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CWMA Events 2023


Thank you to all of our members and friends of CWMA who attended events in 2022!
 
2023 will be another busy year and we hope you can participate! Times are Pacific Time Zone. MORE events to be added as important topics come up…
 
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February 16, 2023 | 10:00 AM to Noon PST | Virtual | CWMA Presentation & Panel Discussion Event ~ Simple in Theory: Preservation, Recycling, and Reuse in the Built Environment | LEARN MORE / REGISTER
 
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March 30, 2023
| 1:30 – 3:00 PM PT | Virtual Event | CWMA Special Workshop: Facilitating a Circular Economy for Textiles in Your Community | Textile Lab for Circularity will lead this workshop for CWMA members and friends | LEARN MORE / REGISTER
 

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April 14, 2023
| 10:00 – Noon PT | Virtual Event | CWMA Speaker Event & Discussion: EPR in BC: What’s on Deck! | Lets talk about EV Batteries, Mattresses, Compressed Canisters and Medical Sharps LEARN MORE / REGISTER

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May 5, 2023 | 9:30 – 11:30 AM or 1:00 – 3:00 PM PT | Virtual Event | CWMA Special Workshop: Indigenous-non-Indigenous Relationship Building | Indigenous Insight will lead this workshop for CWMA members and friends  LEARN MORE / REGISTER

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IN-PERSON!
May 12, 2023 | 10:00 AM – 12:15 PM PST with In-Person Lunch is 12:15 to 1:15 PM | In-person or Online | CWMA AGM & Speaker Event: The Next Chapter ~ Inspiring Possibilities | Arbutus Ridge Golf Club, Cobble Hill | LEARN MORE / REGISTER

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May 30, 2023 | 1:00 – 2:30 PM PT | Virtual Event | CWMA Roundtable Event: Best Practices for Share Sheds & Free Stores LEARN MORE & REGISTER 


| 1:00 – 2:30 PM PT | Virtual Event | CWMA Roundtable Event: Best Practices for Repair Cafe’s | LEARN MORE & REGISTER

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June 23, 2023
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PT | Virtual Event | CWMA Speaker Event & Discussion: Tangible Actions Toward Circularity |  DETAILS COMING SOON!

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October 25-27 | CWMA Annual Conference | Details out soon!
 
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November 17, 2023
| Panel Event | 10:00 AM – Noon | Virtual 
 
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December 1, 2023
| Speaker Event |  10:00 AM – Noon | Virtual 
 
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December 12, 2023
| Speaker Event |  10:00 AM – Noon | Virtual | CWMA Plastic Waste Reduction Working Group First Annual Workshop 

2022 Was Pretty Epic / A Look Back

January 27, 2022 | 9:00 am-11:30 am | Virtual Event
CWMA Roundtable Event:Diverting Organic Waste Updates & Discussion 1
Recap available to Members Only on request.


February 25, 2022 | 10:00 am-12:00 pm | Virtual Event
CWMA Panel Event: Building Action for Construction & Demolition Waste
Recap available to Members Only on request.


March 30, 2022 | 10:00 am-11:30 pm | Virtual Event
CWMA Special Topic Event: Part 1: Solutions for Wildlife Management
Recap available to Members Only on request.


May 13, 2022 | 9:30-11:30 am |  Virtual Event
CWMA Roundtable Event: Textiles Updates & Discussion 1


May 19, 2022 | 1:00 pm-4:00 pm |  Virtual Event
CWMA Roundtable Event: Local Government & First Nations Roundtable 1
Following in the footsteps of our popular conference roundtable but all virtual!


June 10, 2022 | 10:00 am-1:30pm | Hybrid Event (In-Person & Virtual Option)*
CWMA Luncheon Event & Annual General Meeting
Recap available to Members Only on request.


September 20, 2022 | 10:00-11:30 am | Virtual Event | Roundtable
CWMA Special Topic Event ~ Part 2:  Solutions for Wildlife Management
Recap available to Members Only on request.


October 4, 2022 | 9:00-10:00 am | Virtual Event | CWMA Special Meeting: OMRR Update & Q&A


October 18, 2022 | 10:00 am-12:00 pm | Virtual Event
CWMA Panel Event: Inspiring Repair, Reuse, and Reduction Programs 
Recap available to Members Only on request.


October 26-28, 2022 CWMA Conference | Victoria | Hybrid Event (In-Person & Virtual Option)* | What a great event!


November 4, 2022 | 9:30-11:30 am |  Virtual Event
CWMA Roundtable Event: Textiles Updates & Discussion 2


November 18, 2022 | 10:00 am-12:00 pm |  Virtual Event
CWMA Panel Event: 
Multi-Family Dwelling Diversion Challenges & Solutions


Industry Events

If you are part of the CWMA community and would like to post an event here, please contact Sheila Molloy.


2023 Industry Events

  • February 6-10, 2023 | Alaska Forum on the Environment Conference | Hybrid | Anchorage, AK & Online
  • February 23, 2023 | WMABC Conference & AGM | Surrey
  • April 14-16, 2023 | AVICC AGM & Convention | Nanaimo
  • May 10-12, 2023 | Bettering Environmental Stewardship and Technology Conference  | Whistler BC
  • May 24-26, 2023 | Saskatchewan Waste ReForum 2022 | Regina
  • May 25-28, 2023 | FCM Annual Conference and Trade Show | Toronto
  • June 2023 | The Industrial Circular Economy Conference | Trail BC
  • September 11- 14, 2023 | U.S. Product Stewardship Forum | Portland
  • September 18-22 | Union of BC Municipalities Annual Meeting | Vancouver
  • September 26-27, 2023 | Waste & Recycling Expo | Toronto
  • October 18-20, 2023 | Recycling Council of Alberta’s 2023 Circular Economy Conference | Lake Louise AB
  • October 25-27, 2023 | CWMA Annual Hybrid Conference | Hybrid | Victoria BC & Online
  • November 29, 2023 | SWANA Day | Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre