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
Dr. Keith Lehman, Chief Provincial Veterinarian at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
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
Dr. Carolee Carson, Public Health Agency of Canada
Dr. Mary Jane Ireland, Executive Director of the Animal Health Directorate, Chief Veterinary Officer, OIE Delegate Canada
Provincial/Territorial Governments:
Dr. Scott Zaari, Manitoba Agriculture
Dr. Nicole Wanamaker, Chief Veterinary Officer for New Brunswick, New Brunswick Department of Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries
AHC Members
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- Animal Nutrition Association of Canada
- Canadian Animal Health Institute
- Canadian Cattlemen’s Association
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Canadian Hatching Egg Producers
- Canadian Meat Council
- 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