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Updated August 2010
ABOUT US: aboutREMEDIATION Profile

aboutREMEDIATION (AR) is Canada’s leading information resource on site remediation and brownfields redevelopment.

The Web site, www.aboutRemediation.com, was launched in March of 2001, to provide solutions, disseminate knowledge products, showcase industry leaders and advance the remediation and brownfield sector across Canada.

The Web site and its audience continues to grow, and now attracts about 100,000 unique visitors per year.

AR is an industry led initiative developed in partnership between the private and public sector and is owned and operated by the Ontario Centre for Environmental Technology Advancement (OCETA).

OCETA and the AR Web site supports the development and dissemination of tools, guidance documents, information and other resources that help build capacity and increase outreach initiatives in Canada's Remediation and Brownfield Redevelopment sector.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

OCETA and the AR team Build Capacity through the development and delivery of Tools, Frameworks and Guidance documents. OCETA uses its experience and unique Stakeholder Engagement Process to bring together the right people, tools and environment that allows us to work as a team to develop specific tools across Canada.

OCETA and the AR Web site have been recognized as leaders in Canada with two brownfield awards.

  • Brownie Award Winner for Innovation and Communication (2001)
    The aboutREMEDIATION Web site was recognized by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) Brownie Award for excellence in conveying information and sharing ideas, techniques, concepts, and approaches in relation to brownfields redevelopment. The Toolbox is hosted as a free online resource on the aboutREMEDIATION website.
    [View Press Release] [View 2001 Brownie Award Winners]

[Go to the Toolbox]

  • Brownie Award Winner for Communications, Marketing and Public Engagement (2009)
    OCETA in collaboration with the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) and the Province of Ontario were recognized with a Brownie Award at the 2009 Canadian Brownfields Conference for development and dissemination of a new brownfield tool, The Redevelopment Framework for Former Services Stations in the Province of Ontario. The Framework was also a Finalist in Category 1 - Legislation, Policy and Program Initiatives. The Framework is hosted as a free online tool on the aboutREMEDIATION website.
    [View Press Release] [View 2009 Brownie Award Winners]

[Go to the Framework]
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KNOWLEDGE: PRODUCTS, RESOURCES & SOLUTIONS

The aboutREMEDIATION Web site has been designed to provide resources, information and solutions to Increase Your Knowledge and allow for Informed Decision Making. Resources and solutions are available through the Web site features (both content and linkages to relevant resources).

PARTNERSHIPS

aboutREMEDIATION collaborates with a wide range of industry leaders to create a sector gateway to relevant expertise and information on government policies, effective remediation products and services, and successful management strategies. Partnerships with industry leaders are key to identifying issues, developing tools and guidance documents and advancing brownfields redevelopment.

  • The aboutREMEDIATION staff and partners have established national and international alliances to create a unique network for remediation and brownfield stakeholders.

  • OCETA and AR are founding members of the Canadian Brownfields Network (CBN) in 2004. The CBN was created in response to recommendations from the NRTEE's National Brownfield Redevelopment Strategy for Canada, to be Canada's voice for Brownfield Issues.
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