{"id":1513,"date":"2016-05-16T21:34:05","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T21:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ccea.org\/?p=1513"},"modified":"2016-05-16T21:34:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T21:34:05","slug":"ccea-at-the-2016-canadian-parks-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ccea-ccae.org\/fr\/ccea-at-the-2016-canadian-parks-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"CCEA at the 2016 Canadian Parks Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

[:en]Summary of CCEA Participation<\/b><\/p>\n

The event, held from April 11- 14 in Canmore, Alberta, hosted over 190 decision-makers in the sector, including participation from Federal, Provincial, Territorial, regional and municipal park agencies, indigenous organizations,\u00a0 academics, NGOs, as well as private sector and allied interests. The summit was co-chaired by the Canadian Parks Council and Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, who collaborated with a country-wide National Advisory Committee including delegates from 24 organizations across Canada. Heather Lazaruk, CCEA Director, attended the Canadian Parks Summit as the CCEA delegate.<\/p>\n

The intent of the Summit was to solicit feedback for the draft framework for action document entitled \u201cParks for All: A Shared Vision for Canada\u2019s Parks Community\u201d. The summit was organized around the \u201cParks for All\u201d workbook and four commissioned papers, with 14 themed keynote addresses in plenary and breakout workshop sessions for each of the four main topics outlined in the workbook: Connect, Conserve, Leadership & Sustainability, and Collaboration. More information on the Summit as well as each of the commissioned papers and the keynote presentations are available on the Summit website at\u00a0www.lin.ca\/canadian-parks-summit\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For each topic, there were keynote presentation(s) in plenary, followed by structured breakout workshop sessions \u2013 the makeup of which was pre-determined to ensure a diversity of viewpoints. For each workshop session on the four main themes, feedback was solicited around key questions regarding the goal statement and priority items as outlined in the workbook. Feedback focused on \u2013 \u201cdid they get it right\u201d, as well as opportunities, barriers and outcomes.\u00a0 On the final day, a single \u2018open session\u2019 workshop session was held where delegates had the ability to submit topics and freely attend those that were chosen to be held as workshops by the organizers. The CCEA delegate attended the workshop on \u201cSystematic Conservation Planning\u201d on how to achieve the targets nationally, hosted by delegate Pam Wright, UNBC.<\/p>\n

Prior to the Summit, feedback on the workbook was solicited from the CCEA Board members and compiled to inform CCEA input into the summit.<\/p>\n

Relevant to CCEA\u2019s mission, some of the key issues that were raised in the workshop session included:<\/p>\n