Multimedia
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Webinar: Renewable Energy – Choices for Municipal Action (22/02/2012)
The webinar discusses the realization of renewables in the municipal context as well as the potential challenges in their application.
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Best Practices Municipal Sustainability Planning (14/02/2012)
Learn how Alberta municipalities implemented leading planning practices that helped them put their plans into action in this webinar hosted by Stratos Inc.
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SUMA 2012 Convention - FCM President Address (30/01/2012)
Berry Vrbanovic, FCM's president, brings greetings to SUMA delegates from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, at the SUMA Convention January 30, 2012 -
Canada-Haiti Municipal Cooperation Project (MCP) (10/01/2012)
The Canada-Haiti Municipal Cooperation Project (MCP) aims to strengthen the institutional capacity of the Haitian local authorities affected by the 2010 earthquake, thus enabling them to play a leading role in the reconstruction of Haiti. -
Haïti : première inter-communalité de villes sinistrées - Radio-France Internationale (16/07/2011)
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Let's Make A Deal (06/06/2011)
Join the panel of private-sector brownfield experts and their municipal partners as we discuss the details
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Bob Rae, Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre and Interim leader of the Liberal Party (05/06/2011)
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Elizabeth May, Leader of the Green Party (05/06/2011)
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Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities (05/06/2011)
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Jack Layton, Leader of the Opposition (04/06/2011)
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Nik Nanos, FMRIA, CMRP, President and CEO, Nanos Research (03/06/2011)
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Adapting to Climate Change (03/06/2011)
A growing number of communities are faced with impacts attributable to climate change causing flood damage, the invasion of new insect pests and in coastal area loss of land.
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How To Use Social Media In Your Municipality (03/06/2011)
Thousands of elected officials in all orders of government are using social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, to reach out to and engage with citizens.
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FCM Sustainable Communities Mission 2011 to Quebec (04/05/2011)
This webinar will profile the experiences of past participants in FCM's sustainable development study tours. -
FCM Sustainable Communities Mission 2011 to Quebec (04/05/2011)
This webinar will profile the experiences of past participants in FCM's sustainable development study tours. -
La réhabilitation des sites contaminés au Québec (27/04/2011)
(Available in Original Language) Municipalities can remediate their abandoned industrial sites and benefit from their prime locations to implement new initiatives. -
La réhabilitation des sites contaminés au Québec (27/04/2011)
(Available in original language) Municipalities can remediate their abandoned industrial sites and benefit from their prime locations to implement new initiatives. -
Réaliser des objectifs sociaux, économiques et écologiques (13/04/2011)
(Available in original language) How do you balance the many demands on city budgets? Social service needs? And protect the local environment? One way is through integrated development projects that achieve economic, social and environmental benefits.
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Réaliser des objectifs sociaux, économiques et écologiques (13/04/2011)
(Available in original language) How do you balance the many demands on city budgets? Social service needs? And protect the local environment? One way is through integrated development projects that achieve economic, social and environmental benefits.
