The Institute’s Provincial Council is responsible for the strategic and professional direction of the Institute, within guidelines of The Agrologists Act and the Regulatory and Administrative Bylaws. It establishes priorities, has oversight of the Institute’s activities, and oversees the budget. It is focused on strategic issues and provides guidance to the President, President-Elect and senior management.
President
Robyn Morley PAg
Synergy Ag
President-Elect
David McKerchar PAg
Public Representative
Maurice Berry
Farming Representative
Timothy Nerbas PAg
NRG Farms
Public Representative
Jake Berg
Yorkton Branch Councillor
Lyse Boisvert PAg
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Technical Agrologist Representative
Amy Grindheim TechAg
Simplot Grower Solutions
Regina Branch Councillor
Sherri Roberts PAg
Northwest Branch Councillor
Dena Delday PAg
Millennium Land
Southwest Branch Councillor
Cierra Wallington PAg
SAMA
Saskatoon Branch Councillor
Adam Berenik PAg
Boehringer Ingelheim
College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan Representative
Dr. Trever Crowe P.Eng PAg
College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Northeast Branch Councillor
TBA
Commitment of Councillors
The Provincial Council, its committees, and working groups meet throughout the year. Members of the Provincial Council are expected to make themselves available, to fulfill council responsibilities which include the requirement to meet on four (4) to six (6) occasions each year. Business may be conducted by email and virtual conference (phone and video conferencing).
Elected members of the Council are entitled to reimbursement for expenses based on provincial government rates.
Nomination Process
- Ensure the nominee is willing to stand.
- Complete the appropriate nomination form.
- Submit the following by February 28:
- Completed nomination form including signatures of five (5) supporting agrologists in good standing and supporting signature of the nominee
- Recent digital photo of the nominee.
Eligibility of Councillors
To be eligible as a candidate for a Provincial Council position, you must, in the year of the nomination and for the two prior years, be:
- In good standing as a registered agrologist of the Institute
- Not have been convicted of a criminal offense or under investigation for an alleged offense
- Not be an undischarged bankrupt
- Not be under investigation for, or have any record of discipline for, misconduct or incompetence in accordance with the Act
- Be a resident of Saskatchewan.
Note: All the current Provincial Council members are eligible for nomination, except the current President and President-Elect.
Past Executives
Provincial Council Presidents
| 1946-47 James B. Harrington PAg 1947-48 James B. Harrington PAg 1948-49 Wallace A. Thomson PAg 1949-50 Stewart F. Shields PAg and Arthur W. McArton PAg 1950-51 John Walker PAg 1951-52 Walter D. Brice PAg 1952-53 Greville B. Harrison PAg 1953-54 Bryce J. Sallans PAg 1954-55 E. V. McCurdy PAg 1955-56 Ira K. Mumford PAg 1956-57 Edward M. Campbell PAg 1957-58 Donald A. Rennie PAg 1958-59 Douglas R. Knott PAg 1959-60 Thomas R. Melville-Ness PAg 1960-61 John T. Kyle PAg 1961-62 Philip E. Polischuk PAg 1962-63 Charles M. Williams PAg 1963-64 W. Earl Johnson PAg 1964-65 A. James Webster PAg 1965-66 Bernard P. Goplen PAg 1966-67 Michael J. Fitzgerald PAg 1967-68 Allan D. McLeod PAg 1968-69 R. Keith Downey PAg 1969-70 John A. Peck PAg 1970-71 Mark R. Kilcher PAg 1971-72 Bruce D. Owen PAg 1972-73 John L. Drew PAg 1973-74 John G. Braidek PAg 1974-75 Stanley E. Beacom PAg 1975-76 Arthur A. Guitard PAg 1976-77 Herbert R. Clark PAg 1977-78 Hugh H. Nicholson PAg 1978-79 Norman R. Bray PAg 1979-80 Kenneth E. Bowren PAg 1980-81 Thomas Lawrence PAg 1981-82 H. Ross Kingdon PAg 1982-83 J. Leslie Henry PAg 1983-84 Frederick E. Fulton PAg |
1984-85 Douglas M. England PAg
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Honourary Secretaries
1960 Bryce J. Sallans PAg
