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NOVEMBER 2018 YOUR OFFICIAL COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

www.edgemont.ab.ca

inside Edgemont

ECA WINTER CRAFT SALESATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH 10AM – 3PM



CONTENTS

7 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

8 A MESSAGE FROM YOUR VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

10 ELM PROGRAM REPORT

12 WINTER CRAFT SALE

13 EDGEMONT CHINESE MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION

18 NEWS FROM THE FRIENDS OF NOSE HILL

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ATCO Gas – 24 Hour Emergency 403-245-7222

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Calgary Police – Non Emergency 403-266-1234

Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter 403-234-7233

Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-387-5437

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Alberta Children’s Hospital 403-955-7211

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Calgary Humane Society 403-205-4455

Calgary Parking Authority 403-537-7000

SeniorConnect 403-266-6200

Calgary Kerby Elder Abuse Line 403-705-3250

Alberta One-Call Corporation 1-800-242-3447

City of Calgary 311

Social Service Info & Referral 211

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33 Edgevalley Circle NW, T3A 4X1Phone: 403-239-1211 • Fax: 403-547-5799 • Email: [email protected]: www.edgemont.ab.ca • Facebook: Edgemont Community Association Twitter: @EdgemontCA • Instagram: edgemontcommunityBusiness Hours: Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pmVOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018/19

Paul Clark President [email protected] Wither 1st Vice President [email protected] Plaizier 2nd VP/Communications

Inside Edge [email protected]@edgemont.ab.ca

Glenda Marr Secretary [email protected] Treasurer [email protected] Wither LEAF

Questions/Comments for [email protected]@edgemont.ab.ca

Stefan Zanon Director, Member at Large [email protected] Benson Director, Member at Large [email protected]

EDGEMONT VOLUNTEERSLois Uptigrove, Jeff Edwards Volunteer Coordinator [email protected]

STAFF

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The Panorama Room: Capacity 200 Beautiful mountain view Landscaped gardens Full kitchen facilities attached Round tables, upholstered seating

The Mountain View Room: Capacity 70 Mountain view Wood floor Round or rectangular tablesThe Board Room: Capacity 20

Don Larson General Manager [email protected]@[email protected]

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Roberta vanMeeteren Programming and Community Events

[email protected]

OTHER CONTACTSCst. Bruce Graham #3357

Community Resource Officer [email protected] 403-567-6700

Julia Benson Casino Coordinator [email protected] Lori Trieu-Low Edgemont Elementary Rep. 403-239-1211Brookyln Billignhurst Natalia Kowalchuk

Tom Baines Jr. High Rep. 403-239-1211

Michelle ChoiAsha Nenshi NathooEmily Gvozdenovic

Sir Winston Churchill High Rep. 403-239-1211

VACANT Mother Mary Greene Rep.Keller Strategic Webmaster [email protected] 403-239-1211Rink [email protected]

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT ECA

President’s MessageBy Paul Clark

SUPPORT YOUR

COMMUNITYPlease purchase your Edgemont Community

Association membership today.

I’d like to dedicate this month’s mes-sage to the topics of efficiency and effectiveness in operation of the Edge-mont Community Association and your Board. Because we are a volun-

teer organization we sometimes suffer in our efforts to be efficient and effective. Experience from my former career in industry may contribute to improving our performance. Two concepts can prove helpful.

The first concept is referred to as the RACI approach to accomplishing tasks and activities. RACI is an acronym for R= responsible, A= accountable, C= consulted and I= informed. A RACI description can be applied to most major tasks and activities. To elaborate, accountability is assigned to the person or entity in charge. In our case this is the Board or members thereof. Accountability can be understood as “who owns the task” or “the buck stops here”. Furthermore, there can only be one person or entity that has accountability. The shift of our Board to a governance role strongly supports this concept.

Responsibility is assigned to those who will accom-plish the task or activity. Responsibility can be shared. Of note, one of the key initiatives of the current Board was to create the position of general manager. This role carries a strong element of responsibility for a number of deliverables covered in the job description and our business plan. Staff functions also take on a role in re-sponsibility as delegated by the general manager. Prop-er reporting at all levels is essential for success.

