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Reflections from a Canadian Asset Management Tour
Beginning on a snowy November day in Saskatoon and concluding in the summer of 2020, looking across a Zoom meeting screen to an audience primarily
Ontario’s Provincial Climate Change Impact Assessment
As the world’s climate is changing, we are seeing impacts on a global scale and right here at home. In recent years, Ontario has experienced
COVID’s Values Revolution – Part II: Compassion is Key to Resilient Civic Leadership
By Diane Kalen-Sukra, MA, CMC In the last edition we examined the results of a global culture assessment conducted by Barrett Values Centre to better understand
The Benefits of an Asset Management Strategy
A global health crisis – resulting in an economic downturn – reminds us once again of the challenges faced by municipal practitioners. Municipal staff continue
Federal government announces $10 billion in infrastructure funding
Prime Minister Trudeau alongside Minister McKenna and Chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank Michael Sabia announced this morning a $10 billion investment in infrastructure projects
New Canada Healthy Communities Initiative to help fund community-led COVID-19 resilience solutions
Today, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Catherine McKenna, announced the Healthy Communities Initiative. $31 million will be dedicated to funding community-led projects that address specific
Canada Infrastructure Program adjusted to better address COVID-19-related infrastructure projects
Today, the Government of Canada announced adjustments to the Canada Infrastructure Program to better support Canadian communities on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID’s Values Revolution: Measuring Culture Change, Charting Civic Recovery
Only a few months prior to the COVID outbreak in North America, I delivered the conference keynote address to Ontario’s municipal CAOs/City Managers on the
How Community-Based Data Collection can Help Local Governments Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to greatly impact Canadians in various and numerous ways, especially in terms of job and economic security; what began
$19 Billion to help safely restart the economy: Funding for municipal services, healthcare, and childcare
July 16, 2020 – Canada’s First Ministers announced a federal/provincial/territorial (FPT) Safe Restart Agreement. The FPT Safe Restart Agreement is supported by a $19 billion
PSD Citywide Partners with Canadian Urban Institute for Cross Country Tour
Today marks the 100th day since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. In the days, weeks, and months that followed, communities were tasked
Incorporating Nature into Core Infrastructure Services
By Municipal Natural Assets Initiative For several months now, the world has been thrown into a state of turmoil as we collectively struggle to manage the