2011

Webinar: Municipal Innovation in Action

Major redevelopment projects offer key opportunities for municipalities to work toward their sustainability goals.
Webinar: UniverCity

UniverCity is a compact, mixed-use residential community at B.C.'s Simon Fraser University that began in 1995 as a forward-thinking collaboration between various institutional and municipal partners.
Halifax, Annual Conference and Municipal Expo

At FCM's 74^th Annual Conference, 2,000 municipal leaders met to celebrate our gains and learn from each other. Talks focused on replacing expiring federal programs with a long-term infrastructure plan, and creating the best quality of life for Canadians.
Webinar: Quick Start ICSP

Quick Start is a streamlined integrated community sustainability planning (ICSP) process developed by the Whistler Centre for Sustainability.
Webinar: Brownfield Plans

Municipalities are better equipped to guide the redevelopment of their contaminated sites when they start with a brownfield plan, community improvement plan, or downtown revitalization plan. Find out how effective brownfield plans are helping Canadian communities bring their derelict lots back into productive use.
Victoria, Sustainable Communities Conference

Embracing Change for Sustainability: Innovative governance, partnerships & financing was this year's conference & trade show theme. The SCC connects municipal decision-makers to leading sustainable development examples & resources for greening local communities.
Gender Equality Study Mission – Halifax, Nova Scotia & Ottawa, Ontario

From May 31 to June 10, 2011, a group of Ukrainian officials including city mayors, deputy mayors and local councilors made a study visit to Canada.
MLED: Canadian Municipal Partner Orientation

As MLED is funded by the Canadian government and involves the mobilization of Canadian municipal experts to Ukraine (both volunteers and consultants), as well as the hosting of technical missions in Canada, representatives from all Canadian partner municipalities were eligible to attend a two-day Intercultural Effectiveness workshop organized by the Center for Intercultural Learning (CIL) that was organized in Winnipeg on April 28-29, 2011.
LED Fellowship Program

The LED Fellowship Program of the MLED project took place on August 9-27, 2011 and enabled a team of Ukrainian participants to have a better understanding of best practices in Canadian municipalities related to local economic development.
MLED Intergovernmental Forum – Dnipropetrovsk

Building cooperation and facilitating dialogue between national, regional and local levels of government as well as private businesses and the public are essential aspects of the MLED project. In fulfilling this objective, an international forum on "Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Area of Regional and Local Development" was hosted in Dnipropetrovsk on June 16, 2011, under the support of the MLED project.
Association of Ukrainian Cities - National Mayors Forum

The objective of this event was to share the best practices of the municipalities of Canada and Ukraine in protecting and representing interests of local self-government bodies at the national and local levels.
Municipal Performance Measurement: Polish Study Mission

To support the development of the system for measuring municipal performance statistics in Ukraine, under the MLED-AUC partnership, the FCM arranged a study tour to Poland on May 22-27, 2011.
Tools and Tips to Reduce Emissions - Pointe Claire, Quebec

This workshop combined presentations by expert speakers with group activities and networking opportunities.
Webinar: FCM Sustainable Communities Mission 2011 to Quebec

This webinar will profile the experiences of past participants in FCM's sustainable development study tours.
Webinar: Réaliser des objectifs sociaux, économiques et écologiques : Deux projets intégrés de développement durable

(Available in original language) How do you balance the many demands on city budgets? Social service needs? And protect the local environment? One way is through integrated development projects that achieve economic, social and environmental benefits. This webinar profiles two stops on FCM's 2011 Sustainable Communities Mission that are achieving multiple public benefits.
Webinar: The Future of Public Transit in Canada

How will we get around in our cities in the future? What transit options fit the size and form of my community today? How do I improve service to increase active and mobile transit tomorrow?
Webinar: La réhabilitation des sites contaminés au Québec

(Available in original language) Municipalities can remediate their abandoned industrial sites and benefit from their prime locations to implement new initiatives.
Webinar: Climate Liability - Municipal Responsibilities in a Changing Climate

Climate change and extreme weather events are placing stressors on municipal services, infrastructure and codes/standards.
Webinar: Scaled innovations - small community climate action

See the innovations smaller municipalities (with populations under 10,000) have implemented to address climate change in their locales.