Who's Who

President	Kalvin Drake kalvin@cuc.ca	Don Heights, Mississauga (formerly South Peel), Northwest Toronto, Toronto First, Huronia, Neighbourhood, Peterborough, Durham	Bio
Vice-President	Jean Pfleiderer jean@cuc.ca	Quebec & Eastern Ontario: Kingston, Ottawa First, Ottawa Fellowship, North Hatley, Montreal, Lakeshore	Bio
Secretary	Glenda Butt glenda@cuc.ca	Atlantic Canada: Fredericton, Halifax, PEI, Saint John, Avalon (St. John’s, NL)	Bio
Treasurer	John ("Mich") Michelll mich@cuc.ca	Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer, Westwood	Bio
	Rev. Christine Hillman christine@cuc.ca	Guelph, Hamilton, London, Sarnia-Port Huron, Olinda, Niagara, Waterloo, Elora-Fergus, Windsor	Bio
	John Hopewell johnH@cuc.ca	Kamloops, Kelowna, Capital, Victoria, Nanaimo, Comox Valley, Salt Spring Island	Bio
Social Responsibility Liaison	Leslie Kemp leslie@cuc.ca	Vancouver, Beacon, North Shore, South Fraser	Bio
	Dr. Gary Groot gary@cuc.ca	Western Region: Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Thunder Bay	Bio
Youth Observer	Casey Stainsby youth@cuc.ca		Bio
*Ex Officio:* Executive Director	Jennifer Dickson jennifer@cuc.ca		Bio
Minister Observer	Rev. Jeff Brown Unitarian Congregation in Mississauga jeffrey.brown@utoronto.ca		Bio


Staff CUC Staff Covenant	Index

Click for Job Description	Name	email	telephone
Executive Director Position Description	Jennifer Dickson	jennifer@cuc.ca	416-489-4121	Bio Letters from Jennifer
Director of Congregational Services	Linda Thomson	linda@cuc.ca	905-332-3851 fax: 905-332-1736	Bio Messages from Linda
Director of Finance	Philip Strapp	phil@cuc.ca	416-489-4121	Bio Info Topics from Philip Strapp
Resource Development/fundraising	Kathleen Provost	kathleen@cuc.ca	416-489-4121	Bio
Director of Communications	Ben Wolff	ben@cuc.ca	416-489-4121	Bio
Congregational Services Officer for the West and British Columbia	Antonia Won	antonia@cuc.ca	416-489-4121
Congregational Services Officer for Canada's Central Region	Helen Armstrong	helen@cuc.ca	416-489-4121
Congregational Services Officer for Canada's Eastern Region	Kelly McDowell	kelly@cuc.ca	416-489-4121
Office and Database Administrator	Karen Claney	karen@cuc.ca	416-489-4121
Project Coordinator	Jorge Moreira	jorge@cuc.ca	416-489-4121
Youth/Young Adult Programmer	Ariel Hunt-Brondwin	ariel@cuc.ca	416-489-4121
Social Responsibility Administrative Support	Janet Vickers	janet@cuc.ca
Webweaver	Bert Christensen	webweaver@cuc.ca	416-284-8823	Bio

Nominating Committee

Region	Name	Congregation	Contact Information	Bio
BC Region	Rev. Wendy McNiven	UU Fellowship of Kamloops		bio
Western Region	Lorian Kennedy (Chair)	Westwood Unitarian Congregation		bio
BC/Western Region	Patience Towler	Unitarian Church of Vancouver		bio
Central Region	Doug Campbell	First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto		bio
Eastern Region	Vyda Ng	Individual Member		bio
Central/Eastern Region	Elizabeth Bowen	First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa		bio

