An exciting announcement from Vision Zero Vancouver to start 2026: we’ve hired our first full time staff person!
For those who have interacted with us before, you’ll be very familiar with Margie Sanderson.
Margie has been with us as a volunteer since day one, working tirelessly behind the scenes on policy, community outreach, communications, event planning, and media interviews – if there’s something we do, she’s had a hand in it. And she’s done it all off the side of her desk, with a full time job and a toddler at home. We couldn’t be more thrilled that she’s now able to devote all her skills to our mission as our Director of Organizing.
Margie comes to VZV with over a decade of experience working in non-profits, and a lifetime as a non-driver. She is both well-versed in the nuts and bolts of nonprofit management and deeply committed to improving road safety for all. With a background in children’s rights, she has played an integral role in the development and expansion of several school active travel programs in the province, including Play Streets, School Streets, and the Walking School Bus.
2025 was a huge year for us.
We met with dozens of stakeholders, attended several community events, helped organize protests, put up two giant billboards, hosted the War on Cars podcast for a live show, and crowned Metro Vancouver’s Worst Intersection.
On the policy front, we got one of our own members elected to Vancouver City Council (our champion Lucy Maloney), and we helped pass several road safety motions, including 30km/h residential streets, increasing the scope of the school travel planning program, and a refresh of the city’s VZ roadmap, which will include looking at banning right turns on red at the city’s most dangerous intersections.
As busy as 2025 was, 2026 will be even bigger with Margie on board!
Heading into a municipal election year, we’ll be making road safety a key priority and refusing to keep quiet about it. You can expect more events, community engagement, media appearances, and campaigning for the road safety improvements we know will save lives.
Of course, we can’t do any of this alone. We rely on donors to make sure we can keep Margie on board and to enable us to accomplish all the goals we’ve set out. If you’re already a donor, thank you! If you’re not, please consider supporting us. Even a small monthly donation goes a really long way.
We’ve already shown what we can accomplish with no staff and no budget; imagine what we’ll get done with a few resources. Can’t donate? You can get involved in other ways too!
Wishing you all the best for 2026, from the team at Vision Zero Vancouver.
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