celene fung

She/Her

Impact​

Celene was a board member from 2017 to 2020, after meeting Ellen at the WTC Cafe at the West End Community Centre on naming of city facilities. Celene represented WTC at the World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur in 2018. She was instrumental in the establishment and growth of the Women Friendly Cities Challenge, and incorporated the concept into her work in Sri Lanka. Celene continues to be a supporter of WTC as a member and a donor. Her transformative impact on the organization is a legacy she should be very proud of.

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Bio

Celene Fung is an accomplished Urban Planner with 20+ years of experience in building inclusive healthy communities. Over the years, she has led and collaborated with interdisciplinary teams in the development of urban policies, capital projects, community initiatives, and economic strategies for government agencies and international NGOs. Celene was a WTC board member from 2017 to 2021. During that time, she provided strategic leadership to the organization and took part in local and global advocacy by taking action on issues facing women such as gender equity and women's access to the city. She co-led the development of the Women Friendly Cities Challenge (WFCC), an international collaborative online library of Wise Practices. The WFCC serves as a call for action that encourages cities around the world to become more women-friendly. In 2018, the WFCC was launched at World Urban Forum 9 in Kuala Lumpur. In support of WTC’s mission, she delivered events and workshops in Vancouver and Sri Lanka. The objectives of these gatherings were to showcase women-friendly city initiatives that help make cities work better for women and girls and to connect local urban planners, architects, social activists, academics, municipal leaders, and funding agencies. She also helped develop the 2018 Hot Pink Paper Campaign and advocated to the City Council to support the Vancouver Women's Equity Strategy.