In April 2007, Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) issued a request for proposals for its Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Program. EKOS Communications, Inc., along with a team of partners and advisors, responded by submitting a proposal aimed at enabling effective knowledge transfer between municipal government representatives, scientists and engineers on the issue of adapting water related infrastructure to climate change. To keep the project bounded and more manageable, the geographical scope was set as the Fraser Basin, from headwaters to estuary.
