Katie O’Donnell Receives TWS Group Achievement Award

Posted by Clayton Schroeder
On November 6, 2024

In October, as part of The Wildlife Society’s (TWS) Out in the Field initiative, Compass’ Katie O’Donnell was honoured to receive the 2024 TWS Group Achievement Award. Out in the Field works to support and elevate LGBTQ+ TWS members and to create a safe and understanding community of wildlife professionals. The group has three simple […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Breaking the Binary: LGBTQ+ Wildlife Perspectives

Posted by Compass Resource Management
On November 23, 2022

This month we wanted to shout out the amazing work of Katie O’Donnell on contributing to the new book – Women in Wildlife Science: Building Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Katie and coauthors contributed the chapter “Breaking the Binary: LGBTQ+ Wildlife Perspectives.” The book blends research and personal stories highlighting the challenges faced by women and […]

Compass is Hiring!

Posted by Compass Resource Management
On July 6, 2022

Compass is looking for people to support our team in an exciting range of upcoming projects. Please review the qualifications and job responsibilities on our careers page.

Posted by Compass Resource Management
On June 4, 2022

Following on our May conversation, our June Reconciliation conversation did a deeper dive into the Service Plans and Budgets of a number of ministries (e.g., Ministry of Land, Water, and Resource Stewardship, Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation). Our hope was to gain more insight into how the implementation of DRIPA is […]

Our Decision Tools

Posted by Compass Resource Management
On May 30, 2022

Take a quick look at our latest decision support tools, Altaviz and Hydroviz! Over recent years, Compass has been prototyping, developing, and testing these tools against some of our most complex projects. To learn more about them, click here.

Posted by Compass Resource Management
On May 4, 2022

In May, we reviewed the DRIPA Action Plan. The Action plan was released in March, and outlines 89 specific actions that government ministries will take to create a better province for Indigenous Peoples in B.C. As part of our homework for the session, we reviewed the Plan, and identified the Actions we thought were particularly […]

Posted by Compass Resource Management
On September 28, 2021

This year, Canadians will be honouring Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on September 30th. This is a day for honouring the victims and survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. Compass employees will be taking some time to read, learn, and reflect in the spirit of the day. We encourage all […]

Project Story: Franks Tract Futures

Posted by Compass Resource Management
On May 19, 2021

Franks Tract is a 3,300-acre flooded island in the centre of the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta region in California. The intent of this project was to use a Structured Decision Making approach to identify a broadly supported design for restoring Franks Tract that would benefit native species, provide enhanced recreational opportunities and other community benefits, and […]

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