10 Facts About Laurel Collins

Laurel Collins is the NDP Critic for the Environment and Climate Change and the NDP Deputy Caucus Chair.

Laurel Collins's parents, school teachers, separated when she was a baby, and she moved around the province, attending elementary school on Salt Spring Island, Alert Bay, and in Port Hardy.

Laurel Collins went to high school in Sussex, New Brunswick and did her undergraduate degree at the University of King's College and Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Laurel Collins did a master's degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding at Royal Roads University.

Laurel Collins worked at Victoria Women in Need, running programs for women who have experienced abuse.

Laurel Collins co-founded and co-chaired Divest Victoria, a non-profit organization that advocates for cities to take their money out of fossil fuels and put them into environmentally responsible investments.

From 2014 to 2019, Laurel Collins taught courses at the University of Victoria, including courses in Social Inequality, Social Justice Studies, Political Sociology, and the Sociology of Genders.

In October 2018, Laurel Collins was elected as a city councillor for Victoria City Council with the electoral organization Together Victoria.

Laurel Collins would resign from this position a year later, after her election to the House of Commons in late October 2019.

Laurel Collins is the NDP Critic for the Environment and Climate Change and the Deputy Critic for Families, Children, and Social Development.