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Connect and Promote Strategy 2027-2029<\/span><\/h2>\n

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The <\/span>Society for Ecological Restoration \u2013 Western Canada<\/b> advances ecological restoration throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories. We strive to build an ecologically sustainable relationship between nature, community, and the economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

More directly, we aspire to be <\/span>western Canada\u2019s <\/span>interdisciplinary hub<\/span> for ecological restoration science, practice, and collaboration<\/span>. We work to deliver high quality education opportunities including webinars, journal clubs, and help to facilitate higher education through our Indigenous student scholarship. We work to empower our membership to initiate and carry out activities that will foster communities of restoration practitioners. That empowerment comes from ensuring accessibility: local, short-duration, low or no cost, all ages and knowledge-levels. Fostering communities comes from face-face meetings, where people participate in an activity together \u2013 whether it is sharing a meal, planting a tree, releasing a fish, or making sense of a new guideline. Communities learn from and help each other, and celebrate the events with photos and stories to share with others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our board works to facilitate knowledge sharing, in person networking opportunities, connecting with local communities and groups and supporting student chapters, where they exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To advance the Promoting part of the mission, we need a membership informed and supportive about SER standards and guidelines, certifications, and scientific publications developed by the international membership. We succeeded with a major conference in October 2024, and we can maintain and further promote SER through one or more partnerships in the coming three years without exhausting our volunteer base.<\/span><\/p>\n

To advance that mission we need a board that is willing to engage with like-minded organizations to organize, deliver, and participate in larger events that qualify as professional development towards professional certification. The board needs to solicit help from the members to distribute the volunteer effort, encouraging both the use of experienced volunteer strengths and development of new volunteer skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

For 2027-2029, we have a Connect and Promote Strategy to help kick-start the membership into action and support SER-WC\u2019s mission.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Objective 1:<\/b>
\n<\/b>Hold more frequent (annual), but smaller (1-day) events that overcome or cater to the geographic locations where our members reside (day-trip within 250 km). There are distinct clusters of members in the lower mainland of B.C., southern Vancouver Island, the B.C. interior, and the corridor between Edmonton and Calgary.<\/span><\/p>\n

Approaches for Objective 1:<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n