Day 2 Program

Dr. Kelly J. Clifton is a Professor and the J. Armand Bombardier Chair of Regional Transportation Planning in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. Her research and teaching focus on planning for active transportation, travel behaviour and the environment, and links between transportation and health and wellbeing. She also leads an interdisciplinary research cluster at UBC called Rethinking the Right-of-Way, which aims to support the transformation of streets and public space into more sustainable, equitable, and healthful places. 

Laura Jane is the Executive Director of BEST Mobility, a non-profit organization dedicated to making healthy and sustainable transportation part of everyday life across BC. Laura has been a champion for active transportation for the past 13 years. She previously worked for seven years with HUB Cycling, including as Executive Director, and launched numerous new cycling initiatives in Metro Vancouver including Bike the Night, Bike to Shop Days and the Bike Awards. Laura also spent four years leading sustainable transportation programs for the City of Vancouver, launching a variety of new initiatives, including the City's first School Streets program. Across the non-profit and public sectors Laura has built partnerships, driven advocacy campaigns, and delivered practical programs to improve walking and cycling. She has two young daughters.

Ross Kenny is the Assistant Director of Engineering at the City of Victoria, where he leads the Transportation Department and oversees programs that improve safety, mobility, and accessibility for residents. Since joining Victoria in 2018, he has guided the expansion of the city's cycling and walking infrastructure, advanced road safety initiatives that have contributed to significant reductions in traffic injuries and fatalities and has reversed decades of underinvestment in transportation infrastructure. Prior to Victoria, Ross served as a Senior Transportation Design Engineer with the City of Vancouver, where he helped deliver major transportation initiatives, including North America's first protected intersections at the Burrard Street Bridge. With nearly 2 decades of experience in urban transportation engineering, Ross is passionate about building safer, healthier, and more sustainable communities for current and future generations.

Sam Khany a Senior Planner with City of Vancouver’s Public Space and Street Use team. He has 15 years of experience in urban design and planning , in private, public and nonprofit sectors dealing with various areas of planning, including neighbourhood planning, mobility and public space projects. At his current role at the City, he is the senior lead for public realm policy and capital projects on retail streets including the City’s Pedestrian Zone program on Water Street and Granville Street.

Jason wrote his master’s thesis, Urban Bicycle Transportation over 20 years ago, beginning a career-long focus on active transportation and sustainable mobility. He has over 21 years of experience with Bunt & Associates Engineering in Vancouver and Victoria, where he is a Senior Transportation Planner, Associate and Project Manager. Jason has managed various Active Transportation Plan and Transportation Master Plans projects and brings an active transportation perspective to all his public-sector and private-sector projects. An avid runner and cyclist, Jason believes that well-designed transportation systems can create positive change – not only in our communities, but also within ourselves.

Sophie is a Transportation Engineer at Bunt & Associates with over five years of experience in transportation planning and engineering, focused on supporting sustainable growth and creating more connected communities. Her work spans regional and local active transportation plans, transportation master plans, and large-scale developments, alongside policy development and more targeted studies in traffic calming, road safety, and transportation demand management. Through these projects, she has developed an appreciation for how design decisions, policy frameworks, and local priorities shape the delivery of transportation improvements. This experience informs her interest in bridging the gap between active transportation planning and implementation, helping communities translate ambitious network visions into practical on the ground improvements.

Adam Krupper is the Manager of Active Transportation for the BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit.  In this role, he oversees the ministry’s grant programs, education and encouragement programs, and updates to Ministry active transportation guidelines. He has an extensive background in active transportation, with over 20 years of experience working in municipal, charitable, and advocacy sectors, in both Ontario and British Columbia.

Brian is a Principal and Senior Transportation Planner with Urban Systems. Brian is a nationally recognized expert in active transportation and has worked with communities of all sizes across Canada over more than twenty years. Brian led the award-winning 2019 BC Active Transportation Design Guide as well as the 2026 update.

Andrew Picard, RPP MCIP, is a Senior Planner at TransLink. He works with governments at the local, regional, and provincial level, as well as organizations in the non-profit and private sectors to plan, design, and fund walking, cycling, and rolling throughout Metro Vancouver.