Once accountability and responsibility are assigned and understood, the two remaining elements come into play. Consultation is often overlooked in the execution of tasks; but has a powerful role to play. It taps into the wealth of knowledge and experience present in our community. Better results and outputs come from the use of consultation. The strong volunteerism displayed in Edgemont is a natural fit here. Of note, committees and work groups formed by the Board to accomplish specific tasks should have community residents as members and our volunteer base is a good source for this participation.

The final element is the informing. This is expressed in proper communication. The right message at the right time to the right audience. Proper communication channels are essential and there are a variety of ways to get the message across. These need to be tailored to our community. We received excellent input from you in our recent survey. Communication is so important that the Board has struck a committee to optimize our efforts.

The second concept of value for improving efficiency and effectiveness is a concept called “aligned expecta-tions”. When dealing with an important task of activity we all have both expressed and implied expectations. The situation is straight forward when two individuals are involved with the task and work together. Discus-sions are held, and agreement gained. Things get more complicated when there are multiple players. A more formal approach is required, and methodologies are available. Expectations should be captured and agreed upon at the start of work. Misaligned expectations are one of the major causes as to why completed tasks and projects are over budget and late in delivery.

In closing, I hope you can see value in the two concepts that I have shared. Your Board is dedicated to serving you in the most efficient and effective manner possible. As always, we encourage your involvement in helping us achieve this ideal. After all the ECA is your organization.

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Christmas Crafting PartyCome create some Christmas crafts. Mix, mingle, and enjoy some snacks. Please call to Register - FREE for SENIORS.

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A Message from your Volunteer CoordinatorLois Uptigrove & Jeff [email protected]

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN EDGEMONT

Hello Edgemont,

It’s that time of year again to talk about snow and ice! Might you be interested in…?

Snow Angels – Clear snow and ice from the sidewalks of their neighbours who may be less able to do it themselves. Let us know if you are interested (or if you are already doing it!)

Ice rink volunteers – Do you like to flood, shovel, or generally hang out at the rink? We need you! Just email us at [email protected].

Treasurer – We need a new ECA treasurer. If you have some time and skills with numbers, the board needs you. Contact us.

Attached are pictures from our Emergency Prepared-ness and Safety Fair which we held September 29th at the ECA. It was a great success with great sponsors, presenters, and hundreds attending. Thanks to the 40 volunteers who helped make it happen especially our fearless leaders Deirdre Harris and Lois Uptigrove. Sir Winston Churchill and Tom Baines schools showed up in force. Thanks volunteers!

As always you can help with the following if you are in-terested:

Wednesday Mornings Breakfast Club – Would you like to help serve a 7AM breakfast for some deserving children to fuel up before school? We need volunteers and donations. Let us know.

Friday Morning Food Deliveries – Are you able to help deliver Calgary Food Bank hampers one Friday at 10:30AM sometime? If so, have we got a wonderful vol-unteer opportunity for you!

Edgemont Networking Group – This is a gathering of interested people from neighbourhood, schools, agen-cies, and local churches wanting to plan new initiatives and events.

Youth Press – This is a teen lead and operated group who do articles for Inside Edgemont.

ELM – is always looking for volunteers to help with or-ganizing our neighbourhood beautification.

Edgemont Volunteers email list – If you want to hear about other opportunities and events email us to get on the list. And, of course, contact us about any of the above.

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LEAF, ELM –What’s the Difference?LEAF stands for Landscape Enhancement and Maintenance Fund. The program has been known as LEAF. The City refers to the program as Enhanced Landscape Maintenance (ELM). We will be following suit and referring to the program as ELM going forward.

The ECA Board of Directors and the Gen-eral Manager is responsible for contract-ing the landscapers and implementing

ELM PROGRAM REPORT

Enhanced Landscape Maintenance (ELM)

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Season three has come to an abrupt close this year at the end of September thanks to our un-

predictable Calgary weather. Edgemont’s planters and garden beds were hit hard by our second frost. All the plant material was removed early due to the un-sightly look and before the mushy plants made remov-ing them more difficult.

