Burnaby Social Sustainability Strategy - City of Burnaby

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Survey • The survey was available on the City’s website, and in hard copy through a number of venues. • Potential responders who are not comfortable reading and writing English were provided with the opportunity to call specific multi-lingual City staff for assistance with completing the survey. • A total of 126 completed surveys were received – 78 on-line and 48 in written format. • The four geographic quadrants were represented almost equally in the responses. • Only 10 of 126 respondents do not live in Burnaby (i.e., they work and/or volunteer in Burnaby). • 70% of Burnaby residents who responded have lived in Burnaby for more than 10 years. • 85% of respondents are English-speaking. Other respondents identified themselves as speaking Cantonese, Mandarin, or Italian, or did not respond to the question. • Responses tended to be from people over the age of 45 years: the age breakdown of respondents is as follows: 18 – 24 years: 1% 25 – 34 years: 6% 35 – 44 years: 14% 45 – 54 years: 39% 55 – 64 years: 24% 65 – 74 years: 14% 75+ years: 2% Presentations • Staff conducted a total of 19 presentations or workshops on the draft Strategy to groups such as Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion, the South Burnaby Neighbourhood House Youth Leadership Group, ELSA/Literacy class at Edmonds Community School, Voices of Burnaby Seniors Task Force, the Burnaby Board of Education and its District Parent and District Student Advisory Committees, and Burnaby Interagency Council. • Through presentations, staff reached a good representation of a wide cross-section of the community including youth, seniors, people with disabilities, homeless people, cultural minorities, and newcomers to Canada. • Total participation in the presentations/workshops is estimated at about 460 people. In addition to those who participated through Open Houses, the survey, and presentations, seven other residents and/or organizations submitted briefs, letters or written feedback. 99
How the Draft Strategy was Received There was a generally positive view of the draft Strategy and commendations to the City for undertaking it. Comments include: “The Burnaby Social Sustainability Strategy was an excellent idea, and should help put Burnaby in the forefront of Canadian municipalities in terms of vision and comprehensive approach to living in a modern urban setting”. . . “Well done - this continues to be a great community and all those who have worked on this project should be recognized”. “I think that it’s a great start and there are lots of ideas on paper…..with follow-through….Burnaby will be an even better place to live, work and play.” “Good Strategy! Well done.” “It is a very thorough and detailed document. It appears a lot of effort has gone to develop this document…. Burnaby will continue to be a vibrant place to reside.” “I am proud of Burnaby for being such a progressive city. Burnaby has the ability to influence other communities. I look forward to watching all the positive changes….” “Thank you for putting together this wonderful Committee and for allowing the citizens the opportunity to express our opinions.” “The Burnaby Social Sustainability Strategy was an excellent idea, and should help put Burnaby in the forefront of Canadian municipalities in terms of vision and comprehensive approach to living in a modern urban setting.” “Praise to those who conceived and developed this strategy. It is a good example of what I love about Burnaby. I particularly admire the citizen input.” “Great work people and thank you for inviting us to partake!” Appendix 2 - Public Consultation and Burnaby’s Social Sustainability Strategy 100
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I. Introduction Social sustainabili
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Sound economic base Statistics Cana
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