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SUMMARY:ECO Canada's Annual Virtual Career Fair
DESCRIPTION:Join thousands of environmental professionals from across Canada for a dynamic day of networking\, expert-led webinars\, and direct access to hiring employers.\nConnect with leading organizations\, attend live sessions designed to build your skills\, and apply for jobs on the spot. Plus\, gain valuable insights from industry experts and the ECO Canada team—all in one virtual space. \nThe 2025 Virtual Career Fair delivered a full day of professional growth\, career connections\, and interactive experiences. From expert-led webinars on workforce trends and technical writing to live exhibits\, networking pods\, and AI-powered resume support\, there was something for every environmental professional. Employer booths and networking opportunities were available all day\, allowing participants to explore at their own pace. Whether attendees wanted to sharpen their skills\, meet employers\, or launch their next opportunity\, the event had them covered\, right from their screen. \nWhy Attend:\n\n\n\n\nAdvance Your Career – Explore Canada’s growing environmental workforce and discover your next opportunity.\nDevelop New Skills – Attend practical webinars covering job search strategies\, career development\, and professional growth.\nUnderstand Professional Credentials – Learn about EP®\, EPt\, EP Auditor\, SBEP\, and other pathways that can strengthen your career.\nConnect Across Canada – Meet employers\, recruiters\, ECO Canada experts\, and environmental professionals in networking spaces.
URL:https://eco.ca/event/eco-canadas-annual-virtual-career-fair-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Virtual Career Fair
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SUMMARY:Explore New Pathways with Royal Roads University: Undergraduate Certificate program In Indigenous Environmental Leadership (IELP)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging webinar hosted by Royal Roads University (RRU) in collaboration with ECO Canada. Learn more about RRU’s Undergraduate Certificate program In Indigenous Environmental Leadership (IELP). This Certificate combines the deep-rooted stewardship of your Indigenous culture with practical environmental science and leadership skills. This program fosters a collaborative learning space for emerging and experienced Indigenous leaders\, blending traditional knowledge with modern practices to address today’s environmental challenges and shape a sustainable future for your community. \nWho Should Attend:\n\nIndigenous learners who want to lead environmental work in their nations and communities\nEarly-career and experienced stewards\, including anyone with paid or volunteer environmental experience\nBand and Nation staff\, such as lands\, natural resources\, guardian and environmental coordinators\nEducation and career advisors who guide Indigenous students toward post-secondary options\nEmployers and partners in environmental management\, consulting\, policy\, and parks and protected areas\n\n  \nMeet the Speakers:\n\n \n\nRhett Reilkoff\nManager\, School of Environment & Sustainability\, RRU \nRhett holds a B.Sc. in Land Use and Environmental Studies (University of Saskatchewan) and an MA in Environment & Management (RRU). With experience in the non-profit sector and consulting for environmental organizations\, he now leads the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University. \n\n\n \n\n \n\nDr. Leslie King\nProfessor\, Program Head\, Director – Canadian Center for Environmental Education\, RRU \nDr. King has dedicated her career to advancing environmental education and sustainability. Her expertise spans environmental sciences\, Indigenous perspectives\, climate change\, biodiversity\, governance\, and justice. She has held senior academic roles across Canada and the U.S.\, and her research includes projects in climate adaptation\, knowledge systems\, biodiversity\, and environmental literacy worldwide.
URL:https://eco.ca/event/explore-new-pathways-with-royal-roads-university-undergraduate-certificate-program-in-indigenous-environmental-leadership-ielp/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Explore New Pathways with Royal Roads University 's Bachelor of Environmental Practice (BEP)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging webinar hosted by Royal Roads University (RRU) in collaboration with ECO Canada. Bachelor of Environmental Practice (BEP)\, including how this program combines practical environmental skills and leadership\, to prepare students for careers in the environmental sector. The Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Practice (BEP)\, offered in partnership with Royal Roads University\, is designed to equip you with the skills\, knowledge\, and real-world experience needed to lead in today’s rapidly evolving environmental landscape. Whether your passion lies in the arts or sciences\, the BEP offers two distinct pathways tailored to your interests and career goals. \nWho Should Attend:\n\n\n\nDiploma holders and people with 60+ college credits who want to finish a bachelor’s degree online\nWorking environmental professionals\, including those with 3+ years of experience whose GPA falls short of the B requirement\nAspiring EP® candidates who need the academic requirements for Environmental Professional certification\nCareer changers and upgraders drawn to policy and communication (BA) or technical and science roles (BSc)\nEmployers and advisors who want to support staff or students in upgrading their credentials\n\n\n\nMeet the Speakers:\n\n \n\nRhett Reilkoff\nManager\, School of Environment & Sustainability\, RRU \nRhett holds a B.Sc. in Land Use and Environmental Studies (University of Saskatchewan) and an MA in Environment & Management (RRU). With experience in the non-profit sector and consulting for environmental organizations\, he now leads the School of Environment and Sustainability at Royal Roads University. \n\n\n \n\n \n\nDr. Leslie King\nProfessor\, Program Head\, Director – Canadian Center for Environmental Education\, RRU \nDr. King has dedicated her career to advancing environmental education and sustainability. Her expertise spans environmental sciences\, Indigenous perspectives\, climate change\, biodiversity\, governance\, and justice. She has held senior academic roles across Canada and the U.S.\, and her research includes projects in climate adaptation\, knowledge systems\, biodiversity\, and environmental literacy worldwide.
