Client: Government of Alberta, Alberta Education |
Early Learning and Care in Alberta |
| Services: Fact Sheets (2013) |
Wrote a series of Fact Sheets on how Early Learning and Care is delivered in Alberta.
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Client: Alberta Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils , North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance |
Vermilion River Watershed Management Plan |
| Services: Writer (2012) |
Susan Abells worked the Steering Committee to write the Vermilion River Watershed Management Plan based on feedback received from watershed stakeholder to the Discussion Paper.
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Client: Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research (ACCFCR) |
Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy: Evaluation of Program and Outcomes in the Alberta Context |
| Services: Writing and editing services (2012) |
| Roots of Empathy and Seeds of Empathy are promoted as preventative programs designed to build social and emotional competence in preschool and school age children up to Grade 8. Susan Abells provided writing and editing services to prepare the final report on this evaluation project conducted by Dr. Jane Hewes and Dr. Sherrill Brown from Grant MacEwan University and Dr. Cathy Smey Carston and Dr. Joanne Baxter from Mount Royal University. The final report summarizes key findings, conclusions and recommendations from the literature review and data collected through an online survey and focus groups sessions with program participants.
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Client: Alberta Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils , North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance |
A Discussion Paper for the Development of Watershed Management Plan for the Vermilion River in Alberta |
| Services: Writing services (2011) |
This Discussion Paper was the culmination of several years of work developing a watershed management plan for the Vermilion River, a sub-watershed of the North Saskatchewan River basin. It was a locally-driven, collaborative planning initiative led a coalition of three partners: the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance, the Alberta North American Waterfowl Management Plan Partners, and the North East Alberta Water Management Coalition (a coalition of rural municipalities in the Vermilion River watershed that includes elected representatives from the Counties of Beaver, Minburn, Two Hills, Lamont, and Vermilion River.) Susan Abells wrote the Discussion Paper under the direction of the Vermilion River Watershed Management Project Steering Committee.
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Client: Alberta Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils |
Visioning Workshop |
| Services: Facilitation, writing (2010) |
| Susan Abells and Michael Henry facilitated a visioning session at the Annual Summit that focused on identifying common challenges, and where Alberta’s WPACs may be able to improve how they work together to more effectively and efficiently achieve their individual goals and priorities. Susan Abells then wrote their paper entitled "A Focus on Collaboration: Conclusions from the 2010 WPAC Summit."
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Client: Government of Alberta, Alberta Environment |
East Central Alberta Cumulative Effects Project (ECACEP) |
| Services: Stakeholder Relations, Scenario Planning, Capacity Building, Organizational Learning, Website Development (2007 to 2009) |
| Susan Abells and Michael Henry engaged community leaders from three east central Alberta counties (Beaver, Camrose and Flagstaff) to identify desired environmental, social and economic outcomes that formed the foundation of a cumulative effects management system. Using scenario planning, community leaders identified four “stories of possible futures” (scenarios) specific to the study area. These scenarios were developed using systems-thinking methodology, which was then applied to the identification of a desired future, with accompanying desired environmental, economic and social outcomes. Also reported to Alberta Environment on lessons learned from the project. Susan Abells developed the website documenting the project, which is currently hosted by the University of Alberta, Augustana Campus, Alberta Centre for Sustainable Rural Communities: http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/research/centres/acsrc/projects/ECACEP/
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Client: Government of British Columbia, Small Business and Revenue |
| Services: Communications (2006) |
Susan Abells provided the Alliance Management Office with general communications support, including communications planning, issue management, briefing materials, website content and quarterly reports.
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Client: Government of Alberta, Alberta Environment |
Sturgeon River Water Management Strategy |
| Services: Stakeholder Relations, Communications (2005) |
Susan Abells conducted three studies regarding stakeholder preferences and public awareness of water and watershed management issues including a media scan and telephone interviews with stakeholders and decision-makers. Prepared a consultation and communications plan to raise public and stakeholder awareness of water and watershed management issues to engage citizens in the development of a Terms of Reference for a Sturgeon River Basin Watershed Management Plan.
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Client: Government of Alberta, Capital Health Authority |
New Bylaw for Smoking in Public Places |
| Services: Advocacy (2000 to 2004) |
Susan Abells and Michael Henry worked with the Population Health Division to identify and promote public health initiatives. Worked with Capital Health, the Alberta Lung Association, Action on Smoking and Health, Edmonton Public Schools, restaurant owners and shopping malls to implemented a public awareness campaign to change the municipal smoking by-law to restrict smoking in public places in the City of Edmonton. A complete ban on smoking in all public places, including bars and gaming establishments, was implemented on June 30, 2005.
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Client: Community-Based Immigrant Mental Health Project |
Mental Health Services Policy and Systems Audit |
| Services: Policy Research and Development, Communications (2002 to 2003) |
Susan Abells and Michael Henry worked with Edmonton mental health agencies to develop a Mental Health Services Policy and Systems Audit. For use by boards and management, the purpose of this cultural sensitivity self-assessment tool is to identify barriers to accessible, effective, culturally sensitive mental health-related supports and services for newcomers, and to identify and develop appropriate strategies and action plans to remove or diminish barriers.
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Client: Government of Alberta, Alberta Environment |
Northern East Slopes Sustainable Resource Management Strategy |
| Services: Stakeholder Relations, Communications, Policy Analysis and Research (2000 to 2003) |
Susan Abells and Michael Henry worked with the Integrated Resource Management Division of Alberta Environment to design and conduct a series of public consultations over three years, identifying the vision, values and issues underlying a sustainable resource and environmental management strategy that introduced the concept of a cumulative effects management system. Public and stakeholder meetings were managed and facilitated with industry (forestry, energy, mining, tourism and agriculture), recreational users, environmental organizations, communities, Aboriginal Peoples and all levels of government. An academic literature review of social indicators used in the field of sustainable development was developed (2001), social indicators for the study area were identified, and base-line data collected, analyzed and presented to support the social dimension of the project’s cumulative effects management model.
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