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Robyn Schell
Robyn Schell, Board Chair Hello Coasters, I’m the current Chair of SCCA after being on the Board for 2 years. As well as learning how to chair meetings, I volunteered to develop our fundraising strategy and to assist with grant writing. In my former life, I was an online course developer and educational technologist at […]
Suzanne Senger
Suzanne Senger, Executive Director Hello Sunshine Coast: I’m Suzanne Senger, the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association’s Executive Director. I stepped into this role in November 2020, when the SCCA was at an important crossroads. I can’t believe five years have passed so quickly. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of leading the organization’s conservation work—strengthening programs, […]
Join the Christmas Bird Count this Saturday!
Every December, while many of us are turning inward for the season, hundreds of volunteers across the Sunshine Coast and around the world head outside with binoculars, notebooks, and a shared sense of purpose. They’re taking part in the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) — and it’s one of our favourite days of the year! The […]
Your Support Matters: Protecting the Sunshine Coast for Generations to Come
If you love the Sunshine Coast — its forests, watersheds, shorelines, wildlife, and wild places — this is your invitation to help protect what makes this region extraordinary. DONATE HERE All donations are tax-receiptable. At a time when ecosystems face growing pressure from climate change, industrial development, and weakening environmental safeguards, the Sunshine Coast Conservation […]
Bill M216 Professional Governance Act
Deadline Extended to January 6 to Submit Your Comments The deadline to submit feedback on B.C.’s private member’s Bill M216, the Professional Reliance Act, has been extended to January 6, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). The original deadline was December 2, 2025. This extension was granted by the Select Standing Committee on Private Bills […]
Community Plans are being Rewritten: What’s Happening — and How to Have Your Say
For the past two years, we’ve been sharing information about Official Community Plans (OCPs) and why they matter. OCPs quietly shape almost everything around us — where housing goes, what forests are protected, how drinking water is safeguarded, and how communities prepare for climate change. Right now, the Sunshine Coast has entered the most important […]
Under Our Feet and In Our Forests – BioBlitz 2025
This November, the Sunshine Coast Conservation Association (SCCA) is teaming up with the Loon Foundation for the annual Sunshine Coast BioBlitz; a week-long celebration of biodiversity and citizen science. From forests to foreshore, this event invites the community to explore, observe, and connect with the extraordinary ecosystems that make the Sunshine Coast so unique. Event […]
Biodiversity Law Still Missing, Five Years Later
September 11, 2025, marked the five-year anniversary of the Old Growth Strategic Review (OGSR), the landmark report that called on the Province to make ecosystem health and biodiversity the overarching priority in all land-use decisions. At the time, the government committed to implementing the OGSR recommendations “in full.” Yet five years on, the promised Biodiversity […]