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Christine Boyle is a second term Vancouver City Councillor with OneCity Vancouver. She has been a leading voice at her Council table on climate action, affordable housing, Reconciliation, and more.

Christine is a community organizer and an ordained United Church Minister, born and raised on unceded Coast Salish territory. She spent many years doing national multi-faith climate organizing, including efforts focused on divesting from fossil fuels and investing in building retrofits and clean energy.

Christine also worked at the Columbia Institute’s Centre for Civic Governance and supported the development of GreenJobs BC. And she spent many years working at First United Church in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, and supporting kids and families at Grandview/ ¿uuqinak’uuh Elementary School in East Vancouver.

She has a BSc in Urban Agriculture and First Nations Studies from UBC, and an MA in Religious Leadership for Social Change from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, and is raising two kids in East Van with her husband, Seth Klein.

Katrina Cristall is the Climate Action Officer for the City of Charlottetown. She holds an undergraduate degree in biology from Brandon University and completed her master’s degree in the health sciences at Queen’s University.

Her work with the City of Charlottetown has been broad in scope, spanning a wide range of climate-related topics. For example, she led the development of a Sustainable Procurement Action Plan for Charlottetown and is in the final stages of creating a Community Garden Framework to guide how the City supports community gardens. Most recently, she has been focused on the development of a Climate Action Plan for Charlottetown that will guide both adaptation and mitigation efforts. Katrina is passionate about community development and places it at the heart of her work.

Maude Marquis-Bissonnette is a professor of municipal management at the École nationale d'administration publique (ÉNAP), with a PhD in public policy from Carleton University. Her research interests include several aspects of municipal governance as well as intergovernmental collaboration.

Maude served as a city councillor for the city of Gatineau from 2017 to 2021. While on council, she led many initiatives, including the revision of urban planning bylaws for a greener and more sustainable city, the development of the city’s Climate Plan, an ambitious waste management plan, and the establishment of a round table on diversity and immigration. In 2021, she was elected leader of her political party (Action Gatineau) and finished second in the race for mayor.

Maude currently serves on the board of directors of the Centre de pédiatrie sociale de Gatineau, and acts as a consultant for local organizations and governments. She is a public speaker and frequently speaks in the media, notably since the winter of 2023 as a political analyst for Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau.

Meet Ines, a driven PhD student at the University of Saskatchewan's School of

Environment and Sustainability. Her passion lies in understanding computational

hydrological models and how they can be used to develop innovative strategies for

decision-making. With climate change continuing to impact hydrological processes

across the country, Ines seeks sustainable solutions through open collaboration - a

philosophy she lives by.

Ines has honed her skills by working with meteorological and nature conservation

agencies, where she has gained valuable experience in conducting economic water and climate risk assessments and exploring solutions based on nature for climate change

adaptation.

When Ines isn't busy with her studies, she can be found enjoying the simple pleasures

in life - bike rides, mindfulness practices, movie art, and delicious vegan food.

Her dedication to sustainability is genuinely inspiring, dedicating her positivity, learning

passion and discipline to promote Sustainability goals achievement.