Membership
The formal membership and governance for AHC are a work area currently of the AHC. Until these processes are formalized, the Executive Director, Co-chairs, and Board members of AHC (previously National Farmed Animal Health and Welfare Council) provide leadership for the operation of the organization.
AHC Co-chairs:
Dr. René Roy - Co-Chair, Canadian Pork Council
Dre. Hélène Trépanier - Co-Chair, Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation,
AHC Board of Directors:
Dave Taylor, Board Member - Dairy Farmers of Canada
Dr. Nina von Keyserlingk, Animal Welfare Program, University of British Columbia
Luce Bélanger, Board Member - Chicken Farmers of Canada
Dr. Jim Fairles, Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
AHC Advisory Committee
Federal Government:
Luc Marchand, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Steven Sternthal, Director General - Centre for Food-borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Branch - PHAC
Dr. Mary Jane Ireland, Executive Director of the Animal Health Directorate, Chief Veterinary Officer, OIE Delegate Canada
Provincial/Territorial Governments:
Dr. Cathy Furness, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ (OMAFRA) Animal Health and Welfare Branch
Dr. Hélène Trépanier - Co-Chair, Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation,
Dr. Nicole Wanamaker, Chief Veterinary Officer for New Brunswick, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
Dr. Keith Lehman, Chief Provincial Veterinarian at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
AHC Members
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Canadian Animal Health Institute
- Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Canadian Hatching Egg Producers
- Canadian Pork Council
- Canadian Sheep Federation
- Canadian Veterinary Medical Association
- Chicken Farmers of Canada
- Dairy Farmers of Canada
- Egg Farmers of Canada
- Equestrian Canada
- Government of Alberta
- Government of British Columbia
- Government of Manitoba
- Government of New Brunswick
- Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Government of Nunavut
- Government of Ontario
- Government of Prince Edward Island
- Government of Quebec
- Government of Saskatchewan
- Government of Yukon
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Turkey Farmers of Canada