Tourism in a Time of COVID-19
The impact to tourism in BC, the second highest contributor to GDP, due to COVID-19 has been staggering. The number of tourism-related businesses and communities impacted by the coronavirus crisis and the size of this impact is massive. Destination British Columbia...
Housing Needs Report Program
Last Funding Intake As local governments know, the provincial government requires municipalities and regional districts in B.C. to complete housing needs assessment reports by April 2022, and every five years thereafter. These reports are intended to help local...
Strategic Prioritizing for Non-Profits
Pro Bono Offer! Are you – or do you know of - a small non-profit organization (NPO) grappling with how to adjust to the new COVID-19 reality? Not sure how to refocus your strategic plan priorities based on uncertain timelines for recovery? Need some help facilitating...
WCS Welcomes New Team Member
Kim Slater - Engagement and Communications Coordinator Kim joins WCS Engagement + Planning as Engagement and Communications Coordinator. With over a decade’s worth of experience leading sustainability initiatives here and abroad, Kim is seasoned at working...
A message from our team
During this challenging and rapidly changing time of concern about COVID-19, we wish you all continued health and safety. To support global efforts of reducing the pandemic and flattening the curve, our team members are all working from home and conducting...
Engagement trends and best practices for 2020 and beyond
Our research over the last few months has teased out some interesting trends and best practices that might help you raise the community engagement bar in 2020 and beyond. The research is part of a engagement review and policy development project we’re...
Why declare a climate emergency?
And, what comes next?The years 2019 and 2020 may be long remembered as the turning point for municipal climate action in Canada. In 2019 alone, over 300 communities across Canada declared climate emergencies, spurred on by the IPCC special report on the impacts of...
Keynote Speaker Teara Fraser to kick-off Indigenous Tourism Start-up Program in Whistler, B.C. on September 9th
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Join us at the Squamish Líl̓wat Cultural Centre for an unforgettable evening with keynote speaker, Teara Fraser. Teara’s list of dynamic life pursuits and accomplishments are, simply put, incredible. Teara is the first Indigenous woman to launch...
Community Child Care Planning Grants
by Dan Wilson If you applied for a Community Child Care Planning Grant then you know how important affordable child care space is to the social and economic success of your community. Like many other communities you may be challenged by a lack of child care spaces due...
E-bike use is on the rise. Is your community ready?
Whether you love them or hate them, e-bikes are coming and they are changing the way many people commute and ride recreationally. Like most new technology, e-bikes bring benefits and drawbacks – many factors to weigh in deciding where e-bikes belong and where they...
Housing Needs Assessment Funding Now Available
by Cheeying Ho Starting in April 2019, local governments are required to develop housing needs reports at least every five years, to: collect information necessary to identify current and projected housing needs; use that information to prepare and publish...
Snagging Leggings
The Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Líl̓wat Stl’atl ímc Business Start-up Program (SLSBSP) has eleven participants elbows deep in the hard work of developing their businesses. The program, being spearheaded by the Whistler Centre for Sustainability in partnership with the Squamish...