Finding My Inner Tank Girl

Sonia Furstenau is the leader of the BC Green Party and has been MLA for Cowichan Valley since 2017. She was elected Cowichan Valley area director for Shawnigan Lake in 2014. Sonia studied history at the University of Victoria, earning a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, and then completed her education degree. Sonia enjoyed teaching, and she never expected to enter politics, but the decision by the provincial government to grant a permit for a 5 million-tonne contaminated landfill site uphill from Shawnigan Lake provoked her to take action, first in her community, then at a provincial level.