Mr. Collin Bourgeois

Administrator - Sturgeon Falls (Ontario)

A native of Timmins, Ontario, Mr. Bourgeois graduated from Toronto’s Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology in funeral service education.

Since October 2005, Mr. Bourgeois has been the owner and funeral director of the Bourgeois funeral home in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. From 1985 to 2006, he was funeral director at the Co-operative Funeral Home, Sudbury District.

Over the past few years, he has received numerous awards: the Prix du Mérite Leadership coopératif 2005 from the Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario (CCO) at its annual general meeting in June 2005 in Ottawa; the Mérite de la Francophonie 2005 from Richelieu International in March 2005 at the Embassy of France in Ottawa; the John Grasby Award for volunteer of the year from the United Way in February 2005 in Sudbury, Ontario; and the Grégoire Pagé Award at Richelieu International’s annual conference in October 2004 in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. In 2008, Mr. Bourgeois was awarded the Trille de Platine by the Fédération des aînés francophones de l’Ontario (FAFO) for outstanding service to Ontario’s Francophone community.

In addition, he has sat on the following boards of directors and committees:

2007

• Elected vice-chair of the board of directors of the Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité de l’Ontario (RDÉE Ontario)
• Founding president of the Centre de santé communautaire du Nipissing-Ouest

2006   

• Elected mayor of the Municipality of French River
• Director, board of directors of Nipissing-West General Hospital
• Vice-chair of the board of directors of RDÉE Ontario

2005

• Elected vice-chair of the board of directors of Richelieu International
  (The Richelieu international conference will be held in Sudbury in October 2008.)

2004

• Chair of the board of directors of RDÉE Ontario (third mandate)
• Councillor of the Municipality of French River
• Representative for northern Ontario in the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario

2003

• Chair of the board of directors for the United Way in the greater Sudbury area
• Chair of the board of directors of RDÉE Ontario (second mandate)
• Councillor of the Municipality of French River
• Representative for northern Ontario in the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario

2002

• Chair of United Way’s board of directors
• Co-chair of the 2002 United Way campaign
• Chair of the board of directors of RDÉE Ontario (first mandate)
• Director, board of directors of the CCO
• Councillor of the Municipality of French River

2001

• Governor of Middle North, Club Richelieu
• Co-chair of the United Way campaign
• Director, board of directors of the CCO
• Councillor of the Municipality of French River