Councillor and Islands Trust Trustee - Sue Ellen Fast - Election 2026

Sue Ellen Fast has called Bowen Island home since 1992 and has served on Municipal Council and as an Islands Trust trustee since 2014.In this conversation, we talk about her years in public service, what she believes she has learned along the way, the challenges facing Bowen, and why she is asking voters for another four years.We also talk about the environment, growth, the Islands Trust, reconciliation, and what good local governance looks like when people don’t always agree.This is part of the Bowen Island Podcast’s 2026 Conversations with the Candidates series.The Bowen Island Podcast is produced in a small cabin in the woods on Bowen Island, on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw — the Squamish Nation — with gratitude for their stewardship of these lands and waters over countless generations.If you’d like to explore more of my work on conversation, community and polarization, you can find me on other broadcast/podcast platforms, including The Conversation Lab, Everything Podcasts.com, Central City Foundations Hope Dialogue, or on Substack. Thanks for listening