Technical Initiatives
The Technical Initiatives Committee oversees SuRF Canada technical program and work products. SuRF Canada has published several guidance documents through this committee, as well as a number of issue papers and compilation of case studies.
SuRF Canada is currently engaged in several technical initiatives, including:
- Publishing new sustainable and resilient remediation case studies
- Evaluating sustainable remediation tools Interested in starting a new Technical Initiative?
Interested in starting a new Technical Initiative?
Education and Outreach
The Education and Outreach Committee encompasses two focused outreach initiatives – Academic Outreach and Government Outreach.
The mission of the Academic Outreach initiative is to encourage academic participation in SuRF Canada as a means to promote the organization, establish linkages, and foster research and innovation. We recognize the substantial value that academics bring to the SuRF Canada community through new ideas, technologies, and approaches to sustainable remediation. Therefore, SuRF Canda invites all interested professors, students, and researchers to join and actively participate in our discussions.
The mission of the Government Outreach initiative is to encourage increased government employee membership and visibility within SuRF Canada by:
- Providing information to government employees;
- Fostering discussion/dialogue with government employees about sustainable remediation; and
- Providing government employees with educational opportunities.
Communications
The mission of the SuRF Canada Communications Committee is to provide a unified and consistent message, internally and externally, for effectively communicating SuRF Canada objectives, activities, and future goals.
We accomplish this mission by:
- Promoting SuRF Canada and sustainable remediation in press and social media channels
- Distributing information about SuRF Canada and sustainable remediation
- Encouraging SuRF Canada members to write articles for internal and external publications
- Reviewing and providing standardization of external SuRF Canada communications prepared by SuRF Canada Membership, Board, Committees, and Initiatives
- Providing material support to outreach initiatives that seek to increase diversity in our membership
Meetings and Programs
The mission of SuRF Canada Meetings and Programs Committee is to develop, plan, and hold meetings that leave attendees educated and inspired about sustainable remediation. We accomplish this mission by engaging remediation professionals, academia, and industry and government representatives to:
- Share sustainable remediation success stories and lessons learned,
- Highlight the flexibility and diversity of thought in implementing sustainable remediation, and
- Foster research and innovation.
Our meetings also serve to enhance our members’ leadership skills and facilitate networking and interaction amongs the SuRF Canada membership and the remediation community in general.
SuRF Canada Membership
As a member of SuRF Canada, you establish partnerships and build relationships with a wide variety of remediation stakeholders: industry and agency peers, customers, clients, academia, technology vendors, and the public.