Aman Chandi (M.Urb) is a social planner and creative generalist. A self-described “human swiss army knife” her toolkit spans planning, research, design, engagement and writing. Across a decade of work in government, non-profits, cooperatives, consulting and academia, she has aimed to genuinely advance the work of more just cities. As Director of Programs and Fundraising at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders, Aman leads with a collaborative, systems-minded approach to grow the organization’s reach and capacity. As a co-founder of Mela, she works to widen the circle of who gets to shape our cities and whose stories define them. Her practice is anchored in a belief that cities should make freedom tangible, where everyone can move safely, express who they are, access opportunities, and trust that civic decisions are made with their dignity and agency in mind.

Margie Sanderson (she/her) is the Director of Organizing at Vision Zero Vancouver, a grassroots advocacy non-profit dedicated to eliminating fatalities and serious injuries on Metro Vancouver roads by holding governments to account, advocating for evidence-based solutions, and building and demonstrating public support for road safety. With a background in children’s rights, she has played an integral role in the development and expansion of several school active travel programs in the province, including Play Streets, School Streets, and the Walking School Bus. Though she lives in one of the 'greenest cities' in North America there is no sidewalk on the street between her home and the local elementary school, no bike facilities on the closest arterial, and a bus stop facing service reductions. Hailing from a lineage of activists and direct action organizers, she is a strong believer in the role of advocacy to force governments to act.

I am Mo Bot, a Project Manager at the City of North Vancouver, tasked with design and delivery of active and sustainable mobility infrastructure. Over my career I’ve worked across the sustainable transportation space from long range policy work to detailed design and construction - from multi-billion dollar transit infrastructure projects to small but mighty sidewalks and curb ramps. As a planner operating in engineering dominated spaces, I am always working to ensure that policy objectives and community vision are not lost or watered down as projects move from idea to implementation.

Dora is a Transportation Planner with the District of Squamish, where she leads initiatives aimed at improving transportation options for residents, businesses, and visitors. Her current focus areas include traffic calming, road safety enhancements, transit planning, and policy and bylaw development. Working within a small and rapidly growing community, she balances competing priorities and limited resources by identifying innovative, practical solutions that align with community needs and Council priorities.

Dr. Becca Mayers is a transportation planner and researcher dedicated to creating more connected, equitable, and accessible communities. At TransLink, she leads regional active transportation initiatives that leverage data, evidence-based engagement, and an equity lens to expand mobility options and improve access to jobs, services, transit, and community destinations across Metro Vancouver. Her work bridges research, policy, and practice, using both quantitative evidence and community knowledge to inform transportation planning and decision-making. As host of the award-winning Dense City podcast, she translates planning research for practitioners and the public, helping bridge the gap between academic evidence and real-world decision-making.

Oluwapelumi Ogeroju is a Project Director at the Ministry of Transportation and Transit. She is focused on Multimodal Capital Planning & Federal Programs. Also she an MBA in Sustainable Innovation candidate at the University of Victoria. During the daytime, she works at the intersection of three priorities: embedding walking, cycling and accessibility considerations into major multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects, federal infrastructure programs and shaping how capital priorities move through various budget processes.

Ian Roth is a Transportation Engineer with Urban Systems in Victoria. Over the past 15 years, he has been a thinking partner with local governments, indigenous communities, and provincial agencies across BC to help deliver active transportation and mobility projects that make it easier and safer for people to move through their communities. When he's not working on transportation projects, Ian is actively involved in mentoring emerging professionals, volunteering with industry initiatives such as ITE Canada, and planning the next travel adventure with his partner.

Thomas Bevan is CEO of the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF), a federally registered charity that owns and stewards the former E&N rail corridor on Vancouver Island. A Registered Professional Planner, Thomas holds a Master’s degree in Planning from UBC and a Bachelor of Commerce in Real Estate from the University of Guelph. His career spans urban planning, affordable housing, and transit-oriented development. At ICF, Thomas works with First Nations, local governments, and communities to unlock the potential of the Island Corridor as a transportation and community asset, including advancing opportunities for rails-with-trails. Thomas is passionate about creating connected, accessible, and sustainable communities and maximizing the potential of transportation corridors to support how people move and live. He has bike toured from Calgary to San Francisco and Victoria to Campbell River, but didn't bike back! 

Colleen Dupont is the Director of Economic Development for Esquimalt Nation, where she leads the Nation’s economic development initiatives and works to advance community priorities through strategic planning, land development, business development, and partnerships. Her role includes identifying and developing new economic opportunities, building relationships with government and industry, and working with regional partners to ensure economic and planning initiatives reflect Esquimalt Nation’s goals and values.

