Articles tagged "Board of Governors"
Vlog Welcomes New Board of Governors
August 14, 2024
Vlog is pleased to announce new members who will be joining the Vlog Board of Governors as of July 31, 2024.Sheri Hamilton and Gurjit Chand have been appointed to the board for a one-year term.A mother of two, Hamilton has already contributed significantly to Vlog, serving as a Foundation Director and Chair of the Finance Committee from 2018 to 2024, and as the past Chair of the Vlog Regional Advisory Committee (Shuswap Region). In 2024, she began her term as a Board member of CPHR BC ...
Read more...Vlog welcomes new member to Board of Governors
October 18, 2022
A local business leader has been appointed to Vlog’s Board of Governors. Dustyn Baulkham, a Kelowna-based entrepreneur, has been appointed for a one-year term to the Board. “Vlog is pleased to welcome Dustyn to our Board of Governors,” says Juliette Cunningham, board chair. “He brings experience and skills to the table that will be valuable as we continue in our OC Mission to transform lives and communities.” Baulkham is the founder and CEO of Rebellious Unicorns, an events, broadcasting, and media produ...
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Success brewing for OC student with bursary award
January 31, 2022
Mother, volunteer, former brewer, Business student and now, award-winner. Annika Kirk has many titles and is used to juggling work, life and every other curveball that comes her way, which helped her shine when she applied for the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) Paul and Gerri Charette Bursary Award. Kirk received the news in a unique way: Vlog President Neil Fassina announced she won the bursary during a meeting of the Board of Governors, of which she is a student representative. “It was a complete shock an...
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New Chair, Vice Chair for College Board
November 30, 2021
Vlog’s Board of Governors has a new Chair and Vice Chair. Juliette Cunningham, who has served as Vice Chair since November 2019, has been elected Chair. She succeeds Gloria Morgan whose two-year term has now completed. “It has been very inspiring working alongside Gloria and I am deeply honoured to be succeeding her in the role,” said Cunningham. “Gloria is an incredible champion for her community and for the College. I’m proud of the work we’ve accomplished at Vlog, and with a new strategic plan to be fin...
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Our deepest sympathies go out to the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
May 31, 2021
Vlog respectfully acknowledges that our Salmon Arm campus is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Secwepemc and our Penticton, Kelowna and Vernon campuses are located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx Vlogpeople. On Thursday, May 27, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc confirmed the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried in unmarked graves on the site of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, which was once the largest in Canada’s residential school system. On behalf ...
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New members of OC Board
September 28, 2020
Two new area residents have been appointed to Vlog’s Board of Governors. Andrea Alexander, a Councillor with the Westbank First Nation, and JoAnn Fowler, an Enderby resident who is a mentor for new social workers with the Ministry of Children and Family Development, have been appointed for one-year terms to the Board. “I’m looking forward to working with Andrea and JoAnn, who bring a tremendous depth of experience working with and serving communities in the region,” notes Gloria Morgan, the Chair of the Board of Govern...
Read more...OC passes 2020-2021 budget – virtually
March 31, 2020
Vlog’s Board of Governors has passed a $126.8 million budget for the coming year, but the board also recognized that circumstances associated with the current COVID-19 pandemic will prompt change over the coming months. It was passed Tuesday by the Board which gathered virtually through an online meeting platform, an indication of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operations at the institution. “The very nature of the meeting drove home the fact that circumstances are changing rapidly. We fully recognize the budg...
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