Board Committees and Task Forces

Investment Committee Index

Lee Dickey First Unitarian Congregation of Waterloo

John Taylor Unitarian Church of Vancouver

Gunnar Sletmo Unitarian Church of Montreal

Rob Morrison Neighbourhood Unitarian Universalist Congregation Bio

John ("Mich") Michell       Unitarian Church of Calgary Treasurer Bio

Keith Baxter North Hatley, Quebec

Policy Advisory Committee Index

Kalvin Drake First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto Bio

Jean Pfleiderer Kingston Unitarian Fellowship Bio

Vyda Ng Avalon Unitarian Fellowship Bio

Gary Groot Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon Bio

John Hopewell First Unitarian Church of Victoria Bio

Jennifer Dickson Executive Director Bio

Committees (Staff Committees)

CUC Lay Chaplaincy Committee – West (BC & Western Regions) lcc-west@cuc.ca

Melynda Okulitch	Salt Spring Island	Comox Valley, Nanaimo, Capital, Beacon, Kamloops, Kelowna (6 congs)	bio
Meredith Simon, chair	UCCalgary	UCEdmonton, Westwood, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Lakehead (6 congs)	bio
Trish McGowan	Lakehead (Thunder Bay)	Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Arborg, UCCalgary (5 congs)	bio
Joy Silver	Beacon Unitarian	First Victoria, North Shore, South Fraser, UCVancouver, Salt Spring Island	bio
Rev. Jane Bramadat	First Unitarian Church of Victoria	Parish Ministers' liaison	bio

CUC Lay Chaplaincy Committee – East (Central & Eastern Regions) lcc-east@cuc.ca

Margo Rivera - Chair	Kingston	Lakeshore & Montreal; Ottawa (First & Fellowship); Halifax, Niagara	bio
Yvonne Greig	South Peel	Elora-Fergus; Guelph; Waterloo; Huronia; Northwest; Don Heights; Toronto First	bio
Barbara Jepson	Hamilton	Sarnia-Port Huron; Olinda; Windsor; London, Durham
Margaret Rao	Toronto First	Neighbourhood; Mississauga; Kingston; Hamilton and Peterborough	bio
Susan Stephen	Halifax	North Hatley, Fredericton, Avalon (St. John’s), Saint John, PEI	bio
Rev. Carole Martignacco	Parish Ministers' Liaison	Parish Ministers liaison	bio

Lay Chaplaincy Recommendations (2001) Review Task Force (appointed by CUC Board)

John Hopewell,	First Victoria	Chair
Reverend Debra Faulk	Don Heights, Toronto	UUMOC Rep.
Joy Silver	Beacon	CUC LCC Rep	bio
Rev. Katie Stein Sather (BC Region)		Board Liaison
Margo Rivera	Kingston UF	CUC Lay Chaplaincy East Rep.	bio
Linda Thomson Executive Director		Ex officio

Lay Chaplaincy Advisory Committee to the Executive Director

Rev. Jane Bramadat	First Victoria
Barbara Bowmar	Kelowna
Yvonne Greig	Mississauga
Kim Turner	Halifax
Vyda Ng	Avalon (St. John’s, NL)	Bio

*Theological Education Funds Committee*		Index
Debra Faulk	Don Heights Unitarian Congregation	Chair
Alastair Mont			bio
Rev Ray Drennan
Christine Hillman	Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda	Board rep	bio

Youth Ministry Leadership

Index

Canadian Advisory Youth Adult Committee (CAYAC)		Index
Hazel Gabe	First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa	YRUU Canadian at Large
Taliesin Herb	North Shore Unitarian Church	BC Region
Rose Roberts	Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship	Western Region
Andrew Pollock	UU Church of Saint John	Atlantic Region
Stephen A. McCavour	Unitarian Universalist Church of Saint John	Central/East (Adult)
Sean Neal Barron	Unitarian Church of Calgary	Youth Observer to the Board
Marissa Hill-Keast	First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa	Ontario and Quebec
Duff Bond	Unitarian Church of Calgary	Western/BC (Adult)	Bio
Annelise Iversen	UU Fellowship of Kamloops		Bio

