2024 Winter Meeting

• Welcome by Laurel Lea, CCCO President
• Greetings by Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, City of Ottawa

• Wendy Stephanson, City Manager
  City of Ottawa’s Service Review program
• Fabrice Beniey, Senior Planner, Capital Planning, National Capital Commission
  Update on the Brewery Creek Federal Lands

Arts and Culture relationship to Municipalities

• Joanne Duguay, Cultural Development Officer, City of Moncton and President of the Creative City Network of Canada

In partnership with the Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC), this presentation will walk through the nuanced the relationship between municipalities and the artistic and cultural offerings found on their streets, inside their buildings, and around their green spaces. Ben Dick Senior Data Analytics Strategist, City of Ottawa and Kate Littlejohn, National Events and Communications Manager, CCNC will join the presentation.

A panel discussion, moderated by Erin McDonald, MBA candidate and CCCO Treasurer, with the representatives from the City of Ottawa, the City of Moncton, and the CCNC along with exchanges with the delegates will follow.

• Networking Session: Discussion on future activities and projects
• Proposed 2024 Annual Conference Host City Presentation

• City of St. John’s
  Councillor Sandy Hickman
  Navigating the Capital Region
• City of Victoria,
  Councillor Krista Loughton
  Peer Assisted Care Teams: An Alternative to Calling 911 for Mental Health Crises
• City of Fredericton
  Mayor Kate Rogers and Stacey Russell, Manager of Tourism and Events
  Celebrating Fredericton’s 175+ Birthday

3:15 pm - The People’s Parliament:  Engaging and Connecting with Visitors:

• Deborah LaMantia, Director - Parliamentary Protocol and Public Relations Branch and Nina Zemko, Manager of Strategic Communication and Education Services. Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Ontario Legislative Building is a celebrated architectural landmark, and a vital link to the province’s history and heritage.  It provides a sense of identity through its location in the heart of downtown Toronto.  This session will explore how public engagement is key in fostering greater citizenship connections to the people’s parliament.

4:00 pm - What’s new at FCM’s Green Municipal Fund?

• Athia Kabanguka, Advisor, Programs Outreach
• Patrick Costigan, Manager, Programs Outreach

FCM’s Green Municipal Fund will present their renewed funding offers launched a few days ago. Our refreshed offers will focus on net-zero emissions, and will integrate other important considerations, like biodiversity, sustainable materials management, and anti-racism, equity, inclusion, and reconciliation. Outreach’s Advisor and Manager will also give an overview of the upcoming Local Leadership for Climate Adaptation and Growing Canada’s Community Canopies programs that will be launched later in 2024.

• Activities and projects discussion
• Housekeeping notes