URL:https://eco.ca/event/eco-canada-and-rru-a-partnership-for-environmental-solutions-bep-ielp-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Circular Economy in 2026: Global Trends\, Standards & Implementation for Canadian Organizations
DESCRIPTION:Globally\, Circular Economy is moving from concept to action. Is your organization ready? \nAgainst a global backdrop of increasing geopolitical uncertainty\, stronger interest in local resource management and security along with a growing sense of environmental stewardship\, Canada is entering a decisive phase in its transition toward a circular economy\, driven by rising expectations for improved socioeconomic resilience\, sustainable and just development and reduced pollution and waste. \nECO Canada is pleased to bring together a diverse\, international panel of Circular Economy experts to cover the fundamentals of Circular Economy\, focusing on its key principles\, standards\, practical applications\, and implementation challenges. We will also delve into Canada’s evolving circular economy landscape\, emerging regulatory and reporting expectations\, and practical ways to integrate circularity into product design\, procurement\, operations\, and waste management through value networks. \nThis webinar also brings together developments to help Canadian businesses understand what circularity looks like today\, how such circular standards\, frameworks and systems can be applied in real operations of varying types and sizes\, and what training and tools are available to support implementation. \n \nParticipants will explore:\n\nWhat is Circular Economy and its relevance to sustainable development.\nGlobal Circularity: trends & challenges.\nCircular drivers\, enablers & the business case for change.\nA Circular Canada: initiatives & challenges.\nThe practical pathway and skills side of the Circular transition\n\nBy the end of the session\, attendees will have a grounded understanding of how circular economy principles can reduce waste\, improve resource efficiency\, strengthen compliance\, and unlock new socioeconomic and environmental value. All supported by internationally recognized standards. \n  \n  \nSpeakers:\n \nMengmeng Cui\nAs a dedicated sustainability expert\, Mengmeng Cui has committed her career to driving the circular economy transition. With a strong background in research and consulting\, she has worked with diverse organizations to develop circular economy strategies and policies. Her expertise has been\nrecognized by Enterprise Singapore\, which awarded her the 2023 SSC/SAC Commendation Award. Currently pursuing her PhD in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies at the University of Lisbon\, Mengmeng is also a research fellow at Ca’Foscari University of Venice\, focusing on social-ecological transformation. Prior to her academic pursuits\, she spent nine years with Accenture Sustainability Services in Singapore\, where she honed her skills in sustainability consulting. She also led the work on carbon credit development and accounting in China for 4 years before joining Accenture Singapore. \n \nDerek Eduardo Luk Pat\nDerek Eduardo Luk Pat is a sustainability business consultant whose twenty five years of experience covers several sectors across the Caribbean at senior levels in the private\, public and NGO sectors. He has lived and worked in Trinidad and Tobago\, Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean in the Retail\, Manufacturing\, Distribution\, Hospitality\, Finance\, Consumer Goods\, Food and Energy sectors. He is the Founder & Managing Director of The Circular Caribbean Company Limited; a business sustainability consultancy firm which is equipped to facilitate the regional transition from today’s Linear Economy to a more sustainable and resilient Circular Economy.\nHe is also the Co-Founder / Director of Fed Up Caribbean Limited\, whose mission is to monetise surplus food and valorise organic waste across our Small Island Developing States and\, in so doing\, contribute to regional food security and socioeconomic resilience. Since 2019\, he has been involved in the international standards development for the Circular Economy as a member of the ISO Technical Committee 323. He also functions in an advisory capacity to COSTATT’s School of Environment\, Circular Economy and Sustainability and served as Chairman of the Advancing Circular Economy Facility Committee under the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund.\nHe holds an MBA from Heriot Watt University\, a BSc. (Hons) Chemistry & Management from the University of the West Indies and is a certified Circular Economy Specialist \n \nManuel Maqueda\nManuel is an entrepreneur\, a professor\, a speaker and an international innovator focused on planetary regeneration. His current work explores how circular and regenerative economics can help businesses and governments navigate a world of fractured globalization\, resource scarcity\, and increasingly fragile supply chains. Manuel Maqueda is Special Programs Instructor of Applied Circular Economics and Regenerative Economics at Harvard University. Previously\, he created the Circular Economy online course at the University of California\, Berkeley. Manuel leads the Bionomia Institute\, a boutique business consultancy specializing in applied circular and regenerative economics. Recognized as an expert and a pioneer in plastic pollution\, Manuel is co-founder of several landmark organizations\, such as the Plastic Pollution Coalition and SUPER (Single-Use Plastics Elimination or Reduction)\, a non-profit organization that enables companies to eliminate single-use plastics through a tiered certification program. As a futurist thinker\, Manuel is a member of the Strategic Foresight Board of the Circular Economy Alliance\, and has been an adviser