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Climate Liability: municipal responsibilities in a changing climate (02/03/2011)
Climate change and extreme weather events are placing stressors on municipal services, infrastructure and codes/standards. -
Climate Liability: municipal responsibilities in a changing climate (02/03/2011)
Climate change and extreme weather events are placing stressors on municipal services, infrastructure and codes/standards. -
Keynote: Peter M. Senge (09/02/2011)
Hierarchical authority and conventional institutional power structures are not enough to solve the range of problems facing the world today. -
The Do's and Don'ts of Web 2.0 (08/02/2011)
Three municipalities will share with you their uses of social media to help them further their sustainability objectives. -
Keynote: Amelia Shaw (08/02/2011)
Amelia Shaw will emphasize the importance of engaging communities in your plans, policies and programs, using the example of TransLink's public engagement around its 30-year transit vision. -
Enviro-Fleets: Reducing Emissions from Municipal Fleets (07/02/2011)
Solutions for reducing GHG emissions from municipal fleets will be presented at this session. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Brownfields: Overview (07/02/2011)
About eight years ago, when the Town of the Blue Mountains found itself with too little space to meet its administrative needs, Council examined its options and made a bold choice: to build a new town hall on a brownfield site. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Buildings: Overview (07/02/2011)
The 79-year-old Calgary Public Building required extensive renovation to continue as a home for the performing arts and a healthy workplace for City of Calgary staff. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Energy — City of Medicine Hat: Overview (07/02/2011)
In 2008, the City of Medicine Hat developed a community environmental roadmap that set two targets: to reduce residential energy consumption by 20 per cent by 2020 and to obtain 25 per cent of residential energy from renewable sources by 2025. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Energy — City of Montréal: Overview (07/02/2011)
In 2005, the City of Montréal committed to reducing its GHG emissions by 20 per cent by 2012 (compared to 2002 levels), and in 2007, adopted a corporate action plan entitled Climate Protection. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Integrated Neighbourhood Development: Overview (07/02/2011)
The initial architectural plans for Simon Fraser University (SFU) in 1963 conceived of a dense residential community surrounding the new university. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning — City of Calgary: Overview (07/02/2011)
Starting in 2005, 18,000 citizens of Calgary worked together to envision their future well into the next century. The process that established the city's long-term vision was called imagineCALGARY. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning — City of Yellowknife: Overview (07/02/2011)
Yellowknife's northern geography, coupled with complex historical, political and resource-related issues, presents unique challenges for community development. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Residential Development: Overview (07/02/2011)
The City of Victoria has a long history of permitting secondary suites in older and larger homes. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Transportation: Overview (07/02/2011)
The City of Toronto has adopted a strategy to become a city where people choose to walk more and drive less. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Waste: Overview (07/02/2011)
The Regional District of Nanaimo owns and operates the Regional Landfill and the Church Road Transfer Station, and provides residential garbage collection and recycling service to more than 25,000 households in the region. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Water — Town of Olds: Overview (07/02/2011)
The Town of Olds' wastewater treatment plant was almost 30 years old and serving a population of 7,500 when trouble began - the facility was at capacity and posed an environmental hazard to receiving waters. -
2011 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Water — Village of Victoria: Overview (07/02/2011)
Residents of the small seaside community of Victoria, P.E.I., had always relied on private holding tanks and septic systems to handle sewage but, by the 21st century, failing septic systems were discharging effluent not only into the soil, but also into the groundwater and into Victoria Harbour. -
The Future of Public Transit in Canada (01/02/2011)
How will we get around in our cities in the future? What transit options fit the size and form of my community today? How do I improve service to increase active and mobile transit tomorrow? -
The Future of Public Transit in Canada (01/02/2011)
How will we get around in our cities in the future? What transit options fit the size and form of my community today? How do I improve service to increase active and mobile transit tomorrow? -
FCM CEO Brock Carlton's interview with CBC's Power and Politics (22/11/2010)
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Advocacy Day's Keynote Speech by Hon. Stockwell Day (17/11/2010)
Keynote speech of the Hon. Stockwell Day, President of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, at FCM's Board of Directors luncheon; as part of Advocacy Days on Parliament Hill. -
FCM's Advocacy Days Press Conference (16/11/2010)
FCM President and Director, Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Hans Cunningham, along with FCM Third Vice-President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the City of Montréal, Claude Dauphin, host a press conference on November 17, 2010 – the first day of FCM´s annual Advocacy Days. -
