“Bill came into my Engineering class without the typical background but he brought a desire to understand how our profession approaches problems and to challenge concepts that were at odds with his expereince and beliefs. He has a genuine desire to contribute to a more livable world.”
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Thinking of saving seeds and using #WinterSowing to get them started? Here is an amazing resource from Bev Wagar! It also has lots of great links to…
Thinking of saving seeds and using #WinterSowing to get them started? Here is an amazing resource from Bev Wagar! It also has lots of great links to…
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Last week I had the honor to join other leaders and colleagues NOT at a conference or a lecture, but at the Lutron Experience Center in Washington DC…
Last week I had the honor to join other leaders and colleagues NOT at a conference or a lecture, but at the Lutron Experience Center in Washington DC…
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Just in case you were unaware... I have a YouTube page that I'd LOVE you to subscribe to! Lots of great garden how-to and info videos there to love…
Just in case you were unaware... I have a YouTube page that I'd LOVE you to subscribe to! Lots of great garden how-to and info videos there to love…
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Experience & Education
Licenses & Certifications
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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility: Foundations
University of Manitoba - Extended Education
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Interrupting Racism
Local Immigration Partnership - Lanark & Renfrew
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Master Gardener
Manitoba Master Gardener Association / Assiniboine Community College
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LEED-AP (O+M) [Operations and Maintenance]
Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI)
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LEED-Accredited Professional [Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design]
Canadian Green Building Council | GBCI
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Volunteer Experience
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Associate
The Prairie Garden Book
- Present 6 years 5 months
Environment
https://www.theprairiegarden.ca/
This annual Prairie gardening book is Western Canada’s only gardening annual, dedicated to the advancement of horticulture in the prairies since 1937.
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Environmental Leadership Council Member
The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
- 1 year 1 month
Environment
To this purpose, The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce has called upon a select group of senior executives and community leaders to come together on a quarterly basis under a newly constituted Environmental Leadership Council (ELC).
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President and Chair
Green Action Centre
- 6 years 1 month
Environment
Green Action Centre is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in Winnipeg and serving Manitoba. We are a registered charity, governed by an elected community board. We promote greener living through environmental education and encourage practical green solutions for homeowners, workplaces, schools and communities. (You may have met us as Resource Conservation Manitoba before we changed our name in September 2010.)
Directors of Green Action Centre are elected by members at an…Green Action Centre is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, based in Winnipeg and serving Manitoba. We are a registered charity, governed by an elected community board. We promote greener living through environmental education and encourage practical green solutions for homeowners, workplaces, schools and communities. (You may have met us as Resource Conservation Manitoba before we changed our name in September 2010.)
Directors of Green Action Centre are elected by members at an Annual General Meeting, held in June. For information about how to become a member of the Green Action Centre Board, contact Tract Hucul, Executive Director. -
Citizen Member | Chair
City of Winnipeg Museums Board
- 3 years
Arts and Culture
The role of the City of Winnipeg Museums Board is to implement the City’s Heritage Preservation Policy to ensure the ongoing preservation of Winnipeg’s museums resources and assets, and to audit the ongoing operations of the museums that receive grant funds and in-kind services from the City.
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Advisory Board Member
CORE Winnipeg
- 2 years 6 months
Education
We are the organization that partnered with The Forks to place and grow a demonstration fruit orchard in place of a diseased stand of trees.
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Advococy Leadership Council (inaugral member)
The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce
- 2 years 11 months
Politics
Thought Leadership Group to help with overview analysis of complex and multi-faceted community and business issues.
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Faculty Rep - Graduate Students of Env & Geo, Riddell Faculty
University of Manitoba
- 1 year
Education
Act as a student council liaison, representing the graduate students’ interests of the Environment & Geography Unit of the Riddell Faculty
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Manitoba Chapter Executive (Graduate Students’ Rep)
The Wildlife Society
- 1 year 1 month
Environment
Bill works as a multi-disciplinary researcher with the faculties of Engineering, Architecture, and Environment (NRI) at UManitoba.
Bill merges his academic pursuits with his professional work – studying and designing wildlife-friendly, biologically diverse residential landscapes.
A self-proclaimed naturalist and a certified permaculture designer, he is an avid follower of Aldo Leopold’s landscape ethos.
Bill is excited to be the Graduate Student Representative for TWS…Bill works as a multi-disciplinary researcher with the faculties of Engineering, Architecture, and Environment (NRI) at UManitoba.
Bill merges his academic pursuits with his professional work – studying and designing wildlife-friendly, biologically diverse residential landscapes.
A self-proclaimed naturalist and a certified permaculture designer, he is an avid follower of Aldo Leopold’s landscape ethos.
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Co-Councillor
University of Manitoba
- 8 months
Politics
Representative co-leader of Environment & Geography Graduate Students Association to General Council of UMGSA
Publications
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Party Hardy (in your garden) - Warning: Cultivating native plants can be habit-forming
Winnipeg Free Press
I am a self-declared naturalist. You can't really go to college or university to become one. It's more of an ethic, a kind of deep seated value that you accept all of what Mother Nature has to offer - the good and bad. Native plants are big in this scheme of things....
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Permaculture - Back to Nature, Back to Basics
The Prairie Garden
Permaculture was ‘invented’ by some Aussies back in the 1970s - Bill Mollison and David Holmgren. Since then it has been adopted by many institutions world wide, including the Kootenay Permaculture Institute in British Columbia. This is where my permaculture mentor hailed from; an instructor brought in to help facilitate, along with some other talented ‘permaculturalists’, a course that the University of Manitoba...
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A case study of an institutional solid waste environmental management system
Journal of Environmental Management (1998) 53, 137–146
You do not need to have a big budget, fancy tools, or complex systems, to be environmentally responsible - see how I was able to lead a team of great people to increase recycling dramatically!
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Adult Commmunications
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Applied Economics / Applied Mathematics
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Composting Feasibility Study for the University of Manioba
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Learning Transfer
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Marketing, Business Planning, Accounting, and Business Law / Insurance
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Masters Certificate in Project Management
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Sustainability Education (pilot course)
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Towards Sustainability at the University of Manitoba
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Projects
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Museums Board Web-Portal
Working with Red River College's Business Information Technology department, the City of Winnipeg Museums Board has been able to create a web-portal for the fourteen museum members... go explore our museums at winnipegmuseums.org
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Urban Design-Build
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Working with local nursery, Jensens, and native plant suppliers, projects include total sustainable site design-build through walk-abouts, plans, and interviews with residential home-owners; training and execution of trade skills and planting techniques.
Other creatorsSee project
Test Scores
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LEED-AP
Score: 192/200
The LEED Professional Exams are administered by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) for professionals seeking to earn credentials and certificates. The exams test knowledge based on the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating Systems.
The LEED Professional Credentials were developed to encourage green building professionals to maintain and advance their knowledge and expertise. A LEED Professional Credential provides…The LEED Professional Exams are administered by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) for professionals seeking to earn credentials and certificates. The exams test knowledge based on the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating Systems.
The LEED Professional Credentials were developed to encourage green building professionals to maintain and advance their knowledge and expertise. A LEED Professional Credential provides employers, policymakers, and other stakeholders with assurances of an individual’s current level of competence and is the mark of the most qualified, educated, and influential green building professionals in the marketplace.
To look me up, see https://ssl11.cyzap.net/gbcicertonline/onlinedirectory/
Languages
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English
Full professional proficiency
Organizations
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BEMM (www.bemm.ca)
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