On Saturday December 6th Boxing Canada held it’s 2025 Annual General Meeting

 

Background: Boxing Canada’s legal “members” are the provincial boxing organizations (or Provincial / Territorial Sport Organizations – PTSOs). Each of those organizations have members, who Boxing Canada legally classifies as “registered participants”. Each PTSO is invited to have two representatives at the AGM, but all registered participants are encouraged to sit in.

 

 

Here is a quick recap:

Opening Remarked by President Ryan O’Shea highlighted current governance model, pending bylaw changes, and the increased frequency of operational update meetings for our participants. He praised the success of the recent 2025 Elite Nationals in Winnipeg and of the World Championships Team. He also noted upcoming new additions to Boxing Canada with Para/Adaptive boxing on the horizon and the expected completion of the strategic plan in early 2026.

Minutes were approved from the previous AGM.

Audited financial statements were presented by Isabelle Renauld of MNP. These statements were then approved by the members.

Operational Reports were tabled by Executive Director Christopher Lindsay.

1. Executive Director Report BIL / Rapport du directeur exécutif BIL
2. 2025 HP Season Review Report BIL / Rapport de bilan de la saison 2025 HP BIL
3. 2025-26 Operational Plan BIL / Plan opérationnel 2025-26 BIL
4. 2028 Hosting Plan BIL / 2028 Plan d’hébergement BIL
5. 2032 HP Plan BIL / 2032 Plan HP BIL

Two bylaw amendments were approved. The first was to amend the Board Election system to protect gender representation. The new process ensures Men and Women will be represented by at least 40% of board positions. The other bylaw change creates two Athlete Director positions. This change will go into effect for the next AGM, but the Board will use existing powers to place two interim Athlete Directors on the Board until AGM 2026. These interim positions will also be tasked with formalizing the process for Athlete Director nominations.

The next business was the filling of the two board terms ending at this AGM. Ryan O’Shea’s director at large position and Andre Deroches’s director Quebec position were complete and we thank them for their years of service. For the Director Quebec position only a single candidate was submitted, so Danielle Bouchard was acclaimed to the role. Congratulations Danielle! For the Director At Large position Ryan O’Shea was nominated along side David Johnson. Ryan O’Shea was elected by the members using the weighted ballot system described in the bylaws. Following the vote the ballots were destroyed.

The remainder of the meeting was taken with brief updates on the Canadian Sport Governance Code, a thank you to the 2025’s outgoing Provincial Presidents (Jessica Sparrow, Mehran Bagdie, Marlo Pritchard, and Jennifer Ogg), and a report from Ontario about the success of their 90-days of membership before competition rule.

Full minutes of the meeting are available here

 

 

Posted on: December 12, 2025