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At Tamarack, we believe that sustainability is about more than maintenance and longevity. It is a combination of many factors including leadership, funding, community engagement, and the ability to influence policy. Sustainability includes investments that lead to outcomes that can have lasting impact on policy and programs.
Read MoreThe City of North Vancouver has a bold vision: to become the “healthiest small city in the world”. To realize their vision, the City’s Mayor and Council have five key goals: to become a City for People, a Liveable City, a Vibrant City, a Connected City and a Prosperous City.
Read MoreWhen people ask me whether I think the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are useful, my short answer is “yes, but”. In this two-part blog, I unpack what I mean by that. This first blog explores the ‘yes’ part of the answer, and the second explores the ‘but’.
Read MoreIn February, the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, the Hon. Ahmed Hussen, and the Minister of International Development, the Hon. Karina Gould, launched Canada’s 2030 Agenda, National Strategy. The strategy provides a vision for engaging Governments, Civil Society, Private Sector, Academia, and International partners to meet our commitments to build a more peaceful, inclusive, prosperous, resilient and sustainable world that is people centred.
Read MoreAccording to the Institute for Sustainable Communities there are four elements of a sustainable community:
Leadership, civic engagement and responsibility
Ecological integrity
Economic security
Social well-being
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth we honour and acknowledge that our work occurs across Turtle Island (North America), which has been home since time immemorial to the ancestors of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples.
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