was born raised in Victoria and has lived in Gordon Head since 2011. He served two years on the Saanich Planning, Transportation and Economic Committee. Shawn has founded three non-profit and has volunteered for many non-profits in a variety of positions over the past 20 years. He managed a small business for 15 years and now manages commercial properties (not developers). Shawn is a social entrepreneur and has a passion for community development, economic development and road safety.
Dear Shawn Steele (President, GHCA),
I’m contacting you in relation to our property, situated in the Gordon Head area of Saanich which falls under the “Feltham Village” per recently approved OCP by the City.
We are preparing for a Townhouse development at this location. In order to run the project smoothly we are aiming to engage the community early in the process.
It would be great to meet with you and the Gordan Head Resident’s Association to discuss the project. Please let us know your availability.
I could not find your email address on Saanich website to request same.
We have formed the Save our Saanich group. We are very interested in sharing concerns with other associations. Please feel free to contact me
Hi Sean, you have reached a group that definitely shares some of your concerns. I will get this note in front of Shawn and the rest of the board of the GHCA.
March 4th, 2025
Hello, Gordon Head Community Association
My name is Karen Ledger, and I have been speaking regularly at the Saanich Council Meetings regarding the devastating effect of the Government supported United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are having on our Municipality, the elimination of Local Community Plans and the overwhelming and overreaching powers they have taken over our Municipality.
The NDP collaboration with the Urban Development Institute is part of that initiative that is destroying our Neighbourhoods. They are unlikely to back down on this. The Housing Bills, with quota’s demanded by the NDP for various cities have removed all rights of the Municipal Councils and trashed the LCPs. The NDP have also passed two other Bills that are affecting our well-being and property rights. Bill 301 The Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Bill, and Bill 36, the Health Professionals and Occupations Act ~ that has driven thousands of our top level, experienced Health Care Professionals in 15 categories, to either retire early or leave British Columbia altogether. And few want to come to this Province because of the Government overreach of Bill 36.
Because of the NDP’s overreach I have, for the first time in my life joined the Conservative Party of BC. Having met with their leader, John Rustad, and knowing their party platform to is restore health, prosperity and citizen-led initiatives, I believe they are our only hope of saving our Province.
I am hoping that some of your membership might like to join our NEW, and modernized BC. Conservative Riding Association, so that Oak Bay and Gordon Head communities can have our voices heard and regain some of our autonomy in creating a community WE and our children and Grandchildren want, and can afford to live in.
My parents were Community Builders in Greater Victoria, commencing in the late 1940’s and participated in many Service Clubs and Community initiatives, through Jaycees, Gyro’s and our Church. They created parks (think Gyro Park in Cadboro Bay), Baseball diamonds, and my father and his fellow Jaycees, even designed and dug the Welcome to Victoria Flower sign in the Inner Harbour. I think they must be rolling over in their graves at the devastation occurring today.
I am a Nurse and Health Educator and have never been very active in politics. However, these challenging times are a clarion call for ACTION and we must move quickly, before it is too late.
I see that the SAVE OUR SAANICH group has contacted you as well. I would be grateful to find their contact information; which I should have asked for at all the Council meeting!
Thank you for wading through this email. I look forward to hearing from you.
Karen E Ledger, BSc.Nursing, RN (retired)
4030 Magdelin Street,
Victoria, BC. V8N 3M7
phone: 250 480-9603
email: keledger@proton.me
I would be grateful to speak to any or all of your Board members
Hi Shawn
I appreciate and support your concerns expressed in Tony Trozzo’s article in the Times Colonist published on May 1st over the future development of St. Dunstan’s Property. I have been monitoring its status for the past two or three years when I first noticed surveyors on the property and knew change was coming. I have recently attended a meeting with Bishop Anna Greenwood Lee as she addressed the future with the St. Dunstan’s Parishioners.
Although I am not a Parishioner at St. Dunstan’s, I live next door to St. Dunstan’s at 1810 San Juan, having purchased our retirement home here in 2007. Since moving here, I have noticed a significant increase in traffic and parking in the area which is becoming hazardous to both drivers and pedestrians and with the potential development to take place will become even more so if action is not taken soon to ensure that any potential development makes safety of our population paramount.
I understand that you likely have much on your plate already, but thought I should let you know that the neighbourhood supports you in your efforts to ensure that Gordon Head remains a safe and secure place in which to live. Those living in this immediate area would like an opportunity to get together with you to discuss what we need to do to ensure appropriate governance of any future development.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Philip Wall
Hi Phillip, this is Gray from the Gordon Head Community Association. Your comment to Shawn was appropriate and has been approved (we get a lot of spam to filter through, sorry it took so long). I have also forwarded it to Shawn for his review and reply. Take care and thanks for caring about your community enough to reach out to us. All the best…Gray