FCM CEO Brock Carlton interview with CBC The House (22/10/2010)
FCM CEO Brock Carlton's interview with CBC The House, discussing the national challenges facing all Mayors and municipal leaders, at a critical juncture in the federal government's partnership with cities. -
Remarks from FCM CEO Brock Carlton at Transport Committee (18/10/2010)
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What Fleet Efficiency Can Do for Your Company and the Planet (31/05/2010)
The Environmental Defense Fund has also produced What Fleet Efficiency Can Do for Your Company and the Planet, a video for fleet managers showing how simple steps add up to big results. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Brownfields: Overview (30/04/2010)
An excellent example of early 20th century industrial architecture, the Wychwood Car Barns site in midtown Toronto was used for many years by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to repair and maintain its streetcar fleet. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Brownfields: Project Details (30/04/2010)
An excellent example of early 20th century industrial architecture, the Wychwood Car Barns site in midtown Toronto was used for many years by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to repair and maintain its streetcar fleet. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Buildings – City of Campbell River: Overview (30/04/2010)
In May 2009, the City of Campbell River became the first municipality in B.C. to install a green roof on an existing civic building. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Buildings – City of Campbell River: Project Details (30/04/2010)
In May 2009, the City of Campbell River became the first municipality in B.C. to install a green roof on an existing civic building. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Buildings – Town of Newmarket: Overview (30/04/2010)
Beyond LEED® Certified and far beyond R2000 and Energy Star, there is LEED Platinum - the highest rating for environmentally sound housing in the world. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Buildings – Town of Newmarket: Project Details (30/04/2010)
Beyond LEED® Certified and far beyond R2000 and Energy Star, there is LEED Platinum - the highest rating for environmentally sound housing in the world. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Energy – Town of Cobourg: Overview (30/04/2010)
The Town of Cobourg's Streetlight Renewal project began in 2008 with a review of new street lighting technologies. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Energy – Town of Cobourg: Project Details (30/04/2010)
The Town of Cobourg's Streetlight Renewal project began in 2008 with a review of new street lighting technologies. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Brownfields: Overview (30/04/2010)
With a population of 7,500 and an average household income of $15,500, Regent Park is Canada's oldest public housing community. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Brownfields: Project Details (30/04/2010)
With a population of 7,500 and an average household income of $15,500, Regent Park is Canada's oldest public housing community. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning: Overview (30/04/2010)
Imagine Our Future is a joint initiative between the City of Williams Lake, its community partners, the Williams Lake Indian Band and Soda Creek Indian Band, and the community at large to envision a successful and sustainable Williams Lake in 2030 and create transition strategies to get there. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning: Project Details (30/04/2010)
Imagine Our Future is a joint initiative between the City of Williams Lake, its community partners, the Williams Lake Indian Band and Soda Creek Indian Band, and the community at large to envision a successful and sustainable Williams Lake in 2030 and create transition strategies to get there. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Residential Development: Overview (30/04/2010)
Influencing supply to meet the range of housing needs is a huge challenge to every municipality. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Residential Development: Project Details (30/04/2010)
Influencing supply to meet the range of housing needs is a huge challenge to every municipality. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Transportation – County of Haliburton: Overview (30/04/2010)
Working together and with other community groups, the County of Haliburton and the district health unit ventured into new territory in the summer of 2009 by spearheading a project that applied transportation demand management (TDM) principles in a rural setting. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Transportation – County of Haliburton: Project Details (30/04/2010)
Working together and with other community groups, the County of Haliburton and the district health unit ventured into new territory in the summer of 2009 by spearheading a project that applied transportation demand management (TDM) principles in a rural setting. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Transportation – Société de transport de l’Outaouais and Société de transport de Montréal: Overview (30/04/2010)
This joint project undertaken by the Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) and the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) measured the effectiveness of green propulsion technology in reducing GHG emissions, and implemented a series of measures to enhance the speed, accessibility and comfort of public transit. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Transportation – Société de transport de l’Outaouais and Société de transport de Montréal: Project Details (30/04/2010)
