Municipal Voice

Featuring:

• Measuring the powerful impact of recreation
• Cyber incident response plans
• Association for municipal communicators
• Revamping your approach to municipal-resident relationships
• Mastering the fairways in Maple Creek
• Southeast College: exciting courses and new programs

Theme: Convention 2024

• Convention 2024 Theme: ReFRESH, ReNEW, ReFOCUS
• Convention FAQ
• Social Events
• And more.....

Theme: Municipal Climate Action

• Infrastructure
• Water stewardship
• Climate resilience in Parks and Recreation
• Climate resilience in Saskatchewan

and more...

Theme: Governance and Risk Management

• Sustainable methods for your municipality's water supply
• Creating a culture that cares
• Continuing Saskatchewan's Legacy of Helping Eachother: Fighting Mental Health and Addictions
• Provincial Safety Fund Grants

....and more

Theme: Tune In – 2023 SUMA Convention and Tradeshow

• Answering Your Convention Questions
• Everything Convention at Your Fingertips
• Advocacy Opportunities
• Municipal Marketplace
• Sponsors
• Education Sessions
• MC and Keynote Speaker
• Social Activities
• The Expanded Constructive Taking Action: Municipal Authority to Regulate Land in the Post Annapolis World
• Legal Case Update: Property Assessments
• Municipal Sustainability – The next great opportunity, or just another problem to deal with?
• Good Governance: A Look at SUMA’s Governance Review

and more…

Theme: Enhancing Safety in Your Community

• Supporting Community Safety with a Cohesive Council
• We’re All in This Together: Addressing the Mental Health and Addictions Crisis in Saskatchewan’s Hometowns
• Community Safety: A Team Effort
• RET Training Offers a Safer Response to Elevator Emergencies
• Ins and Outs of the Fire Service Minimum Standards Guide
• How STARS Mobile Training is Enhancing Community Safety
• Considerations for Municipalities and their Councils under the LAFOIP Act
• Peer to Peer: Saskatchewan’s Municipal Peer Network

and more…

Theme: Governance and Risk Management

• Risks and Rewards: Accepting Risk in the Pursuit of Innovation
• Future Trends in Municipal Governance - Or Just Wishful Thinking?
• The Ransomware Epidemic: Stay Prepared for Ransomware
• To BCC or Not BCC: A Question for LA FOIP
• Strengthening Local Government Leadership with MLDP
• Building Hometowns: Encouraging Immigration to Your Community
• Strengthening Hometown Governments with the Targeted Sector Support Initiative

and more...

Theme: Infrastructure – Investing in the future

• Walking Hand in Hand – Governance and Infrastructure
• Getting Proactive about Municipal Asset Management
• Municipalities Contemplating Infrastructure Projects May Qualify for Government Funding
• Building Saskatchewan Hometowns with the Canada Community-Building Fund
• Growth Goals Mean Housing Goals – Have We Talked About That Yet?
• Convention 2022: Recap and Awards

and more…

Theme: Connect - 2022 SUMA Convention and Tradeshow

• Important Deadlines
• Transportation
• The App is Back
• Answering Your Convention Questions
• Advocacy Opportunities at Convention
• Education Sessions
• Municipal Marketplace
• MC and Keynote Speaker
• Social Activities
• Connections are Opportunities to Grow
• Connecting Saskatchewan Municipalities with Skills and Expertise to Create Vibrant Communities
• Councillor Conflicts of Interest in the COVID-19 Virtual World
• Board of Revision Training and Certification Update

and more...

Theme: Healthy Leaders, Healthy Communities

• Roles, Rules, and Balance: Aspects of Health for Leaders
• Meet Saskatchewan’s New Municipal Peer Mentors
• Who Governs Us – Who Governs the Land?
• (Snow) Clearing the Way: The Implications of Nelson V Marchi for Municipalities
• Practical Steps for Dealing with Harassment of Elected Officials and Municipal Staff
• Supporting a Colleague: Mental Health as a First Responder
• Next Level Management: The Benefits of a PMO

and more…

Theme: Governance and Risk Management

• Keeping the Barn Door Closed with Strong Bylaws and Policies
• Gamifying the Workplace
• MLDP
• TSS at Work
• To Delay or Not Delay: Dangers of Deferring Maintenance or Replacement
• Municipal Liability: Repair Obligations for Streets, Roads, Public Places, and Works
• Managing Organizational Risks with Mental Health Supports
• Good Governance: What Does it Mean?

