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Mary Pickering

VP, Special Projects

Mary Pickering

Mary Pickering is currently on assignment with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to support the new Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) initiative. In her role as VP Special Projects, Low Carbon Cities Canada, Mary will provide consulting support to the LC3 National Office and seven local LC3 centres. Mary continues her work as TAF’s VP, Strategy and Partnerships one day a week, focusing on three areas:

  • Scaling/commercialization practice
  • Partnership development
  • Mentoring and coaching staff

Mary has more than 25 years of management experience in the environmental non-profit sector and is an accredited Practitioner-Trainer of the international Partnership Brokers Association.

Embracing the challenge of multisolving

Opinions Mar 2022

New strategies for navigating the net zero river delta

Opinions May 2021

The uncomfortable path to climate action scale-up

Opinions Oct 2020

Low Carbon Cities Canada: the seeds have sprouted

Opinions Nov 2019

Toronto’s 44 per cent reduction – why the sudden drop?

Opinions Jul 2019

Seven recommendations on the 2019 TransformTO budget

Opinions Feb 2019

Asking a good question – weaving threads between Partnership Brokering and The Art of Hosting

Opinions Aug 2018

TransformTO neighbourhood grants: TAF invests $100,000 in 2018

Opinions Apr 2018

All aboard the community benefits bus

Opinions Apr 2018

TransformTO funding approved: And the race begins

Opinions Mar 2018

TransformTO: Full funding is critical for climate action

Opinions Jan 2018

TransformTO Steps: Tackling costly air pollution through investment in low-carbon actions

Opinions Nov 2017

The power of the neighbourhood approach

Opinions Jul 2017

A big thank-you for TransformTO advisors as Council vote nears

Opinions Jun 2017

TransformTO vote delayed until July

Opinions Jun 2017

Collective impact: practitioners share their insights

Opinions Apr 2017

What single action could transform urban transportation in the GTA?

Opinions Jan 2017

Will road tolls reduce emissions in Toronto?

Opinions Nov 2016

Collective impact in motion

Opinions Oct 2016

Carbon reduction = good health

Opinions Jun 2016

From less bad to more good: the low-carbon city of the future

Opinions Apr 2016

New report steers the low-carbon obstacle course for cities

Opinions Jan 2016

Cities in Paris – a formidable force

Opinions Dec 2015

Partners trump powers when it comes to climate action

Opinions Jul 2015

How to leverage cap and trade to improve transit

Opinions Jun 2015

TAF explores low-carbon policy approaches

Opinions Apr 2015

Envisioning a low-carbon future with Transformation Toronto 2050

Opinions Apr 2015

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