BC Youth Adult Committee (BC YAC) Index

Keegan Graham Unitarian Church of Vancouver Member-at-Large

Jenna Oakley North Shore Unitarian Church Social Action Coordinator

Aaron Bannister First Unitarian Church of Victoria Treasurer

Taliesin Foley-Herb North Shore Unitarian Church CAYAC Representative

Anastasia Thorne First Unitarian Church of Victoria Newsletter Editor Bio

Casey Stainsby Unitarian Church of Vancouver Scribe Bio

Isobel Gibson-Flader Unitarian Church of Vancouver Co-Chair Bio

Yette Gram North Shore Unitarian Church Co-Chair Bio

Samaya Oakley North Shore Unitarian Church Regional Adult Bio

Radical Religious Youth Steering Committee (RRYSC) Index

David Groot Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon

Dorian Zaharia First UU Church of Winnipeg

Bryan Carroll Unitarian Congregation of Saskatoon

Rose Roberts Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship CAYAC rep

Jentry Jibben UC Edmonton

Ainsley “Cheesebad” Macpherson Westwood UC (Edmonton)

Gabrielle Lamoureux

UC Calgary

Jessica Reinikka Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship

Quebec/Ontario/Maritimes Youth Adult Committee (QuOM) Index

Marissa Hill-Keast First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa

Morgan Whalen First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Bio

Glynis Bateson First Unitarian Church of Hamilton

Neal den Hollander UC Mississauga Central Region Adult rep Bio

Chantal Pigeon First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Eastern Region Adult Rep

Youth Ministry Trainers Index

Sylvia Bass West Spirituality Development Bio

Asha Philar First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Spirituality Development

Samaya Oakley North Shore Unitarian Church Spirituality Development Bio

Tsuki Naka Unitarian Fellowship of Kelowna Leadership Development

Annelise Iversen UU Fellowship of Kamloops Leadership Development Bio

Dale Brydon First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto Leadership Development

Samantha Magnus Unitarian Church of Calgary Leadership Development

Laurel Newton North Shore Unitarian Church Leadership Development

Samaya Oakley North Shore Unitarian Church Leadership Development Bio

Tsuki Naka Unitarian Fellowship of Kelowna New Chaplain

Annelise Iversen UU Fellowship of Kamloops New Chaplain

Samaya Oakley North Shore Unitarian Church Basic Advisory Bio

Jenna Oakley North Shore Unitarian Church Basic Advisory

Christine Michell Unitarian Church of Calgary Basic Advisory Bio

Samaya Oakley North Shore Unitarian Church Advanced Advisory Bio

Christine Michell Unitarian Church of Calgary Groundworks Anti-Oppression Bio

Asha Philar First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Groundworks Anti-Oppression

Other Youth in Leadership Index

Christine Michell Unitarian Church of Calgary Continental Social Action Coordinator Bio

Annual Meeting Committees

Index

*Annual Conference Program Planning Committee*		Index
Sheila Laursen	Lakeshore Unitarian Congregation	Sessions Working Group
Jo-Anne Elder-Gomes	Unitarian Fellowship of Fredericton	Sessions Working Group	Bio
Joel Fox	Comox Valley	Young Adult Representative
Elizabeth Bowen	First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa	2008 Host Committee Chair and Liaison	Bio
Isobel Gibson-Flader	Unitarian Church of Vancouver	Youth Representative	Bio
Audrey O'Callaghan	Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa	2008 Liaison to Fellowship	Bio
Kellina Dyer	First Unitarian Church of Victoria	Young Adult Representative
Linda Thomson	CUC	ex officio	bio

Annual Conference and Meeting 2010 Host Committee –Victoria BC		Index
Liz and Mike Graham	Host Co-Chairs

CanUUdle X (2010) Staff Index

Micah Champagne First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto Co-Dean

Tamara Brown First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Co-Dean

Anastasia Thorne First Unitarian Church of Victoria Youth Chaplain

Tim Murphy UU Church of Indianapolis Adult Chaplain

Stephen Gabe First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Adult Coordinator

Slaine Sutherland First Unitarian Church of Victoria Logistics Coordinator

Nic Smith First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Leaders Coordinator

