BVIP members work together to create a more welcoming and inclusive community.

We are a partnership of over 60 local community organizations, businesses, governments, and individuals.

To achieve our goals, each member contributes to BVIP’s shared 4-year strategic plan.

Our members represent every sector of the community in the Bow Valley, AB. This includes communities from Lake Louise, Banff, Canmore, the Hamlets of Lac des Arcs, Dead Man’s Flats, Exshaw and Harvie Heights, and Kananaskis.

The BVIP Partnership Council is the decision-making body for BVIP and includes representatives from many different sectors of the community, as well as the chairpersons of the Immigrant Advisory Group.

BVIP Partnership Council:

Brian McClure - Innovate Canmore
Camille Fely - Association Canadienne-Française de l’Alberta (ACFA), Régionale de Canmore-Banff
Danielle Richard - Bow Valley Primary Care Network
Jeanie Godfrey - Settlement Services in the Bow Valley
Jill Jamieson - Town of Canmore
Katie Dolson - Banff Lake Louise Hospitality Association
Kevin Driver - Banff Ministerial Association
Reave MacLeod - YWCA Banff
Sachiho Oki - Chairperson
Shawn Carr - Town of Banff
Sierra Sawatzky - Job Resource Centre
Steve Greene - Canadian Rockies Public Schools
Yann Legrand - Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

The Immigrant Advisory Group works with and advises the Partnership Council to ensure that BVIP decisions are grounded in the lived experience of immigrants. Learn more and apply to join.

These dedicated volunteers act as liaisons to the community and help identify local settlement and integration needs.

Meet the IAG

Immigrant Advisory Group (IAG)

Working Groups

To implement our collective 2025-2029 Bow Valley Immigrant Inclusion Strategy, BVIP facilitates working groups focused on each of the 6 strategic priorities:

Committee members represent many different sectors and backgrounds, and include organizational representatives and individual volunteer Community Members.

Our 2025-2029 Working Groups include: