Case Name :      The Nature Centre at Mont Saint-Hilaire: How Far?

Authors :           Emmanuel ER Raufflet, Maria MT Tengo

Source :             North American Case Research Association (NACRA)

Case ID :            NA0150

Discipline :        Social Enterprise

Case Length :    14 pages

Solution sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

The Nature Centre was a non-profit organization created in 1972 to manage public outreach and access in the Gault reserve on the Mt St-Hilaire mountain, 40 km south of Montreal. Beyond conservation and recreation, the 2001 new mission included the promotion of the conservation of the region’s natural environment. The inclusion of this new regional focus led to the recruitment of Marc-André Guertin and the creation of the Conservation Team. The case introduced the challenge faced in early 2006 by Marc-André Guertin, Project Coordinator of the Conservation Team at the Nature Centre when he received a contract proposal for a biodiversity assessment to be conducted in a regional municipal county located 58 km away, i.e., far out of the Nature Centre’s usual scope of action. He was considering this decision based on (1) the broader context of the organization’s mission, (2) the management of his team, (3) the scientific value of this assessment for his team, and last, (4) the financial dimension of this assessment on his team’s tight resources.