Elevation 2.0 – SS-27: Transforming Faith Properties for Community Impact
According to Revenue Canada, the United Church of Canada and the National Trust for Canada, close to 10,000 of Canada’s 28,000 church buildings will close…
Elevation 2.0 – SS-28: Using Biometrics to Assess the Hidden Human Experience and Create Better Places for People
This session will look into some of the latest tools planners and architects are using to assess the human experience of the built environment. Car…
Elevation 2.0 – SS-32: Impact Benefit Agreements: Design and Governance Regimes for Ensuring a Fair Community Share
Formalized Impact Benefit Agreements (IBAs) between communities and resource project proponents are increasingly popular for defining benefits and mitigating adverse effects of natural resource development.…
Elevation 2.0 – SS-38: From Reactive to Proactive First Nations Planning: Lessons From the Metlakatla
This session will examine how the Metlakatla First Nation in northwestern British Columbia developed an innovative planning system to manage the impacts of development and…
Elevation 2.0 SS-42: Building on the Step Code: the Low Carbon Building Policy Toolkit
Many local governments have adopted the BC Energy Step Code and developed climate plans with ambitious GHG emission reduction targets. At the same time, these…
Elevation 2.0 – SS-37: Urban Forestry & Material Carbon Emissions
Guiding Urban Forestry Policy into the Next Decade: A Private Tree Protection & Management Toolkit This presentation will introduce a toolkit that explores tree protection…