to renowned futurist organizations\, including the Jeff-Bezos-funded Long Now Foundation\, dedicated to fostering long-term thinking in the context of the next 10\,000 years. \n \n  \nMarc Taillefer\nPreceding circular economy interests\, Marc was a manager and supervisory trainer in health organisations that led him\, later\, to train\, across Canada\, a 3-week management development program for Veterans Affairs Canada. Jumping ahead\, Marc became National Quality Manager with the Federal Government to realise\, again\, that recycling needed to be planned and integrated into operational processes. Implementing many ISO Quality management systems got him to participate\, now for 30 years\, in writing international management standards on quality\, IT\, sustainability and now on circular economy management system\, ISO 59001. Marc is now concentrating himself on the effective and efficient management of circular economy at the local and the international level\, working with CSA\, the Center for Intersectoral Studies and Research on Circular Economy\, Alliance for Techno-Responsible IT\, Regional Counties Municipalities. \n \nKen Webster\nKen Webster is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University in the UK and a Fellow at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). From 2010 to the end of 2018\, he was Head of Innovation at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation\, a pioneering circular economy organisation\, where he helped shape current conceptions of the circular economy. His work on the circular economy was recognised with the award of a PhD from the University of Brighton. In 2023 and 2024\, he contributed to the University of Auckland Business School. His book The Circular Economy: A Wealth of Flows (2nd ed.\, 2017) explored the connections between systems thinking\, economic and business opportunities\, and the transition to a circular economy. He contributed to the Handbook of the Circular Economy (edited by Alexander\, Pascucci and Charnley\, 2023) and was a contributor to and editor of the Club of Rome’s Earth for All. He is also an author on the circular economy for UNEP’s GEO-7 report\, published in January 2026. A recent book\, with an emphasis on exploring different scales\, especially in food and agriculture\, is ABC & D: Creating a Regenerative Circular Economy for All (with Craig Johnson\, 2022). His current interests include the macroeconomic context for a circular economy\, including real-cost pricing of fossil fuels and minerals and compensatory mechanisms such as a basic dividend. He considers establishing the systemic conditions needed for a circular economy—including digital product passports and\, perhaps\, extended producer liability—to be a vital next step. \n 
URL:https://eco.ca/event/circular-economy-in-practice-trends-standards-implementation-for-canadian-businesses/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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SUMMARY:Managing Performance Without HR Software: Simple Systems for Small Teams
DESCRIPTION:Join ECO Canada and our partners at Fort McMurray Wood Buffalo Economic Development & Tourism for an interactive webinar on building a practical performance management process that works for growing organizations.  Discover how to create a structured approach to managing employee performance without the complexity or cost of dedicated HR software. \nThe workshop will be 60 minutes\, followed by a 30-minute question period. \nWhat Types of Organizations Should Attend?\n\nSmall organizations with approximately 5–50 employees that may not have extensive HR resources\nDo not have a dedicated HR team and rely on founders\, owners\, or managers to handle HR responsibilities.\nHave one HR professional responsible for most or all HR functions\, with limited access to an HRIS or performance management platform.\nHave managers or team leads overseeing employee performance but lack a formal\, consistent process.\nCurrently manage performance through informal conversations\, spreadsheets\, Word documents\, forms\, or other manual methods and are looking for a more structured approach.\n\n  \nWhat You’ll Learn:\n\nDevelop a practical and effective performance management process using existing tools and resources.\nMove from informal performance discussions to a more consistent and measurable framework.\nCreate clear performance expectations\, feedback processes\, and documentation practices.\nImplement and manage performance tracking without investing in costly HR software.\nLeverage simple tools such as Excel and customizable templates to support performance conversations and development.\n\n  \nKey Takeaways:\nLeave with practical ideas and tools you can actually implement\, rather than simply understanding the theory of performance management. \nYou will be shown that they do not necessarily need to purchase an HRIS to establish a structured performance management process. You can start with a simple manual system or an Excel-based system and build from there. \n  \nSpeaker:\n \nAndrew Janzik \nAndrew Janzikc\, currently HR Business Partner at ECO Canada has over 12 years of experience supporting employers with workplace policies\, recruitment\, retention\, employee relations\, performance management\, diversity and inclusion initiatives\, and workforce development. He has facilitated DEI workshops\, developed HR toolkits\, and provided consulting support through the CNER-G HR Builders Program\, helping Alberta employers strengthen retention\, recruitment\, employee relations\, and performance-management practices. \n 
URL:https://eco.ca/event/managing-performance-without-hr-software-simple-systems-for-small-teams/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Online Training
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