CRRF/FCRR AGM President’s Report November 2023

I couldn’t go, but continued to check out the newsletter and when I saw the next conference was in Saskatoon, I submitted a paper proposal (about a heritage project in Coronach, Saskatchewan, a town facing the closure of its coal mine and power plant). [...] And the rest is… It is now five years later and I could never have imagined on that October evening in Saskatoon that I would end up carrying the torch as president of the CRRF board, but here we are! CRRF has become a much bigger part of my life than I could have anticipated when I first joined the board. [...] In late 2022, CRRF was asked to join the Economic Equity Alliance, a group created by the Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce with funding from the Department of Women and Gender Equality to bring together organizations from across Canada representing the perspectives of underrepresented and marginalized entrepreneurs and the self-employed. [...] Kyle Rich, a former CRRF board member, led the charge on a SSHRC Connections grant (Northern Dialogues: Sustainable Livelihoods and Remoteness and in Northern and Rural Canada) to support both SORC and the upcoming CRRF conference in Whitehorse. [...] As I relinquish my role as president and move on to the ex-officio position as past-president, I am committed to smoothing the transition for our incoming president and ensuring that ongoing and in- process projects continue.