The Canadian Canoe Museum held its annual general meeting last night (April 25) and welcomed three new members to its Board of Directors.
The new board members are Dr. Jenny Ingram, Vicky Grant, and Kevin Malone (see bios below). The museum also announced that Wendy Cecil and Vicky Martins have retired from the board.
Board and staff members also shared the museum’s highlights from 2017 with meeting attendees.
“The museum has come a long way, and for this, we have an array of steadfast supporters and staff members to thank,” said the museum’s executive director Carolyn Hyslop. “Whether we’re looking back, or looking ahead, it’s clear that our supporters are the lifeblood of our organization. Our community of contributors pulls together.”
A key element of the annual general meeting was progress on the new museum facility to be built at the Peterborough Lift Lock on the Trent-Severn Waterway, including an update on the $65 million capital campaign.
“We received foundational financial support from leadership donors as well as the County of Peterborough, the City of Peterborough, the Government of Ontario and the Government of Canada,” said board chair John Ronson. “We couldn’t be more grateful. While we have much more work to do to reach our campaign goal, we are well on our way.”
New Board Members
The three new board members of The Canadian Canoe Museum: Dr. Jenny Ingram, Vicky Grant, and Kevin Malone.
Dr. Jenny Ingram
Dr. Jenny Ingram is a specialist in internal and geriatric medicine In Peterborough. She is the founder and principal investigator at the Kawartha Regional Memory Clinic, a specialty geriatric and clinical research facility. Jenny is also the founding chair of both the Peterborough Council on Aging and the Peterborough Chapter of Osteoporosis Canada.
In 2016, Ingram received the Irma M. Parhad Award for Excellence from the Consortium of Canadian Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research, and the Glenn Sawyer Service Award from the Ontario Medical Association for outstanding contributions to the medical profession and the community.
Vicky Grant
Vicky Grant is from the Loon Clan, Teme-Augama Anishnabai Qway (Deep Water Woman), whose traditional territory is the Temagami area in northern Ontario. She is a Status Indian registered as a member of the Temagami First Nation, a status given to her through Canada’s Indian Act.
Grant says her most important roles in life are those of wife, mother, and grandmother. In her work and in her volunteer activities throughout her career, always with a passionate voice, Grant has always been and continues to be an advocate for more robust Indigenous engagement. She has served on boards for a number of foundations locally, provincially, and nationally, including as chair of the Board of Directors for Community Foundations of Canada.
Kevin Malone
Kevin Malone is Managing Director of BMO Private Banking with BMO Financial Group. With many years of experience serving corporate, ultra and high net worth clients, Malone n and his team work with wealthy Canadian families and assist in managing their complex wealth management needs. He has an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from Queen’s University, and a certificate from the Sauder School of Business Family Enterprise Advisor Program, University of British Columbia.
Malone is active in the community, including as a trustee of Lakefield College School, a director and past president of Duke of Edinburgh Award Program’s National Board, and has served on the fundraising committees for a number of not-for-profit organizations including Nature Conservancy of Canada, Stratford Express, and Dixon Hall. He is a recipient of Her Majesty the Queen Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) and Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012).
