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At Metro Vancouver, we make decisions that impact over three million residents in our region. ​Metro Vancouver engages municipalities, businesses, and the general public whenever we are working on a new program, policy, or project across our service areas.

 Upcoming engagement opportunities

 

 

Survey – Burnaby Lake Regional Park Management PlanSurvey – Burnaby Lake Regional Park Management Plan<div class="ExternalClass58715713BB794679BA49558EC79C1A9E"><span style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><p>​<strong style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We want to hear from you!</strong></p><p>Help shape the future of Burnaby Lake Regional Park.</p><p><span style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Metro Vancouver is working with the City of Burnaby to develop a 20-year management plan for <a href="/services/regional-parks/park/burnaby-lake-regional-park">Burnaby Lake Regional Park </a> and we would like to hear from you.​</span></p><p>This plan will guide how we care for and improve the park for decades to come, and focus on:</p><ul><span style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><li>Protecting natural ecosystems</li><li>Supporting safe and sustainable park access</li><li>Improving aging infrastructure</li><li>Balancing the needs of all park users</li></span></ul><p><strong style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Find out more and give input</strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Visit the <a href="/services/regional-parks/burnaby-lake-regional-park-management-plan">webpage</a> to learn more</span></li></ul><ul><li><span style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Share your feedback in the <a href="https://engage.zencity.io/metrovancouver/en/engagements/5cf3fe5f-dbf5-44f2-acb0-2d56f004bab7?utm_medium=referral">survey </a> (open until Sunday, November 30)<br></span></li></ul></span></div>https://metrovancouver.org/events/Event/2711Online10/15/2025 7:00:00 AM11/30/2025 8:00:00 AMhttps://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/burnaby-lake-regional-park-management-plan, https://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-parks/burnaby-lake-regional-park-management-planhttps://engage.zencity.io/metrovancouver/en/engagements/5cf3fe5f-dbf5-44f2-acb0-2d56f004bab7?utm_medium=referral, https://engage.zencity.io/metrovancouver/en/engagements/5cf3fe5f-dbf5-44f2-acb0-2d56f004bab7?utm_medium=referral
Waste-to-Energy Facility District Energy System – British Columbia Utilities Commission Exemption ApplicationWaste-to-Energy Facility District Energy System – British Columbia Utilities Commission Exemption Application<div class="ExternalClass37D0291FDBAE410C9250ED93D380E670"><p>Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District filed an application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission pursuant to section 88(3) of the Utilities Commission Act seeking approval for exemption from Part 3 of the Act. This application is related to the Waste-to-Energy Facility District Energy System, where thermal energy recovered from the facility would be delivered to the City of Burnaby for use in the city’s panned district energy utility systems (primarily in the Edmonds and Metrotown neighbourhoods).</p><p>Visit <a href="http://www.bcuc.com/get-involved" target="_blank">bcuc.com/get-involved</a> to <a href="https://www.bcuc.com/Forms/LetterOfComment" target="_blank">submit a letter</a> of comment by November 20, 2025 (Under “Proceeding name”, select “GVS&DD Exemption under Section 88(3) of the UCA”).