Federation of Canadian Municipalities – Green Municipal Fund
GMF aims to drive local green innovation by working with municipalities across Canada. This presentation provides an overview on its mandate and approach for working with municipalities to accelerate the transition to more sustainable and resilient communities. This presentation will focus on GMF’s work in the energy sector and the development of two new funding streams focused on more sustainable affordable housing and local programs that encourage residential energy retrofits.

Yi Liu is Manager, Sector Development for FCM’s Green Municipal Fund (GMF). He lives in Saskatoon and works remotely with his colleagues in Ottawa towards the vision of a more sustainable future. Prior to joining GMF, he worked for Sustainable Development Technology Canada for 4 years to provide funding and support to Canadian clean technology start-ups and entrepreneurs in piloting, demonstrating and commercializing their solutions. He has a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the U of S and an M.B.A. from uOttawa.

   
Agenda

7:00am – 7:15am – Arrive & register
7:15am – 7:50am – Breakfast, introductions, current events, open discussion
7:50am – 8:30am – Presentation
8:30am – 8:40am – Q & A



Regards
Martin Boucher (EMTF Saskatoon presentation comittee).