Sarah Fowler is an elected citizen in the village of Tahsis. She has served her community in the deputy mayor role since 2018. Over the course of her tenure as an elected council member she has received a level 1 and 2, certificates from the Local Government Leadership Academy (LGLA).

Being involved in both the Municipal Climate Innovation program and Compassionate Integrity Training has informed her goals for multi-solving and silo-bridging. In addition to currently being the 2nd Vice President on the AVICC Executive, she also participated on the UBCM Board from 2020-2024, as small community rep.

As a mother and a micro-homestead operator, access to affordable healthy foods has been a focus even prior to moving to a remote place. Locally, I sit on the Nootka Sound Watershed Society, which largely focuses on salmon fishing tourism.

Together with the other Tahsis Buyers and Gold River volunteers, we reduced 20 501 kg of carbon by offering to distribute 355 fruit and vegetable boxes, 68 of which were sponsored. The Village of Tahsis made food security a strategic priority in 2023 making it possible to facilitate 490 volunteer hours and helped freight cost of perishables for a biweekly pilot.