Environment official; 4-H program winners; SCA nominations
Environment official
Douglas A. Clark, conservation policy scientist, has been named centennial chair in the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan in Sask-atoon.
The centennial chair, a five-year appointment effective Aug. 1, is designed to provide leadership in establishing an interdisciplinary research program and promote excellence in graduate student training.
Three centennial chairs, one each in environment, public policy and public health, were created to mark the 100th anniversary of the university in 2007.
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In a news release, Clark said he hopes to bring more attention to how human factors are affected by environmental problems.
As an example, he cited how policies intended to protect polar bears have created difficulties for northern Aboriginal people.
Clark, who worked for 11 years in natural resource conservation with Parks Canada, said to address emerging social and ecological challenges, biological conservation goals must be achieved hand-in-hand with human dignity.
Clark earned a bachelor degree in biology from the University of Victoria, a master’s in zoology from the University of Alberta, and a PhD in geography and environmental studies from Wilfrid Laurier University. Since 2007, Clark has served as a scholar-in-residence at Yukon College.
Clark was recently reappointed for a one-year term as a research affiliate with the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University, a role he has been in since 2008.
He will continue to conduct his research on decision making for large carnivore conservation from Sask-atoon.
4-H program winners
The Canadian 4-H Council has announced the winners of the first annual RBC 4-H Rural-Urban Youth Outreach Program. The program provides a grant for any club or organization planning to start or expand a 4-H club in their community.
This year, 13 applicants from communities in Canada will receive the grant.
A maximum of $4,000 is available to individual applications, with an additional $2,000 available at the end of the year in the form of an Award of Excellence. In total, $40,000 in funding will be awarded in 2009.
Those interested can also visit www.4-h-canada.ca/outreach to apply for 2010 awards online.
SCA nominations
The Saskatchewan Cattlemen’s Association asks Saskatchewan cattle producers to participate in the industry by running for the SCA board of directors.
Nomination forms are available and may be submitted for the first elected board of the SCA.
The SCA is led by a board of 16 directors including 11 elected district representatives, four appointed representatives as nominated by the Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association and the Saskatchewan Cattle Feeders Association, and the immediate past chair.
This fall, the 11 district representatives will be democratically chosen by all check-off paying cattle producers as the SCA conducts its inaugural elections across the province.
Every registered cattle producer (any Saskatchewan cattle producer who has paid levies within the last two years and has not received a refund) is entitled to one vote and is eligible to hold office as a director of the SCA.
Registered cattle producers will be receiving information in their mailboxes soon explaining the nomination process and the upcoming district elections this fall.
Nomination forms are available on the SCA website at www.saskbeef.com or by contacting the SCA office at 306-867-8126.
Nominations must be received no later than 5 p.m. on Sept. 15.
