The Anthropocene Foundation

Kim has over 15 years experience in Ontario’s nuclear energy sector and was licensed as a Control Room Operator at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. She currently co-manages a consulting firm. Elected to Peterborough City Council in 2018, she established an Environmental Advisory Committee and chaired the Environment and Climate Change portfolio. As a Conservation Authority Director, she collaborated on watershed land use policies and served on the regional Board of Health, emphasizing the importance of environmental and climate considerations in addressing social determinants of health. Following her tenure, Kim continues to support resilience-building initiatives, recognizing that in the Anthropocene Epoch, it’s essential to reverse course and live within planetary boundaries. Kim and her family live on the traditional lands of the Michi Saagiig Anishinaabeg in Peterborough, Ontario.

Jessica McIlroy is passionate about driving change to realize social and climate justice. With twenty years of experience in clean energy and climate action, she is continually looking for and creating opportunities to change policy, behaviour and industry practices. Jessica is currently a Councillor with the City of North Vancouver, and sits on the Lonsdale Energy Corporation Board of Directors, the Metro Vancouver Indigenous Relations Committee, and the BC Municipal Climate Leadership Council. Ms. McIlroy currently works as a Manager with the Pembina Institute, a national clean energy think tank, and has held leadership positions with Climate Reality Project Canada, the BC Sustainable Energy Association, Passive House Canada, Marine Renewables Canada, and the BC Women in Energy Network.

Alex is an articling student at Lidstone & Company in Calgary. She has a law degree from the University of Sussex, a Master of Science degree in climate change, development, and policy from the Institute of Development Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Calgary. Previously, she worked as the Executive Director at Climate Caucus and  was named a “2023 Canadian Top 30 under 30”.

Gaby is the Executive Director at Clean Air Partnership, which is based in Toronto and advances the implementation of actions to foster low-carbon, resilient communities. She has been working to motivate and support local government action on clean air and climate change for over 20 years. Her passion has been on encouraging the uptake, transfer and implementation of clean air and climate change actions and the building of partnerships that enable collaboration and support between the community and all levels of government.

Robyn Webb, BA, MCIP, has worked on urban climate solutions at the neighbourhood and municipal level in Manitoba, Alberta, and BC for over 15 years. With a background in urban planning, Robyn has worked on municipal climate action policies and programs in the areas of transportation and buildings for the City of Victoria and the City of Edmonton. She currently calls Vancouver – the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam), Squamish), and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, home where she manages BC Hydro's Sustainable Communities program which provides support and funding to BC local governments to pursue energy efficiency and electrification policy. This includes co-funding staff in 18 of BC's largest communities. Robyn has been worked for and been a board member for numerous non-profits over the years including the Peg City Car Co-op, Edmonton Tool Library, and Youth Climate Corps BC.   

Don Lidstone K.C. is licenced in BC, Alberta, and Yukon. He practices generally in the area of local government law. His municipal law focus is in the areas of governance, finance and taxation, land use and development, environmental law, aboriginal law and bylaw/legislative drafting. Invited to speak regularly at conferences, symposia and universities, Don has chaired the Sustainable Region Initiative (Governance and Finance), Liquid Waste Expert Review Panel, Fire Services Review Panel, Whistler Waste Blue Ribbon Panel, and the Municipal Law Section of the British Columbia Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. He has published numerous papers and manuals and consulted on the development of the Community Charter and other municipal statutes in a number of provinces. Don was designated King’s Counsel in 2008.