The team at Environment Journal is tracking industry events across Canada that are being cancelled, postponed, or moved online as a result of the global coronavirus outbreak.
As the updates become available, we’re developing a list of the events, when and where they were supposed to occur, and the event’s current status.
If there’s an industry event that should, but doesn’t, appear on this list, please don’t hesitate to notify us.
Event: Bettering Environmental Stewardship & Technology (BEST) Conference
Date: May 6 – 8
Location: Whistler, British Columbia
Status: Postponed to October 21 – 23.
Event: Canadian Institute Urban Transit Infrastructure West
Date: May 28 – 29
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Status: To be combined with its sister event, Urban Transit Infrastructure East. The Urban Infrastructure National Symposium will take place July 21-22, 2020 in Toronto.
Event: Conservation Finance Conference
Date: June 4 – 5
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Status: Postponed to February 24 – 25, 2021.
Event: Federal Contaminated Sites National Workshop
Date: June 8 – 10
Location: Quebec City, Quebec
Status: Postponed to 2021. Date and location to be announced.
Event: Canadian Water Summit
Date: June 10 – 12
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Status: Virtual event will proceed on June 11, 2020. In-person event postponed to June 9 – 11, 2021.
Event: Manitoba Environmental Industries Association (MEIA) Charity Golf Tournament
Date: June 18
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Status: Postponed. New date to be announced.
Event: British Columbia Environment Industry Association (BCEIA) Summer Golf Tournament
Date: July 15
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Status: Postponed to August 18.
We will continue to provide updates to this list as we receive them.
We are also adding new virtual events to the Events Calendar at environmentjournal.ca.
Connie Vitello
Editor
Environment Journal
Actual Media Inc.
connie@actualmedia.ca
