20 in 20 Infrastructure Challenge, circa 2018

CHARLIE SMITH

Charlie Smith has been editor of the Georgia Straight since 2005 and before that, he was the paper's news editor. For seven years, he taught investigative techniques at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (then known as Kwantlen University College). Charlie also worked at CBC Radio for 13 years. In addition, he's researched and reported stories on CBC TV and Global TV (then known as BCTV) newscasts, written for various publications, worked in private radio, and edited a business magazine.

Charlie enjoys public speaking, moderating panel discussions, and advancing people's understanding of complex issues. He's won two Western Magazine Awards for business writing and twice been nominated for Jack Webster Foundation Awards for his business and science writing.

DR. KAY TESCHKE

After 33 years on the faculty, Kay Teschke is now Professor Emeritus with the School of Population and Public Health, UBC. Her field of research for 25 years was occupational and environmental health, focussing on exposure assessment for epidemiological studies and determinants of exposure modeling, including studies of Parkinson’s disease, back injuries in heavy industry, various cancers, respiratory diseases, and gastrointestinal illnesses. She is delighted to have joined the Board of Directors of WorkSafeBC in 2017 as a post-retirement reconnection to the occupational health world.

In 2004, she initiated the Cycling in Cities program of research to investigate route infrastructure that encourages or discourages bicycling and increases or decreases risks of cycling injuries.

GORDON PRICE

Gordon Price, previously the Director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University, is a Fellow with the SFU Centre for Dialogue. In 2002, he finished his sixth term as a City Councillor in Vancouver, BC.  He also served on the Board of Metro Vancouver and was appointed to the first board of TransLink in 1989. 

Gordon also blogs and podcasts on urban issues, transportation and regional politics, with a focus on Vancouver, at “Price Tags” and “PriceTalks”.  Gordon is a regular lecturer on transportation and land use for the City of Portland, Oregon and Portland State University.  He also sits on the board of the Sightline Institute, based in Seattle.

SARAH FREIGANG

Sarah Freigang is a transportation planner at Urban Systems in Vancouver who specializes in multi-modal transportation planning, active transportation, and road safety.  Sarah has been involved in numerous multi-modal plans, transportation studies, and Active Transportation Plans. Some of the key projects Sarah has been involved in include multi-modal plans for the City of New Westminster, White Rock, Port Moody, Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows.

Sarah has worked on active transportation plans for the City of Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Whitehorse, District of Saanich, West Vancouver, Summerland and Port Alberni. Some of the more recent transportation safety studies she has worked on focus on road safety for all road users as well as vulnerable road users, including studies for the City of Calgary, City of Vancouver, and the City of Edmonton.