The filed record
Appointment of Public Members to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Board
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The decision
2023-12-13 · Toronto City Council · adopted
As filed
City Council on December 13, 14, and 15, 2023, adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 15, 2027, and until successors are appointed: Laura Isidean Joseph Ogilvie Barry Warner Carissa Wong 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1, 2, 3, and 4 to the report (November 28, 2023) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
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Confidential Attachments 1 to 4 to the revised report (November 28, 2023) from the City Clerk remain confidential in their entirety in accordance with the provisions of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
The Civic Appointments Committee will conduct interviews and recommend four candidates to City Council for appointment to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Board.
Staff recommended
The City Clerk recommends that: 1. The Civic Appointments Committee recommend four candidates to City Council for appointment to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 15, 2027, and until successors are appointed. 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1, 2, 3, and 4 remain confidential in their entirety as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
Considered
2023-12-04 · Civic Appointments Committee · not yet heard
Decision as filed
The Civic Appointments Committee recommends that: 1. City Council appoint the following candidates to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority Board, at pleasure of Council, for a term of office ending on December 15, 2027, and until successors are appointed: Laura Isidean Joseph Ogilvie Barry Warner Carissa Wong 2. City Council direct that Confidential Attachments 1, 2, 3, and 4 remain confidential in their entirety
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as they relate to personal matters about identifiable individuals being considered for appointment to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority.
Clerk’s note
Candidates' Biographies: Laura Isidean Laura is a Financial Services Leader with 20 years of experience, most recently at Scotiabank. She is now fully dedicated to building healthy and resilient communities as a non-profit Board Member & Advisor. She serves on the Board of Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation and several Canadian Red Cross advisory committees. Laura recognizes the vital role nature plays in wellness, enjoys long walks in Toronto's ravine system and wants to protect these valuable resources for future generations.
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Joseph Ogilvie Joseph (Joe) Ogilvie is the Founding Principal at Archangel Ventures, an innovation advisory practice focused on the real estate and construction sector. Joe spent 10 years leading sustainable, high-performance building development and construction projects across Canada, and is founder of the Urban Lab at the Brookfield Centre for Real Estate and Infrastructure at Schulich School of Business. He is a board director at Habitat for Humanity for the Greater Toronto Area, a member of City of Toronto Climate advisory Group (TransformTO 2040) and co-founder of the Black Opportunity Fund. Barry Warner Barry Warner is a wetland scientist, teacher, and retired professor. He brings research experience with natural, restored and created wetlands and service contributions to the wetland profession, for which he has received national and international awards and recognitions, that match well the management and conservation mission of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority related to water, watersheds, and climate systems. He is a hiker, values Toronto's green spaces, and works to increase knowledge in all its forms to the public. Currently, he is a sessional instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University. Carissa Wong Carissa Wong is a Toronto lawyer and dispute resolution professional with expertise in environmental law and integrated water resource management. Initially conducting transboundary watershed governance for the World Wildlife Fund based in Washington District of Columbia, she has two decades of experience and over a dozen lead-authored publications for Cambridge University Press, World Wildlife Fund, and the United Nations Environment Programme on inclusion, community engagement, watershed protection, and natural resources law and policy.
2023-12-13 · Toronto City Council · adopted
Clerk’s note
Appointees' biographies: Laura Isidean Laura is a Financial Services Leader with 20 years of experience, most recently at Scotiabank. She is now fully dedicated to building healthy and resilient communities as a non-profit Board Member and Advisor. She serves on the Board of Wellspring Cancer Support Foundation and several Canadian Red Cross advisory committees. Laura recognizes the vital role nature plays in wellness, enjoys long walks in Toronto's ravine system and wants to protect these valuable resources for future generations.
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Joseph Ogilvie Joseph (Joe) Ogilvie is the Founding Principal at Archangel Ventures, an innovation advisory practice focused on the real estate and construction sector. Joe spent 10 years leading sustainable, high-performance building development and construction projects across Canada, and is founder of the Urban Lab at the Brookfield Centre for Real Estate and Infrastructure at Schulich School of Business. He is a board director at Habitat for Humanity for the Greater Toronto Area, a member of City of Toronto Climate advisory Group (TransformTO 2040) and co-founder of the Black Opportunity Fund. Barry Warner Barry Warner is a wetland scientist, teacher, and retired professor. He brings research experience with natural, restored and created wetlands and service contributions to the wetland profession, for which he has received national and international awards and recognitions, that match well the management and conservation mission of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority related to water, watersheds, and climate systems. He is a hiker, values Toronto's green spaces, and works to increase knowledge in all its forms to the public. Currently, he is a sessional instructor at Toronto Metropolitan University. Carissa Wong Carissa Wong is a Toronto lawyer and dispute resolution professional with expertise in environmental law and integrated water resource management. Initially conducting transboundary watershed governance for the World Wildlife Fund based in Washington District of Columbia, she has two decades of experience and over a dozen lead-authored publications for Cambridge University Press, World Wildlife Fund, and the United Nations Environment Programme on inclusion, community engagement, watershed protection, and natural resources law and policy.