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The Coastal Vancouver Region offers a wide range of professional development programs and services to over 1900 members. A number of educational, networking and volunteer opportunities are arranged throughout the year for HR professionals in Vancouver and the surrounding areas These includie a newly enhanced program of professional development, roundtables covering a variety of topics, a professional mentoring program, and an annual Conference. Networking opportunities are also provided on a regular basis, including monthly mingles, Annual CHRP Recognition Event, Volunteer Appreciation Event, and our new student-focused initiative, the World Café, a joint collaboration with the Greater Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions.
To see upcoming activities, please view our calendar. Select Coastal Vancouver to search for what's happening in your region.
For a community breakdown of the Coastal Vancouver region, please refer to Regions By City.
For general inquiries regarding the Coastal Vancouver Region, please contact your Member Relations Manager, Elizabeth Bonner, at ebonner@bchrma.org or 604-694-6942.
Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council:
With the goal to further enhance membership growth, regional representation, and membership value in each region, a reorganization of the Coastal Vancouver region was implemented in 2009 resulting in the creation of a seventh region - Greater Vancouver. Our council is made up of members representing a broad range of HR experience and areas of practice and is responsible for the portfolios listed below.
The Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council has been instrumental in enhancing the experience of our members by being a conduit of information between the members and the Provincial Office, bringing a local perspective to new initiatives, generating volunteering opportunities to maximize member engagement, increasing the profile of the association by exposing it to the broader business community and contributing to the strategic and operational activities of the association in general. The Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council welcomes input from all BC HRMA members who would like to be involved with the growth of HR practice in the region. Please attend this region's upcoming events to meet some of the members you see below.
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Chair - Anjana Moitra-Ohri, CHRP
Anjana currently works as a consultant in HR in addition to her role as the HR manager with Concord National - Pacific Division. Anjana has volunteered with the BC HRMA serving on several different committees including the Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council Mentoring lead and conference planning since 2005. Her current role is as the Chair of the Advisory Council.
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Vice-Chair - Adam Cotterall, CHRP
Adam is the vice president of cllient services at Right Management. He was first involved with the Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council in 2005 and he was chair of the BC HRMA annual conference in 2011.
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Administrator - Laura Liden
Laura is in her final year of her Bachelor of Arts in psychology at UBC. This is her first year volunteering with the Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council. |
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Communications & PR - Richard Grimes, CHRP Candidate
Richard is the job resource consultant at Right Management. His areas of expertise focus on career transition services and research. Richard is currently in his first year on the Advisory Council. |
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Communications & PR - Tyler Pronyk, CHRP
Tyler is the manager of equipment services for A&W Food Services of Canada, having moved inot the role from his previous position of manager of HR. Tyler has been an active volunteer at BCHRMA as te former co-chair of the Lone Riders Roundtable, conference committee, and now as a member of the Advisory Council. |
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Member Events & Networking - Jen Seccombe
Jen is the HR coordinator at the YWCA Metro Vancouver and is currently enrolled in the HR management program at BCIT. This is Jen's second year serving on the Advisory Council. |
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Membership - Meg Burrows, CHRP
Meg is a Human Resources advisor for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. Her experience includes generalist consulting, talent aquisition and business process design for recruitment programs. Meg has been an advisory council member for three years in both Coastal Vancouver and Vancouver Island regions. |
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Mentoring - Laurie Murdoch, CHRP
Laurie is a senior HR manager at Digital Domain. Her area of specialty is HR stratey with a specialization in employee engagement. Laurie has been involved with BC HRMA for many years as a volunteer and recently returned to the mentoring committee. This is her first year serving on the Advisory Council. |
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Mentoring - Kristen Suess, CHRP
Kristen is currently working with Starbucks Coffee Canada as a senior partner resources associate. This is her fourth year working with the Professional Mentoring Program and her second year on the Advisory Council. |
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Post Secondary Liaison - Fiona Ho
Fiona has recently graduated from the Sauder School of Business at UBC and is currently working as an HR coordinator at Fortinet Technologies. She has previously served as the post secondary student representative while at UBC and is excited to be involved on the Advisory Council this year. |
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Post Secondary Liaison - Maling Sun
Maling is a human resources advisor with ICBC and previously worked at Starbucks Coffee Canada and eBay Inc. in a generalist capacity. This is her second year serving on the Advisory Council. She graduated from UBC with a degree in psychology and has worked in human resources since graduating from BCIT with a diploma of technology in HR management. |
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Professional Development & CHRP - Tyler Cheyne, CHRP
Tyler is a Human Resources Advisor for Omicron Canada Inc. He is new to the Coast Vancouver Council but has volunteered on the Greater Vancouver Advisory Council for two years previously. Tyler is a graduate of UBC with a business degree in human resources. |
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Professional Development & CHRP - Victoria Pazukha, CHRP
Victoria is a HR consultant with a concentration on career mobility and talent integration. Victoria has been on the Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council since 2007, first as the administrator and in her current role for the past three years. |
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Volunteering - Kim Bush, CHRP
Kim is the HR manager at the Association for Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC). In her role she supports them in developing and delivering on their strategic HR plans. over the past seven years, she has been at VANOC and Cypress Mountain in HR roles and has been a volunteer with BC HRMA for the past three years. |
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