New Board Members Appointed
On April 11, 2006, we hosted a reception to celebrate the appointments of Chair,
Martha Durdin and our three new board members Jane Brindley (Windsor), Jean-Claude Bergeron (Ottawa) and Al Hunter (Rainy River First Nations).
By happy coincidence it was the first event where the new Minister of Culture, the Honourable Caroline Di Cocco was able to meet some 160 representatives of the arts community.
Held in the beautifully renovated atrium of the National Ballet School, guests included the Honourable George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, MPP Perth-Middlesex and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of the Environment, John Wilkinson, and OAC Board members, Rita Cox and Adrien Lamoureux and former OAC Chair, Julia Foster.
Click on the links below to read the bios for OAC's new Chair and board members.
Martha Durdin
Martha Durdin was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Arts Council in July 2004, named vice-chair in June 2005, and chair in February 2006...
Jean-Claude Bergeron
Jean-Claude Bergeron was first appointed to the Board of the Ontario Arts Council in October, 2002 and reappointed in March 2006. A printmaker and former arts teacher...
Jane E. Brindley, Ph.D.
Jane E. Brindley was appointed to the Ontario Arts Council’s Board of Directors in March 2006. Based in Windsor, Dr. Brindley is a long-time supporter of the arts and has been a volunteer with several arts organizations in Canada...
Albert (Al) Hunter was appointed to the Ontario Arts Council’s Board of Directors on March 23, 2006. Mr. Hunter is a published writer and poet and the former Chief of the Rainy River First Nations...
Click here for a complete list of OAC's board of directors
Photo 1 (above)
Guests attending the OAC reception for new board members mill about in the spacious lobby of the National Ballet School’s new home. (Photo: Daphnée Nostrome)
Photo 2 (top right)
From left, the Honourable George Smitherman, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Jean-Claude Bergeron, OAC Board Member, Carole Beaulieu, Executive Assistant to the Minister of Culture, Marcelo Gomez-Wiuckstern, Policy Advisor to the Minister of Culture and Martha Durdin, OAC Chair, listen to Minister Di Cocco speak at the April 11 reception. (Photo: Daphnée Nostrome)