Board meetings and membership

UVSP Board meeting dates and locations change from semester to semester and are held weekly during the Fall and Spring semesters and fortnightly during the Summer semester. Visit our Instagram for meeting announcements.

All students are welcome to attend UVSP Board meetings meetings whether they are a Board member or an attendee. To become a UVSP board member you must attend three meetings in a semester.

The benefits of being a Board Member include:

• The ability to vote on the approval of grants, events, and campaigns.
• Opportunities to plan and facilitate events, volunteer opportunities, and more!
• Being a part of and co-creating a vibrant, supportive, and inclusive community with other passionate students.​ ​

Meet the UVSP's Board of Directors

Lindsay Worden

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Geography and Environmental Studies
Home territories: Victoria, the traditional Territories of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.
Ask me about... Caves!

Joel Nordine | Treasurer

Pronouns: (he/him)
Major(s): Physics & Earth and Ocean Science
Home territories: Kelowna BC, the unceded territory of the Sylix, Secwépemc and Nklaka’pamux peoples.
What are you most passionate about within the realm of sustainability? Sustainable food habits and reconnection with the natural world.

Madisen Asante | Co-Chair

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Biology and Environmental Studies
Home territories: Ponoka, Alberta, Treaty 6 & 7 Territory. 
What are you most passionate about within the realm of sustainability? Bringing communities —particularly marginalized communities— together in outdoor spaces. Especially through birding! :)

Kayla Neumann | Media Director

Pronouns: (she/they)
Major(s): Environmental Studies and Political Science
Home territories: Calgary, Alberta as a settler on the unceded territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut'ina, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, and Métis Nation (Region 3).
What are you most passionate about within the realm of sustainability? As a born and raised environmentalist I am, and have always been, passionate about everything that falls within the realm of sustainability. I am especially infatuated with how the environmental movement is interconnected with other social justice movements, and the fight towards a just transition. I enjoy discussing and thinking about a policy approach to implementing systemic changes which emphasize environmental justice on a local and global scale alongside counteracting previous systemic injustices that had disproportionately hurt vulnerable communities. ​

Linnea Hill | Co-Secretary

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Geography and Environmental Studies
Home territories: Salmon Arm BC, the traditional territories of the Secwepemc people.
What are you most passionate about within the realm of sustainability? I am very passionate about many aspects of sustainability, but this year I am particularly interested in learning more about native plants in the Victoria area and getting involved with protecting and restoring local ecosystems.
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Chloe MacGregor | Co-Chair

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Environmental Studies and Geography
Home territories: Calgary, Alberta which resides on the unceded territory of the Tsuut’ina, Îyâxe Nakoda Nations, Metis nation, and Blackfoot nation which include the Piinai, Siksika, Piikani as well as all those that call Treaty 3 Territory their home.
What are you most passionate about within the realm of sustainability? Within the realm of sustainability, I really enjoy learning about food systems and how different communities are affected; I also like doing restoration work and learning through what kinds of invasive and native species are in and around Victoria. ​

Jack Dobson

Pronouns: (he/him)
Major(s): ​Biology
Home territories: Burnaby, BC, the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish peoples.
What do you love most about working with the UVSP? Being able to be part of a great group of people that inspires and strives to make a change for the better, starting at a grassroots level.

Bethany Klein | Fundraising Director

Pronouns: (she/they)
​Major(s): Climate Science
Home territories: Medicine Hat Alberta. Treaty 7 neighbouring treaty 4 territory, traditional lands of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Stoney Nakoda, and Tsuut’ina as well as the Cree, Sioux, and Saultaux bands of the Ojibwa people.
Ask me about... Youth engagement in climate action and grow towers!

Lili Munn

Pronouns: (she/her)
​Major(s): Geography with a Minor in Indigenous Studies
Home territories: Victoria, unceded Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories.
What do you love most about working with the UVSP? Although I just joined UVSP this semester I really enjoy the community aspect of it! I’m excited to work with a lot of cool and lovely people this year.

