This Impact Story is the second of a duo exploring recommendations from OLW’s first ever round of Focus Groups in 2024 to 2025. Take a look at Part 1 for a dive into insights from dialogue on Our Common Agenda. My colleagues and I are thankful for the individuals and organizations who lent their experience, […]
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This Impact Story is the first of a two part series exploring recommendations from OLW’s first ever round of Focus Groups in 2024 to 2025. Take a look at Part 2 for a dive into insights from dialogue on Right Relations.My colleagues and I are thankful for the individuals and organizations who lent their experience,
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The logo, three photos, and embedded PDF document below are © 2025 of the Indigenous Water Partnership. The Need: Why Indigenous Water Infrastructure Solutions Often Fail Too often, water infrastructure in Indigenous communities is built on a “copy/paste” of the municipal model. Engineers are hired to design systems best suited to municipalities, often located in
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Our Living Waters 2024 – 2025 Annual Report Our Living Waters’ 2024-25 year centered on deepening member engagement, led by our new Network Engagement lead, Natalija Vojno. Download the report here.
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This bilingual national webinar with simultaneous translation was hosted by Our Living Waters on April 8 2025 and offered a look at a new aquatic conservation tool, featuring experts from Northern Confluence Initiative, Oceans North, St. Mary’s River Association and the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq. Background: The federal Fisheries Act (Section 34) enables the establishment
Ecologically Significant Areas (ESAs): A new freshwater and nearshore conservation tool Read More »
The Heart of the Challenge: “Youth are invited to join a space, but are still often siloed.” – Henry Pitts, Co-President, North American Youth Parliament for Water The Heart of the Solution: “Enabling youth with trust and tools.” – Nina Bianchi, Project Manager, International Secretariat for Water Earlier this year I connected with four inspiring water network
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This impact story was adapted from an article entitled “How can you love a lake?” by Monica Seidel on page 10 of the Water Canada magazine issue for July/August 2024. It has been shortened, and also contains additions from Watersheds Canada staff about their collaborative relationship with Canadian Wildlife Federation. Header photo © Love Your
We’re live! The Canada WaterPortal started as the Alberta WaterPortal in 2006 and began as an Alberta-focused response to an Alberta-wide water management strategy, “Water for Life”, first released that year. With a mission of educating and informing people about the value of water as a vital resource, we have been providing objective, grounded information
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“Healthy Waters, Healthy Province” – words that guide the New Brunswick Watershed Caucus The New Brunswick Watershed Caucus (NBWC) is a forum for about 30 watershed organizations to build capacity and partnerships, contribute to provincial policy and public education, and mobilize knowledge across New Brunswick. Its member organizations started convening monthly in 2015 with administrative support from
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https://youtu.be/abHcFitd9EU Click the play arrow to watch “The Role of the Canada Water Agency (CWA) in National Freshwater Collaboration – Featuring CWA and Freshwater Community Perspectives”. (Note that the video has been edited for brevity, and begins with the first presentation.) This bilingual national webinar with simultaneous translation was hosted by Our Living Waters on
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