Jan 23, 2020 | Action Planning, Climate Change
And, what comes next?The years 2019 and 2020 may be long remembered as the turning point for municipal climate action in Canada. In 2019 alone, over 300 communities across Canada declared climate emergencies, spurred on by the IPCC special report on the impacts of...
Sep 7, 2018 | Action Planning, Age-Friendly, local government
The Centre recently completed age-friendly action plans with three communities in the Lower Columbia: Rossland, Montrose and Trail. Not only did the assessment and planning process lead to prioritized actions to make each community more livable for seniors, it also...
May 22, 2018 | Action Planning, Age-Friendly, BC, Community Planning, Strategic Planning, Whistler
by Dan Wilson, Whistler Centre for Sustainability Creating more affordable housing in British Columbia is a hot topic these days, and many communities and individuals in BC appreciate the renewed focus on this issue from both the provincial and federal governments....
May 10, 2018 | Action Planning, BC, Social innovation
In the fall of last year, the Centre convened a regional Food Task Force with the goal of gathering expertise and ideas for collaborative action to advance region-wide initiatives for food system sustainability. This project builds on existing plans and policies,...
Apr 15, 2015 | Action Planning, Collaboration, Engagement, Events, Facilitation, Shared Vision
Centre B.C. Convener for We Are Cities Initiative The Centre is the BC convener for the We Are Cities initiative. Coordinated by Evergreen Cityworks and funded by the McConnell Foundation, ‘We Are Cities’ is a new initiative to engage Canadian citizens and...
Jan 13, 2015 | Action Planning, Collaboration, Community Planning
“The issues we face are so big and the targets are so challenging that we cannot do it alone. When you look at any issue, such as food or water scarcity, it is very clear that no individual institution, government or company can provide the solution.” Paul Polman,...