Colleen holds a Master of Resource Management and Community Planning from Simon Fraser University and a BSc in Geography from the University of Victoria.

Dr. Jaimy Fischer is a Michif (Red River Métis) health geographer, educator, and knowledge mobilizer. She holds a PhD in Health Sciences from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and is currently SFU Library’s Empowering Indigenous Pathways Visiting Scholar. Her community-engaged research focuses on Indigenous mobility justice, healthy cities, sustainable and active transportation, and the use of GIScience and spatial research to advance equity in planning, policy, and population health. She is passionate about dismantling colonial structures within institutions and brings Indigenous methodologies, implementation science, and creative approaches to knowledge mobilization to research partnerships grounded in Indigenous self-determination, land-based learning, and community priorities. 

Dean Murdock is the outgoing Mayor of Saanich. He was elected Saanich Mayor in November 2022 and concludes his term at the end of this month. He chose not to seek re-election in the recent municipal election. Prior to becoming Mayor, Dean served three terms on Saanich Council. He worked for the Provincial Government at the Ministries of Health and Transportation and Infrastructure and was an instructor of political science at Camosun College. He grew up in Saanich, attended high school at Claremont Secondary and graduated from the University of Victoria. Dean lives in Saanich with his wife, Rachel, two children. Dean is a coffee-drinker, guitar-player, and cyclist.

David Slade is a retired business owner, a small time farmer, a climate and sustainability activist and a grandfather.  David was born and raised in the Cowichan Valley on Southern Vancouver Island where he still lives in a custom designed Cobble Hill home that is fully solar powered. David volunteers as an officer for multiple boards and societies, including treasurer of the Cowichan Watershed Board and Vice President of Friends of Rails to Trails Vancouver Island.

For a dozen years, David cycled the 15 km from his home to the company HQ in Duncan, mostly on the narrow shoulder of the Trans Canada Hwy, which he described as a "near death experience".  While riding within sight of the derelict E and N railroad, the thought often occurred: that an unused rail bed could make an excellent commuter trail and so, he began trying to build enthusiasm for the idea.  Before long, David became aware of fortvi.ca and immediately joined those working to advance the idea of a world class active transportation corridor on the nearly 300km line that joins Victoria to Courtenay and Parksville to Port Alberni.  After 15 years of decay and neglect, David believes the time is right for a new vision and new life for this corridor.

Yuval Fogelson is an urbanist, founder of YF City Urbanism in Vancouver. He works at the intersection between city design, public space transformations, and mobility networks, focusing on what makes walking and cycling work in the first and last mile surrounding transit. His practice spans urban design, planning and transportation, with projects in mobility hub networks, curbside management, and tactical urbanism. He has lived and worked across five continents. In addition, he is an educator, writes about urban transformations, and paints maps.

Starting her career in Spain, Isabel has spent over a decade working to create places where everyone can move with dignity, from local beaches to major airports. She advises on how walking and rolling enrich public spaces, strengthen community ties, and support physical and mental health. Isabel embeds people‑first values into projects, building trust through a communication style that is both warm and grounded. Previously, she led Living Streets in Metro Vancouver.

Lacey is passionate about helping Canadians choose safe and sustainable transportation for their day-to-day trips. Since 2009, she has developed transportation plans, designed protected bicycle lanes, and overseen traffic safety initiatives. Lacey enjoys collaborating with and learning from peers across the globe with highlights being NACTO’s City Limits and Global Designing Cities’ Designing for Safe Speeds. She currently supports the City of New Westminster’s passenger ferry service (the Q to Q Ferry), build-out of the Active Transportation Network, and Vision Zero Task Force.

Aman Chandi (M.Urb) is a social planner and creative generalist. A self-described “human swiss army knife” her toolkit spans planning, research, design, engagement and writing. Across a decade of work in government, non-profits, cooperatives, consulting and academia, she has aimed to genuinely advance the work of more just cities. As Director of Programs and Fundraising at Movement: Metro Vancouver Transit Riders, Aman leads with a collaborative, systems-minded approach to grow the organization’s reach and capacity. As a co-founder of Mela, she works to widen the circle of who gets to shape our cities and whose stories define them. Her practice is anchored in a belief that cities should make freedom tangible, where everyone can move safely, express who they are, access opportunities, and trust that civic decisions are made with their dignity and agency in mind.

