LFFC is hosting a clinic at this year’s UBCM Convention in Vancouver: Beyond Silos: Unlocking Funding for Flood Resilience.

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Subject Matter:

First Nation and local government leaders are breaking down conventional silos, confronting shared flood risks, and driving actions that build lasting resilience for communities, nature and economies across British Columbia.

 

Session Description:

Flood risk is rising across British Columbia, and no community can face it alone. In the Lower Fraser, local governments and First Nations are proving what's possible: building relationships, facing shared risks, and catalyzing joint action across jurisdictional lines. Join leaders turning shared vision into momentum: mapping cascading impacts that spread across regions, advancing options to reduce risk, and championing long-term stable funding programs.

 

This session will showcase relationship building, knowledge mobilization, and early successes in moving past the persistent downloading of responsibilities for flood management to local governments. Discuss practical strategies for aligning priorities across jurisdictions and advocating for dedicated funding and coordinated flood management programs. Leave with ideas your community can use to strengthen climate resilience, support thriving local economies, and advance solutions that serve the common good.

 

Panel:

• Tyrone McNeill, President, Stó:lō Tribal Council; Councillor, Seabird Island; Chair, Emergency Planning Secretariat

• Jason Lum, Councillor, City of Chilliwack; Director, Fraser Valley Regional District

• Jen Ford, Councillor, Resort Municipality of Whistler; Chair, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District

• Facilitated by Deborah Carlson, Staff Lawyer, West Coast Environmental Law

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If you are attending UBCM 2026 make sure you stop by our session  - it will be worth the early start!

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