Nancy Orr & Associates
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Involvement & RecognitioN

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Professional Recognition & Community Involvement

  • United Housing, regional non-profit housing initiative, Advisory Committee Member

  • Economic Developers Association of Canada, Member 

  • Stratford & District Chamber of Commerce, Member, Board of Directors

  • Canadian Centre for Rural Creativity – Rural Talks to Rural R2R Conference, speaker & volunteer.

  • Stratford Town and Gown Advisory Committee (City of Stratford and the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus)

  • The Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth, Board of Directors; Stratford Advisory Council.

  • Stratford & Area Builders Association, Board of Directors.  City Liaison Committee Chair. 

  • Stratford Perth Community Foundation, Past Chair Board of Directors. 

  • Junior Achievement of Canada – Grade 7 & 8 Dollars with Sense and Economics for Success, volunteer facilitator. 

  • Stratford and Area Builders’ Association Awards of Distinction – Recipient of the Most Outstanding Contribution to the Community & Area.

  • Stratford & District Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards – Personal Excellence Nominee.

  • Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association, Social Member of the Kitchener Waterloo Chapter and London Chapter. 

  • Co-authored monthly technical articles for relevant insurance industry publications.

  • Canadian Dairy XPO – inaugural Steering Committee; Event Volunteer.

  • Lambton College, Vice Chair; chair of the programs and services committee. 

Academic Achievements

  • M.Sc., 2022, Capacity Development & Extension with a research focus on housing affordability in non-metropolitan areas, University of Guelph School of Environmental Design & Rural Development.

  • OMAFRA – Business Retention + Expansion Part 1 and 2.

  • University of Waterloo, Economic Development Certificate.

  • Insurance Institute, General Insurance Essentials GIE Level I.

  • Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists.

  • Office Health and Safety Representative, JHSC Level 1 Certification.

  • Terrain and Water Technician, 1994, (Honours), Sir Sandford Fleming College, Lindsay, Ontario.

  • B.Sc., 1992, Environmental and Resource Science, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.