Islands Trust Annual Report 2020-2021

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2020/21
Preserving and protecting over 450 islands in the Salish Sea
Annual  
Report

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
12 The Islands Trust Area
16 2020 – 2021  Key  Accomplishments
18 Islands Trust Council 
58 Appendix A Strategic Plan 2018 –   2022
72 Appendix B Islands Trust Financial Statements
96 Message from the Islands Trust Conservancy Board Chair
98       Acknowledgement
99 Reconciliation Declaration
100    Islands Trust Conservancy 
105 Regional Conservation Plan
120 Appendix C Islands Trust Conservancy Financial Statements
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Message from the 
Islands Trust Council 
Chair
The 2020/21 year has been a year to remember. It was a year 
of hardship and sadness for some, and many organizations and 
businesses struggled. The Islands Trust needed to adapt and 
respond to unprecedented challenges and certainly rose to the 
challenge. We left our last in-person Council meeting on March 
12, just after the announcement of a pandemic, with an adopted 
budget and direction to staff to create a business continuity plan. 
A few weeks later, we reconvened electronically to reduce the 
approved 2% increase in the property tax requisition to 0% and 
request staff to write a press release to remind people to avoid 
non-essential travel and minimize community interaction if coming 
to the islands in the Islands Trust Area.
The Islands Trust was in a strong position 
to adapt to the pandemic. We had already 
adopted full electronic agendas for meetings; 
we had already started to pilot electronic 
meetings; we had developed and adopted 
electronic meeting procedures; and had 
already budgeted for a more fulsome rollout 
of electronic meetings. This groundwork was 
substantially put in place to reduce our carbon 
footprint and provid

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