Chapter Chair: Darrel Wade, Farm Life Financial
705-775-8000
darrell@farmlifefinacial.ca
- Company: BDO Canada LLPAn Assurance and Accounting partner at BDO, Karen has 15 years of experience in the field. Her prime area of expertise is in serving small and medium-sized owner-managed businesses as well as credit unions. Karen also serves non-profit organizations, assisting with both ASNPO and PSAB reporting, and is an experienced reviewer of International Financial Reporting Standards. Karen is passionate about Read more...
- Company: JD Burns & AssociatesSpecializing: Farm financials and taxation since 1976. Member: APAT Canada Read more...
- Company: Allied Associates LLP, Chartered Professional AccountantsLeonard is the Accounting Advisor in Durham Region for Allied Associates LLP, a position he assumed in 2008. Leonard was raised on the family farm in Leamington and is a graduate of the University of Windsor in Business Administration as well as Science graduate of the University of Waterloo. He worked in public accounting for 10 years before joining Allied Read more...
- Company: BDO Canada LLPMatt has over ten years of experience as a tax specialist. As a partner at BDO, he provides specialized tax services to individuals, corporations and trusts. He has also provided tax services to private sector enterprises, including personal and corporate income tax planning, aboriginal services, SR&ED tax credit claims and succession and estate planning. Member: CPA Ontario Read more...
- Sarah Jacob has been practicing law since 1985: eleven years in Northumberland County and previously with farmers in the Thunder Bay area. SMM Law works with many farm families in Northumberland County and provides expertise in the areas of Estate Planning, Estates Law, Real Estate and Corporate and Commercial Law. Sarah has worked with farm families for 12 years in Read more...
- Company: Staples & Swain Professional CorporationBorn and raised on a farm just east of Lindsay, Heather Richardson (nee McCrae) joined Staples & Swain as an associate in 2007, following the completion of her articles with a downtown Toronto law firm. Heather joined the partnership of Staples & Swain Professional Corporation in the spring of 2009 and stepped into the role of managing lawyer at the Read more...
- Company: Ascend LLPDan began his accounting career in 1990 working in Lindsay Ontario during his University Co-op work terms. Graduating from the University of Waterloo in 1994 he continued his development to receive his CGA designation in 1997. Born and raised on the family farm in central Ontario, he learned his strong work ethic and importance of family and friends from his Read more...
- Company: Baker Tilly Canada KNDAccountant: tax, agriculture Member: CPA Ontario Read more...
- Company: Allied Associates LLP, Chartered Professional AccountantsWilling to do Public Speaking?: YesBryan joined Allied Associates LLP in 1996 as Accounting Advisor in the Peterborough area. He was raised in rural Oxford County in Southwestern Ontario and has lived with his family in the Peterborough area since 1981. Bryan graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1991 with his Bachelor of Mathematics degree and obtained his Chartered Accountant (CA) designation in 1992. Read more...
- Company: Fox Law Professional CorporationI am a partner/lawyer at Fox Law, a firm that services clients from Peterborough and the surrounding area in matters of business law, real estate, estate planning and administration. Before joining Fox Law, I articled at a Bay Street law firm in Toronto where I worked with a team of lawyers on litigation, corporate and real estate matters. During my Read more...
- Company: Commonwell Mutual Insurance GroupWilling to do Public Speaking?: YesPublic Speaking Topics:
Liability Concerns Associated with Agri-business
Insuring the Business of Farming - Outbuildings, Livestock, Crops, Produce, Agri-tourism
Understanding Agriculture - Influencers and Disrupters
Understanding Agriculture - currently developing a series of seminars to cover topics: Livestock, Cash Crop, Agri-business etc.
Farm Land Clearing - The Environmentally Friendly Method that will increase land base and preserve wildlifeI am deeply rooted in the agriculture community. My husband and I live on a 100 acre cash crop/beef cow-calf farm and rent an additional 200 acres for crops. Our 3 adult children are all involved in the agricultural industry. My husband, along with one of our sons, does custom farming ranging from planting, cutting, baling and wrapping to also Read more... - Company: Farm LifeWilling to do Public Speaking?: YesPublic Speaking Topics:
Family Communication
Family Farm Leadership
Continuity of the Family FarmDarrell Wade grew up on his family farm in Southern Ontario. This was until the year 2000 and the sudden loss of his father and his family faced the consequences of the right things not being planned for on his family farm. His father, like so many farmers today, didn’t take the time to plan for the “what ifs” with Read more...
