Featured Candidate | SUSANNE HILTON | Ward 4 Whitchurch Stouffville

Susanne Hilton

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SUSANNE HILTON (incumbent), WARD 4

As a resident of Whitchurch-Stouffville Ward 4 has been my home for 31 years. My husband, Ian, daughter Danielle, and I have enjoyed a wonderful family life within the ward where we have established positive relations and warm friendships.  I am a graduate of the University of B.C. and a former professor of Anthropology at the universities of Toronto and Western Ontario. I have served as full-time Ward 4 Councillor for two terms and am currently serving as Acting Mayor when required.

Committee and Community Involvement

Current:

• Canadian Federation of Intercultural Friendship and Community Police Liaison Committee 
• York Region Municipal Cultural Planning Steering Committee
• York Region District School Board Race Relations Advisory Committee 
• Downtown Stouffville Working Group
• Board of Management, Lebovic Centre Arts and Entertainment: Nineteen on the Park 
• Whitchurch-Stouffville Library Board
• Whitchurch-Stouffville Heritage Committee
• Toronto Zoo Traditional Knowledge Trail Committee 

Recent:

• Implementation Committee, Lebovic Centre Arts and Entertainment: Nineteen On the Park Project 
• Start-up Team, Lebovic Centre Arts and Entertainment: Nineteen on the Park 
• Municipal Cultural Policy Task Force
• Strategic Plan of Action for Downtown Stouffville
• Business Improvement Area Board of Management
• Whitchurch-Stouffville Arts and Culture Committee
• Whitchurch-Stouffville Environmental Advisory Committee
• Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum Advisory Board 

Earlier Community Involvement (1980s – 1990s):

• Grassroots Committee on cultural activities in Whitchurch-Stouffville in early 1990s 
• Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum Advisory Board
• Executive Member and President, Parent  / Teachers Liaison Group Dickson Hill Public School 
• Stouffville Secondary Plan focus group 
• Canadian Parents for French: Negotiated Community access to the French Immersion Program and bussing 
• York Region District School Board Race Relations Advisory Committee

Past Election Experience

• 2003 to 2006 – Councillor Ward 4
• 2007 to present – Councillor Ward 4

Educational and Professional background

• Graduate of University of British Columbia in Anthropology
• Taught at the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario
• Several publications, including an article in the “Smithsonian Handbook on North American Indians”.