Christine Boyle Explained

Christine Boyle
Office:Vancouver City Councillor
Term Start:November 5, 2018[1]
Nationality:Canadian
Party:OneCity (municipal)
Otherparty:New Democratic (provincial)
Residence:Vancouver, British Columbia

Christine Boyle is a Canadian politician in Vancouver, British Columbia, who was elected to Vancouver City Council in the 2018 municipal election. She is a member of OneCity Vancouver. She is a climate justice activist, United Church minister,[2] and community organizer.

Personal life

Boyle lives with her partner, writer and activist Seth Klein, and their children in Grandview–Woodlands.[3] [4] [5]

Activism

Boyle is a founder and director of the Self Care Project, focusing on fostering resilience for activists,[6] and Spirited Social Change.[7] She has been involved in Fossil Free Faith, an organization that encourages faith institutions to divest from fossil fuels. Due to their work, the United Church of Canada divested from fossil fuels in 2015.[8]

In 2015, Boyle traveled to the Vatican to participate in events surrounding Laudato Si.[9] She was also a delegate to the COP21 climate talks on behalf of the United Church of Canada.[10] In 2018, Boyle participated in a day of faith-based protests against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline in Burnaby, BC.[11]

Election campaign

Boyle was motivated to run for office because of her commitment to "tackling the deepening wealth gap [in Vancouver], about ensuring that homes are for housing people rather than profits, and about deepening community engagement to build a better city together".[12] She ran alongside Brandon Yan after winning the OneCity Vancouver candidate nomination in June 2018.[13] Boyle won a seat on Vancouver City Council in October 2018 with 45,529 votes,[14] making her the first elected city councillor from OneCity Vancouver[15] [16] and one of eight women on the ten-member council.[17] She was re-elected to a second term on Vancouver City Council on October 15, 2022.[18]

On April 4, 2024, Boyle was nominated to run in the seat of Vancouver-Little Mountain for the New Democratic Party of British Columbia in the 2024 provincial election.[19]

Notes and References

  1. News: Fumano . Dan . Collegiality reigns as Vancouver's new council starts work . November 7, 2018 . Vancouver Sun . November 6, 2018.
  2. News: Christine Boyle joins CMUC as Minister of Community Life - Canadian Memorial United Church . December 16, 2015 . Canadian Memorial United Church . October 22, 2018 . March 27, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091242/http://canadianmemorial.org/christine-boyle-joins-cmuc-as-minister-of-community-life/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Christine Boyle for City Council - A Vancouver to Live and Belong In . christineboyle.ca . October 22, 2018.
  4. News: East Vancouver social housing and services hub goes to proposal stage . Star Metro Vancouver . October 22, 2018.
  5. News: Their Home Was a Gas Guzzler. Not Anymore. . June 17, 2022 . Asparagus Magazine . August 26, 2023.
  6. Web site: The Self Care Project . Self Care Project . October 22, 2018.
  7. Web site: Spirited Social Change Change with Heart. Spirited Social Change . October 22, 2018.
  8. News: Keeping the Fossil Free Faith . Johnson . Pat . Vancouver Courier . October 22, 2018.
  9. News: These two young activists are fuelled by faith . Perkins . Martha . Vancouver Courier . October 22, 2018.
  10. News: Meet Our COP21 Delegates . November 20, 2015 . The United Church of Canada . October 22, 2018.
  11. News: Protesting pastors arrested at Kinder Morgan facility in Burnaby . Boothby . Lauren . Vancouver Courier . October 22, 2018.
  12. Web site: Why I'm Running - Christine Boyle for City Council - A Vancouver to Live and Belong In . christineboyle.ca . October 22, 2018.
  13. News: OneCity nominates Christine Boyle and Brandon Yan to run for Vancouver city council . June 16, 2018 . Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly . October 22, 2018.
  14. Web site: Election results (unofficial) . City of Vancouver . October 20, 2018 . October 22, 2018.
  15. News: Vancouver election: New Mayor Kennedy Stewart prepares to lead mixed council . October 22, 2018 . Vancouver Sun . October 22, 2018.
  16. Web site: Christine Boyle on new voices at Vancouver city hall Watch News Videos Online. Global News . October 22, 2018.
  17. News: Vancouver just elected 8 women to City Council . Kronbauer . Bob . October 21, 2018 . Vancouver Is Awesome . October 22, 2018.
  18. Web site: Official 2022 Vancouver election results . City of Vancouver . August 26, 2023.
  19. News: Pandey-Kanaan . Aastha . Christine Boyle elected as BCNDP candidate for Vancouver-Little Mountain riding . April 4, 2024 . CityNews Vancouver . April 4, 2024.

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