Conference a great success! 

Approximately 400 people participated from across Canada and internationally, including First Nations and Métis, conservation organizations, individual stewards, all levels of government, industry and media. This number includes participation in plenary sessions, through the webcasting and live chat feature,  from Quebec, Ontario, BC, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and the United States. Thank you to all our sponsors and partners for making this event possible. Download the Full Program. 

• Learn more about the State of Stewardship in Canada!  This report was specially prepared for the conference and provides the first national review of the state of stewardship programming and support in Canada.  Read more.... 
  
  
• The Stewardship Road Map for Canada is the final declaration coming out of the conference.  After extensive consultation, its eight recommendations give priority areas of action to strengthen stewardship across Canada.  Read more....  Le Guide pour l'Intendence au Canada - en françias.
  
  
• Next steps?  Go to People with a Passion for a list of people committed to advancing the Stewardship Road Map after the conference.  To this end, a meeting of the new Stewardship Action Team was held on October 14, 2009 in Ottawa.  Check this website for updates on Action Team progress!
  
  
• Now on-line: Videos of plenary sessions, Posters and Presentations, including the address from the Premier of Alberta, Honourable Ed Stelmach. Go to Videos to watch inspiring plenary speakers such as Dr Colin Soskolne (linking human health to the environment), Preston Manning (how to get stewardship on the political agenda) or learn about stewardship successes, challenges and ways forward from the perspective of some of the key stewardship program coordinators from across the country.   
  
  
• Sharing Contacts: if you were at the conference, please click here to enable sharing of contact details with other conference delegates.
  
  
• Get on the Stewardship Bus! At the conference delegates signed their stewardship 'bus tickets' pledging to do their part to take care of Canada's environment and also encourage others to help.  If you missed out, you can still click here to add your name (individual or organization). 
  

Strengthening Stewardship – Investing at Every Step, the 4th National Stewardship and Conservation Conference, was held on July 8-11, 2009, at the MacEwan Conference & Event Centre at the University of Calgary, in Calgary, Alberta.    

The conference title, Strengthening Stewardship – Investing at Every Step reflects that stewardship has been an active force in sustaining the Canadian landscape, but expresses the urgent need to invest at every level, from grassroots action to policy development, by individuals, organizations, industry, and governments, to ensure Canadians make stewardship a part of living, working, playing and doing business in Canada.

Held every three years since 2000, the National Stewardship and Conservation Conferences are the national event where Canada’s stewards can meet to discuss emerging issues and develop solutions for the best possible stewardship of Canada's environment.   The next conference will be in 2012 (location TBA).

'Stewardship means all Canadians caring for our land, air, water, and biodiversity and
sustaining the natural processes on which all life depends’

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Masthead photo credit: Rangeland Management, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development