#Waterfowl

CLIMATE caucus and BC climateleaders.ca and helping elected residents with the playbook, coaching and insitute. I hope to join the June 8-10 event if possible.

This webinar is intended for local government and first nations staff and elected officials. It will provide guidance on the Declaration Act, next steps in its implimentation, implications for local gov and others, and examples of reconciliation in action. The session will take place from 1:00pm-2:30pm on April 21. The session will be delivered by staff from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, and...

Nathaniel Barr, PhD, is a professor of creativity and creative thinking at Sheridan College and a Scientific Advisor at BEworks. His work covers a variety of topics including creativity, inovation, misinformation, and belief, the interrelation between technology and thinking, applied behavioral science, and the importance of understanding the mind on addressing societal change.

Thanks to Paul Shorthouse and William McDonough. Unlocking the business case for action, in two parts. A solutions oriented, virtual event powered by GLOBE series, that will explore the questions? What would a truely circular economy within the built environment look like for Canada? What key issues must be addressed and barriers tackled to make a business case? What actions should be prioritized...

Morning 🌄 sessions in person. The retrofiting old buildings was my favourite of the day but that was sponsored by FCM over lunch and I ended up talking with this man sitting beside me who works at the border, so it wasn't recorded. That event was moderated by Carol Saab and one of the moderators said "the most sustainable building is the one you don't build." In my eyes, that reinforced our local...

Thanks to Colin Sparks of Metchosin who used his class project in business as a way to learn about bikes, dedicated lanes, speed vs. injury, congestion, soul crushing traffic, and suburbs. Its become a bit of a battle between freedom of choice and community responsibility. We talk about these extremes. From air quality, to health benifits of activity, to convience of comfort. 🤔 how do we create t...

This Shaw sponsored and FCM workshop is featuring municipal governments that are making measured gains in policy that 🫂focuses on gaining experience as expertise.

😎 appreciate this briefing, thanks to ministers Farnsworth and Dix.

I didn't record the entire day of talks but my favorite part was a man talking about this "park your car project" who said, "we can't be the last ones to adapt."

Grateful to Mr Sharmarke Dubow, a living, and noteable historical figure.

The presentions of Xander Hughins, Cheyenne Arnold-Cunningham, Ella Parker and Racheal Arsenault.

Mr Dubow is a role🧳 model of Canadian 🚋public service🐫 and bravery. I hope I see you when i get to Victoria in April, Sharmarke. I want to shake your hand🙋‍♀️and thank you sincerely for you contributions🏗.

The end to which it's applied. The endless🐚 stakeholder engagement. Projects🧭 that are agile, lean and nimble. Those other that aren't🦚. Is it easy to not🤮 do it, if you dont want to? 🤔 vulnerable vs harm? Risk🏚 vs reward? The 🪂study of Behavioural insights, descriptive 🗽statistics and the freedom of choice. Scholarships🛶 and incentives for early🚲 submissions. The cheif behavioural🚀 offi...

A glimpse into the Roam regional transportation brand in of Banff and area, and the Squamish MEEP. GOOD STUFF!

Applying behavioral insights to improve tax collection: experimental evidence from Poland. Do behavioral nudges work on organizations? By Nina Mazar, Nicole Robitaille and Julian House published by harvard business review. Thanks to the people at the UBC- DIBS seminar for the invite to learn about this interesting topic. 🤔

Leaders at crunch time. Being involved in climate caucus 📞 calls has been a huge saving grace for building a foundation of hope and peers. I am so grateful for this 🙏 group.

Youth climate corp. And so much more. I really enjoyed 🎶 listening to this talk. Glad to share it with anyone and everyone. Bee well.

Ginger, 🏜sweet potatoes and other experiments🥣 on the farm🪂 in a changing 🌎 world. Explore the microclimates🚀 of web design to facilate payments 🕒online and contactless🌈 pick up when the farmers market was shut down🌘 at the start of the pandemic.🦄 Other stories🪶 about learning to get 🦚wise to what wants to grow🎣, where, and how much energy🎏 and inputs it takes to get to harvest. The wa...

In this episode we hear about communities🏫 moving towards becoming incorporated. It's a informative talk featuring Sorento, blind bay, area f & g which includes Coombs, Hilliers and Errington.

The Donna McMahon regional district sunday class education program runs the gamut from the electoral areas of the sunshine coast to the restructuring of New Brunswick's local service districts. Boundaries and financing? Vibrant and sustainable. Friction or confusion. Sticker 😲 shock. Group buying, prefered procurement? How well is this experiment 💪 working?

Incorporated in 1967, ferry started service in 51. This board is a highly engaged group of people. With fun and respectful disagreement each director has brings their own life experience to the job. To assign twitter handles we have Mr. "ALL IN, THE Liason and the diplomat, the global perspective" which points out how obsessed Canadians are about home ownership. Rounding out the crew is the 👢 boo...

Population versus area. Expectations versus challanges. Internet🥅 internation business. Star🎱 link protoype. Public service, rich🪁 people happy but the poor aren't. 1920 improvement🪄 districts. 1973 🪅agriculture land reserve. 1876 roberts🎰 rules created in civil war🪆 aftermath to prevent decision🧩 makers from becoming♟ violent. The carver model. 🪡Regional districts🧵 in BC number 27 and w...

Phishing. 🛶Risk score.🚦 Learn how to change user behaviour. 🛼Positive reinforcement. 1st line of defense🏯 against malicious actors.

I am getting so much feedback that is positive and affirming. Telling people's stories🎣 is very meaningful. If you wanna know why, give it a 🎶 listen. This episode of the waterfowl 🧊 podcast 🍰was recorded at the #AVICC2022 local🎰 government forum in Victoria. It features many talented🔮 and hardworking people. Mark Gisborne🪄, Travis Hall, Dennis Dugas, 🎭Dennis Buchanan, Julie Colborne, Mayc...

The pulling back of a curtain to reveal my process. I ✍ write and rewrite, changing the order of things from the first version to the final draft. ✨ After many false starts and multiple takes, some are better than others. It's a balance between getting the audio and pacing to flow with the vanity of evaluating how the visuals look. Over the course of this learning experience in elected service I...