Board and Committees

A board meeting held at Totem Hall, Squamish Nation in 2011.

Here’s a quick overview of the Fraser Basin Council Board and Committees. For current members, see: FBC Directors and FBC committees.

Fraser Basin Council Board

The FBC Board has 38 Directors — representatives from all orders of Canadian government within BC, together with people from the private sector and civil society, and an independent chair. This is a unique partnership of diverse interests, with all FBC Directors sharing a common focus: to advance sustainability.

Structure

There are 22 Directors from the four orders of government:

• three from the federal government
• three from the provincial government
• one from each of the eight regional districts in the Fraser Basin:
• Metro Vancouver
• Squamish-Lillooet
• Fraser Valley
• Thompson-Nicola
• Columbia-Shuswap
• North Thompson Okanagan
• Cariboo
• Fraser Fort George
• one from each of the Basin's eight major First Nations language groups:
• Halq’emeylem
• Hul’q’umi’num
• Secwepemctsín
• St át imcets
• Nlaka'pamux
• Nsyilxcen
• Tsilhqot'in
• Dakelh

The remaining 16 Directors are non-governmental appointees of the Council:

• two from each of the Basin's five geographic regions (10 Directors in total), representing diverse sectors
• three Basin-wide Directors to reflect the three dimensions of sustainability (economic, social and environmental)
• a Director from among youth in the Basin
• a Director with experience in the finance sector
• a Chairperson.

Committees

The Fraser Basin Council supports the Board of Directors through a number of committees. Currently, these are:

• Operations Committee
• Governance Committee
• Finance Committee
• Suxwtxtem Committee
• Youth Advisory Committee
• Climate Change and Air Quality Committee
• Watersheds and Water Resources Committee
• Community and Regional Sustainability Committee
• Regional Committees:
• Greater Vancouver-Sea to Sky
• Fraser Valley
• Thompson
• Cariboo-Chilcotin
• Upper Fraser

For a look at the mandate and membership of each, see FBC Committees.