CLRA News: 2023-07-11

 
 
 

Introducing the 2023-2024 CLRA National Board

The Canadian Land Reclamation Association/Association canadienne de réhabilitation des sites dégradés (CLRA/ACRSD) Board is pleased to announce Kelly Zadko, Vice President Business Development at North Shore Environmental Consultants Inc. as our new President.  Kelly will be leading the National Chapter and its Board of Directors to promote Canadian reclamation and remediation practitioners as world innovators and leaders in the environmental field.

We would also to welcome back Maria Kudienko to the CLRA as the Awards Committee Chair. Maria is a Professional Agrologist with over 20 years of environmental consulting experience for oil and gas, mining, forestry, transportation, and other industries. She has served on the CLRA Alberta Chapter Board since 2017. When her term ended, she remained a volunteer and a key member of the Technical Committee to organize the AGM until 2021.

Your CLRA/ACRSD Board of Directors for 2023-2024 are the following:

  • Kelly Zadko, President

  • Fannie Desrosiers, Interim Treasurer/Past-President

  • Stephanie DeRuiter, Secretary

  • Abby van der Jagt, Director/Atlantic Chapter President

  • Adam Ceccheto, Director/Ontario Chapter President

  • Amber Flamand, Director (NEW)/Alberta Chapter President

  • Lucie Labbé, Director/Quebéc Chapter President

  • Todd Clause, Director/Saskatchewan Chapter President

  • Ian Young, Manitoba Chapter Representative

  • Justin Straker, British Columbia Chapter Representative

  • Maria Kudienko, Awards Committee Chair

Thank you to our outgoing board members, Elissa Ferguson and Kevin Hunsche for their years of service with the CLRA. Elissa served as Treasurer with the Atlantic Chapter for 2 years and 4 years nationally. Kevin served as a Director with the Alberta Chapter for 6 years and 12 years nationally, with 5 years as the Awards Committee Chair.

Meet the Artist Behind the CLRA 2022 IN-TECH Reclamation Award

Shannon Carla King is a Canadian painter who, after 30 years in the energy industry is now a full-time artist focused on capturing the raw, natural beauty of reclamation, preservation, and conservation success stories in acrylic paintings.

The painting was awarded to our 2022 IN-TECH Reclamation Award recipient Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) at the CLRA National 2023 AGM that took place in Québec City as a part of the RE3 Conference on June 13, 2023.

The painting is a rendition of a drone photo showing a restored fen and a natural one in Reynolds (Julius), Manitoba, separated by a main or primary ditch. Co-ordinates of the site: N 49° 55'46.61”; W 96° 14'11.03". The restored site is divided into three main sectors, and it is surrounded by a shrubby and a graminoid natural fen. The site was restored by the joint collaboration of CSPMA and (PERG/GRET), thanks to Sun Gro’s restoration work.

Dr. Jack Winch Memorial Scholarship Accepting Applications!

Dr. Jack Winch was a reclamation scientist and a principal founder and inaugural President of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association/Association Canadienne de Réhabilitation des Sites Dégradés (CLRA/ACRSD).  

The Dr. Jack Winch Memorial Scholarship is presented annually to a post-secondary student in recognition of their outstanding contribution to reclamation research and practice, including landowner engagement. The scholarship is valued at $3000 and will be presented to the recipient at the annual Ontario Mine Reclamation Symposium and Field Trip which will be held in Sudbury, ON on September 12th and 13th this year.

We are now accepting nominations & applications for the CLRA National 2023 Awards!

Reward reclamation by nominating a fellow reclamation professional for one of our prestigious awards! We are now accepting nominations & applications for the following awards until December 31st.

The Andrea McEachern Memorial Award application will be available in the weeks ahead. The award recipients are announced annually at the CLRA National AGM. More information on the 2024 AGM will be available soon!

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