BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

The purpose of the Environment Advisory Committee is to encourage and assist in the resolution of broad environmental issues arising in British Columbia.

The goals of this program are:

• To support environmental projects that engage and/or encourage broad community participation through public education, stewardship activities and outreach to diverse cultural groups, new immigrants and faith-based communities.
• To support projects that increase scientific understanding, the need and methodology of which are inclusive and seen by the affected constituencies to be well-founded.
• To support representative, non-government organizations to develop, facilitate and help implement the resource management elements of sustainable development plans.
• To support the development and delivery of training programs for First Nations and other communities who are or will become involved in the sustainable management of natural resources.
• To support activities and projects that address broad watershed, marine and urban environmental issues, especially the current priorities of climate change and energy.