The Green Advisory Committee is an appointed committee established to advise Council on matters related to green initiatives and the city’s urban forest.

Its mandate is to:

  • Make recommendations on plans, programs, or City by-laws relating to planting, conservation, and sustainability.
  • Advocate for the City’s green spaces.
  • Engage the community on the role of forests, greening, stewardship, and sustainability.
  • Promote partnerships to support stewardship and greening of City property and public land.


Committee priorities

  • Citizen engagement and education
  • Tree planting policy
  • Naturalization and the increase of natural corridors
  • Increasing the tree canopy, including urban forests


Committee members

  • Councillor David McLeod
  • Councillor Bonnie Fokkens
  • Sydney Tomaino
  • Therese DeAgazio
  • Carolyn Fast
  • Rob Repovs
  • Tom Liszt
A focused view of the "Inform" stage in a public engagement infographic. Other stages are blurred in the background. The highlighted box reads: Inform City informs of project, progress, alternatives and/or solutions. Promise to the public: We will keep


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