Teaching the report card process in Ontario, Canada

Heath, Emily, and Jason traveled to Toronto, Ontario May 15-17 to teach Ontario's Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) and their partners IAN's ecohealth report card making process. The provincial government of Ontario has developed a formal strategy and legislative mandate to address issues in the Great Lakes Basin, though they are seeking additional ways to engage stakeholders and evaluate Ontario's role in overall basin management and adaptation. The report card workshop presented IAN's process as a way to augment Ontario's current reporting and help to guide future iterations of the Great Lakes Strategy. While in Ontario, IAN representatives also met with the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority to discuss a collaborative project to mark the 10-year anniversary of Lake Simcoe Protection Plan.