BRITT CHALMERS - running for Councillor

I grew up on Vancouver Island, and my heart has always been here.  After graduating from high school in 1997, I headed west like a lot of my peers to have a true Tofino adventure. That summer, I lived in a garage and worked for a whale watching company and loved every minute of it. The next 12 years of my life were spent getting a well-rounded formal and life-experience education. I graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Liberal Arts certificate. I then spent a year in Australia, more than two years in the UK, and travelled to many other places around the globe. With the travel bug out of my system, I planted myself in Edmonton for a few years where I returned to school to complete my Multi/IFR and Commercial Pilots licenses. Needing a break from flying once I completed school, I found myself once again craving the energizing Tofino lifestyle and moved back to the community “just for the summer”. That was nine years ago!

I am running to create more widespread equal representation on council and to give the younger families and individuals a voice.  I have been in the community for ten years and have spent that time highly involved in many different areas of the community, through participation in events, volunteering in various organizations, fundraisers, and getting to know the people that I share this incredible space with.  I stand apart because I am already deeply involved in the community and I see a need for a voice and an ear that is willing to listen. 

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She has been living in Tofino for 9 years and this would be her first term.