Membership:

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Benefits of TORC Membership:

• Receive special member rates for TORC Issue Forum events and Rural Development Conference
• Contribute to the only provincial organization to represent and engage all rural sectors
• Play a key role in helping to shape and influence rural policy, program and research development as we work towards a vibrant Ontario
• Capitalize on a unique and valuable opportunity to achieve corporate, community and business objectives through direct involvement and leadership roles in TORC events
• Build networks and foster partnerships with a diverse group of rural stakeholders
• Increase your business/organizational profile in the rural community while sharing best practices and intellectual capital
• Raise, discuss and recommend actions on critical emerging rural trends and issues
• Benefit from exposure to a unique multi-sector membership with representation ranging from grassroots to policymakers

TORC Members...

• support the mission and values of TORC
• share a commitment to working towards strong rural communities
• volunteer time and intellectual capital towards TORC initiatives, as decided upon by the membership
• engage in the process of helping to identify emerging rural issues, opportunities and research priorities that stand to benefit from TORC involvement
• provide decision-makers with a vital rural lens that helps shape and influence rural policy in Ontario
• promote and encourage participation in TORC public events
• communicate the work of TORC to rural stakeholders and networks

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  Meet Our Members

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  The key to TORC’s success rests with our cross-sector rural representation. The valued input and expertise represented below brings a collective strength to ALL our members:

  Sector: Economic & Infrastructure

  Barrett Xplore Inc.
  Bell Aliant
  Economic Developers Council of Ontario
  Greater Peterborough Area EDC
  LaCloche Manitoulin Business Assistance Corporation
  Nuclear Waste Management Organization
  Maddock Group Inc. (Doug Maddock)
  Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporations
  Ontario Co-operative Association

• Sector: Resource & Environmantal

  Centre for Applied Renewable Energy
  Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario
  Conservation Ontario
  Credit Valley Conservation Authority
  Ducks Unlimited Canada
  Ontario Federation of Agriculture
  Ontario Stewardship
  South Nation River Conservation Authority

  Sector: Community & Human Services

  4-H Ontario
  Administrators of Rural Urban Public Libraries of Ontario
  Association of Ontario Health Centres
  Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario
  Middlesex Hospital Alliance
  Rural Ontario Medical Program
  The Centre for Rural Leadership
  University of Guelph (School of Environmental Design & Rural Development)
  University of Western Ontario (Faculty of Health Sciences)
  Wise MOOVE Communications
  Your Wardsville Community Association

  Sector: Government

  County of Huron
  FedNor
  Municipality of West Elgin
  Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs
  Ontario Ministry of Transportation
  Rural Ontario Municipal Association
  Rural Secretariat – Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
  Township of Mapleton
  Township of Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield

  Sector: Individual Members*

  Suzanne Ainley
  Alpha Projects (Elinor Humphries)
  Wayne Caldwell
  Cesar Caneo
  Christine Dukelow
  Nichole Fraser MacDonald
  Robb MacDonald
  Jim Nubel
  Carolyn Pletsch
  Mary Robertson Lacroix
  Frances Shamley
  Elbert van Donkersgoed
  Jim Whaley
  Brenda Wilson
  
  * includes students and youth

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  Member Newsletter

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  TORC Newsletter - Spring 2008 Update
  
  TORC Newsletter - Fall 2006 Update

  TORC Newsletter - Summer 2006 Update

  TORC Newsletter - Winter 2006 Update (224kb pdf)

  TORC Newsletter - Fall Update 2005 (220kb pdf)

   

  Sign-up to Become a Member Today

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  Simply download and fill in the following TORC Member Information and Application Form, and then either mail it in or fax it off to us today:

  TORC Membership Application

  Please note updated Membership Fees:
  

  Membership Categories               2009/2010 Fee Schedule

  Student or Youth (< 30 years):                     $26.00
  Individual:                                                       $106.00
  Regional / Local Community Organizations
  / Municipal Government:                               $106.00
  Provincial Organizations / Associations:    $530.00
  Private / Corporate Sector:                          $106.00
  (< 50 employees)
  Private / Corporate Sector:                          $938.00                                 
  (> 50 employees)
  Government (Federal Departments,
  Provincial Ministries, Regional Government):        $938.00

  Mailing Address:

  The Ontario Rural Council (TORC)
  Ontario AgriCentre
  100 Stone Road West, Suite 109
  Guelph, Ontario, N1G 5L3
  ATTN: Membership

  Fax: (519) 826- 3408

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  The Ontario Rural Council
  Ontario AgriCentre
  100 Stone Road West, Suite 109
  Guelph, Ontario Canada N1G 5L3
  T 519.826.4128, F 519.826.3408
  E tell-me-more@torc.on.ca