MAJA TAIT -  AT WORK FOR US ALL

2014 to Present

  • Sooke Health Committee - Co Chair
  • Sooke Region Primary Health Care Working Group
  • T’Sou-ke and Sooke MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) Working Group
  • Te’Mexw Treaty Advisory Committee
  • Capital Regional District (CRD) Board
  • Capital Regional District Hospital Board CRD
  • Capital Regional Housing Corp
  • SEAPARC - Sooke and Electoral Area Parks & Recreation Commission
  • Victoria Regional Transit Commission (2016 to Current)


2021: Integrated Police Units Regional Governance Council

2021-22: Intersectoral Family Justice Dialogue Participant

2021-22: Provincial Local Government Working Group - Rodent Management

2022: BC Achievement Community Awards - Selection Committee Member

2020- Current: Local Government Leadership Academy 


Federation of Canadian Municipalities (2022-2023)

  • BC Regional Caucus
  • Committee of the Whole
  • Rural Forum
  • Standing Committee on Anti Racism and Equity
  • Standing Committee on International Relations
  • Standing Committee on Municipal Infrastructure and Transportation

*Tait also served on the FCM Board in 2018-19 (Committee Member) as well as a voting board member on behalf of the UBCM from 2019-20

Committees included:

  • Increasing Women’s Participation in Local Government
  • Community Safety and Crime Prevention
  • Social Economic Development
  • Environmental Issues & Sustainable Development
  • Western Economic Solutions Task Force



Capital Regional District Board (2018 to 2022):

Committee Appointments:

  • SEAPARC - Sooke and Electoral Area Parks & Recreation Commission
  • First Nations Relations Committee- Chair
  • Regional Parks Committee
  • Governance Committee
  • Planning & Protective Services Committee
  • Transportation Committee
  • 2022 CAO Recruitment Selection Committee 


Union of BC Municipalities (2016-2021)

Positions held:
3rd, 2nd, 1st Vice Presidents, President, Past President

Committee Appointments included:

  • Presidents Committee
  • Health and Social Development Committee
  • Resolutions Committee
  • Convention Committee
  • Nominating Committee

Additional Appointments

  • Local Government Finance Committee
  • Joint Provincial Local Government Committee on Cannabis Regulation
  • Order of BC Advisory Committee
  • Access 2 Justice BC Leadership Council
  • Towards Parity Initiative



Tait represented both the UBCM and FCM on two international missions to Cambodia, supported by Global Affairs, in 2019 and 2020.

  • PMI-LED Partners for Municipal Innovation in Local Economic Development
  • Women in Local Leadership Program