8 – LESSONS FROM THE PAST INFORM THE FUTURE IN METRO VANCOUVER: Teaching Through Storytelling
Note to Reader:
In November 2024, the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia released THE SYNOPSIS for the Chronicle of Green Infrastructure Innovation in Metro Vancouver. The Chronicle is a sweeping narrative of the 30-year period from 1994 through 2024. The Chronicle is a layered package comprising four documents: the Chronicle of the Journey, Stories Within the Story, Synopsis and Executive Summary. The target audience for each layer is different.
The Synopsis is the third layer in the cascade. It is oriented to senior managers who have limited time to absorb what they need to know to make informed decisions. The Synopsis is visual and so can easily be skimmed in 20 minutes or less! This extract is from page S10.
The Power of Story: Teaching Through Storytelling
“We learn through stories. This is how we pass on our oral history. Storytelling is the way we share intergenerational knowledge, experience and wisdom,” wrote Kim Stephens, Synopsis author and Partnership Executive Director.
“We share our world view through our stories and storytelling. It is not the technical stuff that carries the day. It is the stories about the technical stuff that carry the day.”
Georgia Basin Initiative is a watershed moment in the history of the Metro Vancouver region
“Launched in 1994, the Georgia Basin Initiative was a call to action by the provincial government led by Premier Mike Harcourt. The influence of the GBI has rippled through time in profound and lasting ways.”
“The living legacy of the Georgia Basin Initiative is embedded in and embodied by the Georgia Basin Inter-Regional Educational Initiative. Led by the Partnership for Water Sustainability and supported by five regional districts surrounding the Salish Sea, the IREI is the successor initiative to the GBI and is in Year 13.”
“In 2024, in the Chronicle of Green Infrastructure Innovation in Metro Vancouver, the Partnership honours and celebrates the 30th anniversary of a watershed moment in BC history. The chronicle is a sweeping narrative of the Georgia Basin Initiative and mission, the key players who drove it, and what has followed in its wake over three decades and counting.”
Timeline and milestones for the living legacy of the Georgia Basin Initiative
The timeline illustrates how the living legacy of the Georgia Basin Initiative is intergenerational as it continues to ripple through time. It identifies milestones in the building blocks process for inter-regional collaboration within the Georgia Basin.
COLOUR CODE: yellow represents a provincial government over-arching deliverable; and white represents a Partnership for Water Sustainability nested deliverable
To Learn More:
Download a copy of the Synopsis of the Chronicle of Green Infrastructure Innovation in Metro Vancouver from 1994 through 2024. released in November 2024. The Synopsis is structured as six sections.
DOWNLOAD A COPY: https://waterbucket.ca/gi/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/Metro-Van-Chronicle_Synopsis_DRAFT_Nov2024.pdf