Councillor Bonnie Littley was elected as Regional Councillor in the 2006 Municipal Elections. She has always been very active in the community, co-founding the Rouge Duffins Greenspace Coalition of which she is still an active member, and with whom she won the Bob Hunter Damn Fine Activist Award, 2005. Also she was honoured with a YWCA Woman of Distinction Award for her advocacy work with students.
She has been a member of the Ontario Smart Growth Network, Friends of the Rouge Watershed and the Ontario Farmland Trust, among other non-governmental organizations.
Councillor Littley was also a citizen member of Durham Region Economic Development, Urban/Rural Action Committee and Sustainable Pickering’s Community Outreach Committee.
As a member of Pickering Council, Councillor Littley has been appointed to the Seaton Advisory Committee (Vice Chair), and to the Accessibility Advisory Committee and the Library Board.
Regional Council appointments include Health & Social Services Committee, Board Member of the Toronto & Region Conservation Authority, Rouge Park Alliance, Durham Region Roundtable on Climate Change, and the Durham Region Trails Committee.
She also initiated projects such as Durham Region's Food Charter, an Urban Forest Strategy for Pickering, Pickering's very successful Community Garden project, and Environmental Stewardship Pickering - a partnership project with the City, TRCA and OPG promoting environmental stewardship City-wide including an Annual Forum.
As of March 2010 the Durham Food Policy Council has been established with the assistance of the Community Development Council of Durham and a Greenbelt Foundation grant to continue this good work.
Through her annual newsletter and Community Idea Exchange event, Councillor Littley continues to inform and advocate to all levels of government as well as individuals on many issues. Some of these include reducing our ecological footprint with improved waste diversion and extended producer responsibility; active transportation strategies and investment; improved environmental policy to combat climate change; financial strategies engaging business toward a “business case for sustainability”, and better land-use policies to promote sustainability and reduce costly urban sprawl.
Councillor Littley has also operated a Graphic Design, Marketing & Promotion company for many years, where she promoted the Oshawa Durham Symphony Orchestra (now the Ontario Philharmonic) as well as her love of the arts.
Her skills at building consensus and finding solutions she attributes to her 25 plus years in production management, and experience working with various non-governmental and non-profit organizations. She has earned her reputation as a person that "gets things done".
Councillor Littley and her spouse have a busy household, with three children.
To reach Councillor Littley or to sign up for electronic newsletters, contact her at either the City of Pickering office at 905.420.4605, blittley@cityofpickering.com or at her residence at 905.509.1930, blittley@rogers.com. Search Bonnie Littley on the web
