Canadian Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Framework

Environment and Climate Change Canada has provided funding to the Coastal Zone Canada Association (CZCA) to lead the development of a Coastal Resilience Framework for the Canadian Great Lakes. The CZCA have contracted Zuzek Inc., Dr. Lawrence Hildebrand, World Maritime University, and Linda Mortsch, University of Waterloo to assist with the framework development. This initiative will require an ‘all of society approach’ to develop and implement the framework to increase the resilience of our coastal communities, beaches, wetlands, and nearshore ecosystem. In short, the framework must be developed by everyone, for everyone, and implemented by everyone with lands, rights, jurisdiction, and interest along the Great Lakes coast. Further information on the scope of the framework, goals and outcomes, partners, and resources is provided below.