COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
Shelley Sim
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Chair of Parks, Recreation and Culture
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Council Delegate for Tourism Wells Gray
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Member Professional Recruitment & Retention Committee
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Council Member Finance and Planning
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Past Chair Infrastructure Committee / Past Chair Economic Development Committee
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Notable advocacy includes work on housing, suggested policies relating to short term vacation rentals, internet, forestry, financing the work of recruitment and retention, building and sustaining art and culture as well as working to identify gaps in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives within the community and ensuring continuous funding for First Nations relationship building
SCHOOL DISTRICT 73 2014 to Present
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Trustee, North Thompson Valley
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Past Chair Finance and Planning
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Delegate Kamloops Thompson Teachers Association
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Past Chair Education and Planning
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Delegate Student Learning Plans
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Delegate for Student Voice
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Advocate for SD73 strategic planning to include health care and child care educational opportunities
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Notable advocacy for rural school funding to ensure equity of educational opportunities which includes funding bus transportation to Kamloops, enhanced classroom funding supports for vulnerable learners, ensuring equity of small rural schools to ensure adequate program funding, supporting funding for meal programs and well as funding for classroom supports to enhance rural deficit in learning