What We Heard

Islands 2050: The Future of the Trust Area Public Engagement Fall 2019

THE FUTURE OF THE TRUST AREA islandstrust.bc.ca/islands2050 #Islands2050 1 ! # Area of 47 19 N LTA ! # 17 15 ! # LTA 23 26 LTA ! " " # 36 126 42 ! # Municipality 21 19 # LTA 3 ! " # Ballenas-Winchelsea LTA 22 22 56 LTA

! $ " # 64 24 33 82 LTA ! " " # C ! " # 50 41 37 24 8 22 LTA LTA ! " # Legend 26 33 27 g LTA Local Trust Area ! $ " # LTA 21 161 22 195 ! Open house LTA # $ Island booth # 11 " BC Ferries day 4 ! " # South LTA # Online participants Coast Salish Territory 16 33 55 North Pender Island LTA 6 What we heard When we asked “What do you value about the Trust Area?”, twelve main Below there is a star representing the most common theme in each themes emerged from the 933 comments we received. Local Trust Committee or Island Municipality. There is also a legend showing the abbreviations of each area.

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⌂ $% ) Afordable Housing Food & Water Security Planning, Policy & Governance

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" & * Biodiversity & Species Protection Infrastructure, Transportation & Preserve & Protect Mandate Services DI HI TH

# + Community Resilience ' Rural Island Culture Local Economy & Tourism

BI SA SS , Cultural Heritage & Reconciliation ( Safety Connection to Nature

GB SP NP GL

BI Bowen GL Galiano LA Lasqueti SS Salt Spring TH Thetis DI Denman GM Gambier MA Mayne SA Saturna GB Gabriola HI Hornby NP North Pender SP South Pender

7 What do you value about the Trust Area? * Online and in person

Key Themes Common words used in Total # of Example Comments comments to describe the theme comments*

Connection to Nature Solitude, natural beauty, water, 207 “The trust area is peaceful, beautiful, and clean, and is a spirit filled ocean, love, quiet, peaceful, place. [It was] my home as a young adult. I’m blessed to live here fulltime community once again. Not everyone can earn a livelihood in such a place! Let’s be generous.”

Preserve & Protect Role of Islands Trust, special, 139 “I value that it is a special entity with a mandate to preserve and protect Mandate environment the nature.”

Planning, Policy & Community, democracy, 135 “It has a special authority to manage land use only through provincial Governance development, land and water use legislation. It is not pressured to balance land use with the delivery of decisions, mandate community services, unlike a municipality.”

Rural Island Culture Landscape, unique, simpler, living, 126 “Peace and serenity. There is a getaway feeling, not the maximized environment, community, maritime, development that occurs elsewhere. Islands by their nature pull one away nature from the trappings of capitalism, commodifying, commercialization, and congestion.”

Community Connectivity, self suficient, 117 “These islands are sacred, peaceful, and perfectly preserved. We have Resilience supportive, strong, adaptable a variety of friendly people who support each other. We know who one another are. It’s important to feel connected with where one lives and who the people around them are.”

Infrastructure, Low carbon, community, footprint, 56 “I want to reduce carbon intensive transportation methods. I want to Transportation & internet, connectedness, active invest in electric charging stations, and community bus systems, and Services transportation, proximity improve hitch hiking advertisement.” “Can the existing infrastructure support the islands capacity? What does these trends tell us? What is the cost of living on an island? Can we be more self-suficient?”

8 What we heard (cont’d) When we asked “In the context of a changing climate, what concerns Below there is a star representing the most common theme in each do you have for the next 30 years?”, sixteen main themes emerged from Local Trust Committee or Island Municipality. There is also a legend the 732 comments we received. showing the abbreviations of each area.

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☼ & + / Alternative Energy Ecosystem Protection Land & Marine Use Transportation MA TH Decision-making HI SP " ' 0 Community Resilience Education , Water Population

# ( 1 Deforestaton & Tree Cutting Fire Risks - Wood Smoke Public Services

$ ) Economics & Employment Food Security . Sea Level Rise DI GM LA

% * BI Bowen GM Gambier NP North Pender TH Thetis Ecosystem Change Governance DI Denman HI Hornby SS Salt Spring GB SA NP GB Gabriola LA Lasqueti SA Saturna GL Galiano MA Mayne SP South Pender

10 What we heard (cont’d) When we asked “What opportunities do you see to preserve and protect As not all geographical areas provided feedback on this question during the Trust Area?”, seventeen main themes emerged from the 225 in person events, rankings are not indicated. comments we received.

! % ) . Advocacy Climate Change Emergency Prepareness Preserve & Protect Mandate

☼ * / Alternative Energy & Cultural Heritage & Enforcement Partnerships & Program Infrastructure Reconciliation Initatives

+ # & Food Security 0 Alternative Living & Forestry, Deforestation & Planning & Policy Initiatives Community Resilience Tree Cutting

, Governance 1 $ ' Water System Infrastructure Biodiversity & Species Economics & Employment & Management Protection ⌂ Housing ( Education & Communication

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