</p><ul><li><a href="/services/solid-waste/Documents/bcuc-order-g-243-25.pdf#page=4" target="_blank">View the public notice</a></li><li><a href="/services/solid-waste/Documents/bcuc-order-g-243-25.pdf" target="_blank">BC Utilities Commission Order Number G-243-25</a><br></li></ul></div>https://metrovancouver.org/events/Event/270910/16/2025 7:00:00 AM11/21/2025 7:55:00 AMhttps://metrovancouver.org/services/solid-waste/waste-to-energy-facility-district-energy-system, https://metrovancouver.org/services/solid-waste/waste-to-energy-facility-district-energy-system
Metro 2050 Type 2 Proposed Amendment, Bylaw No. 1429, 2025Metro 2050 Type 2 Proposed Amendment, Bylaw No. 1429, 2025<div class="ExternalClass4A7F2B501F4E460590BB3574C0C8F64B"><p>​​Learn more and have your say on proposed amendments to Metro 2050, the Regional Growth Strategy. Metro Vancouver is interested in receiving your comments about amendment(s) currently under consideration. Your input is important to us and will be used to help the Metro Vancouver Board make a decision. ​<br></p></div>https://metrovancouver.org/events/Event/271210/31/2025 7:00:00 AM1/2/2026 8:00:00 AMhttps://metrovancouver.org/services/regional-planning/amendments-and-updates, Amendments and Updateshttps://forms.metrovancouver.org/planning/Pages/Amendment-Comment.aspx, Amendments and Updates
Kingston Gardens Open HouseKingston Gardens Open House<div class="ExternalClass3137E9BD78444D2BA3E95B752C733514"><p>Join us for the Kingston Gardens Open House. Explore brand-new rental homes in the heart of Guildford — a vibrant, family-friendly community offering below-market rates starting at $1,595. Choose from spacious 1- to 4-bedroom units and enjoy modern amenities, gardens, and shared community spaces. Drop in to learn more or apply on-site!​<br></p></div>https://metrovancouver.org/events/Event/271315245 99th Ave11/15/2025 9:00:00 PM11/16/2025 12:00:00 AMhttps://metrovancouver.org/services/housing/kingston-gardens, Kingston Gardens Open House
Kingston Gardens Open HouseKingston Gardens Open House<div class="ExternalClassFC2ED6B7644942878ADB13B301523228"><p>Join us for the Kingston Gardens Open House. Explore brand-new rental homes in the heart of Guildford — a vibrant, family-friendly community offering below-market rates starting at $1,595. Choose from spacious 1- to 4-bedroom units and enjoy modern amenities, gardens, and shared community spaces. Drop in to learn more or apply on-site!​<br></p></div>https://metrovancouver.org/events/Event/271415245 99th Ave11/22/2025 9:00:00 PM11/23/2025 12:00:00 AMhttps://metrovancouver.org/services/housing/kingston-gardens, Kingston Gardens Open House
Zero Waste ConferenceZero Waste Conference<div class="ExternalClassA1788F9CAD844C6AA364B74313FF5AB5"><p>The Zero Waste Conference, hosted by Metro Vancouver, converges presentations, audience participation, thought leaders and networking opportunities. The event attracts interest from the business sector, sustainability practitioners, academia, all orders of government, and the broader general public within the Metro Vancouver region, across Canada, and the globe.</p><p>​Whether you are a seasoned professional or a curious newcomer, this conference offers something for everyone. With inspiring keynotes, engaging interactive workshops, and innovator spotlights, you'll come away with fresh insights, practical strategies, and a renewed sense of optimism for the future.​​</p></div>https://metrovancouver.org/events/Event/2699Vancouver Convention Centre – East11/27/2025 4:30:00 PM11/28/2025 12:45:00 AMhttps://zwc.eventify.io/t2/tickets, Register nowhttps://zwc.ca/Pages/default.aspx, Zero Waste Conference

