Victoria Nwabuisi
Council · North Vancouver (District of)
- Neighbourhood:
- District of North Vancouver
About
I’m running for District Councillor because I believe the decisions we make today will shape the North Vancouver our children and future generations inherit. Our Council leaders should reflect the vision we have for the community we are building!
Policy commitments
Buildings
We all want healthy, affordable, and comfortable homes. These policies will help to lower energy bills, cut pollution, and improve indoor air quality.
✓
Scale up energy retrofits for existing homes, businesses, and public buildings.
Supportive
✓
Implement a 'right to cool' bylaw to protect tenants during extreme heat events.
Supportive
Climate Justice
Our community is already experiencing the harmful impacts of climate change caused by fossil fuel pollution, and taxpayers are on the hook to upgrade and repair critical infrastructure.
×
Enact a moratorium on AI data centres to protect our energy and water resources.
Opposed
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Pursue available legal options to recover a fair share of the climate costs facing our community from fossil fuel companies and other big polluters.
Neutral
✓
Collaborate with Indigenous peoples as partners in the stewardship of the land, air, and water, and work towards reconciliation.
Supportive
Ecosystems
The air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat all rely on healthy ecosystems. Nature can also help protect our community from extreme weather by controlling floods, protecting shorelines, and cooling neighbourhoods. Access to nature improves the health and well-being of residents, and supports biodiversity.
✓
Expand and protect tree canopy, parks, and green infrastructure to cool neighbourhoods, clean air, and manage stormwater.
Supportive
Land Use
We envision vibrant, walkable communities that protect nature and improve food security.
✓
Build affordable homes near jobs, schools, shops, and transit.
Supportive
✓
Upgrade critical infrastructure for heat, fire, flood, and storm resilience.
Supportive
Transport
Connecting neighbourhoods through public transit and active transportation networks will cut pollution, improve public health, and make our communities more affordable (and fun!).
✓
Advocate to improve regional public transit between communities.
Supportive
Zero Waste
Zero waste policies reduce pollution, keep waste out of landfills, build resilient local economies, and safeguard public health by shifting society away from a disposable culture toward a sustainable circular economy.
✓
Implement zero waste bylaws to divert organic waste and recyclables from disposal.
Supportive
✓ Supportive
~ Neutral
× Opposed
– No response
Climate action
How have you contributed to climate action in your community through advocacy, past work, advisory committees, volunteer work, and/or reducing your personal carbon footprint?
My contribution to climate action has taken a practical, community-based approach, through environmental stewardship, volunteer service and the choices my family makes in our everyday lives.
I have organized multiple shoreline cleanups and community electronic recycling campaigns, helping ensure more than 400 pounds of electronic waste was properly recycled rather than sent to landfill.
Through my service on the Social Planning Advisory Council with the City Council, including as Vice Chair, I helped advise on grants supporting local non-profit organizations and community initiatives. This experience gave me a deeper understanding of how strong, connected communities can respond to local challenges and build resilience.
I have also volunteered locally with families who need additional support during times of transition. While this work is not specifically climate-focused, I see community resilience and climate resilience as closely connected. Strong communities are better able to support one another as we navigate change.
Our family also does not own a car. We use public transit, walking and car-sharing when needed, which has made reducing our reliance on private vehicle ownership a practical part of our everyday lives.
For me, climate action is about more than one initiative or policy. It is about being thoughtful about how we use resources, caring for our natural environment, supporting resilient communities and making decisions today with future generations in mind.
I have organized multiple shoreline cleanups and community electronic recycling campaigns, helping ensure more than 400 pounds of electronic waste was properly recycled rather than sent to landfill.
Through my service on the Social Planning Advisory Council with the City Council, including as Vice Chair, I helped advise on grants supporting local non-profit organizations and community initiatives. This experience gave me a deeper understanding of how strong, connected communities can respond to local challenges and build resilience.
I have also volunteered locally with families who need additional support during times of transition. While this work is not specifically climate-focused, I see community resilience and climate resilience as closely connected. Strong communities are better able to support one another as we navigate change.
Our family also does not own a car. We use public transit, walking and car-sharing when needed, which has made reducing our reliance on private vehicle ownership a practical part of our everyday lives.
For me, climate action is about more than one initiative or policy. It is about being thoughtful about how we use resources, caring for our natural environment, supporting resilient communities and making decisions today with future generations in mind.
Questions for North Vancouver (District of)
The District of North Vancouver is vulnerable to many climate-related risks (e.g., intense rainfall, flooding, sea level rise, wildfire, wildfire smoke, and extreme heat events). How will you address these risks to increase our community’s resilience?
Climate resilience needs to be part of how we plan North Vancouver—not something we address only after an extreme weather event occurs.
As our community grows, I would want climate risk considered alongside infrastructure, transportation, housing and development decisions. That means looking carefully at flood and drainage risks, wildfire exposure, slope stability, emergency access and the ability of our infrastructure to withstand more extreme weather.
I also believe our natural environment is part of our resilience. Protecting forests, tree canopy, streams, wetlands, natural drainage and wildlife habitat can help reduce some climate-related risks while preserving the natural systems that make North Vancouver special.
We also need to prepare our neighbourhoods and residents. I would support practical emergency preparedness, clear communication during extreme weather events, and accessible supports during periods of wildfire smoke, extreme heat or other emergencies, particularly for seniors, people with disabilities and others who may be more vulnerable.
Finally, I would take a long-term approach. The decisions we make about infrastructure and development today will shape how resilient our community is decades from now. The District already has important climate adaptation work and risk mapping underway; I would want to build on that work and ensure it meaningfully informs future decisions.
For me, resilience is not simply about responding better when something goes wrong. It is about making thoughtful decisions today that help our community withstand the challenges of tomorrow.
As our community grows, I would want climate risk considered alongside infrastructure, transportation, housing and development decisions. That means looking carefully at flood and drainage risks, wildfire exposure, slope stability, emergency access and the ability of our infrastructure to withstand more extreme weather.
I also believe our natural environment is part of our resilience. Protecting forests, tree canopy, streams, wetlands, natural drainage and wildlife habitat can help reduce some climate-related risks while preserving the natural systems that make North Vancouver special.
We also need to prepare our neighbourhoods and residents. I would support practical emergency preparedness, clear communication during extreme weather events, and accessible supports during periods of wildfire smoke, extreme heat or other emergencies, particularly for seniors, people with disabilities and others who may be more vulnerable.
Finally, I would take a long-term approach. The decisions we make about infrastructure and development today will shape how resilient our community is decades from now. The District already has important climate adaptation work and risk mapping underway; I would want to build on that work and ensure it meaningfully informs future decisions.
For me, resilience is not simply about responding better when something goes wrong. It is about making thoughtful decisions today that help our community withstand the challenges of tomorrow.
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