jan. 1, 2014.

65: Number of members who expired in 2013 and did not renew after being sent a renewal notice.

59: Number of monthly donors (43 through bank, 16 through Paypal).

Election of Board of Directors

Jennie Donovan, Josie Baker, and Allison Webster are beginning the 2nd year of their current 2-year term. Board members Stephanie Corbett (Calgary) and Kandace Hagen (PEI) resigned in January 2014.

The following Directors re-ran for the Board for a second two-year term: Josie Baker, Patrick Powers, Julie Lalonde, Carolyn Egan, Peggy Cooke, Stephanie Shea.

ARCC Member Tamara Underwood self-nominated to the Board and had shared her resume, interests, and capacities with the ED and Board prior to the AGM.

The slate of candidates was appointed to the Board by affirmation, through a single motion.

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