Sidney Coles

Sidney Coles is a journalist, communications professional, researcher, and former public servant running to represent Esquimalt-Colwood. Her career has focused on environmental justice, human rights, Indigenous issues, gender equity, and building stronger, more inclusive communities. Based in Victoria, Sidney has worked as a freelance journalist since 2021, including two years as a Local Journalism Initiative reporter with Capital Daily. Her reporting has appeared in Ricochet Media, the Watershed Sentinel, Canada’s National Observer, the Toronto Star, the Hamilton Spectator, and Women and Climate, with a particular focus on climate change, environmental justice, and Indigenous land rights in British Columbia.