Webinars

Drawing on the recommendations from the new Rural Housing report by the Greenbelt Foundation and Caldwell Consulting, this webinar highlights housing needs in rural communities with a focus on sustaining agriculture, a major economy and source of jobs for rural communities in the Greenbelt and across Ontario. Listeners will gain practical insights and actionable steps from case studies across the Greenbelt and Ontario, on how to increase the amount of housing available in rural communities, letting workers live close to their agricultural work site, while preserving prime agricultural lands.

Drawing on the recommendations from the upcoming report “Natural Asset Management: Advancing Policy Innovation and Municipal Leadership” by the Greenbelt Foundation and Asset Management Ontario, this webinar focusses on how municipal leadership can drive policy innovation to advance natural asset management (NAM), empowering communities to effectively address climate risks and infrastructure challenges by strategically integrating and protecting natural assets.

This webinar highlights the latest findings from soil health research projects across Ontario and the development of provincial soil health testing methods. Experts from Soils at Guelph, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Agribusiness, Soil Health Institute, and the Greenbelt Foundation share insights into how these innovative tests are being applied on the ground to improve soil management practices.

This webinar discusses our recent study: Health-Informed Heat Mitigation Approach: Case Study of The Regional Municipality of York. Together, with the University of Waterloo, we share key findings and recommendations from this research.

Join Dr. Inderjot Chahal from the University of Guelph, Dr Jenny Bower from the Soil Health Institute and Ryan Carlow from the Greenbelt Foundation as they present the latest results from Ontario soil health research projects.

Agricultural soils in the Greenbelt and the Greater Golden Horseshoe are among the best in Canada, supporting prosperous farms and local food systems. But climate change and declining soil health can threaten that prosperity.

In this 2-part webinar, we explore the potential of green infrastructure for building heat resilient neighbourhoods. The first half focuses on planning green natural infrastructure solutions for extreme heat and the second explores the technical aspects of climate modelling of trees and vegetation.

In this webinar, Dr. Caldwell and his team, Elise Geschiere, Emily Sousa, and Regan Zink will present the key findings from their research on assessing the capacity of Greenbelt municipal planning departments to respond to agricultural issues.

In this interactive webinar, learn how organizations working in and beyond the Greenbelt are connecting New Canadians to nature.

In this 2-part webinar, we explore the potential of green infrastructure for building heat resilient neighbourhoods. The first half focuses on planning green natural infrastructure solutions for extreme heat and the second explores the technical aspects of climate modelling of trees and vegetation.

In this interactive webinar, the Greenbelt Foundation and John Groenewegen share learnings from a project we recently completed on the opportunities for growth in the fruit and vegetable sector in southern Ontario.