Meet our Board of Directors

Attractions Ontario is governed by an elected Board of Directors. In addition to establishing policy for the association, the Board provides direction to our managing staff and is also responsible for representing the industry-related concerns of our members within their provincial region.

Ontario is divided into 13 different Regional Tourism Organizations. To reflect these regions, we have a Board Member representing tourism businesses in each of these regional boundaries. Where we are unable to find a Board Member from one of these regions, a Director at Large can be appointed. Directors serve a term of 3 years, with no limit on the number of terms that they can serve. Directors at Large are appointed for one year.

The 2016-17 Board of Directors are:

Region 1 Doug Beatty, Daylight Solutions
Region 1 Lynette Bain, Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island
Region  2 David Adames, Niagara Parks Commission
Region  3 Garth Potruff, Grand River Rafting
Region  4 Nicole Cooke, Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory
Region 5 Krista Kalbfleisch, CN Tower
Region  5 Ryan Vande Vooren, Glow Zone 360
Region  6 Tamara Russell, Central Counties
Region  7 Jason Rizzuti, Go Tours Canada
Region  8 Valerie Kent, Cavan Art Academy & Gallery
Region  9 Kathrine Christensen, 1000 Islands Accommodation Partners
Region  10 Helene Donaldson, National Gallery of Canada
Region  11 Open
Region  12 Open
Region  13 Open
Region  13 Guy Lamarche, City of Timmins
Region  13 Open

DMO Member Representatives

Ian McMillan, Tourism Sault Ste Marie
Minto Schneider, Waterloo Regional Tourism Marketing Corporation

Directors at Large

Anne Marie Forcier, Rideau Tours
Kim Haider, Toronto Zoo
Louise Jackson, Hardwood Ski and Bike

The 2016-17 Executive Committee is:

Chair: Kathrine Christensen, 1000 Islands Accommodation Partners
Vice Chair: David Adames, Niagara Parks Commission
Secretary: Krista Kalbfleisch, CN Tower

Past Chair: Tamara Russell, Central Counties

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wed27apr - 27junAll DayArrivals & Departures: The CPR in Grey County(All Day) Grey Roots Museum & Archives, 102599 Grey Road 18, RR 4, Owen Sound, ONRegion:Georgian Bay/Muskoka

sat28may - 30sepAll DayRon Benner, Trans/mission: 101(All Day) Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 101 Queen St N, Kitchener ON Region:Southwestern Ontario

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28 May 2016 – Fall 2017

Curated by Crystal Mowry

Equal parts activist and artist, Ron Benner combines photography and installation, often in the form of site-specific installation. Through these means, Benner reflects on the histories of oppression that intersect with the corporatization of our food sources. Central to Benner’s work is the concept of the vector. In mathematics, a vector is understood to be a precise point along a direct path. In biology, however, a vector is a living organism that carries and transmits disease.

In Trans/mission: 101, Benner invites us to see the potential for education in our immediate environs. The 101 of its title is both a reference to the Gallery’s address and a colloquial short-hand for an introductory lesson. Situated on the Centre In The Square’s exterior grounds along Queen St. North, Trans/mission: 101 is composed of three garden beds in the shape of the aforementioned numerals. Photographic images that connect us to other geographies are interspersed with various ornamental plants, including different varieties of maize. Frequently found in Benner’s gardens, maize has been cultivated in the Americas by Indigenous farmers for thousands of years. It is a crop with limitless possibilities; it can be found as an ingredient in processed foods, used medicinally, and processed as a fuel. Its history as an entirely human-dependent crop, its export with the advent of colonialist encounter, and its radical alteration through genetic modification contribute to the symbolic value that maize brings to Benner’s work. One can’t help by ponder how little we know about food and water and the other things that sustain us. What have we risked in the name of industry? What have we lost?

All gardens need attention. By thriving, a garden communicates our attentiveness and willingness to prioritize its wellbeing. Its neglect is just as telling. In Benner’s work we are reminded that localized knowledge is inextricably linked to global issues.

Trans/mission: 101 is presented in concert with CAFKA 16 (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area) and will remain visible through Fall of 2017. KWAG will host a corn roast with Ron Benner for our Open House on 16 July. Be sure to return on the evening of 16 September when Benner will be giving an artist talk in concert with the opening of our fall exhibition.

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May 28 (Saturday) - September 30 (Saturday)

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Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery

101 Queen St N, Kitchener ON

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Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery519-579-5860 x 100 101 Queen St N, Kitchener ON

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mon9jan - 31decAll DayShop and Stay Getaway!Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre(All Day) Vaughan Mills, 1 Bass Pro Mills Dr, Vaughan, ONRegion:Greater Toronto & Hamilton