Brian Edmison
Board Treasurer
Brian Edmison, born in Ottawa, obtained a BA degree from Queen’s University in 1967 and a Chartered Accounts degree with Pricewaterhouse, Toronto in 1970. In 1972, he joined a CA firm in Smithers BC, becoming a partner in 1977, and remains with that firm, now called Edmison Mehr, CAs. His public practice includes financial statement preparation for corporations, not-for-profit organizations and individuals, auditing government entities, Canadian and international taxation and property management.
In addition to public practice, Brian was a director and shareholder of RSF Energy, a Smithers-based company which for 19 years produced wood and gas fireplaces and stoves for international markets. He recently participated in the conception, fund raising and development of the multi purpose courts and climbing wall addition to the Smithers recreation centre.
Brian’s natural resource experience is both work- and general interest-related. In 1975 he joined a forestry advisory board and thereafter various environmental and resource management committees. He has traveled three times to hike in the Nepalese Himalayas and visited other countries with a focus on trekking in mountains. He sees the natural biodiversity of northwestern BC, the range of diverse intact ecosystems and the experience and expertise of the technicians and professionals of the Bulkley valley as an excellent opportunity to develop science based resource management. This underlies his excitement and support for the Bulkley Valley Centre for Natural Resources Research and Management.