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    GEORGIA BASIN INTER-REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE: “Storytelling is the way we share intergenerational knowledge, experience and wisdom,” stated Kim Stephens, Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia


    “We learn through stories. The Living Water Smart in British Columbia Series shares the background stories of community innovators. Published by the Partnership on the waterbucket.ca platform, the Series serves as a historical policy record. Ten storylines. Ten defining moments. From infrastructure gaps to workplace civility, this re-cap for the Winter/Spring 2026 is a master index that maps a path forward.The pitfalls of recent housing and professional reliance legislation in British Columbia is a theme that weaves its way through their stories,” stated Kim Stephens

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    WHEN WE ARE PART OF A NETWORK, EVERYONE GOES FURTHER: “Our world seems to be getting more wobbly, more unstable, more uncertain. We can support each other to make everyone’s work easier by creating a knowledge network,” stated Rémi Dubé, former senior manager in local government


    “Over time, the Metro Vancouver region has regressed from a situation where many things were in alignment to one where few are in alignment. A post-pandemic reality is organizational amnesia compounded by more and more information but less and less knowledge and understanding. Today’s frontline staff are finding it more difficult to share their knowledge and vision, perhaps due to a political climate that is less receptive to data-based solutions. Deep knowledge is being ignored or dismissed at an alarming rate. Cooperation will help buttress this wobbly world,” stated Remi Dube.

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    CHRONICLE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION: “We must all be leaders who selflessly have a vision, and we must then act to make the vision a reality,” stated Lois Jackson, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Regional Board, during the golden period (2006-2011) covered by Part D of the Chronicle


    “There are many champions in local government; and it is important that we recognize and celebrate what they are doing. This is all part of creating our future. The Board approved realigning the goals, strategies and actions in the updated Liquid Waste Management Plan with policies and positions in Living Water Smart,” stated Lois Jackson. The golden period from 2006 through 2011 was a defining period for making a difference regionally through the power of collaboration, partnerships, and alignment of levels of government. Energy released by the Georgia Basin Initiative in the mid-1990s played out consequentially.

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    CHRONICLE OF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION: “You work with the politics of the day, and you have to be savvy. You must read your politicians,” advises Carrie Baron, former Drainage Manager with the City of Surrey, in Part B of the Chronicle


    “What are their pressures? Try to make what you need to do fit their pressures,” stated Carrie Baron. “It is about perseverance and trying to work with the system to move good ideas forward.” Three words define Carrie Baron’s engineering career: leadership, innovation and science. She was consistently on the leading edge in advancing green infrastructure and protecting stream health. “The lucky part was that the people who set the groundwork at the lower levels all advanced to senior levels where their duties were bigger than drainage. But they all had that base knowledge.”

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