Community Engagement & Multi-Stakeholder Processes
Employment Access for Skilled Immigrants Community Dialogues
Organized and facilitated a series of community dialogues on topics pertaining to the employment of skilled immigrants in British Columbia. (Employment Access for Skilled Immigrants Initiative)
Burnaby Community Needs Assessment, Consultation and Strategic Plan
Conducted a community needs assessment involving demographic analysis, a public survey, a series of focus groups and key informant interviews – and worked with the board and staff of the Burnaby Public Library to develop a strategic plan. (Burnaby Public Library; Collaborators: Marleen Morris & Associates)
Measuring Up Guide Consultations & Update
Conducted province-wide stakeholder consultations and implementing changes for a new Guide for the 2010 Legacies Now Measuring Up initiative to help communities conduct assessments of inclusivity and accessibility. (2010 Legacies Now; Collaborators: Marleen Morris & Associates)
Nisga’a Consultations – Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project
Worked with members of four Nisga’a villages to organize community meetings in relation to an LNG pipeline project. (Canadian LNG)
Mount Waddington Youth Housing Study & Community Consultation
Designed and implemented community consultations to identify priorities, opportunities and barriers to providing youth housing services in the region of Mount Waddington. (BC Ministry of Children & Families)
Director of Government Relations for Spectra Energy West
Managed government relations for the largest fully integrated natural gas collection, processing and transportation system in Western Canada. This system, which moves enough natural gas to heat 600,000 homes for a year, serves as a critical link between the extensive gas production region of northeast BC and markets in both Canada and the US. As Acting Director of Government Relations, Clare served as the primary liaison with the provincial government and each of the 20 plus municipalities in which Spectra had operations. Thereafter, she managed stakeholder and government relations for a world scale carbon capture and storage project. (Spectra Energy, now owned by Enbridge Inc.)
Network for the Sharing of Canadian Incident Information and Data
Facilitated a consultative process with a national network of government agencies, regulatory bodies and safety organizations to ascertain a viable process by which to establish a mechanism for sharing injury and incident data across jurisdictions. (National Public Safety Advisory Committee: Collaborators: Harry Diemer & Associates)
Alberta Safety Codes Regulatory Policy Change Consultation
Designed and executed an extensive consultation with the aim of determining the impact and response to a policy change in the regulatory system affecting municipalities, large contractors, building owners, engineers and architects. (Alberta Safety codes Council; Collaborators: Harry Diemer & Associates)