Outreach & Partnerships
The Chinook Institute engages audiences in Alberta and British Columbia to share information on sustainable land use and conservation issues, trends and tools, in its outreach to municipalities, landowners, conservation groups, businesses and academia.
To accomplish its work, the Chinook Institute participates in partnership with a variety of organizations, citizen’s groups and government agencies. Collaborative networks, such as the Communities in Transition program, and the East Kootenay Conservation Program are particularly valuable in offering large landscape scale networking, information sharing and support.
Sonoran Institute
The Sonoran Institute works with communities to conserve and restore important natural landscapes in Western North America, including the wildlife and cultural values of these lands. The Institute's efforts create lasting benefits, including healthy landscapes and vibrant livable communities that embrace conservation as an integral element of their economies and quality of life.
Based in the United States, the Sonoran Institute was instrumental in helping to establish the Chinook Institute through its vision, staff and board expertise, financial support and program models. Chinook Institute remains a Canadian affiliate of the Sonoran Institute.
Communities in Transition BC
The Chinook Institute is a partner of the Communities in Transition program, a partnership initiative for non-metropolitan communities established by the Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia. CIT partners are non-profit organizations, government agencies, and institutions with mandates related to planning for social, economic and environmental sustainability, and real estate and land use issues.
East Kootenay Conservation Program
The Chinook Institute is a member of the East Kootenay Conservation Program, a multi-sector affiliation of NGO’s, governments, communities, industry, First Nations and conservation-minded individuals "dedicated to conserving the rich biological diversity of southeastern British Columbia, while balance economic and social needs of the community and people who live here."