Vanclief receives 4-H alumni award
Lyle Vanclief, former federal minister of agriculture (1997 to 2003), has received 4-H Canada’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
Since the age of 12, Vanclief has been involved with 4-H in his community of Prince Edward County in Ontario, where he was also an elected official.
Vanclief and his wife, Sharon, established the Canadian 4-H Foundation’s Lyle and Sharon Vanclief Leadership Endowment Fund, which supports the annual attendance of 10 4-H youth members to the United States National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C.
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Vanclief has also been named a distinguished agrologist by the Ontario Institute of Agrologists and a Fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, and was inducted into the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in 2010.
The award recognizes outstanding leadership and contributions for one of 4-H’s 350,000 alumni and was supported by Glacier FarmMedia.
New 4-H honourary members named
Duane Bristow of Saskatchewan and Nancy Orr from Prince Edward Island have been named lifetime honourary members of 4-H Canada.
The organization recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to 4-H in Canada.
Bristow’s career included working for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, before a business in research consultancy.
As a 4-H alumnus, he helped expand the 4‐H Saskatchewan Centre, Camp Rayner, and helped organize the provincial centennial anniversary celebrations in 2017.
He served as a director and chair to the 4-H Canada board of directors, and as a trustee and chair of the Canadian 4-H Foundation.
Nancy Orr was the first female provincial court judge and the first female provincial chief judge, and has been a distinguished champion of Canadian amateur hockey.
She was chair of the P.E.I. 4-H Trust and recognized as 4-H Canada’s national volunteer leader of the year in 2009.
Eco-scholar award applications sought
Applications are open until March 19 for the 2021 Yorkshire Valley Farms Canadian Eco-Scholar Award.
Financial support of $10,000 will be awarded to four Canadian students in any area of study who are passionate about organic agriculture practices and positively impacting society.
Applicants must submit a video of up to two minutes in length where they talk about the role they hope to play in the organic regenerative movement.
The Eco-Scholar Award was launched in 2004 by the Guelph Organic Conference. Under the new partnership with Yorkshire Valley Farms, four eco-scholars will be awarded:
- one $5,000 first place award
- two $2,000 second place awards
- one $1,000 third place award
The application form, including rules and regulations, is at guelphorganicconf.ca/eco-scholar/.
