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Presentations

Samples of Guy Greenaway's presentations

The following examples of past presentations by Guy Greenaway, the Corvus Centre's Executive Director, give an idea of the kind of work that we undertake.

Topics

  • Accounting for Private Land Conservation in Canada’s 17% Goal

  • Applying Climate Change Adaptation at the Local Level

  • Applying the Ecosystem Services Approach in Alberta: Summary of a Panel Discussion

  • Collaboration: Chaos Theory in Practice! Some Practical Observations on Promoting Collaboration

  • Communication for Ecosystem Management 

  • Community Conserve: Environment and Conservation Resources for Alberta Municipalities

  • Conservation Communication: Communication Principles, Science, and Tools

  • Conservation Easements and Municipalities: What Municipalities Should Be Thinking About

  • Conservation Easements: A Vital Tool for Conserving Biodiversity on Private Land

  • Conservation on Private Lands in Alberta

  • Conservation Tool and Policy Assessment for the Meewasin Valley Authority

  • Conserving Valued Landscapes: Approaches and Tools for Municipalities

  • Conserving Working Lands: A Brief Survey of Tools

  • Cottage Lot Development, Use, and Maintenance Standards: A Summary of the Revision Approach

  • Counting Privately Protected and Conserved Areas: Private Means Public Benefit

  • Do We Need a Definition of Biodiversity Conservation? 

  • Engaging with Local Governments for Conservation and Stewardship: Insights on How Stewardship Groups and WPACS Can Collaborate with Municipalities

  • Filling the Toolbox: The Alberta Land Stewardship Act’s (ALSA) Contribution to Land Stewardship Action

  • Fiscal Implications of Land Use: A “Cost of Community Services” Study for Red Deer County

  • Growth and Sustainability in Southwestern Alberta: Patterns, Tools, and Opportunities 

  • Helping Communities Become Climate resilient

  • Increasing Local Involvement: The “Ranchers Speaking to Ranchers” Program

  • Land Trusts, Conservation Easements, and Transfer of Development Credits: Pieces of a Conservation Puzzle

  • Moving from ESA ‘Identification’ to ESA ‘Conservation’

  • Municipal Wetlands Data Survey Results: Wetlands Datasets, Municipal Issues & Needs

  • Non-Regulatory Tools for Conservation: Self-interest, thinking like a mountain, and the Alberta Land Stewardship Act

  • Ontario Farmland Conservation Forum – Keynote

  • Organizational Structure Primers: Governance, Agreements, Fundraising, Operations

  • Pathway to Target 1 and Private Land Conservation

  • Planning for Bragg Creek’s Natural Assets

  • Planning for Conservation and Development: An Overview of the Transfer of Development Credits (TDC) Tool

  • Planning for Growth in Alberta: Issues and Opportunities at the Regional Scale

  • Planning, Real Estate, and Land Use

  • Private Land Conservation and the Pathway to Target 1: Structure, Challenges, and Potential Solutions

  • Private Land Conservation: A Square Peg Battles the Round Hole 

  • Public Land Use Zones (PLUZs) and Protective Notations (PNTs): Opportunities and Limitations for Nature Conservation

  • Reconciling Development and Conservation: Applying Transfer of Development Credits (TDC) Programs in Alberta

  • Responding Naturally: Climate Resiliency for Alberta Communities

  • Restructuring Saskatchewan’s Watershed Group Collaborative

  • Results of the Regional Land Trusts Alberta Survey

  • Taxes and Conservation Lands: The Basics

  • The Future of Private Land Conservation in Alberta: 5 Will-be’s, 5 Might-be’s, and 5 Must-be’s

  • The Hard and Soft Skills of Private Land Conservation 

  • The Parable of the Blind Men and the Institute: Or … just what IS the Miistakis Institute?

  • Transfer of Development Credits: Towards a Provincial Strategy

  • Underlying Concern: Assessing and Mitigating Subsurface Mineral Risk Under Privately-Conserved Properties

  • Urban Environmental Sustainability in Canada: Review, Analysis, and Recommendations for Investment

  • Use of Transfer of Development Credits (TDCs) for Sustainable Planning

  • What is ‘Visionary’ Conservation in 2023: Private Land Conservation and the Red Deer Area

Venues

  • Action for Agriculture Land Use Workshop, Balzac, AB

  • Action for Agriculture Workshop, Airdrie, AB

  • AEPA Fall Forum, Red Deer, AB

  • Agri-Environmental Partnership of Alberta Meeting, Calgary, AB

  • Alberta Association Canadian Institute of Planners Conference, Lake Louise, AB

  • Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties Fall 2009 Convention,  Edmonton, AB

