Please save the date for our Annual General Meeting (AGM): Saturday, March 2nd from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (doors open at 1:00pm). We will be holding our AGM in-person at Hawk Ridge Golf Club (1151 Hurlwood Ln, Severn). Come celebrate our 30th anniversary with us!
The Annual General Meeting is crucial for non-profits, offering community members a platform to review achievements, discuss future plans, elect leaders, and ensure transparency, fostering community engagement and shared decision-making. We have over 250 people attend each year. From volunteers, to donors, to founders and board members, it’s your chance to get to know us better!
Members can vote and if you’re new to the Conservancy, you can see how we run, ask questions about our work, our Nature Reserves, and impact. Absolutely all are welcome!
We are so excited to announce our guest speaker this year: Waubgeshig Rice, best selling and award winning author!
Pre-reading materials:
- Annual General Meeting Agenda
- Slate of Candidates for the Board of Directors
- Audited Financial Statement
- Annual Report
- Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting
We can’t wait to see you!
Speaker bio:
Waubgeshig Rice is an author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation. He’s written four books, most notably the bestselling novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, published in 2018. He graduated from the journalism program at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2002, and spent most of his journalism career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a video journalist and radio host. He left CBC in 2020 to focus on his literary career. His newest novel, Moon of the Turning Leaves, was published in October 2023.
In addition to his writing endeavours, Waubgeshig is an eclectic public speaker, delivering keynote addresses and workshops, engaging in interviews, and contributing to various panels at literary festivals and conferences. He speaks on creative writing and oral storytelling, contemporary Anishinaabe culture and matters, Indigenous representation in arts and media, and more. He lives in Sudbury, Ontario with his wife and three sons.