Sandra S. Lawn & Associates Inc. works with a range of clients, from counties to communities; large firms to entrepreneurial start-ups plus respected not-for-profit organizations.
Projects, Workshops, Assignments and Mediation
Special Projects
- Canada C3 Expedition 2017 - The participants who joined the journey were the eyes and ears for Canada. A national call for applications for Journey Participants resulted in nearly 5,000 applications from every province and territory, truly representing the diversity of Canada ... Sandra Lawn, Leg Expert joined the Expedition in Toronto (Leg 1 of the Expedition)
- Economic Development Roundtable of Leeds-Grenville – Chair: Economic Development Summits I and II Task Force ... Economic Development Roundtable of Leeds-Grenville Summit
- Ontario East Economic Development Commission – Speaker
- Eastern Ontario Model Forest – Project Leader: Discoveries I, II, and III
- Public Interest Advisory Group for St. Lawrence-Lake Ontario Study
- Queen’s University Centre for Water and the Environment
- St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences – Empowerment
- Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Southeastern Ontario Mental Health – Chair: Implementation Task Force
- En Avant: On The Road to Recovery Volume I and II was submitted to the Minister of Health and
Long-Term Care in 2002 to outline the implementation plan developed by the Southeastern Ontario District Mental Health Implementation Task Force.
- Downtown Prescott Revitalization Project, e.g. the Norwich Plan
- Waterfront development in Burlington, Ontario ... Downtown Burlington Waterfront
- Project Development: St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences in Cornwall, Ontario
- Fundraising Initiatives...
- Social Development Programs building resilience and removing obstacles that impede opportunity and participation in community life...
- Connect Youth - Children and Youth Well-Being (founding board member) ... ConnectYouth Inc.
- Community Mental Health and Addiction Programs
- Senior Health Projects ...
- Healthy aging and healthy lifestyles in communities
- Health Canada - Healthy Living for Seniors
- New Horizon for Seniors Program
Workshops and Assignments
- City of Ottawa – "Understanding Financial Management"
- City of Halton Hills – Workshop on Financial Management on behalf of the Ontario Municipal Management Institute
- Brock Telecom (SCI Plant #34) – Stress Management, Retirement Planning
- City of Kingston, through OMMI – Budgeting and Financial Management
- Ministry of Municipal Affairs – Recovery following Ice Storm ‘98
- Ontario Municipal Management Institute – Municipal Councilors and Staff Training
- Town of Manitouwadge – Staff and Council Training
- Town of Mississippi Mills - Operation review of the Building and Planning Department
- Town of Perth – Pay Equity
- Town of Perth, Library – Pay Equity
- Township of Front of Yonge – Operational Review
- Township of Lanark Highlands – Human Resources
- Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands (Townships of Front and Rear of Lansdowne and Escott) – Human Resources: Restructuring
- Speaker and presenter to the Ottawa Branch of Club of Rome ... Club of Rome
- Various conferences and commissions throughout Ontario e.g. the Walkerton Inquiry
Mediation
Mediation: Sandra is certified in Alternate Dispute Resolution by the University of Windsor Law School.
- City of Barrie, County of Simcoe and City of Orillia
- City of Cornwall and United Counties of Stormont Dundas and Glengarry – Consolidated Social Services of Ontario Communities
- Ministry of Natural Resources – Resource Stewardship Agreement Alternate Dispute Resolution Roster
Governance and Public Policy
- Workshops arranged through Ontario Municipal Management Institute and especially honed for individual municipalities include; Financial Management, Roles and Responsibility Training, Municipal Law, Conflict of Interest Planning Fundamentals and Conflict Resolution. Clients range from the City of Ottawa, Chatham-Kent and Halton Hills to Manitouwadge in Northwestern Ontario.
- Human Resources: Hiring, Employee Job Descriptions, Pay Equity
- Fundraising for capital projects
- Operational Reviews: examining structures, procedures, policies, effectiveness and efficiency
Long Term Projects
- Director of the Queen's University Centre for Water and the Environment
- Board member of the Ontario Regional Board of the Nature Conservancy of Canada
- Member of the International Joint Commission's Public Interest Advisory Group on the St. Lawrence-Lake Ontario Water Levels Study (5 years)
- Empowerment Director and honorary member of the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences ... River Institute
- Ontario East Wood Centre & Eco-Industrial Parks Project Leader & participant in various projects.
- The Eastern Ontario Model Forest (EOMF) spawned a dramatic wood science and market driven project that could very well influence the economy of Eastern Ontario in a manner unprecedented since the 1950's when manufacturing (chemical, pulp and paper and electronics) was the dominant economic activity along the Seaway. View: News Release 2007
- Eastern Ontario Model Forest - participated in undertakings such as the Discovery III on Climate Change in 2003 where the aim was to “share research and other knowledge, fundamental to collaboration on the implementation of climate change remediation and adaptation in the most populated ecozone in Canada - the Mixedwood Plain"
