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The following research events have been hosted by Infrastructure Canada. Where possible links to presentations and summaries of the proceedings have been made available.

From Research to Action

Infrastructure Canada hosted the Research to Action workshop from November 29th to December 1st 2006. This workshop brought together researchers from the Knowledge Building, Outreach, and Awareness program and the Peer-Reviewed Infrastructure Canada Studies program, along with members of the Horizontal Research Roundtable on Infrastructure and other Federal Government officials. Participants shared their research results to date, and discussed the challenges and opportunities of bringing these results to practice at the policy level.

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Creating the Winning Conditions for Technological Innovation in Municipal Water and Wastewater Infrastructure – A Policy Discussion

Infrastructure Canada hosted a workshop on the uptake of innovative technologies, as part of the Policy Research Initiative's conference on Freshwater for the Future, held May 8 –10 2006. The workshop, entitled  “Creating the Winning Conditions for Technological Innovation in Municipal Water and Wastewater Infrastructure – A Policy Discussion”, examined emerging technological innovations in water and wastewater infrastructure, the key factors affecting their use and adoption, and measures that can be taken to encourage their uptake. Speakers included representatives from industry, municipal government, Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation and the Canadian Water and Wastewater association

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The INFC-MACA Workshop

Infrastructure Canada and This link will lead you outside the Infrastructure Canada web site. the Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Municipal and Community Affairs (MACA) have developed a joint research initiative to improve understanding of the impacts of boom and bust economies on single-resource dependent communities in the North, with an emphasis on infrastructure related impacts.

In November 2005, Infrastructure Canada and MACA hosted an experts' workshop in Norman Wells, NWT, in order to advance the joint initiative. The goal of the workshop was to improve understanding of the impacts of the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline project on local community infrastructure in the NWT, and to collaboratively develop concrete suggestions for future research. It was attended by 28 representatives from the federal and territorial governments; local communities; the university based research community; the oil and gas industry; and local engineering firms.

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Building, Connecting and Sharing Knowledge: A Dialogue on Linkages Between Communities

This INFC experts' workshop held on March 23, 2005, focused on how research and subsequent policy development might foster economic, social, cultural, environmental, and geographic linkages between communities. It also examined how communities relate to one another through governance structures.

  • This link will lead you outside the Infrastructure Canada web site. Summary Report
  • Bill Reimer - "A Rural Perspective on Linkages Among Communities"
  • Jim Simmons - "The Urban System and Linkages"
  • Infrastructure Canada - "An Overview of the Literature on Linkages Between Communities"
  • Mario Polèse - "Linkages, Infrastructure, and the Future of Canadian Communities, Large and Small: A Framework for Analysis"
Date Modified: 2010-05-13
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