4-H Council elections; Jersey award
4-H Council elections
The Canadian 4-H Council recently announced that Judy Shaw has been elected president of the council.
Shaw was elected by her fellow board members for a two-year term, and replaces previous president Robert McAuley.
Shaw has been involved in 4-H since 1996 when she became the member representative of Syngenta Canada for the Canadian 4-H Council. She has served as a member of the public relations committee and as a director for the Canadian 4-H Council.
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In addition, Shaw has served as a board member for the Ontario 4-H Foundation. She was recently recognized for her contributions to the Canadian 4-H Foundation as a member of the 4-H 500 Club.
The Canadian 4-H Council was established in 1933 to co-ordinate national 4-H affairs.
In addition to public relations and marketing, the council offers national programming to 4-H members across Canada through various conferences, exchanges and travel opportunities.
The council board of directors is made up of president Judy Shaw (Syngenta Canada), vice-president Rob Black (individual member), Canadian 4-H Foundation president Lyndon Carlson (Farm Credit Canada), Shirley Johnson (individual member), Johanne Métayer (Agriculture Canada departmental liaison), Bob McAuley (BASF Canada), Marie Logan (individual member), Valerie Pearson (Saskatchewan 4-H Council), Linda Porter (New Brunswick 4-H), and Rod Whitfield (RBC Royal Bank).
Jersey award
Dr. Gord Atkins has received the Ralph J. Barichello Memorial Award from Jersey Canada.
The award recognizes an outstanding long-term contribution to the agricultural industry in Canada. It is named after Ralph Barichello for his impact on the British Columbian and Canadian dairy industries.
Atkins of Calgary has been in private veterinary practice for more than 34 years since receiving his veterinary degree in 1973 from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He has worked with well known dairy cattle in Western Canada, and still maintains a small stable of select clients.
In the fall of 2008, Atkins joined the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Calgary, where he is teaching veterinary students, as well as maintaining a practice near Calgary.
Atkins has been heavily involved with the Type Classification Advisory Committee with Holstein Canada, in which he led research on the importance of functional conformation, and subsequently developing educational materials on the subject.
Atkins is also a judge with Holstein Canada, judging across Canada as well as in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Iran.
He breeds Holstein and Angus cattle under the Transcon prefix, exhibiting at shows in Western Canada.
Atkins was named veterinarian of the year in Alberta in 1997, veterinarian of the year for Western Canada in 2005, and bovine practitioner of the year in North America in 1988.
This spring, he received a Superior Accomplishment Award from Holstein Canada, and he also received the Jim Clark Distinguished Service Award from the Calgary Stampede, where he is a past-president of its committee.
