What: A Water Forum in Recognition of World Water Day
Date: March 22nd, 2022
Hosted by the Water Security for Canadians consortium (comprising the Global Water Futures (GWF) program, University of Saskatchewan, the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW), the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, and UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health), this forum consisted of two panels that brought together Members of Parliament across parties and Indigenous leaders with interest in water (High-Level Panel), as well as water experts from universities and civil society (Water Knowledge Panel). Read more>
Keynote Speakers
Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Dr. Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Programme, UNESCO
High-Level Panel
Elizabeth May, MP
Francis Scarpaleggia, MP
Dan Mazier, MP
Laurel Collins, MP
Linda Debassige, Chief M’Chigeeng First Nation
Monique Pauzé, MP
Water Knowledge Panel
Dr. John Pomeroy, Global Water Futures
Dr. Dawn Martin-Hill, McMaster University
François de Gaspé Beaubien, Zoom Media & Fondation de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation
Dr. Corinne Wallace, Global Water Futures
Merrell-Ann Phare, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources & Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW)
The event was facilitated by Dr. Annette Trimbee, MacEwan University, and Robert Sandford, The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH).
