Compass Resource Management

where good decisions happen

analysis that matters

dialogue that builds understanding

choices that shape the future

Compass Resource Management

where good decisions happen

analysis that matters

dialogue that builds understanding

choices that shape the future

The experts in bringing decision analysis and structured decision making to the complex multi-stakeholder world of resource and environmental management.

We offer a full range of decision support services, creative problem-solving tools, and strategic analysis to help people and governments make informed and transparent choices for a sustainable future. Our core expertise is in environmental planning and policy, structured decision making, and risk analysis. The problems we work on usually involve multiple parties, complicated science and policy options, and conflicts among stakeholders or experts. Solutions for these kinds of problems span conventional boundaries, and a lot of what we do involves working at those edges, integrating across disciplines, sectors, jurisdictions, hypotheses, and worldviews. We’re known for designing and facilitating processes that bring people together to work on messy problems – and getting results.

Recent News

Culturally Informed Facilitation Training Part II: Building Understanding of Identity and Power Dynamics

  • Posted by Clayton Schroeder
  • On October 21, 2024
The purpose of the session was to strengthen our facilitation practices, and our abilities to serve diverse clients, and collaborative processes, across cultural and power differences. We met at the Creekside Community Centre in the neighborhood now known as False Creek. This gathering place is located on the lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) […]
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Culturally Informed Facilitation Training Part I: Reflections on Power and Privilege

  • Posted by Clayton Schroeder
  • On June 19, 2024
This session was an opportunity to look back at past reconciliation sessions and reflect on how our own understandings of reconciliation have perhaps shifted and what that’s meant for us, personally and professionally. Many of our past sessions have looked outwards and focused on learning from the world around us. This session was an opportunity […]
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New Paper: Methods for Assessing Social and Cultural Losses

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On August 4, 2023
Philip Halteman and several colleagues recently published a paper in the Policy Forum section of Science, based on work they have been involved with over the past many years. The article critiques the lack of inclusion of intangible social and cultural losses in impact assessments (citing losses experienced by Indigenous Peoples as a particularly egregious […]
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Takaya Tours

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On June 8, 2023
On June 6 2023, the Compass team gathered on Tsleil-Waututh First Nation territory in North Vancouver for a cultural tour led by Takaya Tours. We had the opportunity to listen to ancient knowledge and wisdom, exploring the beautiful ancestral grounds of Whey-ah-Wichen (which we learned is the name for Cates Park, and means “Faces the […]
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Recent Projects

Using SDM for Whooping Crane Recovery Planning
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Saulteau First Nations Watershed Management
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Saulteau First Nations and Climate Change Planning
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Delta Island Adaptations—Using SDM for Landscape-Scale Scenario Planning
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Xwulqw’selu Watershed Planning Agreement
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Tiger Prey Augmentation Planning
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Metlakatla Cumulative Effects Management Program
Dry Creek Water Management Plan Options Analysis
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Decision Support Tools

We’ve launched a suite of web-based applications designed to help decision-makers navigate processes with the best tools available. These tools have been deployed across a wide range of decision contexts, including water and land use planning, major infrastructure, endangered species and more.

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