Married to Jack Mowbray since 1973; residents of Fifth Line, Nassagaweya, since 1987. Jack and I share our rural area home with our dogs.
I was elected to Milton Town Council as a Ward 3 councillor in 2003, and re-elected November 13, 2006 to a second term. I am running for Local & regional Council in the 2010 election. Although it’s supposed to be a part-time job, with all the serious issues facing the town, I’ve given it my full attention. I believe we need to start looking outside the box to address some of these issues. I received my certificate for completion of U.K. Skills and Knowledge course: Understanding Placemaking. A key component of the course is the issue of public consultation – we need to find new ways to engage the public. I have an e-list of over 300 names which I use to regularly advise residents of issues of importance to the community.
In fact, it was engaging the public through that list that we managed to get the MTO to finally reconstruct the 401/Guelph Line overpass.
It was also through the public’s engagement that rural Milton now has high speed internet. Two big success stories.
I am part way through an American Sign Language Course that will give me the basic skills to better communicate with those who make up Milton’s large deaf community.
My contact information:
- ph.: 519-853-4492
- land mail: 12475-5th Line, R R 2, Rockwood, On. N0B 2K0
- Email: use the contact form at right
Volunteerism has been part of my life for 35 years. The way to find the pulse – to find out what really matters to the community is to be involved in the community. My current Board and Committee memberships are:
- Community Services Standing Committee – 2010 chair
- Halton Child Seat Safety Coalition – recording secretary
- Halton Multicultural Council Board member – director/secretary
- Milton Trails Advisory Committee – vice chair
- Milton Public Library – Board member
- Milton Road Safety Committee – chair (currently in hiatus but perform ad hoc activities in the community)
- Nassagaweya Community Consultation Committee (NCCC) - secretary; and
- Chair, the NCCC’s “Safe Living” series of Public Information Meetings,
- And lead the NCCC Rural Watch newsletter annual edition;
- Heritage Milton, member, and
- member of Heritage Milton Demolition review sub-committee; and
- Doors Open Milton, chair;
- Halton Region Joint Advisory Committee on Waste Management – council appointee;
- Milton Santa Claus Parade – Recording Secretary;
- Dufferin Quarry – Citizens Advisory Panel;
- I attend all Town Administration and Planning Standing Committee meetings;
- I attend all meetings of Halton Region Tourism Advisory Committee - tourism is a major employer;
- I am a charter member of the Destination Campbellville Community Association (DCCA); and
- Member of the DCCA Planning & Development Committee, and
- the Marketing Committee;
- I am a member of the Milton Seniors’ Activity Centre, working on the committee that cooks and serves Wednesday lunches;
- I also attend all meetings of importance to the community that I can fit into my schedule: town public meetings, ad hoc committees, and all FORCE meetings.
- Nassagaweya Broadband Committee – now inactive but access to high speed internet was entirely due to the work of my grassroots group. We saw the need, worked towards it, and we got the job done!
During the run up to each of the elections I’ve personally knocked on every door in Ward 3 because I wanted to know what mattered most to residents. I continue to be involved in these groups and organizations because it gives me invaluable insight into what matters to the public.