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW! What a surprise!

The ELM team is now preparing for some seasonal planter arrangements to be placed sometime in early December. We were not expecting to have empty plant-ers so early, but the weather is out of our control.

LEAF (ELM) PROGRAM REVIEWThe ELM team is now doing a complete review of our first year of contracting with a private business, rather than having the City perform our desired work. The City will consult with the ELM team to review the pros and cons of the sudden downloading to the Community Associations and to consider areas that might need im-proving going forward.

We had many new challenges to deal with this year and we are proud of the progress we have made. The ECA and the ELM team are looking forward to our 2019 season.

CALL 311Our community is looking so much better now that

more of our residents are calling 311 to report bylaw infractions. We have a wonderful team of volunteers who have also taken on the responsibility of monitor-ing and reporting bylaw infractions such as graffiti and illegal signage. The ELM Team has received many emails thanking us for the overall improvement and look of our community. We want to thank our residents for caring and noticing the improvements. Every little bit helps. This is your community. Please report issues when you see a problem.

IRRIGATIONThe City has installed in some parks computer- controlled water monitoring systems that are controlled at the City Water Department. They are designed to keep track of the weather and the amount of water the turf has received from rain, and to turn the sprinkler systems on and off automatically. There were many glitches this summer with the systems and only some of our parks received some irrigation. In a lot of the cases only the odd sprinkler head actually worked so we had localized areas of green grass. Some of our parks had to have the whole system rewired. This is one issue that we have to watch closely next season. Thank you to the residents who noticed the lack of irrigation and reported it to us for follow up.

The irrigation/water systems have now been shut off and blown out in preparation for winter.

FALL CLEAN UPOur fall clean up has been hampered by all the rain and frost that kept the turf wet and prevented appropri-ate equipment from operating. We did get some of the mulching done on our dry days.

Fall is a good time to prune our shrubs as they have gone into dormancy. We were in the process of prun-ing some of the shrub beds only to have our weather halt our progress. If the weather and conditions allow, the pruning work should be completed by the time this article is published.

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the program as agreed to by signing the ELM contract with the City. We must abide by the City rules and by-laws as stated in the contract.

The City is still responsible for collecting the ELM Spe-cial Tax Levy and they distribute it towards the Edge-mont ELM program. The funds are distributed to us after the invoices are submitted by the ECA Treasurer to the City Finance Department for approval. Once they have been approved for payment by the City fi-nancial department the amount of the invoice will be deposited directly into the ELM account for our Trea-surer to make payment to the vendor.

We will keep the email address the same.

The public can still forward their comments and questions to the ELM team at [email protected]

The ELM Team

Before the invention of buffalo wings in Buffalo, NY, in 1964, chicken wings

were largely considered the worst parts of the chicken and used for

stock or discarded.


EDGEMONT YOUTH PRESSTwo Is Greater Than OneEmily Gvozdenovic, Edgemont Youth Press

“Hurricane Florence touches down, thousands evacuat-ed” and “Hurricane Florence Aftermath: South Carolina prepares for historic flooding” were just a couple of the headlines that overwhelmed the news and countless people’s lives over the past few months. Catastrophic rain and wind plummeted the Carolinas, destroying communities and forcing thousands of families to evac-uate and leave their homes behind. This meant letting go of meaningful belongings and memories to face the uncertainty of the future and what will be left upon re-turn. Perhaps an even greater issue was the aftermath, buildings and streets drowning in water and millions of dollars worth of damage. Numerous people around the world face natural disasters each year, yet we feel so dis-tant from them.

Believe it or not, disasters can also bring some good into our lives. Think about all the inspiring stories that

came from Hurricane Harvey last year, for instance. How employees from a Mexican bakery became trapped in-side due to high flood waters but continued to cook for Harvey victims in need. Or how neighbours created a human chain to guide a woman in labour to safety. Trag-edies show the best in people, they show the resilience and empathy of a community. Whether it involves helping to rebuild a roof that was torn down by fierce winds or donating to an emergency shelter, a commu-nity is always there for anyone to fall back on. When you believe in people, people come through.