Keegan Graham Unitarian Church of Vancouver Community Captain

Kaleb McNeil UU Church of Saint John Special Events Coordinator

Sam Erlich First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto Worship Coordinator

Sean Barron First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa Worship Coordinator

Matt Gilbert First UU Church of Winnipeg Registrar

Lara Bannister First Unitarian Church of Victoria Mugbook
Coordinator

Joshua Zachariah First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto First Aid

Social Responsibility Monitoring Groups
Board Liason: Leslie Kemp leslie@cuc.ca

Index

*Environment Monitoring Group - environment@cuc.ca*		Index
Forrest Smith (Chair)	Victoria	BC Region	Bio
Karl Perrin	Unitarian Church of Vancouver	BC Region	Bio
Carolyn Garlich	Winnipeg	Western Region	Bio
Rev. Wendy McNiven	Kamloops	BC Region	Bio
Sharon Flatt	Saint John	Eastern Region	Bio
Karen Stevenson	Edmonton	Western Region	Bio
Margaret Insley	Kitchener/Waterloo	Ontario Region	Bio

*Globalization Monitoring Group - globalization@cuc.ca*		Index
Frances Deverell	UU Fellowship of Ottawa	Eastern Region	Bio
Open		Western Region
Open		BC Region
Sean Neil Barron	Unitarian Church of Calgary	Western Region; Youth	Bio

*Choice in Dying Monitoring Group - choice-in-dying@cuc.ca*		Index
Betty Donaldson (Chair)	Comox Valley Unitarian Fellowship	BC Region	Bio
Bob Hotrum	Kingston Unitarian Fellowship	Central Region
Open		Western Region
Open		Eastern Region
Open		Youth/Young Adult Representative

*Gender and Sexual Diversity Monitoring Group - queer@cuc.ca*		Index
Art Brewer (Chair)	First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto	Central Region	Bio
Jean Armstrong	First Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg	Welcoming Congregation Task Force; Board Liason	Bio
Gilles Marchildon	Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa	Eastern Region
Meg Gourlay	First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa	Vice-Chair; Eastern Region
Neal denHollander	UC Mississauga	Central Region	bio
Martin D’Amours	Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ottawa	Eastern Region
Dawn Barbeau	Unitarian Church of Vancouver	BC Region
Open		Youth/Young Adult Representative

*Economic Justice Monitoring Group - economic-justice@cuc.ca*		Index
Bob Manson	Lakehead Unitarian Fellowship (Thunder Bay)	Western Region	Bio
Leslie Kemp	Unitarian Church of Vancouver	BC Region
Mike Cassidy	First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa	Central Region
Najat Abdou-McFarland	UF Fredericton and Toronto First	Central Region; Young Adult	Bio
Open		Youth Representative
Susannah Cole	Unitarian Fellowship of Peterborough	Young Adult Representative; Eastern Region	Bio

*Peace Monitoring Group - peace@cuc.ca*		Index
Colin Read (Chair)	First Unitarian Congregation of Waterloo	Central Region	Bio
Elaine Harvey	Kingston Unitarian Fellowship	Eastern Region	Bio
Don McDiarmid	UU Fellowship of Ottawa	Eastern Region	Bio
Eryl Court	Toronto First	UU UNO Envoy Coordinator: Central Region	Bio
Karen Hobbs	Unitarian Church of Vancouver	BC Region	Bio
Christine Michell	Unitarian Church of Calgary	Western Region; Young Adult	Bio

