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.

		Chair - Phaedra Burke, CHRP Phaedra is the Principal at Joule Consulting and has been on the Advisory Council since 2006. [bio...]
		Provincial Board Liaisons - Peggy O’Brien
		Provincial Board Liaisons - Zulie Sachedina
		Administrator - Meghan Jamieson Meghan has over nine years of human resources experience in the U.S. and Canada. [bio...]
		Awards - Craig Powell, CHRP Craig has previously served on the Advisory Council during 2006 and 2007. Craig now works for Colliers International. [bio...]
		Communications & Public Relations - Shaun Carpenter Shaun is an Associate Partner with Pinton Forrest & Madden Executive Search and has been involved with the BC HRMA since 2007. He joins the Advisory Council for the first time in September 2008. [bio...]
		Member Events & Networking - Mun Kang, CHRP Mun is a Recruitment Coordinator with Vancity Credit Union. She has been an active member and volunteer with BC HRMA since 2006. [bio...]
		Membership - Meg Burrows, CHRP Candidate Meg is a Human Resources Advisor at ICBC and is in her first year on the Advisory Council. [bio...]
		Mentoring - Anjana Moitra, CHRP Anjana Moitra is a Supervising Human Resources Consultant with The Fifth Option Consulting Inc. While Anjana has volunteered with the BCHRMA since 2005, this is her first year serving on the Advisory Council. [bio...]
		Mentoring - Kristen Suess, CHRP Kristen is an Associate and HR Representative at Cannon Design Architecture. She has recently joined the Advisory Council. [bio...]
		Post Secondary Liaison - Julia Harwood, CHRP Julia is currently working as an HR Generalist with STEMCELL Technologies, a biotech company. This is her third year volunteering with the Coastal Vancouver Advisory Council. [bio...]
		Post Secondary Liaison - Jennifer Scott, CHRP Jennifer is a CHRP Candidate and has been a member of BC HRMA since 2007. [bio...]
		Professional Development & CHRP - Victoria Pazukha, CHRP Victoria is an employment consultant and facilitator at CRAFTCentre and has been an Advisory Council member since 2007. [bio...]
		Volunteering - Lucy Bleviss, CHRP Lucy is the Benefits Advisor for Coast Mountain Bus Company and and has been on the Advisory Council since 2007. [bio...]