April 3, 2025: IRES Professional Development Seminar with Angela Danyluk

Talk summary:

So you want to save the planet? Join Angela Danyluk, Manager of Climate Adaptation and Equity at the City of Vancouver, for stories about working in local government on climate action and environmental policy. In her session, Angela will share insights on the pace and impact of climate and environmental work at the local government scale. Why leadership matters and how you will buy a lot of coffee and set up a lot of tables yourself en route to building relationships and durable climate policy and solutions. Bureaucracy isn’t for everyone, but it can be a place where surprising things happen (good and bad) and where you will find dynamic, value-driven creative people – plus a pension and sick pay.

Bio:

Angela Danyluk (she/hers) is the Manager of Climate Adaptation & Equity in the Sustainability Group at the City of Vancouver. Her team collaborates with others to plan and deliver the Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and uphold the Climate Justice Charter. Angela works across disciplines on projects and programs related to adaptation, sea level rise, equity and biodiversity since 2007. Angela has a BSc in marine biology and an MSc in ecological restoration and governance. She is a Registered Professional Biologist with the BC College of Applied Biology. Angela lives on the unceded traditional homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations where she enjoys arts & culture, hiking and taking photographs of wildflowers.