Edgemont perfectly exemplifies this meaning of com-munity. We have such a powerful network of support here where we can count on each other no matter what. Even small acts of compassion greatly impact us as a whole and have the ability to connect and bring us together. This is what is so incredibly special about Edgemont and why we should all be proud to live here. After all, two people, two voices and two hearts are greater than one. Thank you, Edgemont.

A Poem by Si Rui

As I walked in,a need of hunger filled my stomachA river of people washed over meWhat a great night it’s going to be I thought

Dinner rolled around,Bunches of people lined up for foodPizza was gone, then duck, and the egg tartsOur bellies were stuffed, full as can beAnd ready to watch the performances

Wushu was first with groups and solosSwords, sticks, and handworkAll with strong and powerful movementIt finished with a YA and that was the end

There were musical instrumentsSuch as Guzhen, violin, and voicesThey were sad, happy, and enjoyableEveryone did good at least better than I could

The dances were great I loved them all,Latin and Chinese were both delightfulLatin’s movements were precise and fastSlow was chinese dance it was the last.

In the middle of each, was draw of a prizeA number and a call and then you’ll riseWine, cards, soap, and cakeThe last one was big I got the cakeHappy as could be it was a take

In the Edgemont community association, 200 or so peopleWe celebrated the moon and had some fun.Friends to get together, family as wellAs it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival lets give a big yellSo let’s celebrate September 24th of 2018!

Edgemont Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration

September 24th

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16 years, and is a Chief Youth instructor at the U of C since 2007. Wed. 6-9:30 pm all year long.Variety of classes and levels, all welcome, try a class FREE. Contact: Alan Colter at 403-274-3535 Email: [email protected]

PROGRAMS FOR ADULTSToastmastersEvery Saturday from 9:30am to 11:30am Contact: Shaila [email protected]

Alcoholics Anonymous Meet every Friday 7pm-9pmContact: ECA 403-239-1211

NW Chinese Senior Support Group of CCECA卡城華人耆英會西北關懷小組Drop-in for those who are 50+ and speak Chinese (Cantonese/Mandarin).Singing, dancing, exercise, news reporting, sharing games and pot luck.Contact: 403-269-6122

Al-Anon Family GroupMeets every Thursday 10am - 11am.Contact: ECA 403 239-1211.

Seniors’ Ping Pong(華人乒乓球運動)

Mondays: 12:45pm to 3:45pmContact: (403) 870-8878

Registration for our programs is ongoing.PROGRAMS

AT EDGEMONTCOMMUNITY CENTRE

CHURCH SERVICESNorthwest Community Church (nwcchurch.ca) Sundays 10:30am -Noon Contact: Pastor Jeff Edwards @ 403-616-6480Email: [email protected]

Calgary True Light Gospel Church(卡城真光福音教会)Mandarin service every Sunday at 10:30AM.Contact: Pastor Chris Xu 587-703-8443

CHILDCAREEdgemont Edusarc Before and after school ageprogram servicing the Edgemont Elementary SchoolPlease call Judy at 403-241-0131 or email [email protected].

Kaleidoscope KidsPreschool for ages 3-4 years.Mon – Fri. Starts Contact: 403-547-1020www.kaleidoscopekidspreschool.com

PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN & YOUTHScouts Contact Neil James 403-288-2705

Flourish Yoga Monday Night Yoga classes for kids, teens and adults.Kids/Youth Yoga (ages 6-11) 4:00-5:00pmTeen Yoga (Ages 12+) 5:15 -6:15pmTeen/Adult Gentle Yoga 6:30-7:30More information and registration at www.flourishyoga.ca or contact Krista at 403-874-4127.