Dr. Jaimy Fischer is a Michif (Red River Métis) health geographer, educator, and knowledge mobilizer. She holds a PhD in Health Sciences from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and is currently SFU Library’s Empowering Indigenous Pathways Visiting Scholar. Her community-engaged research focuses on Indigenous mobility justice, healthy cities, sustainable and active transportation, and the use of GIScience and spatial research to advance equity in planning, policy, and population health. She is passionate about dismantling colonial structures within institutions and brings Indigenous methodologies, implementation science, and creative approaches to knowledge mobilization to research partnerships grounded in Indigenous self-determination, land-based learning, and community priorities. 

Stephanie is a Transportation Planner with the City of Victoria. She started as a Transportation Outreach Coordinator over five years ago, working across the department to communicate the City’s transportation projects, policies and priorities. Since then, she has led the approval of emerging transportation modes and services and developed many popular programs, including the Downtown Victoria Bike Valet, Request a Bike Rack and most recently, city-wide bike share. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Geography from SFU and a Masters in Community Development from UVIC.

Sandra is CEO of Modo Co-operative and founder of movmi, focused on designing mobility systems that integrate bikeshare, active transportation, carshare, and public transit into one seamless network.

At Modo, she is leading the co-operative’s evolution beyond carsharing into a multimodal platform—connecting shared vehicles with walking, cycling, and transit at the neighbourhood level. Her work centres on how these modes function together in real life, ensuring people can move fluidly between them without defaulting to private car ownership.

Sandra has advised cities and transit agencies globally on integrating bikeshare and shared mobility with public transit systems—from TransLink initiatives like the Shared Mobility Compass Card and RideLink to Transport for London’s regional approach to bikeshare and micromobility integration.

She is also a Director at Large with Connect the Coast, where she advocates for a AAA cycling highway on the Sunshine Coast—advancing safe, connected infrastructure that supports active transportation in smaller and underserved communities.

Her work has been recognized with the Clean50 Award, the BCBusiness Change Maker Award, and the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award.

Samir Ajanovic is a Transportation Planner with Arcadis based in Vancouver, BC. Originally from the Netherlands, Samir brings a Dutch perspective on mobility and active transportation to projects across Canada. Samir works with municipalities and agencies on active transportation and broader transportation planning projects, helping shape safer, more connected, and sustainable communities. Samir has experience in network planning, transit-oriented development and multimodal transportation solutions, with a focus on delivering practical improvements that support walking, cycling, and accessible mobility while incorporating the practical, people-focused approach often associated with Dutch transportation planning.

Nick Armstrong is the Supervisor of Transportation Operations for the City of Victoria. He leads and supports transportation data collection and traffic signal modernization programs, with a focus on improving roadway safety, operations, and mobility. His work includes deploying emerging technologies, analyzing transportation data, and advancing smart traffic signal systems to support a safer and more efficient transportation network.

Mike Zipf is a Policy Analyst in Vancouver’s Transportation Planning Division. He has over 15 years of experience focused on active transportation. His work includes developing Vancouver’s All Ages and Abilities Cycling Guidelines, advancing micromobility policy, active transportation network & corridor planning as well as overseeing Vancouver’s Active Travel Summer Count Program. He and his family live car-free in Vancouver and get around via walking, cycling, and transit.

Colleen MacDonald is an author, cycling advocate and creator of the Let’s Go Biking guidebook series. A director with the BC Cycling Coalition, she leads its Cycle Tourism Team, collaborating with partners including BC Cycle Tourism Society to help build a connected, welcoming cycle tourism network across British Columbia.

Heather Piwowar is the Founding Director of the BC Cycle Tourism Society, a new provincial organization helping BC realize its potential as a world-class cycle touring destination. Heather is a Vancouver-based cyclist with 25 years of touring experience, and a tour leader with the Adventure Cycling Association. She previously co-founded OurResearch, a nonprofit whose open research tools are used by millions of people. Ask her about bike sandals :)

Ricardo has 18 years experience in both the private and public sectors with the last four years focused on owner’s representative project management. He has worked in municipalities as Manager of Engineering and Public Works and Land Developer Engineer. In the private sector, he has carried out design, contract administration and field reviewing roles for capital and land development projects. In recent years, Ricardo has developed a well-rounded skillset that spans owner’s project management for municipalities including the recent Galloping Goose Pedestrian  Bridge over the Island Highway in Colwood, civil engineering designs, and comprehensive contract administration.