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Urban forest coaching

Are you applying for tree planting funding through the Green Municipal Fund’s Growing Canada’s Community Canopies initiative? You could be eligible for free coaching through Tree Canada to assist you with project development and implementation. What are coaching services?  Urban forest c…

April 18, 2024

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Video series: Climate resilience and asset management

Understanding and adapting to the impacts of climate change on municipal infrastructure and service delivery requires a dedicated approach and strong leadership. We created this video series to share how municipalities and practitioners across Canada are making climate action a part of their mun…

June 22, 2020

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InfraGuide: National guide to sustainable municipal infrastructure

InfraGuide: National guide to sustainable municipal infrastructure is a collection of technical best practices and principles to help better inform municipal staff and decision-makers in infrastructure management. 

Based on Canadian expertise and research, InfraGuide addresses k…

February 5, 2019

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Local governments incorporate ecosystem needs into infrastructure plans

Canadian communities face twin challenges of declining infrastructure quality and diminishing health and resilience of many ecosystems. Natural assets such as forests, foreshores and riparian areas can provide many vital services to local governments including stormwater management and drinking wat…

May 27, 2020

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Case studies: Using data to address water infrastructure vulnerabilities

Municipal assets and public services are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, placing local leaders at the frontlines of risk reduction and adaptation. However, it can be difficult for municipalities and utilities to identify accurately their risk to climate change due to a lack of data. …

November 1, 2019

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Integrating Climate Considerations: Service delivery planning

Is your municipality updating or developing its service delivery planning? Are you thinking of how to get better value from the infrastructure that services to your communities? Check out this page to learn what climate considerations you should be integrating in your service delivery planning acti…

November 19, 2019

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Asset management is a joint effort in Manitou Lake

Background The Rural Municipality of Manitou Lake in Saskatchewan lies south of Lloydminster, right up against the Alberta border. It was incorporated in 1910 and just over 500 people live in its vast area of 840 square kilometres. Key industries are agriculture and heavy oil extraction, and man…

January 11, 2023

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Case study: Partnership produces results for five Ontario communities

By sharing knowledge and expertise, five communities in southwest Ontario have increased their capacity to manage community assets effectively. “I call it the coalition of the willing,” says Rick Charlebois, Chief Administrative Officer and Treasurer of the Town of Petrolia. “Through collaborati…

October 20, 2019