This joint project undertaken by the Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) and the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) measured the effectiveness of green propulsion technology in reducing GHG emissions, and implemented a series of measures to enhance the speed, accessibility and comfort of public transit. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Waste: Overview (30/04/2010)
With only one full-service waste management depot located in the north end of the regional municipality of York, many residents in the south had to drive long distances to dispose of their waste. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Waste: Project Details (30/04/2010)
With only one full-service waste management depot located in the north end of the regional municipality of York, many residents in the south had to drive long distances to dispose of their waste. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Water: Overview (30/04/2010)
End-of-pipe treatment wetlands are a relatively new, innovative and cost-effective way to treat stormwater runoff from older, built-out communities that would otherwise discharge street runoff directly to rivers. -
2010 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Water: Project Details (30/04/2010)
End-of-pipe treatment wetlands are a relatively new, innovative and cost-effective way to treat stormwater runoff from older, built-out communities that would otherwise discharge street runoff directly to rivers. -
Lester Brown speaks to FCM (10/02/2010)
View the exclusive interview with Lester Brown, President of the Earth Policy Institute -
Honourable John Baird, M.P, Minister of Transport, Communities and Infrastructure (07/06/2009)
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Michael Ignatieff, M.P., Leader, Liberal Party of Canada (07/06/2009)
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Elizabeth May, Leader, Green Party of Canada (07/06/2009)
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The Honourable Bev Oda, M.P., Minister of International Cooperation (06/06/2009)
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Honourable Jack Layton, M.P., leader, NDP (06/06/2009)
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2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Brownfields: Overview (05/06/2009)
The Dockside Green development has served as a demonstration model for many innovative measures and has influenced Victoria's future land-use policies. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Buildings: Overview (05/06/2009)
The City of Toronto used the Toronto Green Standard (TGS) and the Better Buildings Partnership - New Construction program (BBP-NC) as a two-pronged approach to encourage sustainable building design and address several of the city's environmental challenges. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Energy: Overview (05/06/2009)
The Township of South Stormont, encouraged and assisted by a small, dedicated group of volunteers, organized the Kilowatt Countdown Challenge, which offers 200 energy-saving tips to residents as a motivational tool to reduce electricity consumption. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Planning: Overview (05/06/2009)
The ISO 14001 standard represents the strongest possible commitment to environmental management, and few municipalities in the world have applied it as broadly to their operations as the City of Edmonton. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Residential Development — City of Langford: Overview (05/06/2009)
The City of Langford designed the Affordable Housing, Parks and Amenity Contribution (AHPAC) Policy to increase the availability of affordable housing, improve ecological health and enhance public amenities in the community. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Residential Development — Resort Municipality of Whistler: Overview (05/06/2009)
In preparation for the 2010 Olympics, the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) built a temporary athletes' village which will be converted into a sustainable, compact, pedestrian-oriented community after the Olympics. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Transportation: Overview (05/06/2009)
On June 2, 2008, the Town of Banff became the first Canadian municipality to operate a public transit fleet composed only of diesel-electric hybrid buses. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Waste: Overview (05/06/2009)
Since 1998, the youth organization Groupe Solidarité Jeunesse and the City of Victoriaville have organized an annual environmental awareness campaign to raise funds for humanitarian missions. The campaign culminates each October in the Journée Normand-Maurice - a one-day door-to-door collection of household hazardous waste (HHW) by local youth volunteers. -
2009 FCM Sustainable Communities Awards Winner — Water: Overview (05/06/2009)
The Well Aware program supports and encourages well stewardship among private well owners. Spearheaded by Green Communities Canada (GCC) and its non-profit member organizations, the program partners with municipal governments and groups in communities across Ontario. -
Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade (05/06/2009)
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Shovels Ready – Waiting for Money, say FCM Big City Mayors Caucus (03/06/2009)
The federal government must work closely with cities to keep its $12-billion infrastructure stimulus plan on track and strengthen the economy. -
2009 FCM Awards for Outstanding International Volunteer Contribution (31/05/2009)
This short video highlights the achievements of five Canadian municipalities, and one extraordinary individual, as a result of their contribution to municipal capacity building overseas.
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