Racial, Religious and First Nations, Metis and Inuit Equity and Justice - diversity@cuc.ca		Index
Rev. Jessica Purple Rodela (Chair)	First Unitarian Congregation of Waterloo	Central Region	Bio
Mac Elrod, Unitarian Minister (Retired)	Vancouver Island	BC Region	Bio
Diana Ng	South Fraser Unitarian Congregation	Lay Chaplain; BC Region	Bio
Asha Philar	First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa / Waterloo	Central Region; Young Adult
Paul Bramadat	Winnipeg	Western Region
Marya Nijland	First Unitarian Church of Victoria.	BC Region
Christine Michell	Unitarian Church of Calgary	Continental Social Action Coordinator - Youth	Bio
Eleanor Maticka-Tyndale	Unitarian Universalists of Windsor Region	Central Region; Beyond Categorical Thinking Program Trainer
Lorne Tyndale	Unitarian Universalists of Windsor Region	Central Region; Beyond Categorical Thinking Program Trainer
Keith Kron	Unitarian Universalist Association, Boston, Mass, USA	Director, Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Concerns
Elizabeth McGugan	First Victoria	BC Region

Democracy Monitoring Group - democracy@cuc.ca		Index
Philip Symons (Co-Chair)	First Unitarian Church of Victoria	BC Region	Bio
Ben Dolf (Co-Chair)	Capital Unitarian Universalist Congregation	BC Region
Sonya Ignatieff	First Unitarian Church of Victoria	BC Region
Bruce Krayenhoff	Unitarian Church of Vancouver	BC Region	Bio
Jeannie Corsi	Vancouver Unitarian Church	BC Region	Bio
Dr. Michael Welton	Vancouver Unitarian Church		Bio
Open		Central Region
Frances Deverell	UU Fellowship of Ottawa	Eastern Region	Bio

*Alternatives to Drug Prohibition Monitoring Group - drug-policy@cuc.ca*		Index
Rev. Mac Elrod (250) 474-3361.	First Unitarian Congregation of Victoria	BC Region	Bio
Elenor Smith	Unitarian Church of Edmonton	Western Region	Bio
Joop Schuyff (250) 388-4748	First Unitarian Congregation of Victoria	BC Region	Bio
Open		Central Region
Open		Eastern Region
Open		Youth/Young Adult Representative

Ministerial Search

*UUA Ministerial Settlement Representatives*		Index
Rev. Jane Bramadat	First Unitarian Church of Victoria	BC; Western	Bio
Rev. Ray Drennan		Eastern, Central	Bio

*UUA appointed Compensation Consultants for Canada*		Index
Bob Dobbs	First Unitarian Church of Victoria	BC Region	Bio
Barry Coburn	Ottawa	Eastern Region	Bio

Strategic Planning Initiative		Index
Jean Pfleiderer	Kingston Unitarian Fellowship	President (ex officio)	Bio
Kalvin Drake	First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto		Bio
Linda Thomson		CUC (ex officio)	Bio
Vyda Ng		Past President	Bio

CUC Presidents


Dates	Name	Congregation
2009	Kalvin Drake	First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto
2007-2009	Jean Pfleiderer	Kingston Unitarian Fellowship
2006	Vyda Ng	Avalon Unitarian Fellowship (St. John's, NL)
2004	Brian Kiely	Edmonton
2003-2004	Elizabeth Bowen	Ottawa
2001-2003	Mark Morrison-Reed	Toronto
1999	Kim Turner	Halifax
1997	John Hopewell	Victoria
1995	John Slattery	Coquitlam
1993	Stan Calder	Edmonton
1991	John Slattery	Coquitlam
1988	Herman Boerma	Saskatoon
1985	Elinor Knight	Guelph
1982	Ruth Patrick	Edmonton
1978	Brian Reid	Hamilton
1977	Jim Burrows	Ottawa
1975	Elaine Royer	Edmonton
1973	Bert Christensen	Toronto
1972	Clayton Peterson	Mississauga
1970	Mary Lu Macdonald	Montreal
1968	John May	Toronto
1967	Leonard Mason	Montreal
1965	David Pohl	Ottawa
1961	Rev. Charles Eddis	Montreal

UUA Trustee-at-Large from Canada

2000-02	Katie Stein Sather
1995	Herman Boerma
1987	Sheilah Thompson
1979	Bert Christensen
1971	John May

Earlier Canadian UUA Trustees

1967	Doris Dodds
1962	Angus Cameron
1961	Ed Ratcliffe