Meet the Rural Connectivity Task Force
Meet the Rural Connectivity Task Force
Jeremy Welter, Task Force Chair
Jeremy Welter was born in the area and raised on the family farm near Kerrobert. He is a fourth-generation farmer, a husband, a father and a small business owner.
Welter has served as the APAS representative for the RM of Mariposa since 2013, and in addition to serving on the APAS Board of Directors for District Six, has also served as chairperson for the association’s Economics & Trade committee.
Jeremy Welter, Task Force Chair
Jeremy Welter was born in the area and raised on the family farm near Kerrobert. He is a fourth-generation farmer, a husband, a father and a small business owner.
Welter has served as the APAS representative for the RM of Mariposa since 2013, and in addition to serving on the APAS Board of Directors for District Six, has also served as chairperson for the association’s Economics & Trade committee.
Ian Boxall
Ian Boxall is the fourth generation to live on the home quarter that was homesteaded in 1904 by his great grandfather. Ian and his wife Lisa, together with his brother and sister-in-law, farm mixed grains, oilseeds and pulses in the Tisdale area.
Ian was elected councillor for division 3 of the RM of Connaught #457 in 2012. As a councillor, Ian sits on the Tisdale Health Trust committee and the Tisdale volunteer fire department. Ian went through the Youth Leadership and Mentorship program with APAS and in the spring of 2015 became the representative for the RM of Connaught. In December 2015 Ian was elected to the APAS Board of Directors and in 2016 elected as a Vice President. Ian sits on the Crops and Transportation, and Young Producers policy committees.
Bev Pirio
Bev Pirio is a mother, wife, farmer, and the APAS Representative for the RM of Laurier. Bev is an active community member in Radville, acting as the Deputy Reeve and Division 5 Councillor for her RM, and as a Committee member for her local hospital Board.
Bev joined APAS as a Rep in 2016, and is currently a member of the APAS Rural Life Committee. She has previously served on the APAS Crops and Transportation Committee.
Bev Pirio
Bev Pirio is a mother, wife, farmer, and the APAS Representative for the RM of Laurier. Bev is an active community member in Radville, acting as the Deputy Reeve and Division 5 Councillor for her RM, and as a Committee member for her local hospital Board.
Bev joined APAS as a Rep in 2016, and is currently a member of the APAS Rural Life Committee. She has previously served on the APAS Crops and Transportation Committee.
Bill Prybylski
Bill Prybylski grew up on the family’s mixed farm in the Willowbrook area west of Yorkton. Along with his son, his brother and two nephews, they crop 11,000 acres of grains, oilseeds and pulses and run a 300 head commercial cow/calf herd. Bill has four children all of whom are involved in agriculture to some degree.
Bill served on RM of Garry #245 council for 10 years and in 2015 was appointed as APAS Representative. He sits on the Economic and Trade Committee and the Governance Committee. At the 2017 AGM he was elected as a Director for District 4, and in 2018 was elected to the position of APAS Vice President.
Bill is very involved in his community having coached his kids in hockey and baseball. He has sat on the District 12 ADD Board and the East Central Research Foundation Board. Currently, he sits on the Board of Directors for the Yorkton Co-op. Bill is also very involved with the Knights of Columbus and sits on his Church’s Parish Council.
Paige Stewart
Paige Stewart is a young farmer based out of Fillmore, SK where she is a partner in grain operation with her family. Paige was raised in Manitoba and completed a degree in Conflict Management at the University of Winnipeg before entering the agriculture field.
Paige is currently the Area Business Manager for Falco, an arm of a biotech company.
Paige also recently completed the APAS Youth Leadership and Mentorship Program in 2019. She currently co-chairs the APAS Young Agricultural Producers Committee.
Paige Stewart
Paige Stewart is a young farmer based out of Fillmore, SK where she is a partner in grain operation with her family.
Paige was raised in Manitoba and completed a degree in Conflict Management at the University of Winnipeg before entering the agriculture field.
Paige is currently the Area Business Manager for Falco, an arm of a biotech company.
Paige also recently completed the APAS Youth Leadership and Mentorship Program in 2019. She currently co-chairs the APAS Young Agricultural Producers Committee.
Background
APAS has been working on the issue of Rural Connectivity since 2019. Find out more about our work.
Final Report
Learn about the recommendations of the Rural Connectivity Task Force.
Get Involved
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