Board of Directors
Canada West Foundation is governed by its Board of Directors. The Board provides direction on the current and future research and community engagement activities of the Foundation. The Board meets three times a year, and is comprised of prominent western Canadians who are committed to the social and economic wellbeing of western Canada.
Board of Directors 2010
James (Jim) Dinning, Chair
Chairman of the Board, Western Financial
Group
Calgary, AB (Alberta)
Brenda Eaton, Vice Chair, BC
Chair, BC Housing Management
Commission
Victoria, BC (British Columbia)
Charlie Fischer, Vice Chair, AB
Retired President & CEO,
Nexen Inc.
Calgary, AB (Alberta)
A.R.
(Bob) Linner, Vice Chair, SK
Retired City Manager, City
of Regina
Regina, SK (Saskatchewan)
H. Sanford Riley, Vice Chair, MB
President & CEO, Richardson
Financial Group
Winnipeg, MB (Manitoba)
Tony
Stewart, Vice Chair, BC and Secretary/Treasurer
Proprietor,
Quails’ Gate Estate Winery Ltd.
Kelowna, BC (British Columbia)
James K.
Gray, Honourary Chair
Co-founder, Canadian Hunter
Exploration Ltd.
Calgary, AB (Alberta)
Theresa
Arsenault, BC
Pushor Mitchell LLP
Jim
Eldridge, MB
Special Advisor, Intergovernmental
Relations, Government of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB (Manitoba)
Jock
A. Finlayson, BC
Executive Vice President – Policy,
Business Council of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC (British Columbia)
Ida Goodreau,
BC
Retired President & CEO Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver,
BC (British Columbia)
Tom Huffaker,
AB
Vice President, Policy and Environment, Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers
Charles Jago,
BC
Board Chair, Northern Health
Orysia Lennie,
AB
Former Deputy Minister, Western Economic Diversification Canada
Dr.
Janice MacKinnon, SK
Professor of Public Policy,
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK (Saskatchewan)
Dr. J.
Peter Meekison, BC
Professor Emeritus of Political
Science, University of Alberta
Victoria, BC (British Columbia)
Gary
Merasty, SK
Vice-President, Corporate Social
Responsibility, Cameco Corporation
Saskatoon, SK (Saskatchewan)
Geoff
Plant, BC
Partner, Heenan Blaikie, former Attorney
General of British Columbia and Minister Responsible for Treaty
Negotiations
Vancouver, BC (British Columbia)
James
A. Richardson, MB
President & Director, Westmead
Limited
Eric
Stefanson, MB
Former Minister of Industry, Trade &
Tourism, Minister of Finance & Chair of Treasury Board &
Minister of Health, Government of Manitoba
Gail
Surkan, AB
Chair, Alberta Heritage Foundation for
Medical Research, former Mayor, City of Red Deer
Red Deer, AB
(Alberta)
Robert
Westbury, AB
Chair, Telus Edmonton Community Board
Edmonton,
AB (Alberta)
Patricia Youzwa,
SK
Retired President & CEO, Sask Powe
Directors Emeritus
James (Jim)
Carr, MB
Founding President & CEO, Business
Council of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB (Manitoba)
Bill Deyell
Nanoose Bay,BC
David Eaton
Calgary, AB
Brian Felesky,
AB
Counsel, Felesky Flynn LLP
Calgary, AB (Alberta)
Robert Pierce
Calgary, AB
Rt. Hon. Edward Schreyer
Winnipeg,MB