Rhythmic Gymnastics Wednesdays [email protected] for info

Philatelic Society Youth stamp collecting Meets 2nd Saturday/month Contact: ECA at 403-239-1211

The Casey O’Loughlin Academy of Irish Dance Saturday mornings, 9:15 -11:00am for ages 4 and up.For more information or to register, 403-520-0059Email:[email protected]

Art drawing classThursday, Saturday, Sunday classesfor ages 5 and up. Includes cartoon, sketch, watercolor painting.www.calgary.icoc.cc or call 587-889-8685

First Serve TennisJeff 403-441-6870www.firstservetennis.ca

Edgemont Soccerwww.edgemontsoccer.ca

Northside Soccerwww.northsidesoccer.ca

Mavericks Footballwww.mavericksfootball.ca

Calgary Minor Basketball Associationwww.cmba.ab.ca

Skating RinkSkating rink at John Laurie Park adjacent to 7081 Edgemont Drive NW: Summer use includes basketball, street hockey, roller blading, skateboarding and bike riding.

Play2LearnPlay2Learn Education is a new education provider who aims to bring STEM educational program with high tech facilities and new entertainment methodology to boys and girls

in local communities. Play2Learn Education 8-Week FunNight LEGO Challenge Program in Edgemont is one of the most popular programs we are running right now. With LEGO® Kits, students (age from 6 to 11) grasp a better understanding of the fundamentals of physics and engineering concepts, and mathematics knowledge, can better interpret basic arithmetic learned in school with an intuitive active learning process. This is a FUN class where children LEARN along with having FUN in building bricks!When: Wednesday Evening 6 -8 PMWhere: Edgemont Community AssociationWho: [email protected]@Play2LearnEdu in Facebook/Twitter/Instagram on Twitter

PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGESOne Step Ahead Dance Studio Ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop. Adult and youthContact: Melinda @ 403-247-3607

LifeSongYoga weekly classes in the Mountain View Room.Monday- Relax & Renew Yoga 7:45pm-8:45pmTuesday- Gentle Yoga 2pm-3pmThursday- Morning Yoga 9:30am-10:30amFriday- Strengthen & Stretch 9:30am-10:30amRegister www.lifesongyoga.ca

KarateYouth and Adults Contact Doug at 403-560-4508

Bunbukan KarateSensei Alan Colter, has been teaching all ages and skill levels for more than

Edgemont Parent and Tot Meetup GroupThursdays 10:30-Noon, Edgemont Community Centre

The Edgemont Community Association is providing a space for parents to meet and children to play. Come out and meet other parents and children in the neighborhood. The cost is free, provided you have a Edgemont Community Association membership.

Please check in at the ECA office when you arrive. Contact: Don at 403-239-1211

Please bring toys!

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FCC ELECTRIC: Need a professional, local electrician? FCC Electric is well established, insured, certified and is your solution to all your residential and commercial projects (kitchen/basement/garage renovations, re-pairs/troubleshooting, panel/service changes, service work, retail development, home renovations and deck design and construction). Free estimates, inspections, and 65+ discounts. 403-462-8801.

CALGARY HOME DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION: Home renovations, kitchens, bathrooms, additions, basements, project management. Resident of Edgemont and in busi-ness since 1980. Bonded, provincial license, city license, liability insurance and references. We would be glad to give you a free estimate. Please call Helmut Scholz at 403-660-8593 or email [email protected].

DO YOU NEED AN EXTRA SET OF HANDS? C & L Helping Hands can provide them! We offer handy-man services, personal assistant, kitchen helper, cleaning and much more! Email: [email protected]. Call Craig or Laurie at 403-880-7125 or 403-510-8551.

NEIGHBOURHOOD CONFLICT? Community Mediation Calgary Society (CMCS) is a no-cost mediation and con-flict coaching service that can help you resolve problems and restore peace! We help neighbours be neighbours again! www.communitymediation.ca, 403-269-2707.

HANDYMAN SERVICES: Stucco patching, small ad-ditions, re-stuccos, drywall and painting, foundation parging, and small concrete work. We can also build or fix decks, fences, etc. No job is too small. For free esti-mates, please call Wes 403-809-3644.

JEFFREY ELECTRIC: Friendly professional electrical ser-vice for your next residential project, large or small. City Qualified Trade, Master Electrician, insured, licensed, certified, bonded. Very competitive rates for quality electrical work. Service panel upgrades from 60 amp to 200 amp. Sub-panels, aluminum rewiring, custom kitch-ens and basements. Free estimates. www.cejelectric.com or call Clayton at 403-970-5441.

