Christianne (she/her) joined Ecojustice in September 2024 as project lead for our biodiversity law project. She has a decades long career in conservation at Georgia Strait Alliance, initially as a campaigner, where she led the successful campaigns to bring sewage treatment to Victoria and to increase protection for Southern Resident orcas. She then led the organization as Executive Director with a focus on strategic planning, government and community relations, campaign development, and communications and media relations, launching new efforts such as the Waterfront Initiative which led to Vancouver’s first ever State of the Waterfront report.
Christianne is an Ontario transplant who came to BC in 1995 to pursue a MSc in ecology at UBC. She also holds a BA (English, History and Political Science) from the University of Ottawa and a BSc (Biology/Environmental and Resource Science) from Trent University. She was the Canadian Co-Chair for the 2022 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference and the 2018 nominee for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award – Metro Vancouver (Environmental Sustainability). She is a past Director of the Canadian Women Voters Congress, the Conservation Voters of BC, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (including 2 years as President), and is a Founding Director and current President of the Elbow Theatre Society. Christianne is a passionate cook and can often be found in her kitchen trying out new recipes, when she is not kayaking, reading or sailing. She is an aunt to 7 amazing kids and godmother to 3 more.
Christianne lives on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) people.
Photo – Tim Matheson