and more…

Theme: Investing in Infrastructure

• Modernizing Communities with Digital Infrastructure
• Tourism Saskatchewan Investment Programs Help to Diversify and Expand Travel Offerings
• ICIP Landfill Closure Program
• Saskatchewan Producers and Municipalities Key to Achieving Cleanfarms' Plan for Zero Ag Waste
• Municipal Cashflow: A Juggling Act for the Ages
• The Federal Gas Tax Fund at Work in Saskatchewan
• Change and Community Evolution

...and more!

Theme: Cooperation and Planning

• COVID-19: A One-Year Retrospective on Challenges and Successes
• Communicating in a Crisis: Planning for Municipalities
• Rideshare, Uber, and Accessible Transportation in Rural Saskatchewan
• Who Knew Budgeting Could be Fun?
• The Benefits of Master Services Agreements

… and more!

Theme - Stronger Together - Convention 2021

• Welcome to SUMA!
• Bring Them Along
• Conflicts of Interest: Who, Me?
• New Councils Need to Build on a Firm Foundation
• Culture Shock
• Prioritizing Wellbeing in Saskatchewan Communities
• Good News: Municipal Nominee Program on the Way!

... and more!

Theme: Governance and Risk Management

• Well Done, Civic Leaders
• Legal Q&A: COVID-19 and Disclosure of Personal Information
• Top Four Considerations When Responding to Cyberattacks and Data Breaches
• Real Succession Planning
• Crime and COVID-19
• Rules for Citizens at Public Meetings
• Recycle Right
• Good Governance with Assest Management
• Public Officials Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

...and more!

Theme: Infrastructure - Contracts and Green Programs

• Who Is Responsible for Building Communities
• COVID-19 Funding Stimulus: Proving Your Case
• When is a 'Bridge' Not a 'Road?': The Application of the Builders' Lien Act to Overpass Projects
• Addressing Contracts Impacted by COVID-19
• Building Communities with the Federal Gas Tax Fund
• Plastic Bag Bans: A How-To Guide
• Keeping Grain Bags Out of Landfills
• Reducing Food Loss and Waste a Clarion Call for All 

… and more!

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Theme: Preparing for Change

• COVID-19: Municipalities Face Economic Development Challenges
• Becoming SUMA – Answering Rebranding Questions
• Saskatchewan’s New Waste Management Strategy
• Legal Services Voice: Conflicts of Interest
• Improve your Municipal Bottom Line Through Grant Writing
• Update: Boards of Revision renewal project
• Roadside Development Permits: New Application System
• Convention 2020 Recap
• Winning Practices: Saskatchewan Municipal Award Winners
• Thank You Sponsors
• The Results: Convention 2020 Feedback
• Service Award Recipients

… and more!

Theme: Building Sustainable Hometowns - Convention 2020

• Implementing Community Citizen Engaged Best Management Practices Through Adaptive Management
• Keeping Streets Legal: Municipal Duties for Maintaining Roads and Sidewalks
• Using Bylaws to Foster Sustainability in Municipalities
• Dealing with Code of Ethics Complaints
• Immigration 101: Attracting, Welcoming, and Retaining Immigrants

... and more!

Theme: Governance and Risk Management

• Are Your Hometown Policies Up To Snuff?
• Having an Access to Information Policy
• Construction Procurement Tips and Traps
• Meet LESA: The Landfill Environmental Site Assessment Program
• Municipal Leadership Development Program Helping Councils Adapt to This Changing World
• Non-Title Tax Enforcement by Saskatchewan Municipalities
• Free 10 Minute Trainers: Council Roles and Responsibilities
• Free Expression or License to Libel? When Speech Crosses the Line

... and more!

Theme: Infrastructure

• Prompt Payment in Saskatchewan: Information You May Not Be Aware Of
• Extended Producer Responsibility: A Saskatchewan Recycling Success Story
• Local Solutions for a Greener Canada
• The Saskatchewan Crime Watch Advisory Network is Now Available Province-Wide
• Balancing the Private and the Public: Complying with LA FOIP and Municipal Acts

...and more!

