Whether by collaborating with other members of Council, with various community groups, within the region, and with the province, Nathan has worked hard to bring forward awareness around intersecting components of affordable, sustainable, healthy, happy, and accessible community design.

He believes we need a diverse transportation system that allows people to take transit, cycle, walk, or drive throughout the entire region. He co-authored a report “Leap Ahead: A transit plan for Metro Vancouver” to bring awareness to the importance of accessible transit networks.

In 2010, he completed the SFU & City of Surrey Transportation Lecture Program and presented on “Complete Streets.”

Nathan was first elected to Council in a 2016 by-election and elected Mayor in 2022.

Luc Gosselin’s construction career began in high school, framing houses in Abbotsford, B.C. At 19, he launched Cornerstone Works Ltd., and by 20, he had completed his first independent market project.
In 2003, his company, now CWL Contracting, became a trusted name, working with industry leaders like Cressey, Polygon, and Marcon, as well as public sector projects.
In 2016, Luc founded Whitetail Homes, transitioning from contractor to developer. Today, Whitetail Homes is a leading force in multi-family residential development, delivering thousands of homes across the Lower Mainland. With numerous projects completed and many more underway, Whitetail has built a reputation for quality, innovation, and affordability, making homeownership accessible to families and investors alike.

Sarah Ross is TransLink's Vice-President of Transportation Planning and Policy. She provides leadership on multimodal service, investment, and policy decisions through the development of statutory, strategic and tactical plans; major studies and business cases; multi-modal service, infrastructure and network plans; regional policies and guidelines; and, transportation analytics, forecasting and research.
Sarah is passionate about advancing sustainable transportation so that all people of Metro Vancouver have access to the services and activities that are integral to their daily lives. She has applied this passion throughout her career: removing barriers for people with disabilities, improving the experience of taking the bus by reducing delay, advancing protected cycling infrastructure so people of all ages and abilities can cycle safely, advancing funding strategies for expansion of the multi model transportation system. A seasoned professional with 25 years of experience in planning and research, Sarah is a Registered Professional Planner and a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and holds degrees from McGill University (BA Sociology), University of Toronto (MA Sociology) and University of British Columbia (MA Planning).

Gordon, was an NPA member of Vancouver City Council from 1986 to 2022. He also served on the board of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver) and was appointed to the first board of the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) in 1999.

Following his time as city councillor, he served as an adjunct professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC.

In 2010 he was appointed Director of Simon Fraser University’s City Program, and, after retiring in 2015 became a Fellow with the SFU Centre for Dialogue until 2021.

Price was a frequent lecturer on transportation and land use. Although not a professional city or urban planner, he was made an honourary member of the Planning Institute of BC. in 2009. In 2003, he received the Plan Canada Award for Article of the Year for Land Use and Transportation: The View from '56 from the Canadian Institute of Planners. In July, 2013, he received the President’s Award at the annual meeting of the Canadian Institute of Planners “in recognition of an outstanding lifetime contribution to education and professional planning in Canada.”

In 2003 he began “Price Tags’ – profiles of cities, discussion of urban issues, and an ongoing portrait of Vancouver and its region. They can be found here: https://viewpointvancouver.ca/pdf-archive/. In about 2010, Price Tags became a blog, then renamed as “Viewpoint Vancouver” – www.viewpointvancouver.ca – including podcasts.

He’s been quoted more than 1,200 times in Canada’s major newspapers and “thousands more times” in community newspapers, radio and television, says Vancouver urban affairs journalist Francis Bula, who frequently solicits his astute analysis.