Rachel Willins

Pronouns: (she/they)
Major(s): Anthropology and Environmental Studies
Home territories: Portland Oregon, the traditional territories of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla tribes.
Ask me about... frogs, toads, other amphibians!

Marianne Raymundo | Fundraising Director

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Physical Geography & Earth and Ocean Sciences
Home territories: The traditional territories of the Halq'eméylem and North Straits Salish speaking peoples of the Coast Salish, specifically the Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen First Nations and the Kwantlen, Katzie, and Kwikwetlem peoples of Stó:lō.
Ask me about... bread baking!
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Everett Schwarz

Pronouns: (he/him)
Major(s): Physics and Astronomy 
Home territories: Whitehorse, Yukon, on the traditional territories of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council.
What do you love most about working with the UVSP? I love the inclusivity and positive energy, which inspires me to push for ecological change in my community.

Skye Bartel-Ens

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Biology and Anthropology
Home territories: Winnipeg, Manitoba, traditional lands of the Anishinabe, Ininew, Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota peoples, and birthplace of the Métis nation (Treaty 1).
Ask me about... my favourite books!

Erin Walters

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Geography and Environmental Studies
Home territories: The Comox Valley, on the unceded traditional territories of the K’omoks First Nations.
Ask me about... Please ask me about sand! I love learning about sand, what it can be made of, how it travels down our coastlines, and how we take it for granted. ​
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Sarah Berton | Media Director

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Geography and Environmental Studies
Home territories: The traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, or what is known as Greater Vancouver.
What are you most passionate about within the realm of sustainability? Sustainable recreation and how it facilitates community and connection to the land, as well as making sustainability and sustainable living more approachable! 

Gemma Rigoni

Pronouns: (she/her)
Home territories: Kitimat, BC, traditional territories of the Haisla Peoples.
Ask me about... cross country skiing and snowshoeing!

Indigo Eilers

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major: ​Geography
Home territories: Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish territories (North Vancouver).
Ask me about... books!

Aaliyah Naghdy

Pronouns: (she/her)
Home territories: Sooke, BC, the unceded traditional territories of the T'Sou-ke and Scia'new Nations.
Ask me about... trail cameras!

Abbey Heard | Media Director

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Geography and Environmental Studies
Home territories: North Vancouver, the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Ask me about... tidepooling!

Jade Janzen | Co-Secretary

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Marine Biology
Home territories: Cochrane Alberta, the traditional territories of the lyarhe Nakoda Nations (Bearspaw, Wesley, Chinki), the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Piikani, Kainai), the Tsuut’ina- part of the Dene people, Ktunaxa, Secwepemc, Mountain Cree and Metis: Region 3 in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta, Canada. 
Ask me about... lowering individual and collective environmental footprints with regards to single use plastics, and my organization, Lives With Less Plastic!

Eve O’Byrne

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Biology
Home territories: North Vancouver, the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Ask me about... about human anatomy and physiology!

Mackenzie Cumming

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major: ​Biology and Environmental Studies
Home territories: ​Mohkinstis, Treaty 7 Territory, home of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani), the Iyarhe Nakoda nations of Chinki, Bearspaw, and Wesley, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Métis Nation of region 3 (Calgary, AB).
Ask me about... ​running!

Olivia Dawson

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major: ​Geography
Home territories: ​North Vancouver, the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Ask me about... camping!
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Tanya Slaney

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major: ​Geography
Home territories: ​Calgary, Alberta. The traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).
Ask me about... good thrift stores in Victoria! I'm passionate about shopping while also promoting sustainability through the re-use of clothing!

Amina Turner

Pronouns: (she/her)
Major(s): Earth and Ocean Science Major, Physical Geography Minor.
Home territories: Comox Valley, the territories the K’ómoks First People’s, who today refer to themselves as the Sahtloot, Sasitla, Ieeksun and Puntledge. 
What do you love most about working with the UVSP? I love being a part of the UVSP because it feels like a community. Everyone in the UVSP is so inviting and incredibly friendly. As a new person to the Victoria region, the UVSP has been an incredible resource for exploring, learning, and appreciating the lands that we are so lucky to live on.