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
Jada Sutherland - Bow Valley Primary Care Network
Jeanie Godfrey - Settlement Services in the Bow Valley
Jenn Porter - Banff Lake Louise Hospitality Association
Jill Jamieson - Town of Canmore
Josée Sévigny - Association Canadienne-Française de l’Alberta (ACFA), Régionale de Canmore-Banff
Kevin Driver - Banff Ministerial Association (Chair)
Reave MacLeod - YWCA Banff
Sachiho Oki - Immigrant Advisory Group
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.
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:
Working Group 1: Valued Immigrant Voices
Working Group 2: Inclusive Wellbeing
Working Group 3: Lifelong Learning
Working Group 4: Supportive Workplaces
Working Group 5: Better Housing Experiences
Working Group 6: Welcoming Communities
Bow Valley Immigration Partnership
Members
