Innovating in Today’s Environment

November 23-25, 2010
Metro Toronto Convention Centre

In an effort to become a truly national organization, for the first time in 23 years, the Real Property Institute of Canada (RPIC) is holding its Real Property National Workshop outside the National Capital Area. On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to take this opportunity to say “Welcome to Toronto”!

As federal real property professionals responsible for managing 24,030 owned and leased properties, 40 million hectares of land, 42,656 buildings, and 30,054,277 square meters of floor space (Source: Directory of Federal Real Property) across Canada, RPIC members are at the vanguard of the government response to today’s challenging economic environment, through continuously improving the efficient use of federal real property assets. Our role is definitely important to Canadians – and now more than ever!

This year’s theme is “Innovating in Today’s Environment” and the Workshop will focus on developing innovative approaches to real property management in support of the federal government’s strategic priorities. During these times of fiscal restraint, the federal real property community is increasingly called upon to find innovative ways to achieve excellence in the management of a complex real property portfolio which enables the effective delivery of programs and services to Canadians.

Given this, I hope you will enjoy discussing this year’s pertinent Workshop topics and meeting up with your fellow real property professionals to exchange ideas and information. Together, we will become reinvigorated and better equipped to rise to the challenges posed by working in today’s environment.

Tara Dinsmore
Canada Lands Company
2010 Real Property National Workshop Chair