Governance
The RCEN voting membership is comprised of environmental organizations from across Canada. Members meet every year during our Annual General Assembly to elect the Board of Directors, which is composed entirely of voting member representatives. As the organization is largely volunteer based, the Board members, Caucus members and volunteers carry out activities in support of the network. For more information on the organization governance, please see the RCEN By-laws.
RCEN Board
Acting Chair: Ian Peace, Salt Spring Island Water Preservation Society
Ian is a British Columbia-based environmental advocate who spent many winters in traditional territories working as a surveyor for oil and gas exploration. He graduated with a MSc. Environment and Management from Royal Roads University and worked in the oil sand development region for a First Nation Band Consultation office.
Ian studied water management in the oil sand extraction processes and developed a passion for investigating environmental performance related to Athabasca River water diversions. In his free time, he enjoys the outdoors and teaches trampoline.
Secretary: Rosalind Warner, British Columbia Council for International Cooperation
Rosalind has a long-standing interest in environment, sustainability and climate issues. As an educator and researcher, Rosalind has been motivated to advance environmental, social, and governance objectives in her professional and volunteer work. She has been involved in a leadership role in local environmental groups, including the Okanagan Sustainability Leadership Council, the Okanagan Climate Hub, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Okanagan Chapter, and the BC Council for International Cooperation. Rosalind is particularly interested in local and global initiatives around local and global climate action, nature rights in international and national laws, and the 2030 Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals. She speaks and writes often about environmental issues to both academic and general audiences.
Advisor: Anna Johnston, West Coast Environmental Law
Anna is a staff lawyer for West Coast Environmental Law, where her work focuses on strengthening federal environmental assessment laws, policies and regulations. She earned her law degree from the University of Victoria in 2010, where she was enrolled in the Environmental Law Clinic intensive stream and was an active member of the Environmental Law Club. In 2010 Anna interned at the Institute of Environmental Law and Governance in Nairobi, Kenya before completing her articles at Ecojustice Canada. Called to the bar in 2011, Anna practiced as a sole practitioner in Aboriginal and environmental law before she joined West Coast in 2013.
Anna has represented community and Indigenous groups on environmental assessments of major energy projects in British Columbia and Alberta and has provided environmental legal education and support to communities across Canada. She currently co-chairs the national Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus of the Canadian Environmental Network, and resides in Ottawa.
Treasurer: Devanshi Kukadia, Canadian Youth Biodiversity Network
Devanshi is passionate about building climate resilience in the community and bringing positive changes in policies related to climate change at all levels of government. She has over six years of experience working in the environmental sector with the Toronto Zoo, the Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN), the Ontario Environment Network (OEN), Canadian Youth Biodiversity Network (CYBN) and the UN Association in Canada. Devanshi is the Research and Communications Manager at the Clean Air Partnership. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Science from the University of Toronto and is a certified Climate Reality Leader.