Tag: community
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Engineers and the move towards municipal natural asset management
Interview with Ryan O’Grady, P.Eng., Director of Engineering, City of Courtenay I was raised on a Saskatchewan grain farm. This introduced me…
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Canada’s first watershed-scale municipal natural asset management initiative is now underway!
On Vancouver Island, the Comox Valley Regional District, City of Courtenay, Town of Comox and Village of Cumberland and K’ómoks First Nation…
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News Release: MNAI meets growth with expanded board expertise
NEWS RELEASE MNAI meets growth with expanded board expertise FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 2, 2019) VICTORIA, BC – As more and more municipalities…
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Reflections on nature-based solutions profiled at European Climate Change Adaptation conference in Lisbon
By Michelle Molnar – NAI’s Technical Director As the technical director for Municipal Natural Assets Initiative, I had the privilege to present…
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Where are they now? West Van
District of West Vancouver First in a series of posts on activities of the 5 original community pilots since completing formal involvement…
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Where are they now? Peel
The Region of Peel is thinking big! Fourth in a series of posts on activities of the 5 original community pilots since…
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Where are they now? Grand Forks
Major flooding challenges lead to a move to include nature-based solutions in Grand Forks, BC. Third in a series of posts on…
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Where are they now? Oakville
Natural assets prove unexpectedly valuable in Oakville’s stormwater management Second in a series of posts on activities of the 5 original community…
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And then there were 11
The next five community projects testing natural asset management across Canada are underway. The communities are: City of Courtenay and the District…
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Results from the First National Cohort: Decision-Maker Summary
By Sara Jane O’Neill Local governments across Canada are focusing on sustainable service delivery – delivering core municipal services in a socially, economically…
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Natural asset management is proving its value in the field
By: Michelle Molnar, Technical Director While Canada focuses on efforts to reduce climate change, there’s growing recognition that we can’t meet our…
