An election will be held for Board of Directors positions in District 2 (Eastern) and District 3 (Northern) from June 7 to June 21, 2024. The successful candidates will begin serving a three-year term of office starting January 1, 2025.
If you are a registered optician interested in using your knowledge and skill in the interest of public protection, consider seeking a nomination.
As the governing body of the College, the Board of Directors is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment that is reflective of the diversity of its registrants and the patients that they serve. Eligible registrants from equity-deserving groups are encouraged to seek a nomination, including indigenous persons, racialized persons/ persons of colour, women LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities.
How do I seek nomination?
What skills and attributes make a great Board member?
Anyone seeking election to the board will be interviewed by a screening panel of the College’s Governance Committee. During the interview, candidates will be asked to demonstrate the following core competencies:
Thinking of running for election to the board but need more information?
To learn more about what is involved, join us for a virtual information session on April 10, 2024 from 12:15 to 1:00 pm. Hear first-hand from board directors and committee members on their experience and ask questions in real-time. Click here to register for the webinar.
DISTRICT | NAME | DISTRICT ENCOMPASSES |
MEMBER | TERM | NEXT ELECTION |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Southern |
The County of Brant, the City of Hamilton, the regional municipalities of Halton and Niagara and the counties of Haldimand and Norfolk, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time. |
P. Imola |
2024 -2026 |
2026 |
2 |
Eastern |
The City of Kawartha Lakes, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell, Stormount, Dundas and Glengarry, the regional municipality of Durham and the City of Ottawa, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time. |
D. Summers |
2022 - 2024 |
2024 |
3 |
Northern |
Territorial districts of Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Cochrane, Temiskaming, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Algoma, Manitoulin, and Muskoka, and the District of Sudbury, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time. |
K. Cloutier |
2022-2024 |
2024 (for 2025 – 2027) |
4 |
Western |
Counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron, Perth, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Kent and Essex, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time. |
T. Nahmabin |
2023-2025 |
2025 |
5 |
Toronto |
City of Toronto, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time. |
G. Sepczynska |
2024 -2026 | 2026 (for 2026 - 2028) |
6 |
Contact Lens Mentor |
Whole province of Ontario |
R. Vezina | 2023-2025 | 2025 (for 2026 - 2029) |
7 |
Central Western |
The counties of Dufferin and Wellington and the regional municipalities of Peel and Waterloo, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time. |
S. Modhera | 2023-2025 | 2025 (for 2026 - 2029) |
8 |
Central |
County of Simcoe and the Regional Municipality of York or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time. |
C. Pacheco |
2024 -2026 | 2026 (for 2026 - 2028) |