Adriane Carr is one of Canada’s most successful and best known Green politicians. In 1983 she co-founded the Green Party of British Columbia, North America’s first Green Party.
Elected as its leader from 2000 to 2006, she became the first Green leader in North America to be included in televised leaders’ debates. From 2000 to 2006, Carr led the BC Green Party through two elections and to its best ever results. On every issue, Carr presented feasible alternative solutions. She is credited with helping establish the Green Party as a mainstream force in BC politics.
Adriane Carr is the current candidate for the federal Green Party in Vancouver Centre. She has dedicated her life to working for a healthy, sustainable and just society.
Passionate about creating positive change in the world, Carrie Gallant devoted ten years of her early career to the Ontario Pay Equity Commission, first as a mediator-adjudicator, then as Chief Legal Counsel. Having observed the powerful difference legislation can make in many women’s lives by shifting gender inequities in pay systems, Carrie also discovered that profound and lasting change occurs when women are empowered to create positive changes in their own lives. A current theme of Carrie’s work is empowering women to create positive change in their worlds through mastering the art of negotiating and influencing, authentically and with integrity.
Carrie left Toronto in June 2001 for the beauty and outdoor life in Vancouver, and to become Director of the conflict resolution program at the Justice Institute of BC. After leaving there to launch her consulting business, Gallant Solutions Inc., Carrie continues to provide mediation, facilitation, coaching and negotiation consulting services to a wide variety of private and public sector organizations, nationally and internationally. An adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law, where she has taught both Negotiation and Mediation Advocacy, Carrie is also a frequent speaker and facilitator at conferences throughout North America. She likes to blend her creative side by incorporating improvisational and forum theatre techniques into her work. A highlight has been her role as Legal Consultant for Headlines Theatre’s historic 2004 legislative theatre project, Practicing Democracy, including presenting the audiences’ recommendations to Vancouver City Council with Artistic Director, David Diamond.
Her current community involvement includes: Vice President of CoRe Conflict Resolution Society; Advisory Board member for the Young Women in Business; and Mentor with both the Advancing Women Leaders program with Women in Leadership Foundation, and the Connect to Success program with the Vancouver YWCA.
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones was first elected Mayor in West Vancouver in November 2005 after serving for one term as Councillor. She was re-elected in November 2008.
Pam was born and raised in West Vancouver where her family has lived for over 100 years. She attended the University of British Columbia and earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Political Science, where she focused on local government.
She is an innovative leader who sets high standards for open government based on her passion for how citizens shape democratic institutions and public policy. She serves on the Mayors’ Council for TransLink, is a Director of Metro Vancouver and E-Comm Boards, and volunteers with non-partisan groups such as Equal Voice, Canadian Women in Communications, The Minerva Foundation and Nite of Hope.
Pam has been married for 26 years and has three children who attend BCIT, Emily Carr University of Art and Design and the University of Victoria.
Stephen Irving is a freelance communications strategist and project manager with significant experience in social media marketing and digital public relations.
Stephen’s interests lie in the intersection of communications and technology, and ways that these tools can be used to create political engagement and change. Stephen also orgranizes a series of grassroots political salons in East Vancouver aimed at creating awareness and agency in Canada’s political processes. Past clients include Reece Terris, No Barriers Photography, the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, The Global Youth Assembly (GYA) 2011, the City of Vancouver’s Heritage Group, and the Ontario Ministry of Culture.
Stephen Irving holds a MA from Carleton University’s School of Canadian Studies and a BA from the University of British Columbia.
Andrea Reimer is a first-time Vancouver City Councillor. She previously served as a Vancouver School Trustee (2002-2005), the first to be elected in Canada under the Green Party banner and one of the first elected officials in the country to maintain a blog while in public office.
No stranger to the backrooms, Andrea has served as the communication director for the BC Green Party (2001 provincial election), was a long time chair of the Vancouver Green Party, and co-chaired Gregor Robertson’s successful campaign for the Vision Vancouver mayoral nomination.
Andrea is the former Executive Director of the Wilderness Committee and has volunteered with many community organizations including serving as past President of the Canadian Women Voters Congress.
Rikia Saddy has more than 15 years experience advising Canadian, American and European companies on key positioning and strategic communications issues.
Before founding Rikia Saddy Strategy, Rikia worked on hundreds of new business pitches, advertising and P.R.campaigns, and strategic re-positioning projects for clients at Backer Spielvogel Bates New York, BBDO Vancouver, and the Koo Creative Group. Across a broad array of clients she has continued to bring an entrepreneurial focus to business objectives of companies worldwide. Since 2004, Rikia has been active in the political arena, advising election and leadership campaigns at the civic, provincial and federal level.
Rikia provides expertise to not-for-profit organizations including the Vancouver Opera, Mortal Coil Performance Society, Global Youth Assembly, and others.
Kristy Wawryk was educated at the University of Akron’s Ray Bliss Institute, where she obtained a Masters Degree in Applied Politics. As a campaign professional she has worked on over 30 political campaigns in Canada and the United States including: Presidential, Senate and Congressional races, recounts, as well as numerous municipal and local campaigns. Kristy is a regular instructor at Campaigns and Elections training seminars. Her areas of expertise are in strategy, message development, field organizing and getting out the vote.