About comm​unity engagement

Community engagement can take many forms, from online surveys to open houses to working groups. By participating in our engagement opportunities, you can help us make better decisions on projects or plans that affect you and your neighbours. Your input can maximize the benefits of a project, minimize the impacts, and provide new ideas or initiatives for your community.​​​​​​

 

 

Guiding principlesGuiding principles<div class="ExternalClassF3A309D4261847DD9C8F1D6C0F168D96"><ul><li>​​​​​Accountability – Metro Vancouver upholds the commitments it makes to the public and demonstrates that the results and outcomes of the engagement processes are consistent with the approved plans for engagement.</li><li>Inclusiveness – Metro Vancouver makes its best efforts to reach, involve and hear from those who are impacted. Plain language will be used in all engagement materials.</li><li>Transparency – Metro Vancouver provides clear and timely information, and endeavours to ensure decision processes, procedures, and constraints are understood.</li><li>Commitment – Metro Vancouver, within its ability and work plans, allocates sufficient resources for effective engagement.</li><li>Responsiveness – Metro Vancouver seeks to understand and be receptive to the public's input.​<br></li></ul></div>
Methods of engagementMethods of engagement<div class="ExternalClassBC9A1C9376964D639E4FE2A754304490"><p>​The format of our engagement depends on the nature of the project and the level of impact on residents and businesses. For example, a small project with minimal public impact (say, a temporary traffic detour) may only need a letter or notice to your home or an advertisement in the local newspaper. A larger project with significant impacts and longer duration in a community may call for ongoing public meetings and working groups (like designing and building a new wastewater treatment plant). Below, a spectrum of public participation* demonstrates how Metro Vancouver communicates and engages based on the needs and goals of a project.​</p></div>
Our spectrum of participationOur spectrum of participation<div class="ExternalClassBBC55A225E054088A80E0DC2CF18FE0D">​​ ​ <table class="uk-table uk-table-small uk-table-divider mv-table-border uk-table-striped"><thead><tr><th class="mv-bg-gray-mid mv-text-small" style="background-color:#b2b2b2;">​​​​<span class="mv-text-vertical mv-white uk-text-bold">IAP2 Spectrum</span> </th><th class="uk-text-center"> <img src="/about-us/PublishingImages/consult.jpg" title="Consult Infograph" alt="" />Consult</th><th class="uk-text-center"> <img src="/about-us/PublishingImages/involve.jpg" title="Involve Infograph" alt="" />Involve<br></th><th class="uk-text-center"> <img src="/about-us/PublishingImages/collaborate.jpg" title="Collaborate Infograph" alt="" />Collaborate​<br></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="mv-bg-gray-mid">​​ <span class="mv-text-vertical mv-white uk-text-bold mv-text-small">Public Participation Goal</span></td><td class="mv-bg-green-screen"><p>To obtain public feedback on analys​is, issues and alternatives and decisions.</p></td><td class="mv-bg-sepia-screen">​​To work with the public to make sure that the concerns and aspirations are considered and understood.</td><td class="mv-bg-cobalt-screen"><p>To partner with ​the p​ublic in each aspect of the decision-making.​<br></p></td></tr><tr><td class="mv-bg-gray-mid">​​ <span class="mv-text-vertical mv-white uk-text-bold mv-text-small">Promise​ to Public</span></td><td class="mv-bg-green-screen"><p>We will keep you informed, listen to and acknowledge concern​s and aspirations, and provide feedback on how public input influenced the decision.</p></td><td class="mv-bg-sepia-screen">​We will work with you to ensure that your concerns and aspirations are directly reflected in the alternatives developed and provide feedback on how public influenced the decision.</td><td class="mv-bg-cobalt-screen"><p>We will look to you for advice and innovation in formulating solutions and i​ncorporate your advice and recommendations into the decision to the maxim​um extent possible.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>​<br> <p class="mv-text-small">*This spectrum is adapted from the <a href="http://www.iap2.org/" target="_blank" title="International Association of Public Participation (IAP2)">International Association of Public Participation (IAP2)</a>, which seeks "to promote and improve the practice of public participation in relation to individuals, governments, institutions, and other entities that affect the public interest in nations throughout the world."<br></p></div>
Community engagement outcomesCommunity engagement outcomes<div class="ExternalClass4586D18B67BC4456AD91000DB17A5DB8"><p>Community engagement can help to minimize impacts and develop better projects.</p><p>Additional benefits of community engagement include strengthening relationships, informed dialogue, sharing information on the interconnectivity of our systems, the resiliency of our major utilities, educating on water conservation and source control to protect the environment, and providing education to ​K-12 students and teachers and beyond through our many public events, tours and programs.​</p></div>
Indigenous Peoples engagementIndigenous Peoples engagement<div class="ExternalClassE897EFAC8F124A40A0A721991A8FC0F6"><p>​Metro Vancouver recognizes the history of Indigenous Peoples and aims to build meaningful and enduring relationships with First Nations. We are committed to engaging First Nation communities through information sharing, engagement and ongoing communication.<br></p><p><i class="fa-light fa-link"></i> ​Learn more about <a href="/about-us/indigenous-relations">Indigenous Relations at Metro Vancouver</a>​.<br>​<br></p></div>

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