Members

CSIN has nearly 1,500 members working in the private sector, academia, government and non-governmental organizations in Canada, the U.S. and beyond.

Given the nature of sustainability indicators, and their growing use in diverse areas of endeavour, a rising number of today's practitioners seek new and better connections with other experts around the world so they can share ideas, expertise and experience on a regular basis. Every day, the Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network accomplishes this through listserv communications, virtual workshops, the CSIN website and face-to-face meetings.

If you are a measurement and reporting or sustainable development practitioner, a strategic planner or involved in corporate social responsibility, join CSIN to take advantage of its many benefits:

Updated and accessible information on sustainability indicator practice in Canada at national, provincial, regional and local levels
Regular contact with indicator practitioners across Canada
Access to current thinking and practice in sustainability indicator development in Canada, with potential for connections and collaborations during monthly learning events
Opportunities for capacity building, problem solving and collaboration
Membership in an organization that backs the strategic development and use of sustainability indicators in Canada

How CSIN members benefit from the Network

We have asked our CSIN members to provide feedback on how they benefit from the Network. The sample of responses below illustrates the diversity within our membership, while simultaneously highlighting our common interest: learning from each other.

Milena Shintai, Shintai Zweck: "As a curator of contemporary art and as a concerned citizen, I am deeply committed to helping inspire social change. More specifically, I am working to bridge the gap between cultural and socio-political pursuits because I feel it is essential to circulating knowledge about how we might secure universal justice and well-being. CSIN provides me with valuable contextualized data to incorporate into my research, thinking and professional output. It also helps to provide me with a network of equally motivated peers and potential partners."
Steve Like, Fraser Basin Council: "The CSIN Learning Events provide an opportunity to bring together people with common interests, and different perspectives, and who are facing common challenges and opportunities. The Learning Events help to build our individual and collective knowledge through presentations and dialogue that typically include good practices, technical advice, constructive feedback and emerging opportunities. I have used the Learning Events to share my work, solicit feedback and advice, and also to learn from the work of others."
Fiona Wright, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola: "I quite like receiving the CSIN listserve emails. I am a project assistant at the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Sweden, working with Strategic Sustainable Development research projects and the Masters course in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. I find that every email has something interesting, and especially because most of the postings relate to peer-reviewed journal articles. I will eventually return home to Canada to work in strategic sustainable development, and it is good to keep on top of the available indicators because these are some of the tools I find many people and organizations that I work with are asking for."