LONDONDERRY PAINTING AND DECORATING: Inte-rior painting: walls, ceilings, wood trim, wallpaper ap-plication and removal. Exterior painting: house, garage, fences, decks, including fence and deck repair. Seniors receive a discount. For a free estimate call Howard at 403-226-3456.

WRITING OPPORTUNITIES: Have an expertise or pas-sion that you’d like to share? My Calgary is a hyper-local news and lifestyle website and we want to be the plat-form for your Calgarian perspective! A perfect opportu-nity for students, hobbyists, retirees, bloggers or anyone who wants to try their hand at the written word. More info at www.mycalgary.com/write

DAN…THE EDGEMONT HANDYMAN: Big jobs, small jobs, inside jobs, outside jobs. From hanging a picture to full bathroom renovation to building a retaining wall. I have lived in Edgemont for 30 years. Call Dan 403-870-4042 or email [email protected].

OFFICIAL PLUMBING & HEATING: Home of the $25 ser-vice fee. Lower service fees, better warranties. Special-izing in residential service and installs. Services include furnace service and replacement, hot water tank service and replacement, leaks, clogs, gas fitting. Licensed and insured. Why wait? Call today and get it fixed today! Available 24/7, we accept debit/VISA/MasterCard. Call 403-837-4023 or email [email protected].

PERSONALIZED CLEANING SERVICES HAS CHRISTMAS GIFT CERTIFICATES! Order now and get $50 off! Just mention this ad. Imagine…they walk into their home, clean, fresh, and spotless. They breathe a sigh of relief…now they have the time to do what they really want to do! It’s simple, just call, text or email Kim at 403-875-6219/[email protected]. Also visit us at www.pcscalgary.com.

SECURE HOME WATCH SERVICES: Going away for a week or months? I will check your house, condo, small acreage. Bring in the mail and water the plants. Plan for fall/winter holidays now. Details, rates, 10% off for se-niors. Call Kim, 403-547-8955 or email [email protected]. Like us on Facebook. Insured, bonded, police checked.

DETAILED HOUSE CLEANING: Weekly, bi-weekly and monthly. Also move-in and move-out. Licensed, insured and bonded. We work according to our clients’ needs. Call 403-470-6548.

OUT ON A LIMB PROFESSIONAL PRUNING: Tree and shrub pruning, shaping and restoration. Tree removal and stump grinding. New tree and shrub selection and installation. Fertilizing and insect pest management. Licensed & Insured. Journeyman Landscape Gardener and certified Arborist. Call Jim at 403-265-6965 or email [email protected].

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News from the Friends of Nose Hillby Anne Burke

The city is well-known for its park system and has one of the largest urban parks in North America, Nose Hill Park, covering 11 km2 of land in the northwest quadrant of the city.

Please plan to join us at our annual meeting on Wed. Nov. 7 at Triwood Community Lounge, 2244 Chicoutimi Dr. NW, at 7 pm when our invited speaker will be Sa-mantha Managh, who is a Parks Ecologist with Calgary Parks Urban Conservation. Her research background is in wildlife management, transportation ecology and citizen science. She is responsible for city-wide land-scape analysis for wildlife and leads the citizen science program.

She will report on the results of Calgary Captured! sci-ence program which has over 60 wildlife remote cam-eras in 13 parks. This season includes 70,000 photos from Sept. 2017-Feb. 2018. The data on Nose Hill from May-Aug. 2017 counts a total of 406 events: coyote (13), muledeer (172), unknown deer (60), and white-tailed deer (161).

We assume that animals find it easier travelling through open habitats such as native grasslands, which provide lower resistance to movement, than busy roadways, in-dustrial areas, or fenced neighbourhoods. The City can now move to prioritizing areas for protection and res-toration that will have the most impact on maintaining and improving wildlife connections in the city.

Canada signed the 1992 UN Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty that aims for conserva-tion. There is a statement of committment to complete Canada’s networks of protected areas and the work is not finished. The Protected Places Declaration provides for our Natural Legacy. There are many benefits from protecting natural areas by preventing extinction, habi-tat loss and degradation.

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