New LMS Course Offerings- April/May

March 24, 2022

Good afternoon TRCA Staff,

We are pleased to announce the release of a new course offerings in TRCA’s Learning Management System. Courses can be found under Learning Management System (LMS)  Course Catalog:

Lunch and Learn: Peel Urban Forest Best Practice Guides: March 29, 2022 (11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

• Presented by TRCA’s Development and Engineering Services division
• This webinar is about the recently published Peel Urban Forest Best Practice Guides.

Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands Webinar Series 2022:

• Presented by Environment and Climate Change Canada in collaboration with TRCA
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has completed a novel climate change vulnerability assessment of coastal wetlands and will share their findings from this assessment, along with adaptation strategies and possible implementation options to enhance coastal wetland resilience

• Session 1: Climate Change in the Great Lakes Basin and Coastal Wetland Response Modelling
  Monday, April 4, 2022 (1:00-3:30pm EST)
• Session 2: Assessing Coastal Wetland Sensitivity, Adaptive Capacity, and Climate Change Vulnerability
  Tuesday, April 5, 2022 (1:00-3:30pm EST)
• Session 3: Solutions to Enhance Coastal Wetland Resilience (Pt. 1) – Reducing Non-climatic Stressors, Enhancing Adaptive Capacity, and Protecting Littoral Cell Geodiversity and Barrier Landforms
  Wednesday, April 6, 2022 (1:00-3:30pm EST)
• Session 4: Solutions to Enhance Coastal Wetland Resilience (Pt. 2) – Coping with Lake Level Extremes, Managing Diked Wetlands, and Restoring Biodiversity
  Thursday, April 7, 2022 (1:00-3:30pm EST)
• Session 5: Solutions to Enhance Coastal Wetland Resilience (Pt. 3) – Identifying Climate Refugia, Advancing Wetland Conservation and Protection, and Climate Adaptation Funding Opportunities
  Friday, April 8, 2022 (1:00-3:30pm EST)

 Part I (of 3 part series): Natural Asset Inventory and Condition Assessment: From green streets and parks to woodlands and wetlands: April 7, 2022 (12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.)

• Presented in collaboration with STEP, and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)
• This webinar will review municipal case studies in the Credit River Watershed to walk through the steps to create a natural asset inventory, including effective organization and categorization of assets.

Sustainable Technologies Applied at the Residential Level – Rain Ready Ottawa: The City’s residential rainwater management program for private property: April 21, 2022 (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

• Presented in collaboration with STEP, and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)
• The presentation will provide an overview of Canadian and US voluntary rainwater management program and provide background on the development of Rain Ready Ottawa.

Powered by Purpose: Investing in our Planet’s Future: April 22, 2022 (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.)

• Presented by Partners and Project Green
• In honour of Earth Day, Partners in Project Green (PPG) invites you to a fireside chat with Ka-Hay Law, Investment Director, TELUS. Ka-Hay will share TELUS journey to creating a more sustainable future and investing in innovative programs and sustainable business practices.

Lunch and Learn: Peel Ecosystem Climate Adaptation Best Practices Research: April 27, 2022 (11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.)

• Presented by TRCA’s Development and Engineering Services division
• This webinar is about best practices research conducted for Peel Region to support ecosystem adaption.

Fish and Wildlife Passage at Bridges and Culverts: Existing conditions and priorities for mitigation: April 28, 2022 (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

• Presented in collaboration with STEP, and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)
• The webinar will showcase how CVC characterized existing conditions for fish and wildlife passage at bridges and culverts across the Credit River Watershed.

Part II (of 3 part series): Level of Service, Valuation and Life-Cycle Costing for Natural Assets: Approaches and examples from CVC-led projects: May 5, 2022 (12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.)

• Presented in collaboration with STEP, and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)
• This webinar builds on the previous webinar to  begin to assess level of service provided by natural assets, the monetary value of these services, and the costs of maintaining a sustainable level of service.

Assessing the Feasibility of Communal Green Stormwater Infrastructure on Private Property: May 19, 2022 (12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.)

• Presented in collaboration with STEP, and Credit Valley Conservation (CVC)
• The webinar will highlight lessons learned and resources that were created to help with the LID systems.

 Please note that as per the Learning and Development Policy , supervisor approval is required prior to registering for courses in TRCA’s Course Catalog.

If you have any questions, please contact Danielle Festa at danielle.festa@trca.ca

Thank you,

Human Resources