  • Alberta Ecotrust Conference, Calgary, AB

  • Alberta Environment “Hot Topics” Series, Edmonton, AB

  • Alberta Land Trust Workshop, Calgary, AB

  • Alberta Parks and Recreation Association Conference, Canmore, AB

  • Alberta Parks Transition Working Group (virtual)

  • Alberta Real Estate Foundation Board Dinner, Calgary, AB

  • Alberta Rural Administrators Association Meeting, Pincher Creek, AB

  • Alberta Water Council Board Meeting, Calgary, AB

  • ALSA Colloquium, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

  • Beaver Hills Initiative Board Meeting, Strathcona County, AB

  • Boundary Creek Landowners Meeting, Boundary Creek Community Hall, Cardston County, AB

  • Bow Valley Naturalists Meeting, Banff, AB

  • Bragg Creek Chamber of Commerce, Bragg Creek, AB

  • Bragg Creek Community Meeting, Bragg Creek, AB

  • Calgary Real Estate Board FORECAST Conference, Calgary, AB

  • Calgary Real Estate Board Regional Meeting, High River, AB

  • Calgary Regional Partnership Development Forum, Cochrane, AB

  • Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network Annual Conference, Calgary, AB

  • Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network Annual Conference, Toronto, ON

  • Canadian National Stewardship Conference, Corner Brook, NFLD

  • Canadian National Stewardship Conference, Guelph, ON

  • Canadian Parks Collective for Innovation and Leadership (CPCIL) Course, Canmore, AB

  • Canadian Parks Conference, Quebec City, QC

  • Canadian School of Public Policy Course, Canmore, AB

  • Central Region Agricultural Service Board Conference, Canmore, AB

  • City of Calgary Offices, Calgary, AB

  • Community Planning Association of Alberta Annual Conference, Red Deer, AB

  • Community Planning Association of Alberta Annual Conference, Red Deer, AB

  • Drayton Valley Stewards in Motion Regional Event, AB

  • Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

  • Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

  • Faculty of General Education, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB

  • Faculty of Law, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

  • Faculty of Science and Technology, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB

  • Flagstaff County Council Workshop, Sedgewick, AB

  • Government of Alberta Environmental Tools Network Meeting, Edmonton, AB

  • Grande Prairie Stewards in Motion Regional Event, AB

  • Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB

  • Land Conservation Incentives Toolbox Meeting, Edmonton, AB

  • M.D of Bighorn Council workshop, Exshaw, AB

  • M.D. of Bighorn Citizens Meeting; Beaupre Hall

  • MD of Rocky View Community Services Committee Meeting, MD Offices, Calgary

  • Medicine Hat Stewards in Motion Regional Event, AB

  • Meewasin Valley Authority Managers Meeting, Saskatoon, SK (virtual)

  • Miistakis Monday Zoom Webinar Series

  • Municipal District of Pincher Creek Council Workshop, Pincher Creek, AB

  • Municipality of Crowsnest Pass Council Meeting, Crowsnest Pass, AB

  • National Urban Park Steering Committee (Saskatoon), (virtual)

  • Ontario Farmland Conservation Forum, Mountsberg Conservation Area, Halton Region, ON

  • Parkland County Agricultural Service Board Meeting, Parkland County, AB

  • Parkland County Council Workshop, Parkland County, AB

  • Picture A Province Conference, Calgary, AB

  • Red Deer Chapter: Urban Development Institute Meeting, Red Deer, AB

  • Red Deer County Council Workshop, Red Deer County, AB

  • Red Deer Stewards in Motion Regional Event, AB

  • Regional Land Trusts Alberta Conference, Red Deer, AB

  • Regional Land Trusts Alberta Meeting (virtual)

  • Regional Land Trusts of Alberta Monthly Meeting, Online

  • Robert Warren School, Calgary, AB

  • Rocky View County Council Meeting, Rocky View County Offices, AB

  • Rotary Club of Red Deer, Red Deer, AB

  • Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds Restructuring Workshop, Moose Jaw, SK

  • Southern Alberta Land Trust Society AGM, High River, AB

  • Town of Canmore Community Meeting, Canmore, AB

  • Under Western Skies Conference, Calgary, AB

  • Wainwright Stewards in Motion Regional Event, Mistahiya Lodge, AB

  • Watershed Restoration and Resiliency Program (WRRP) Speaker Series Event, Spruce Grove, AB

  • Wheatland County Community Hall Meetings (Gleichen, Rockyford, Standard, AB)

  • Wheatland County Council Meeting; Wheatland County Offices, AB

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