The Institute’s Provincial Council is responsible for the strategic and professional direction of the Institute, within the 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
| 1946-1947 James B. Harrington PAg 1947-1948 James B. Harrington PAg 1948-1949 Wallace A. Thomson PAg 1949-1950 Stewart F. Shields PAg and Arthur W. McArton PAg 1950-1951 John Walker PAg 1951-1952 Walter D. Brice PAg 1952-1953 Greville B. Harrison PAg 1953-1954 Bryce J. Sallans PAg 1954-1955 E. V. McCurdy PAg 1955-1956 Ira K. Mumford PAg 1956-1957 Edward M. Campbell PAg 1957-1958 Donald A. Rennie PAg 1958-1959 Douglas R. Knott PAg 1959-1960 Thomas R. Melville-Ness PAg 1960-1961 John T. Kyle PAg 1961-1962 Philip E. Polischuk PAg 1962-1963 Charles M. Williams PAg 1963-1964 W. Earl Johnson PAg 1964-1965 A. James Webster PAg 1965-1966 Bernard P. Goplen PAg 1966-1967 Michael J. Fitzgerald PAg 1967-1968 Allan D. McLeod PAg 1968-1969 R. Keith Downey PAg 1969-1970 John A. Peck PAg 1970-1971 Mark R. Kilcher PAg 1971-1972 Bruce D. Owen PAg 1972-1973 John L. Drew PAg 1973-1974 John G. Braidek PAg 1974-1975 Stanley E. Beacom PAg 1975-1976 Arthur A. Guitard PAg 1976-1977 Herbert R. Clark PAg 1977-1978 Hugh H. Nicholson PAg 1978-1979 Norman R. Bray PAg 1979-1980 Kenneth E. Bowren PAg 1980-1981 Thomas Lawrence PAg 1981-1982 H. Ross Kingdon PAg 1982-1983 J. Leslie Henry PAg 1983-1984 Frederick E. Fulton PAg |
1984-1985 Douglas M. England PAg
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Honourary Secretaries
1960 Bryce J. Sallans PAg
1960-1965 James L. Bolton PAg
1965-1966 Ernest N. Larter PAg
1966-1968 J. E. Ross Greenshields PAg
1968-1970 Bernard P. Goplen PAg
1970-1974 Douglas R. Knott PAg
1974-1975 Stephen R. Burkell PAg
1975-1977 Bernard P. Goplen PAg
1977-1979 Stephen R. Burkell PAg
1979-1982 Mark R. Kilcher PAg
1982-1986 Robert H. D. Phillips PAg
1986-1987 Douglas H. Grant PAg
1987-1991 Gilbert H. Wesson PAg
1991-1993 H. Ross Kingdon PAg
1993-1997 Frederick E. Fulton PAg
1997-2000 Charles W. Carlson PAg
2000-2005 Douglas England PAg
2005-2008 Sandra Shiels PAg
(Discontinued)
Registrars
1946 J. B. O’Neil PAg
1947-1952 James L. Bolton PAg
1952-1954 R. Brian How PAg
1954-1957 J. E. Ross Greenshields PAg
1957-1964 Ernest N. Larter PAg
1964-1974 Stephen R. Burkell PAg
1974-1976 Thomas R. Melville-Ness PAg
1977-1978 Rose Melville-Ness
1978-1981 Lloyd G. Putnam PAg
1981-1986 Norman R. Bray PAg
1989-1992 Wayne W. Gamble, PAg
1993-2004 Glenden W. Hass, PAg
2004-2007 Bruce A. Hobin PAg
2007-2012 Leslie A. McLean PAg
2012-2019 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. |