Theme: Hometown Improvement

• Reviving Canora
• Regina's Audacious Entrepreneurial Movement
• Regional Planning: Finding Solutions Together
• Enforcing Municipal Bylaws
• Lessons Learned: Complying with LA FOIP
• Getting the Right Procurement Practices in Place

... and more!

Theme: Hometown Advantage

• Convention Chair's Voice
• Court is in Session: A Look Inside Kindersley's Bylaw Court
• A Work in Progress: Reviewing the Municipal Conflict of Interest Rules
• Shutting Out Crime with Environmental Design
• A Path to Reconciliation
• Sharing Stories of the Land: The Original Humboldt
• Diverting Waste with a Comprehensive Recycling Centre

... and more!

Theme: Governance and Risk Management

• Calming Conflicts and Resolving Disputes
• Peer to Peer: Saskatchewan's Municipal Peer Network
• What's My Job Anyway? Part II: Employment Law Rights and Wrongs
• Fostering Brownfield Redevelopment
• Best Practices for Meeting Procurement Trade Obligations

...and more!

Theme: Infrastructure

• Discover and Report: The Duty to Report Contamination Discovered by a Municipality
• AIMM to Fight the Spread of Invasive Mussels in Saskatchewan
• Editorial: Municipalities Building Canada's Future
• Moving Toward a Provincial Seniors Strategy

... and more!

Theme: That Hometown Feeling

• Making Your Community a Doctor's Hometown
• Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Communities
• My Hometown
• Moving Forward with Economic Development
• Economic Development: A Bridge to Reconciliation
• Engaging the North: New Frontiers in Municipal Law

... and more!

Theme: The Power of Hometowns

• Convention Chair’s Voice
• The Solar Power of Hometowns
• The Power of Bylaws: Responding to New Challenges
• The Power of Composting in Saskatchewan
• Get Your Community Ready to Attract Business Investment
• The Power to Address Homelessness Begins at the Root

...and more!

Theme: Governance and Risk Management

• SUMA’s 2017-21 Strategic Plan
• Highly Trained People Key to Risk Mitigation
• Enforcing the Code: Ensuring Fair Treatment and Penalties
• Council Agendas and Meeting Minutes
• Bridging Truth and Transparency
• Playing Music in Public Legally, Ethically, and Easily
• How SUMAdvantage Brings Value to All Members

...and more!

Theme: Asset Management

• Government of Canada and FCM Partnering to Build Community Asset Management Capabilities
• Asset Management and the Municipal Infrastructure Challenge
• Killing the Black Swans: Driving Predicability in Major Capital Projects
• Implementation: The Forgotten Link of the Planning Process
• Responding to a Budget that Hurt Hometowns
• Past President Button Receives Roll of Honour

...and more!

Theme: Communications and Engagement

• Five Categories of Communication and Engagement
• Meeting Expectations: Balancing the Public with the Private
• Three Community Partnerships That may be Key to Sustainability
• Improving your Communication Skills and Being a Lifelong Learner
• First #AMA a Success for City of Regina
• Our Humboldt: Values-led Strategic Change
• ...and more!

Theme: Shaping an Urban Saskatchewan

• Clearing Up Convention Misconceptions
• Policy Opportunities at Convention
• Three Rivers, One Basin
• From Someone Who's Been There

...and more!

Theme: Governance and Risk Management 

• The Trauma of Transition
• Getting Acquainted with Ombudsman Saskatchewan
• Protecting your Data in the Digital Age
• Behind the Scenes of SUMAdvantage Program Development

...and more!

Theme: Green Infrastructure

• Greener Buildings = Money Savings
• Active Transportation Beyond Recreation
• Melville's Experience with FCM's Leadership in Asset Management Program
• The Federal Gas Tax at Work in Saskatchewan

...and more!

Theme: Economic & Community Development

• Economic Benefits of Greenspaces
• Supporting Small Business in Your Community
• Destination Marketing Programs: Where to start and how they can help
• Making the Most out of Tourism
• Convention 2016 Recap

...and more!

• Convention Education Sessions
• Answering Your Convention Questions
• Adapting to a Rapidly Changing Situation
• Inspiring Change: Build a Volunteer Legacy
• Motivating the Next Generation of Canadians 

...and more!

