Islands Trust Annual Report 2021-2022

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2021/22
Annual  
Report
Preserving and protecting over 450 islands in the Salish Sea

Reconciliation Declaration
Islands Trust Council acknowledges that the lands and waters that 
encompass the Islands Trust Area have been home to Indigenous 
peoples since time immemorial and honours the rich history, 
stewardship, and cultural heritage that embody this place we all 
call home.
The Islands Trust Council is committed to establishing and 
maintaining mutually respectful relationships between Indigenous 
and non-Indigenous peoples. Islands Trust states a commitment 
to reconciliation with the understanding that this commitment is a 
long-term relationship-building and healing process.
The Islands Trust Council will strive to create opportunities for 
knowledge-sharing and understanding as people come together 
to preserve and protect the special nature of the islands within the 
Salish Sea.
Adopted: March 14, 2019 Trust Council on Gabriola Island
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Table of Contents
6 Message from the Islands Trust Council Chair
8 Message from the Chief Administrative Officer
10 The Islands Trust Area
14 2021–2022 Key Accomplishments
16 Islands Trust Council 
40 Islands Trust Conservancy
72 Local Trust Committees and Bowen Island Municipality
82  Legislative Services – Administrative Fairness  
and Freedom of Information
84 Appendix A: Strategic Plan 2018 – 2022
98 Appendix B: Islands Trust Financial Statements
118  Appendix C: Islands Trust Conservancy  
Financial Statements
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Message from the 
Islands Trust Council 
Chair
It is my honour to work for Trust Council and to deliver on 
the Islands Trust mandate. I am proud of our commitment to 
reconciliation and I am humbled to have opportunities to learn from 
First Nations about this special place in the Salish Sea.
I live on Thetis Island in Penelakut and Lyackson Territory. We are all 
living and working on the treaty and non-treaty lands in the unceded terri-
tory of the Coast Salish People. We left the March Trust Council in 2020 to 
the announcement of a pandemic. Now, more than two years later, COVID 
sickness lingers in communities and community members, organizations, 
and businesses are still addressing the economic hardships they have expe-
rienced. I wish all of those affected a quick recovery.
Towards the end of 2021 Islands Trust began to return to open offices 
and in-person public meetings. It is good to be with each other in-person 
again, as personal connections are vital to addressing the challenges and 
opportunities we face when preserving and protecting the islands. 
A dominant theme for Islands Trust though 2021-2022 was the Policy 
Statement Amendment Project. This is the most significant policy amend-
ment work we have unde

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