Victoria McGrath, M.A.

Victoria McGrath, M.A. is Director, Sustainability Office at the Town of Markham, a rapidly growing, vibrant community of 300,000, located immediately north of the City of Toronto.
 
Her current responsibilities include overseeing the development of the Greenprint, Markham’s community sustainability plan and ensuring Councils’ strategic priorities are achieved. The Greenprint sustainability plan will establish Markham’s vision and goals for an environmentally, socially, culturally and economically sustainable future, and set targets for 2050 and beyond.
 
Victoria previously held a number of progressively senior positions with the City of Scarborough, City of Toronto, and the Ontario Provincial Ministry of Environment and served as an instructor in Humber College’s Ecotourism program. She currently serves on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Peer Review Committee for the Green Municipal Fund and the Climate Change Task Force for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.
 
She is also an avid runner and a member of the Markham Centaurs running club, which is dedicated to promoting recreational running in the Markham community and provides volunteers at many community events. She has also completed three Ironman Triathlon competitions, comprised of a 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike, and 42 km run.
 
Victoria completed her undergraduate degree in Environmental and Resource Studies and English at Trent University. In 2010, she completed a Masters level distance learning course on Leadership in Strategic Sustainable Development through the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden. She is currently completing a two-year Masters in Sustainability Leadership with the University of Cambridge, England.