BCCC Lifetime Members

BCCC Life Time Members or those who have shown dedication and support to the BC Cycling Coalition over the years, whether that be through volunteerism, advocacy or financial support - the backbone of a not-for-profit.

Colin Brander

Colin has been a regular cyclist since the 1970s; in 1983, he cycled from Victoria to St. John’s in 55 days. He returned to BC for good in 1995, and began advocating for safer cycling almost immediately, becoming a founding member and director of the BC Cycling Coalition in 1998. Colin has had a particular focus on the BC Motor Vehicle Act and other legislation that impacts the legal environment for cyclists, and follows legislative developments in jurisdictions across North America and Europe. He is also an enthusiastic runner and can often be seen training on the streets of Vancouver. Colin completed both the Boston and Berlin marathons in 2019.

Finance Committee, Member

Peter Stary

Peter fell in love with cycling on his first solo ride despite proving that he could indeed hit a barn door. Since then he's cycled to and from jobs in traffic management and transportation planning, on many long distance rides including the 100th anniversary of Paris-Brest-Paris, and all around BC. He has served in volunteer positions with several cycling organizations as well as with ICBC, the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure and the City of Burnaby. Now retired, Peter continues to cycle for transportation, fitness and fun.

MVA Reform Committee, Member

Arno Schortinghuis

Longtime cycling advocate Arno Schortinghuis, who “travelled the world on two wheels,” died Nov. 30, 2018, a day after he had an accident while riding home from a meeting about cycling. It would be impossible for the BCCC team to adequately express what Arno meant to the organization, and to cycling in British Columbia, in the nearly two decades he was involved.

When it came to cycling advocacy, Schortinghuis would do whatever needed to be done — from administrative work to arranging meetings with politicians. He did so much, worked very hard and was a really kind and gentle person, said everyone who knew him.

Aside from the BC Cycling Coalition, Schortinghuis was involved with many cycling organizations throughout the years. Previously, he was a board member and past president of HUB Cycling (formerly Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition), a co-chair of the HUB Cycling Regional Advisory Committee and a board member of Bike to Work BC Society/GoByBike Society. He was also a founding member of Canada Bikes.

Arno was born in the Netherlands. He moved to Ontario with his family in 1949 when he was three. He moved to B.C. in the mid-1970s. He met his wife Jean Matthewson in 1977. They have two adult children.

Matthewson said her husband, who was a computer programmer for Finning before he retired, always talked about the mental, physical and environmental benefits of cycling, saying it’s not wasted time if you go from A to B on a bike instead of sitting in a car. But she said cycling advocacy wasn’t the only volunteer work he was involved with during his lifetime. He also volunteered for the Federation of Mountain Clubs of B.C., for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and on school parent advisory committees.

Schortinghuis’ contributions to the region’s cycling community will never be forgotten by those who worked with and admired him.