About Us.

Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Climate Leadership Plan Steering Committee
We face an urgent moment in the struggle to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Motivated by this context, three Vancouver Island Mayors have convened an ad-hoc group (Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Climate Leadership Plan Steering Committee, VICC-CLP Steering Committee for short) which includes representatives from each of the regional districts on the island and Sunshine Coast, and researchers from the University of Victoria. Together we aim to produce a plan that will catalyze climate mitigation and adaptation throughout the region. 

Co-Chairs of the Steering Committee

Mayor
​Lisa Helps
Victoria

Mayor
​Michelle Staples
​​Duncan

Mayor - transitioning - to - MLA Josie Osborne
Tofino

In our Steering Committee, there are Elected Representatives from:

  • Capital Regional District
  • Nanaimo Regional District
  • Cowichan Valley Regional District
  • Comox Valley Regional District
  • Islands Trust
  • Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
  • Strathcona Regional District
  • Mount Waddington Regional District
  • ​qathet Regional District
  • The Sunshine Coast Regional District.

We also work closely with Researchers at the University of Victoria:

  • Dr. Astrid Brousselle (Public Administration)
  • Dr. Kara Shaw (Environmental Studies)
  • Dr. Katya Rhodes (Public Administration)
  • Dr. Tamara Krawchenko (Public Administration)
  • Dr. Tara Ney (Public Administration)
  • Kimberly Harrison (Research Assistant)
  • Katherine Pearce (Research Assistant)
  • Catriona Mallows (Project Assistant).

 Territorial Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Region is located upon the traditional unceded territories of many different Indigenous peoples. 
Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Climate Leadership Plan