ABOUT US
Board of Directors
- Hubert Beaudry, President
- Jonathon Sammons, Vice President
- Jeff Curry, Treasurer
- Calvin Krahn
- Ian Toll
- Jeff Curry
- Jennifer Doelman
- Jonathon Sammons
- Kurtis Schill
- Will Runnalls
Staff
Carrie James
General Manager
- Directors contribute to 5 Canola Board meetings annually as well as appointments to various committees and external organizations.
- Appointments to the OCGA board are 3 year terms for a maximum of 3 terms.
- OCGA is represented on the Canadian Canola Growers Association, Farm and Food Care, the Ontario Agricultural Commodity Council and the Ontario Grain Financial Protection Program.
District Representatives
District #1
Northern Ontario — North of Tobermory
Hubert Beaudry
Calvin Krahn
Will Runnalls
Matt Bowman
Timo Brielmann
Simon Cloutier
Terry Phillips
District #2
South of Tobermory, north of Guelph, west of Pickering
Jeff Curry
Jonathon Sammons
Kurtis Schill
Carl Brubacher
James McKinlay
Ralph Voisin
Jon Wiley
District #3
Eastern Ontario — East of Pickering
Jennifer Doelman
Kelsey Banks
Robert Hunter
District #4
Southern Ontario —South of Guelph
Ian Toll
Nathan Van Overloop
Jeremy Sculthorpe
District Representatives are appointed for 3 year terms and attend the annual District Reps meeting in January (day before OCGA Annual Meeting).
They are valued members of the OCGA team, contributing an important outreach role in each of their geographical areas.
Ontario Canola Growers Association Mandate
The Ontario Canola Growers Association strives to support Ontario canola producers through:
- Direction of canola related research
- Communication of canola production and research information
- Producer education programs
- Acting as Ontario canola growers’ voice to industry and government.
- Encouragement of market opportunities suitable to Ontario canola production.
