Steering Committee

STEERING COMMITTEE

The FSC Steering Committe helps members to guide the actions of the organization, coordinating and overseeing projects and meetings. Steering Committee members serve for two years, and half of the positions are up for election at each Annual General Meeting. FSC needs members from many sectors to be effective, including housing, health, social policy, transportation, agriculture, education, and community, cultural, and charitable groups, and businesses. FSC also aims to have steering committee members from all regions of Canada, including: Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, Prairies, BC, and Territories.

Following is a list of the new Steering Committee. The Exective consists of the four sectoral directors plus the officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer), who are charged with the day-to-day management of the organization.

The Steering Committee members are:

Alison Blay-Palmer, Waterloo (Ontario), University of Waterloo

*David Bruer, Ottawa (Ontario), Inter Pares Director, International Issues

Carole Christopher, Vancouver (BC), co-chair, Vancouver Food Policy Council

Barton Cutten, Truro, NS (Atlantic), farmer

* Cathleen Kneen

, Ottawa (Ontario); co-publisher, The Ram's Horn;

Chair

* Glen Koroluk, Winnipeg (Prairies), Beyond Factory Farming; Treasurer

Steven MacKinnon, Cornwall, PEI (Atlantic), farmer

Dawn Marsden, Mission (BC), Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, Population Health

*Joan Norberg, Whitehorse, Yukon (Territories), farmer; Director, Sustainable Food Systems

Anna Paskal, Montreal  (Québec), food policy consultant (on maternity leave)

* Andrea Peart, Ottawa (Ontario), Health & Environment Committee, Canadian Labour Congress; Vice-Chair

* Shawn Pegg, Toronto (Ontario), representing Canadian Association of Food Banks (CAFB); Director, Zero Hunger

Tracy Phillippi, Toronto (Ontario), Toronto Youth Food Policy Council

* Katherine Pigott, Kitchener (Ontario), representing Waterloo Region Public Health; Secretary

Jane Rabinowicz, Montreal (QC), Santropol Roulant

Susan C. Roberts, Spruce Grove, Alberta (Prairie Provinces), representing Growing Food Security in Alberta

Wayne Roberts, Toronto (Ontario), representing the Toronto Food Policy Council

Rebecca Schiff, Regina, Saskatchewan (Prairie Provinces), representing Food Secure Saskatchewan

Tammara Soma, Toronto (Ontario), Toronto Youth Food Policy Council

Annette Stapenhorst, Sheshatshiu, Labrador (Atlantic, working for Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation)

Pierre Verrault, Gatineau (Québec), Canadian Association of Professional Fish Harvesters

Michelle Cisser-Wikkerink, Winnipeg (MB), Indian Family Centre