Welcome Your 2018-19 Board of Directors!

admin April 26, 2018 March 15, 2018

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Hello folks!

Following a successful day of elections and our Annual General Meeting, OPIRG Guelph is happy to announce and welcome your new 2017-18 Board of Directors. Newly elected directors include:

Luisa Lazo
Daniela Mendivil
Ben Stuart

Directors who’ll be joining them for the rest of the year in continuing terms include:

Adjowa Karikari
David James Hudson
Rachel Taylor

So, we’re excited to work with this new team! However, we’d be remiss to give particular thanks to Aidan Lockhart, Malissa Bryan, and Paul Stephany, directors who’ll be transitioning out at this time. Many thanks to you for your dedication and service to OPIRG Guelph!

All that said, look forward to more updates and information here on all our new Board team is up to–and don’t forget to check out last year’s Annual Report and our upcoming Accessibility Audit, along with our continuing Strategic Directions plan!

OPIRG Guelph is located on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron/Chonnonton, the Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples and the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. We recognize the significance of the Dish with One Spoon Covenant to this land and offer our respect and gratitude to all of the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island who have stewarded, loved & defended this land for centuries.

In stating this, we acknowledge that we are here as a result of blood that has been shed through colonization, which continues to be the lived experience of Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. Colonialism is a current ongoing process, and we need to be accountable for our present participation in that process.