Multi-Sector Partners

The CCSL program collaborates with >35 climate solutions partners from government, industry, Canadian and US non-profits, and the United Nations.   

Network Partners

Ocean Networks Canada
Kate Moran, President and CEO

Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
Francis W. Zwiers, Director

Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)
Ian Mauro, Executive Director

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
Sean Rogers, Director

Government Collaborators

BC Climate Action Secretariat
Tina Neale, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Director, Climate Risk Management

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Ellie Farahani, Manager, Canadian Center for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCma)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Lauren Bianucci, Research Scientist
Karen Hunter, Climate Change Science Advisor, Aquatic Climate Change and Adaptation Services Program

Provincial:

  • Coastal Marine Policy - Kristin Worsley, Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship, Director

  • Forest Carbon and Climate Services - Colin Mahoney, Office of the Chief Forester/ Victoria

  • BC Housing - Esther de Vos, Executive Director, Research

Municipal:

  • City of Victoria, Engineering and Public Works- Steve Young, Climate and Environmental Sustainability Specialist

Industry Collaborators

Clean Energy BC
Lauren Whyte, Executive Director

BC Center for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE)
Ged McLean Executive Director

Marine Renewables Canada
Elisa Oberman, Executive Director

Associated Engineering (AE; National)
Dean Shiskowski , Vice President, Water Resource Recovery

Net Zero Atlantic
Sven Scholtysik, Research Manager

Alacrity Cleantech
Burak Evren , Cleantech Program Manager

Innergex Renewable Energy, BC Climate Solutions Council
Colleen, Giroux-Schmidt , Vice President, Corporate Relations

Pani Energy
Devesh Bharadwaj, CEO

Building Owners and Managers of BC (BOMA)
Damian Stathonikos, President

Mantle Developments (Toronto and Vancouver)
Ryan Zizzo, Founder and CEO

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.
Bruce Paterson, Director, Naval Architecture

Think Tanks

Canadian Climate Institute
Caroline Lee, Senior Research Associate

Institut de l’Energie Trottier (Quebec)
Normand Mousseau , Scientific Director

Pembina Institute (National)
Simon Dyer, Deputy Executive Director

Transition Accelerator (Pan-Canadian)
Dan Wicklum, President and CEO, Member of Canada’s Net Zero Advisory Body

eNGO Collaborators

Oceans North (Halifax)
Susanna Fuller, Vice-President, Operations and Projects

Nature United (National)
Ronnie Drever, Senior Conservation Scientist

Consultants

Destination Zero
Catherine Abreu, Executive Director, Member of Canada’s Net Zero Advisory Body

Polaris Strategy + Insight
Dan Woynillowicz, Principle & Board Chair B.C Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy

Law Firms

Ecojustice
Matt Hulse, Lawyer

West Coast Environmental Law
Deborah Carlson, Staff Lawyer

International Collaborators

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR; Geneva Switzerland)
Merlos Estrella, Associate Director

Project Drawdown (US)
Jonathan Foley, Executive Director

Ocean Visions (International)
Brad Ack, Executive Director and Chief Innovation Officer

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