On November 5th, 2022, 72 people, including new and returning elected officials, First Nations and a variety from sectors and communities around Howe Sound, gathered at the Gleneagles Clubhouse near Ch’ax̱áy in West Vancouver.
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Read MoreOn Friday, April 29, 2022, the Howe Sound Community Forum was hosted by the Squamish Lillooet Regional District at Furry Creek, marking the 20th anniversary of the Principles for Cooperation.
Read MoreOn Friday October 22, 2022 the Howe Sound Community Forum resumed a limited in-person event hosted by Bowen Island Municipality. The hybrid virtual/in-person event took place at Cates Hill Chapel.
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Read MoreThe Howe Sound Community Forum took place over Zoom on October 23, 2020. If not for COVID-19 the forum would have been taking place on this day in snowy Whistler hosted by the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
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Read MorePhysical distancing restrictions due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic created a new experience for the Howe Sound Community Forum event. With the forum event being hosted at Whistler now delayed until October 23rd, our Society hosted a Zoom virtual forum on Friday, April 24th.
Read MoreEstablished in 2017 following the publication of Ocean Watch - Howe Sound edition published by Ocean Wise to consider actions from the report local government can influence. Read more here about the background, current status and reports.
Read MoreOn Friday October 25, 2019, 58 people found their way into the woodlands of Paradise Valley north of Squamish for the Alt’ka7tsem/Howe Sound Community Forum, hosted by the District of Squamish.
Read MoreOn Friday April 26, 2019, 65 people that included elected officials from member communities, Provincial and Federal representatives, local government staff and non-government observers travelled by water taxis to Camp Fircom on Chá7elkwnech/Gambier Island for the Alt’ka7tsem/Howe Sound Community Forum, hosted by the Gambier Island and Area Local Trust Committee.
Read MoreOn Friday May 4, 2018 77 people arrived at Furry Creek Golf and Country Club for the Howe Sound Community Forum hosted by the Squamish Lillooet Regional District.
Read MoreOn Friday, October 13th, 2017, elected officials, local government staff and non-government observers filled Exploration Hall at YMCA Camp Elphinstone in West Howe Sound for the Alt’Kitsem/Howe Sound Community Forum, hosted by the Sunshine Coast Regional District.
Read MoreOn Friday, May 5th, 2017, 72 people filled Broughton Hall in Lions Bay/Ch’ich’iyuy Elxwikn for the Howe Sound Community Forum hosted by the Village of Lions Bay and Metro Vancouver’s Electoral Area A.
Read MoreOn Friday October 14th, 2016 the rain and wind warnings didn’t deter the 76 people that made their way to the Gleneagles Golf Club House for the Howe Sound Community Forum hosted by the District of West Vancouver.
Read MoreOn April 29, 2016, 80 elected officials, First Nations, government staff, and NGO representatives travelled by water taxis departing from Horseshoe Bay, Bowen Island, Lions Bay, and Langdale for a day at Camp Fircom on Gambier Island.
Read MoreThe District of Squamish hosted the Howe Sound Community Forum on October 16, 2015.
Read MoreBowen Island Municipality were pleased to play hosts once again to the Forum members on May 1, 2015.
Read MoreOn Friday, October 17th, elected officials, government staff, and NGO observers made the journey to the top of the Sea to Sky Gondola near Squamish to join hosts Squamish Nation for the third 2014 Howe Sound Community Forum. In total, 63 people came together for a packed schedule continuing on the theme of a comprehensive land and marine planning for Howe Sound.
Read MoreOn May 2nd, 2014 the Howe Sound Community Forum met with three representatives from the Province to further explore the Cumulative Effects Assessment as a tool for Howe Sound planning.
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Read MoreThe Britannia Beach Community Centre was a fitting location for the Howe Sound Community Forum meeting held on January 14th, 2014. The 1917 building has been well restored and maintained and a good reminder of this town’s mining past.
Read MoreRead about the history of the Howe Sound Community Forum as narrated by the founders. Since 2000, elected representatives of communities around Howe Sound come together in the spirit of cooperation as defined in the Howe Sound Community Forum Principles for Cooperation 2002.
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