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Councillor Sonya Chandler
c/o #1 Centennial Square
Victoria, BC V8W 1P6
Phone: 250-361-0216 (City Hall)
Cell: 250-217-3401
E-mail Councillor Sonya Chandler

Neighbourhood:
North Park
Hillside / Quadra

Liaison for the City of Victoria Youth Council

Committees/Regional Appointments:

• Board of Cemetery Trustees
• CRD Board – 4th Alternate Municipal Directors
• CRD Water Supply Commission – Alternate for Chris Coleman
• Greater Victoria Family Court and Youth Justice Committee
• Greater Victoria Harbour Authority
• Mayor’s Standing Committee on Victoria Harbour Airport

Biography:

Sonya Chandler was born in Toronto, raised in Regina, and settled in Victoria in 1995. She is a registered nurse with a University of Victoria Bachelor of Science in Nursing with Distinction. She currently works at the Victoria Youth Clinic, an interdisciplinary medical clinic for high risk, street involved youth. She also works with the YW-YMCA of Victoria supporting women who are pregnant and parenting in vulnerable situations.

Sonya, her husband Roy, and their toddler Penelope-Rose (and dog and cat) live in Vic West, where she was active in the Vic West Community Association from 2001 to 2005. She was a participating member of the Vic West Visions Project and Mapping Day 2003, co-founder of Raynor Shine Community Garden, Vic West Food Coop, Vic West Food Security and Community Gardens Collective and founder of the Vic West Arts Action Network.

Sonya is a second term councillor with an interest in how we as a community can live more sustainably, and how our health and well being as a community is impacted by decisions made around the council table. Currently Sonya is contemplating a graduate degree in Leadership and is looking forward to her second term at City Hall.

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