City of Thunder Bay
Emily Carr serves as a Communications Officer at Fort William Historical Park and as a Group Fitness Instructor for both the City of Thunder Bay and Movati Athletic, focusing on diverse fitness classes for various skill levels. With extensive experience in leadership and management roles, Emily held the position of Vice President and CFO at C.R. Landscape & Property Services since 2009, while also enhancing organizational marketing and ticket sales as the Marketing & Communications Manager for the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. Prior roles include Executive Director at the Firefighters Museum of Calgary, where Emily managed museum operations and developed educational programming. Emily's board experience includes serving as an elected Director for the Alberta Museums Association. Educational background includes a B.A. Honours in Art History, French, and German from McMaster University and a graduate certificate in Museum Management and Curatorship from Fleming College.
City of Thunder Bay
Located on the north shore of Lake Superior, under the protective watch of the Sleeping Giant, Thunder Bay is rich in people and resources, and connects Northwestern Ontario to the world. Thunder Bay has five Sister Cities through which economic development, education, friendship, goodwill, education, and tourism are promoted. We value our high quality of life and promote a clean, green, beautiful and healthy community that provides economic opportunity, respects diversity and provides affordable and safe neighbourhoods that are accessible to all. The 4th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey ranked Thunder Bay number one out of 227 international cities in Major Urban Markets for affordable housing. Thunder Bay is the largest community on Lake Superior. With a population of 109,140, it is the most populous municipality in Northwestern Ontario. The City of Thunder Bay provides a balance of services that improves our quality of life and supports our economy in a responsible manner. From parks and recreation to transportation, clean drinking water or waste management, Thunder Bay is always working to live up to our motto, Superior By Nature. To meet the future needs of our community, Thunder Bay is taking a strategic approach that makes the most of our City's strengths. Together, our community is working to achieve our top priorities: a stronger and more diversified economy a cleaner, greener, more beautiful and proud Thunder Bay a high quality of life, and being one of the best-run cities in Canada.