1960-65 James L. Bolton PAg
1965-66 Ernest N. Larter PAg
1966-68 J. E. Ross Greenshields PAg
1968-70 Bernard P. Goplen PAg
1970-74 Douglas R. Knott PAg
1974-75 Stephen R. Burkell PAg
1975-77 Bernard P. Goplen PAg
1977-79 Stephen R. Burkell PAg
1979-82 Mark R. Kilcher PAg
1982-86 Robert H. D. Phillips PAg
1986-87 Douglas H. Grant PAg
1987-91 Gilbert H. Wesson PAg
1991-93 H. Ross Kingdon PAg
1993-97 Frederick E. Fulton PAg
1997-00 Charles W. Carlson PAg
2000-05 Douglas England PAg
2005-08 Sandra Shiels PAg
(Discontinued)
Registrars
1946 J. B. O’Neil PAg
1947-52 James L. Bolton PAg
1952-54 R. Brian How PAg
1954-57 J. E. Ross Greenshields PAg
1957-64 Ernest N. Larter PAg
1964-74 Stephen R. Burkell PAg
1974-76 Thomas R. Melville-Ness PAg
1977-78 Rose Melville-Ness
1978-81 Lloyd G. Putnam PAg
1981-86 Norman R. Bray PAg
1989-92 Wayne W. Gamble, PAg
1993-04 Glenden W. Hass, PAg
2004-07 Bruce A. Hobin PAg
2007-12 Leslie A. McLean PAg
2012-19 Allan N. Scholz PAg
2019-current Valerie Pearson PAg
Provincial Council Incorporators of the Institute 1945-1946
| C. Fred Bentley PAg John B. Campbell PAg Clifford S. Chapman PAg Erle E. Eisenhauer PAg James B. Harrington PAg |
William L. Jacobson PAg Peter J. Janzen PAg Roy E. McKenzie PAg Thomas C. Vanterpool PAg |
Institute Charter Members - June 3, 1946
| Allan, J. F. Andal, M. E. Anderson, L. J. Anderson, R. H. Arnason, A. P. Arnold, R. F. Auld, F. H. Baker, W. B. Barber, S. A. Barlow, B. C. (née Myrick) Bayes, J. M. Beaton, E. M. Bell, L. G. Bentley, C. F. Bibbey, R. O. Bisal, F. Blacklock, J. R. Bolton, J. L. Boucher, W. H. Brice, W. D. Bristol, O. P. Brockelbank, E. E. Brown, W. W. Buckner, J. F. Budd, A. C. Buglass, E. Burton, G. L. Campbell, E. M. Campbell, J. B. Champlin, N. Chapman, C. S. Chapman, H. E. Chappell, C.H. Charnetski, J. Chepil. W. S. Clark, H. R. Clark, J. I. Clark, R Clarke, E. Clarke, S. E. Clayton, J. S. Coles, J. H. Cook, O. A. Cooper, R. H. Cowan, R. H. Cunningham, K. H. Davidson, J. G. Dodge, O. G. Doughty, J. L. Dumais, A. Eisenhauer, E. E. Evans, E. H. Ewert, W. A. Ficht, J. P. Fidlar, D. G. Forsaith, T. S. Forshaw, R. P. Foster, J. R. Freeden, F. J. H. Freeman, T. H. Friesen, H. A. Frizzel, J. K. |
Gerrie, H. Gilmer, W. E. Gilmour, G. B. Graham, V. E. Grinder, M. (née Van Haelem) Gross, R. A. Hammersley, A. S. Hanna, H. S. Hanson, J. O. Hardy, E. A. Harrington, J. B. Harris, W. N. Harrison, G. B. Hartnett, M. E. Hassett, A. A. Heinrichs, D. H. Hitchcock, F. C. Hodgson, G. C. Holmes, V. B. Horner, W. H. Hudek, E. P. Hutcheon, W. L. Hutchison, L. J. Jacobson, W. L. Janzen, P. J. Janzen, W. K. Jenkins, B. C. Kacsmar, W. F. A. Kerr, W. L. Kilcher, N. R. Kirk, A. A. Kirk, D. L. Kirk, L. E. Knowles, R. P. Korven, N. A. Larson, R. I. (Miss) Learmonth, C. M. Ledingham, G. F. Ledingham, R. J. Lehane, J. J. Lewis, H. A. Mann, H. H .M. Martens, E. A. McBean, D. S. McClelland, J. E. McCurdy, E. V. McDonald, H. McIver, R. N. McKenzie, R. E. McLean, A. McMorrin, W. McPhail, H. D. McPherson, A. McRae, K. B. Meikle, A. Merryweather, W. R. Milne, R. A. Mitchell, J. Molberg, E. S. Moore, H. W. Moss, H.C. Munro, A. D. |
Murphy, B. F. Murray, B. E. (Miss) Neilson, J. D. Nelson, N. A. Obodiak, J. Oddie, W. I. Ogilvie, A. E. Ogilvie, L. M. Olafson, E. A. O’Neil, J. B. Park, A. G. Parker, J. S. Parkinson, W. R. Paul, L. C. Pavlychenko, T. K. Peters, H. F. Platt, A. W. Racine, G. E. Rae, W. J. Rayner, J. G. Reed, P. E. Robinson, D. R. Rogers, J. T. Rugg, A. J. Russell, R. C. Sackville, E. C. Schalin, E. Schmidt, R. A. Schroer, F. W. Shevkenek, W. Shields, S. F. Simpson, C. J. Smith, J. E. Snell, F. A. Stalwick, L. M. Staniforth, D. W. Stutt, R. A. Thode, W. L. Thomson, A. M. Thomson, E. E. Thomson, L. B. Thomson, W. A. Thomson, W. W. Tollefson, T. S. Turnbull, J. S. Van Vliet, H. Van Haerlem, W. A. Vanterpool, T. C. Varey, J. M. Vigor, S. H. Walker, J. Walker, W. E. Wall, A. (Miss) Warder, F. G. Wells, S. A. Wenhardt, A. Whewell, E. F. White, W. J. Whitehouse, J. Wilson, W. M. |