Multi-Sector Partners
The CCSL program collaborates with >35 climate solutions partners from government, industry, Canadian and US non-profits, and the United Nations.
Interested in joining our network? Email us to discuss partnership opportunities:
Network Partners
Ocean Networks Canada
Kate Moran, President and CEO
Institute for Integrated Energy Systems (IESVic)
Andrew Rowe, Director
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC)
Xuebin Zhang, Director
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)
Ian Mauro, Executive Director
Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
Sean Rogers, Director
CIFAL-UNITAR
Crystal Tremblay, Director, Nicole Bates-Eamer, Associate Director
Government Collaborators
BC Climate Action Secretariat
Myron Roth, 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)
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
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
Lauren Bianucci, Research Scientist
Karen Hunter, Climate Change Science Advisor, Aquatic Climate Change and Adaptation Services Program
Municipal:
City of Victoria, Engineering and Public Works- Steve Young, Climate and Environmental Sustainability Specialist
Industry Collaborators
Clean Energy BC
Kwatuuma Cole Sayers, Executive Director
BC Center for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE)
Sarah Goodman, Executive Director
Marine Renewables Canada
Elisa Oberman, Executive Director
Associated Engineering (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
Rick Smith, President
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
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
European Climate Foundation, International Climate Politics Hub
Catherine Abreu, Director
Ocean Visions (International)
Brad Ack, Executive Director and Chief Innovation Officer