Chair: Casandra Bryant Rural Sustainability Researcher. Sessional Lecturer. Community Builder. Social Entrepreneur. Non-profit Strategic Consultant. PhD Student. (Ontario)
Treasurer: Jordan MacDonald Executive Director of a regional community economic development organization serving Western PEI. (Prince Edward Island)
Director: Bill Dow Professional actor, director and writer in theatre, film, and television. Bill has taught in theatre and humanities departments at several universities, including Simon Fraser, UBC and University of Alberta. (BC)
Director: Ashleigh Weeden Rural Futurist. Policy Whisperer. Champion for People and Place Centred Public Sector Renewal. (Ontario/Manitoba)
Director: Chris Lee Evangelist for an energy efficient, carbon free future and Passive House construction – Walton Raceway Founder/volunteer, Guelph to Goderich Rail-trail volunteer (Ontario)
The board meets 6 times per year and is responsible for the fiscal and legal oversight of the organization. It ensures that the Centre behaves in a fiscally and legally responsible manner and includes such matters as overseeing investments, capital budgeting, property management and compliance with various laws applying to the organization.
EXECUTIVE&CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Peter Smith Artist/writer/director/producer has worked in the arts coast to coast to coast in Canada (Ontario)
The E&C Director is responsible for programming in collaboration with the board. The Director is central in the building of the biennial R2R conferences, and connecting local knowledge carriers, artists and Indigenous community members to further the work of the CCRC as outlined in the mission and vision of the organization.
‘In all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things we have long taken for granted’
