Located in the heart of Coast Salish territory, Nanaimo is a Vancouver Island hub embedded in West Coast beauty. Nanaimo is the first city in Canada to adopt the principles of the Doughnut Economy, an influential framework for meeting people’s needs within real environmental limits. This path to long-term prosperity takes today’s most pressing global challenges seriously, and highlights the responsibility to create social equity locally by advancing the Truth and Reconciliation’s Calls to Action. In Nanaimo, visitors wowed by wildlife, forests, and the ocean will also find the beating heart of social transformation for a better world.