Tides Canada welcomes Chris Little as Director of Finance
Tides Canada welcomes Chris Little, CPA, CA, to the team as Director, Finance. In this role, Chris provides management and oversight of the accounting, financial reporting and budgeting processes, and risk management strategy.
Tides Canada celebrates remarkable conservation success today for Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest
First Nations, the Province of British Columbia, logging companies, and environmental organizations have achieved a remarkable success—the final conservation and human well-being agreement for the Great Bear Rainforest (GBR) has been officially announced today. By working together, a diverse set of interests have produced the most comprehensive conservation and commercial forest management plan of this scale in North America, and perhaps on Earth.
Final agreement will permanently safeguard 85 percent of Great Bear Rainforest
Today First Nations governments and the BC government, with the support of ForestEthics Solutions, Greenpeace, Sierra Club BC and five forestry companies, announced the fulfilment of the Great Bear Rainforest Agreements. Eighty-five percent (3.1 million hectares) of the remote wilderness region’s coastal temperate rainforests are now permanently off-limits to industrial logging.
Raising salmon on land makes business and environmental sense
A healthier and more sustainable way to produce salmon is not only possible, but it’s becoming a business reality at an innovative facility in British Columbia. New data from the Kuterra project, which raises Atlantic salmon on land near Port McNeill, B.C., points to big opportunities in sustainable seafood.
New Market Funds launches Canada’s first market-based affordable housing investment fund
Tides Canada brings impact investing and philanthropy together to generate more environmental and social impact. With our ChangeCapital donor advised fund, we are invested in New Market Funds’ affordable housing fund. The Fund has just announced that it is investing $11 million in four new housing developments for Vancouver.
New Market Funds featured in the Globe and Mail
Read The Globe and Mail feature on one of our ChangeCapital investments, New Market Funds and their affordable housing fund.
Tides Canada welcomes northerner Justin Ferbey to board
Tides Canada today announced the appointment of Justin Ferbey to its board of directors. Ferbey is President of the Yukon Development Corporation with the Government of Yukon.
Science Integrity Project releases statement of principles for sound decision-making in Canada
Tides Canada believes that strong public policies, informed by the best available evidence and analysis, ensure better outcomes for Canadian people and improve our democracy. Today, The Science Integrity Project sparked a national conversation on the role evidence should play in public policy development and decision-making. Tides Canada is home to and has provided funding for the Science Integrity Project.
First Nations and Province complete marine plans
Marine management took a significant step forward today, with the completion of plans under the Marine Planning Partnership (MaPP) for the North Pacific Coast; a co-led partnership between the Province of B.C. and 18 coastal Nations.
Clean Energy Canada’s Smith joins SFU Centre for Dialogue
Simon Fraser University’s Centre for Dialogue announced today that Merran Smith, Director of Clean Energy Canada, has been named a Fellow within the Centre, effective immediately.
