BIO – Joanne Dies

RE-ELECT Joanne Dies

Your Ward 3 Regional Councillor

With passion and commitment to the community that I live, work and raised my family in, I have had the opportunity to work with many outstanding organizations:

Ajax Pickering Citizens Together Protecting Our Water, providing a solution to the Regions of York and Durham to eliminate algae on the waterfront.
Friends of the Ajax/ Pickering Hospital, advocating to retain pediatrics, mental health, and successfully negotiating areas of concern through the Lakeridge Health merger.
Volunteers Providing opportunities for people to connect with Ajax’s first community garden, the Indigenous Community & Healing Garden and leash free park.
Heritage Committee promoting our history and built heritage, Ajax’s Ajax Doors Open featuring our built heritage continues to be successful for tourism, local business and, economic development.

Past Board Member for Veridian Corp., Downtown BIA and Library Board.

As an environmentalist, I have worked passionately to:

Protect Ajax’s green spaces and parks
Supported the creation of the Greenbelt
Fought to preserve our waterfront
Fought against Regional Councils’ recent decision to build on 9000H of Agricultural and greenbelt lands.
Supported the Regions plans for greening fleets and facilities to reduce GHG

DEAC Lifetime Achievement Award

I am honoured to receive the DEAC Lifetime Achievement Award particularly as the nomination came from my colleagues on the Ajax Environmental Advisory Committee. I have learned so much from their passion and expertise on many issues.

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The Durham Environmental Advisory Committee (D.E.A.C.) hosts an annual awards program that recognizes individuals and organizations that dedicate time to promote, preserve, and enhance Durham’s natural environment.

Accomplishments:

Founding Member and Performer, Pickering Community Concert Band
PineRidge Arts Council Board Member
Past Chair Duffin’s Bay P.S. SCC
SCC Steering Committee member at Durham District School Board
Ajax Cultural Arts Advisory Committee member
Board member and Past Chair of Community Development Council Durham
Active Member Ajax Homeless Task Force

Council Liaison-past :

Ajax Heritage Advisory Committee
Ajax Environmental Advisory Committee
Pickering Village Business Improvement Association
Downtown Business Improvement Association
Veridian Corp. and Veridian Connections Board member
Veridian Corp. Governance Committee

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