Group: 1st Niverville
Section: Scouts
Number of years as a Scouter: 1 year
One Mission-impacting Scouts Canada Team
Scouts Canada’s vibrant community extends across the country. Youth from all provinces benefit from the great adventure of Scouting. The Key 3 management model helps Scouts Canada to maintain and expand the reach of our program. That is, youth, volunteers and staff provide leadership at every level of Scouts Canada, from Sections to the National Council, ensuring an inclusive approach to growing the Scout Movement in Canada. By incorporating all involved, we can build an engaged team committed to our Mission.
Dedicated Scouters making an impact across Canada
It is due to the hard work of our Scouters that we see our Vision of Canadian youth making a meaningful contribution to creating a better world come to fruition. Every year Scouters across the nation go above and beyond to ensure youth have great, safe adventures, while also developing into confident, capable individuals.
Youth have experienced countless Scouting firsts because of Scouters' commitment and passion for the program. Thanks to our Scouters, youth across Canada have the opportunity to grow, to challenge themselves and to experience incredible adventures that they will only find at Scouts.
Each year, our Scouters collectively donate over two million hours of their time to ensuring that youth across Canada have access to great, safe Scouting experiences. This year, Scouts Canada was honoured to recognize many Scouters and youth for their contribution to well-rounded youth development.
Commendations = 51,957
Outstanding Service Medals = 5,392
Gallantry and Fortitude = 31
Meritorious Conduct = 21
Jack Cornwell Decoration = 24
50+ Years = 22
Long Service Medal = 449
Medal of the Maple = 86
Top Section = 1,221
Unified Operations
Scouts Canada has a consistent approach for its business operations that integrates Councils across the country. We’re continuing to build on this unified approach to strengthen services delivered to our members. 2017–2018 saw the creation of a national accounting system, enabling Councils across the country to share resources and provide a standard level of service to every region. This has improved the overall efficiency of Scouts Canada’s financial management process. MyScouts was also updated to ensure alignment with Scouts Canada’s Volunteer Screening Policy and The Canadian Path.
Board of Governors
The strategic direction of Scouts Canada is charted by the organization’s Board of Governors (BoG), which is made up entirely of volunteers except for the Executive Commissioner and CEO. Thank you to our 2017–2018 Board of Governors for its contributions to Scouting in Canada.
Richard Thomas
Chair of the Board
Abigail Ma
Vice-Chair, Finance
Adam Benson
Vice-Chair, Strategic
Steve Kent
Past Chief Commissioner & Chair of the Nominating Committee
John Estrella
National Commissioner
Caitlyn Piton
National Youth Commissioner & Chair of the National Youth Network
Andrew Price
Executive Commissioner & CEO
Mark Josselyn
Honorary Legal Counsel