Theme: Governance and Risk Management: Legal Tangles
 

• Conflicts of Interest: Entering Unknown Territory
• A Quick Guide to LA FOIP
• Prayer at Council Meetings
• MLDP: Good for Governance                                                                                                                                             ...and more!

• Leadership in Asset Management Program
• Nipawin Thrives as Host of 3rd Annual Municipal Infrastructure Conference
• SaskWater’s Effluent Irrigated Woodlot Disposal Solution
• Infrastructure: How to Renew, How to Pay

• Seniors' Safety in Age-Friendly Communities
• 3 Ps of Policing
• Avoiding Liability by Keeping Communities Safe
• How Secure are my Electronic Tips?
• 2015 Convention Recap
• Saskatchewan Municipal Award Winners

• Convention Education Sessions
• MLDP Welcomes New Facilitators
• Policy Opportunities at Convention
• Age-Friendly Saskatchewan
• Are You Proud of your Hometown?
• Crisis and Opportunity: Time for a National Infrastructure Plan
• Our Humboldt: Planning and Budgeting through a New Lens
• Have a Heart: Ensuring Fair Play in Decisions

• The CAO-Council Interface: A critical ‘linchpin’
• Enterprise Risk Management in the Public Sector
• Sharing Staff, Saving Money, Building Relationships
• Effective Performance Management for CAOs
• Hiring Municipal Executives Not for the Faint of Heart
• SUMA Hits the Links in White City
• A Long-Term Approach to Water
• Central Municipal Procurement Services Project              ...and more!

Bonus: The last page of the document includes a sample CAO performance review that you can print and use!

• Where Do We Start on Infrastructure?
• Saving Money by Writing a Clear RFP
• Stretching Dollars by Working Together
• Kindersley Hosts Annual Infrastructure Conference
• Key Questions on Infrastructure Investment
• NEW: Legal Services Voice                       ...and more! 

• Convention Recap
• Emergency Planning with your Neighbours
• How does Growth Affect Emergency Planning
• Three Lessons from this Winter's Storms
• The State of Emergency Experience
• Five Steps to an Emergency Response Plan                       ...and more!

• Building Power and Partnerships
• Creating a Strong Relationship Between Administration and Council
• Engaging Volunteers and Embrace Diversity Through Recreation
• Convention Agenda
• Inspiration from Strength
• First-timer's Guide to Convention
• Education at Convention
• Safe Drinking Water - Part Four

• Be Prepared: What to Consider for Your Emergency Plan
• My Experience Building Better Governance
• Eliminating the Risks of Poor Governance
• A Co-operative Approach to Risk Management
• Imagine an Injury-Free Saskatchewan
• Safe Drinking Water - Part Three                                   ...and more! 

• Getting Started with Asset Management
• Investing in Human Infrastructure
• Two Sides to the Story: Are P3s the future of infrastructure?
• Exploring Regional Infrastructure Development
• Harvesting Rain to Protect Infrastructure
• Safe Drinking Water - Part Two                                   ...and more!

• Growth and Challenges - Succession Planning
• Water and Wastewater Services for Growing Communities
• A Changing Landscape for Parks and Recreation
• A Profile of the Mid Sask Municipal Alliance
• The Challenges of Growth Faced by the Estevan Police Service
• Safe Drinking Water - Part One                                    ...and more!
• Bonus Online Article: Powering our Future

• Convention Recap
• Advocacy Update
• Saskdocs Making Progress
• Disaster Management theme

• Convention Agenda
• First Timers Guide
• Convention Tradeshow
• Breakout Sessions
• Keynote Speaker...and more

• Urban Infrastructure
• Better at Waste Management
• Creating Tax Room
• Houses in Short Supply
• Braun Agro                                          ... and more!

Urban Infrastructure Edition

Waste Water Project
P3 Canada Fund
Water Treatment Critical
Risk Management Advice
Visioning
                           .... and more...

Hazlet Wind Powered Rink
Election Sign Recycling
FCM Brownfields
Bridge Funding
Scrap Tire
Paint Recycling

SUMA's Board of Directors Meet; City Mayor's Caucus; Province Signs Onto New West Partnership; Kindersley's Exhibition Stadium Fire