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ins wk photo: Nick Ha Annual Report 2017/18 photo: Irwin Barrett photo: Nick Hawkins Message from the Directors EAC STAFF 2017-2018 In our 2016-17 Annual Report, we launched accessible parking space, rebuilt our deck and After more our new strategic plan. The year-long planning improved the ramp, and added a push-button than 10 years OPERATIONS TEAM process, and launch of the strategic plan door to make our office a more comfortable, of winning marked an intentional path forward, a road welcoming space for all. “Best Activist Community Giving Manager: Ryan O’Quinn map for the next five years. Organization” in The Coast’s Data & Systems Officer: Sarah Wilkin As of 2017, we are considered to be the most Best Of Awards, we entered Facilities & Operations Officer: Cormekia Clayton Fern Lane Interpretation Officer: Adrian Howie (until June 2017) In that plan, we envisioned an Ecology Action energy-efficient commercial office retrofit the Hall Of Fame. Financial Director: Carla Vandenberg Centre that could better focus, evaluate, and tell in Canada. We’re in the process of installing Managing Director: Marla MacLeod the story of our work. It also identified biodiversity photovoltaic solar panels on the roof, thanks to In February, the Finance Manager: Heather Nagy (from Sept 2017) protection, climate change, and environmental a pilot program for generating solar electricity Mobile Food Julia Pollack (on leave from Sept 2017) justice as the three cross-cutting themes that on community buildings. By the time our solar Market received Policy Director: Mark Butler Strategic Communications Manager: Gillian Wesley connect our work across action areas. panels are up, we will have reduced our energy a national Strathmere Group Administrative Assistant: Gabrielle Mills (until Oct 2017) FOOD consumption by 89 per cent, and will be using award at the Institute of Volunteer & Events Coordinator: Joanna Bull Over the past year, we took the plan off just 3 per cent of what the average office Public Administration of Community Food Coordinators: Jody Nelson (Cape Breton), paper and started the hard process of building uses. Canada/Deloitte Public Su Morin (Cumberland) implementation. We took a deep look at how Sector Leadership Awards MEMBERSHIP Food Program Coordinator – Cape Breton: Georgia McNeil we evaluate our work, and worked with staff From donated office space, to our own three in Toronto. The award (on leave from Dec 2017) to begin to improve organizational capacity to storey building, who could have predicted how recognizes organizations Membership Canvass Supervisors: Blake Cutter (Nov 2017 - Mar 2018), Leadership Development Coordinator: Jennifer Organ Julia McKaig (until Aug 2017) Research & Evaluation Coordinator: Miranda Cobb evaluate our projects. the EAC would grow these past few years. At that have demonstrated Membership Coordinator: Dana Lipnicki (on leave from Aug 2017), Sherry Stevenson (from Aug 2017) 2705 Fern Lane and our off-site locations around outstanding leadership Membership Relations Officers: Hope Perez, Rowan Swain Senior Community Food Coordinators: Aimee Gasparetto We set an emphasis on focus, and began to the province, staff and volunteers are busy by taking bold steps to Membership Canvassers: Amanda Power, Ariane (Kluane) Buser-Rivet, (on leave from April 2017), Katrina Ross (May 2017), Nancy Anningson (from look at how we can better weave our cross making change locally, provincially, federally improve Canada through Ayana Kawada, Benjamin Soucy, Bereket Guyallo, Brandon Teigland, June 2017), Satya Ramen cutting themes throughout our work. and even at the international level. This past year advancements in public Camille Cooper, Chelsea Avendano, David Lochead, Dirk Whalen, Elizabeth Carr, Jason Theriault, Kelsey Power, Kendra MacEachern, Mark the organization grew by 38 per cent, some of administration and Sharkey, Mathew Green, Michelle Moraitis, Nicolae Orengo, Rebecca MARINE We also took a critical look at how we share our most rapid growth to date. This expansion management. The Mobile MacInnis, Rosemary Young, Sahara May, Sarah Lloyd, Serenity Mollins, our work with the public. From our website to represents opportunity and impact, but it is also Food Market won silver! Simone Hogeveen, Stephen Pierre, Taylor George, Troy (Vincent) Parkhurst, Marine Campaign Coordinator: Rebecca Brushett our social media, to the ways we describe important that we are able to manage and Zachary McInnes-Greenberg Marine Communications Coordinator: Heather Grant our projects, we’ve been cleaning up how support growth now and going forward. After more Marine Conservation Officer: Travis Aten we communicate. We’re adding consistency, than five years Marine Policy Coordinator: Shannon Arnold reducing clutter, and working to improve how It’s been a year of mapping, planning, growing of advocacy, BUILT ENVIRONMENT Marine Project Manager: Evelien Vanderkloet Marine Team Intern: Alexandra Hutchings (summer 2017) we tell our story. and evolving, looking at lessons learned over including Green Network Campaign Consultant: Ben Wedge (Jan - Mar 2018) Senior Marine Campaign Coordinator: Katie Schleit the past four decades, and preparing our hosting public discussions, Sustainable Cities Coordinator: Jennifer Lugar (on leave from Jan 2018) This year, we also set a clear plan in place for organization for the coming years. And EAC support for Indigenous, Senior Marine Coordinator: Susanna Fuller our fundraising. In November, we launched will draw on its many sources of strengths-staff, grassroots, and front-line Sustainable Fisheries Coordinator: Chelsey Karbowski our 2017-2021 Fundraising Strategy. The five- board, volunteers, members, funders and allies- groups, research, reports, COASTAL & WATER Sustainable Seafood Coordinator: Colleen Turlo year plan sets intentional goals and milestones -as it continues to adapt and grow to do the and work as an official Coastal Adaptation Coordinator: Samantha Page for sustainable, diversified growth. It works to work of environmental change in Nova Scotia intervenor in the National Coastal Community Outreach Coordinator: Brittany MacIssac TRANSPORTATION address some of the challenges faced in past and beyond. Energy Board (NEB) process, Community Conservation Researcher: Sadie Beaton years so that we can maintain and grow our the EAC was among the Sawmill River Campaign Coordinator: Joanna Brenchley Making Tracks Coordinator: Julian West staff and capacity. Candace Stevenson and thousands of people across (May 2017 - Mar 2018) Sustainable Transportation Coordinator: Eliza Jackson Denis Leclaire, Board Co-chairs Canada who worked Youth Active Transportation Coordinators: Natalia Diaz-Insense (Mainland NS), Stephanie Johnstone-Laurette (Cape Breton-Eastern NS) 2017/18 also welcomed a more accessible Marla MacLeod, Managing Director together to successfully stop ENERGY TEAM Welcoming Wheels Coordinators: Adam Berry (until Aug 2017), and energy efficient office. We refreshed our Mark Butler, Policy Director the Energy East Pipeline. Anika Riopel (from Sept 2017) Community Energy Campaigner: Rebecca Moore (Feb – July 2017) Energy Campaign Coordinator: Stephen Thomas Energy Conservation Coordinator: Emma Norton WILDERNESS Energy Team Intern: Dani Miller Renewable Energy Campaigner: Wayne Groszko Bird Conservation Committee: Patti Green Sustainable Prosperity Coordinator: Gabrielle Mills (from Nov 2017) Wilderness Coordinator: Raymond Plourde Wilderness Outreach Officer: Jeana MacLeod 2 2017/18 Annual Report | | 2017/18 Annual Report 3 Advocacy and Partnerships We participated in Canada’s Oceans: Towards 2020. The event, held at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, brought together leading ocean scientists, We participated in Smart Energy Communities in Northern storytellers, Indigenous leaders and government and Arctic Regions (SECURE) Project Steering Meetings stakeholders to explore what is being done to ensure p and Seminars in Sollefteå, Sweden and Leitrim, Ireland. As h the vitality of our oceans as we move towards 2020. o t a partner in the project, our Energy Team’s role is to collect o : N and share good energy practices from Nova Scotia and ic k H the other partner regions. We presented about Efficiency a w k Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia’s Community Feed-in Tariff, and ins the potential role of advanced metering infrastructure in creating smarter energy communities. We met with MPs in Ottawa to discuss support for healthy school food across Canada. We’ve since joined the national Coalition for Healthy School Food, which advocates for a universal healthy school food program. In New Brunswick, our Food Team’s sister project launched the Southeast New Brunswick Regional Food Pledge. The Mayor of Moncton signed the pledge, and the group presented to the City of Moncton Council. Six municipalities adopted the pledge, which received over 200 endorsements. Our Bird Conservation Committee works in collaboration with community and national partners to identify and build support for solutions that promote safe environments and protection for both birds, and domestic cats. In November they hosted a public event with guest speaker Susan Kelly, from the City of Vaughan, to discuss municipal level programming options affecting owned domestic cats. The event was attended by over 50 people, and generated a lot of discussion. It has served as a great starting point for We successfully advocated, along with several continuing the dialogue with the community about effective solutions to this complex issue.