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I’m here to put our country and my electoral district constituents first. We must share the burdens equitably and ensure those most vulnerable are attended to. We need to build alliances and unified responses to today’s existential threats. In Kings-Hants, we can work together to help build up Canada's sovereignty and self-sufficiency. We can strengthen democracy and respect for human and hon-human rights. At the same time, we can prosper through clean technology, climate action, and collective work for a better world, where diversity and life thrive.
Creative solutions can support local, sustainable, and clean economies that are socially and ecologically appropriate. Affordable homes, public transit, clean energy, circular or green economies, universal health, dental, and pharmacare, long-term care, child care, strategic and innovative approaches to trade, and nature-based solutions are all components of a livable world and thriving communities.
While some of these may seem out of reach, they are core parts of the Green Party of Canada's fully-costed platform. They will be financed through other measures, such as fair taxation and reductions in subsidies to fossil fuel coroporations. See the plan and platform at green party.ca.
Biography
Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, I have enjoyed a rich career as a professional Landscape Architect in Ontario, followed by 25 years as a professor and, at times, Director of Dalhousie University’s School for Resource and Environmental Studies. Recently retired, I remain engaged as Professor Emerita in the Faculties of Science and Graduate Studies.
Throughout my career, I have been engaged in numerous professional, community, and volunteer organizations. For 15 years I chaired Nova Scotia’s Land Legacy Trust, which has provided game-changing matching funding support to land trusts to protect private lands of ecological significance. I have twice served on Recovery Planning Teams for species at risk in Nova Scotia. I have helped organize international conferences and provided guidance to Parks Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, most recently for Canada’s National Ecological Corridors Program.
My interests have always focused on the inter-relationships between humans and our environment. As humans we have a responsibility to think and act in ways that recognize that we are all related. The biological diversity that makes up ecological systems comprises our life support system. My work has explored and advocated for ways to live in coexistence and reciprocity, for the benefit of all, both people and nature.
I have always enjoyed outdoor activities, especially gardening, backcountry camping, canoeing, hiking, and sea kayaking. I have done a lot of long-distance running, swimming and biking, including the Boston Marathon, and competing for Team Canada in international triathlon and duathlon competitions, earning an award of excellence and a bronze medal for Canada in 2013.
Now retired, I live again in my hometown of Windsor, NS. Today, we all need to stand together in solidarity, as Canadians, to stand up for our country and our environment. Now, more than ever in our lifetime, we need to work together for a liveable future for our children and all of life on earth, in all its diversity.
I’m here to put our country and my electoral district constituents first. We must share the burdens equitably and ensure those most vulnerable are attended to. As we build alliances and unified responses to today’s existential threats, Elizabeth May’s message resonates with me.
“Democracy and respect for human rights, climate action and collective work for a better world must not be abandoned. Canada can emerge stronger, more resilient and more self-sufficient. We do this together.”
I look forward to being your voice for positive change.
Née à Windsor, en Nouvelle-Écosse, j'ai eu une carrière enrichissante en tant qu'architecte paysagiste professionnelle en Ontario, suivie de 25 ans en tant que professeure et, à certains moments, directrice de l'École des études des ressources et de l'environnement de l'Université Dalhousie. Récemment retraitée, je reste engagée en tant que professeure émérite au sein des facultés des sciences et des études supérieures.
Tout au long de ma carrière, j'ai été impliquée dans de nombreuses organisations professionnelles, communautaires et bénévoles. Pendant 15 ans, j'ai présidé le Nova Scotia Land Legacy Trust, qui a fourni un soutien financier crucial aux fiducies foncières pour protéger les terres privées d'importance écologique. J'ai fait partie à deux reprises des équipes de planification de la récupération des espèces en péril en Nouvelle-Écosse. J'ai aussi contribué à l'organisation de conférences internationales et offert des conseils à Parcs Canada ainsi qu'à Environnement et Changement climatique Canada, plus récemment pour le Programme des corridors écologiques nationaux du Canada.
Mes intérêts ont toujours porté sur les relations interdépendantes entre les humains et notre environnement. En tant qu'êtres humains, nous avons la responsabilité de penser et d'agir de manière à reconnaître que nous sommes tous liés. La biodiversité biologique qui compose les systèmes écologiques constitue notre système de soutien à la vie. Mon travail a exploré et défendu des moyens de vivre en coexistence et en réciprocité, pour le bien de tous, tant pour les êtres humains que pour la nature.
J'ai toujours apprécié les activités de plein air, notamment le jardinage, le camping en nature, le canoë, la randonnée et le kayak de mer. J'ai pratiqué la course longue distance, la natation et le vélo, y compris le Marathon de Boston, et j'ai concouru pour l'équipe du Canada lors de compétitions internationales de triathlon et de duathlon, remportant un prix d'excellence et une médaille de bronze pour le Canada en 2013.
Maintenant retraitée, je vis de nouveau dans ma ville natale de Windsor, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Aujourd'hui, nous devons tous nous tenir ensemble en solidarité, en tant que Canadiens, pour défendre notre pays et notre environnement. Plus que jamais, dans notre vie, nous devons travailler ensemble pour un avenir vivable pour nos enfants et pour toute la vie sur Terre, dans toute sa diversité.
Je suis ici pour mettre notre pays et mes électeurs de ma circonscription en priorité. Nous devons partager équitablement les fardeaux et veiller à ce que les plus vulnérables soient pris en charge. En construisant des alliances et des réponses unifiées face aux menaces existentielles d’aujourd’hui, le message d'Elizabeth May résonne profondément en moi.
« La démocratie et le respect des droits de la personne, l'action climatique et le travail collectif pour un monde meilleur ne doivent pas être abandonnés. Le Canada peut en sortir plus fort, plus résilient et plus autonome. Nous faisons cela ensemble. »
Je suis impatiente de devenir votre voix pour un changement positif.
Reason for running
We need real change. As Canadians, we must stand up for our country and our environment. Now, more than ever in our lifetime, we need to work together for a livable future. The Green party has expressed a vision to put our country first while sharing the costs equitably and ensuring that those most vulnerable are attended to.
Now that I am recently retired, it is my opportunity to give back to my community. I want to fight for a future where fairness, justice, and sustainability are at the heart of every decision.
I am keen to help implement the Green Party vision in Canada and Kings-Hants.
- Defending democracy, where every person’s vote matters, and elected representatives stand for the people and the planet
- Working together for sovereignty for Canada and our international allies
- Promoting nature-based solutions to climate, biodiversity, and humanitarian crises
- Protecting and conserving farmland, forests, wetlands, and wildlife habitat for future generations
- Reforming the Canadian tax system to make the system more fair
- Promoting affordable Housing
- Taking bold climate action and embracing clean and sustainable energy
- Standing together, while sharing the burden and supporting those most vulnerable; and
- Respecting and advancing Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation
As we prepare to build alliances and unified responses to today’s existential threats, Elizabeth May’s message resonates with me:
Democracy and respect for human rights, climate action and collective work for a better world must not be abandoned….
Canada can emerge stronger, more resilient and more self-sufficient.
We do this together.
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