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An engineer-planner, Kim Stephens has more than four decades of experience. This covers the continuum of water resource and infrastructure engineering issues and applications, from master planning and modelling to implementation of capital projects. He specializes in public policy and professional development, and has played a leadership role in a series of initiatives in British Columbia. He is featured in “Dancing with the Tiger”, a book by Brian Nattras and Mary Altomare published in 2002, for his innovation related to the UniverCity sustainable community atop Burnaby Mountain in the Metro Vancouver region.

Known for his passion and inspiration as the “heart and soul” of the Partnership., Eric Bonham’s engineering career over five decades encompassed a diverse range of water related projects. As a former director in two provincial ministries, Environment and Municipal Affairs, his responsibilities were floodplain management and infrastructure programs, respectively. In 1989, Eric was tasked with implementing the provincial Urban Salmon Habitat Program (USHP) to develop partnerships with local governments, federal fisheries and community stewards.

John Finnie was a founding member of The Partnership on Vancouver Island (formerly CAVI) and served as its chair from 2006 to 2011. A civil and environmental engineer, his career was defined by over 40 years of water, wastewater and solid waste regulatory and utility management experience with the BC Ministry of Environment and the Regional District of Nanaimo. John received the first BCWWA Leadership in Water Sustainability Award for his accomplishments, in particular for his work in championing and bringing to fruition the Regional District of Nanaimo’s “Drinking Water and Watershed Protection” program.

The BC Land Champion Award honours individual who have demonstrated the “key qualities” of leadership, innovation and collaboration over time. “It is especially fitting that the Land Champion Award go first to Tim Pringle,” stated Michael Clague in a  video testimonial. “This sets the bar pretty high for subsequent nominations. Tim leaves with a long legacy and the hopes from many of us that we are going to continue to be able to benefit and learn from what Tim has done and what he is going to continue to do.”