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Resident of Ward 4 since 1978.
Married to Ian Hilton with one daughter, Danielle.
Committee and Community Involvement
Current:
- Canadian Federation of Intercultural Friendship and Community Police Liaison Committee
- York Region Municipal Cultural Planning Steering Committee
- Downtown Stouffville Working Group
- Business Improvement Area Board of Management
- Nineteen on the Park Board of Management
- WS Library Board
- WS Heritage Committee
- York Region District School Board Race Relations Advisory Committee 12 + years
- English as a Second Language committee
- Committees on equity education, curriculum development
- Metro Toronto Zoo Traditional Knowledge Trail Committee
Recent:
- Nineteen On the Park Project Implementation Committee
- Nineteen on the Park Start-up Team
- Municipal Cultural Policy Task Force
- Strategic Plan of Action for Downtown Stouffville
- WS Arts and Culture Committee
- WS Environmental Advisory Committee
- WS Museum Advisory Board
Earlier Community Involvement (1980s – 1990s)
- Grassroots Committee on cultural activities in Whitchurch-Stouffville in early 1990s
- WS Museum Advisory Board
- Executive Member and President, Parent / Teachers Liaison Group Dickson Hill Public School
- Stouffville Secondary Plan focus group
- Negotiated Community access to the French Immersion Program and bussing
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.
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