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Jane Wei-Skillern

GEORGIA BASIN INTER-REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE: “I think it is great that the Partnership for Water Sustainability is the keeper of the Georgia Basin Intiative legacy and that what we started in the 1990s continues. A lot of the work that we did to put the GBI idea and the structure together is still in place,” stated Mike Harcourt, former Premier of British Columbia

February 5, 2026


When he was Premier, Mike Harcourt was the political champion for a TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP network approach to collaboration in BC. A defining moment for local governments during his time as Premier was the launch of the transformational Georgia Basin Initiative in 1994. One can draw a straight line from that time to the Georgia Basin Inter-Regional Educational Initiative.

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GEORGIA BASIN INTER-REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE: “It is exciting to follow the work of the British Columbia Partnership for Water Sustainability and see how their approach exemplifies network leadership as I have conceptualized it. Their success is so similar to what I have seen in my research,” stated Dr. Jane Wei-Skillern of the University of California at Berkeley

February 20, 2024


“The network emerges around a common goal, rather than a particular program or organizational model. The community mobilizes the resources from throughout the networ based on existing relationships Once a network is up and running and proves itself to be effective, it becomes the primary vehicle for change, rather than the individual organizations themselves. Once you put committed people in a room together and build trust amongst them, and allow them to experiment and learn, that is when amazing and wonderful things happen,” stated Jane Wei-Skillern.

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