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Alt text: View of Ottawas Parliament Hill with the iconic clock tower, alongside the Rideau Canal featuring boats and surrounded by trees under a partly cloudy sky. / Vue de la Colline du Parlement dOttawa avec lemblématique tour de lhorloge, le long du canal Rideau avec des bateaux, entouré darbres sous un ciel partiellement nuageux.

Driving federal action in support of water data and community based monitoring

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What does it take to trigger implementation of recommendations posed to the Federal government? For the past nine months the Federal Water Strategy Team has been meeting to explore exactly that. In late 2018, the National Roundtable on Community Based Water Monitoring released a collaborative report with detailed recommendations on how the federal government could advance community […]

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A scenic view of a lake with clear water and a grassy shoreline dotted with colorful wildflowers. Lush green trees and shrubs line the shore under a blue sky with scattered clouds. / Une vue pittoresque dun lac aux eaux claires et dun rivage herbeux parsemé de fleurs sauvages colorées. De luxuriants arbres verts et arbustes longent la rive sous un ciel bleu parsemé de nuages.

Growing the Economy and Building a Climate Resilient, Water Secure Future

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Investing in ‘shovel-ready’ and ‘shovel-worthy’ jobs that advance climate resiliency and water security can create an immediate 3638 jobs and nearly 1.5 million job hours in over 300 projects across the country. By prioritizing investment in small, rural and Indigenous communities we can put people to work across numerous impacted communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast. Read our letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and

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Alt text: A person wearing a helmet walks a bicycle along a paved sidewalk bordered by lush green plants and trees. The street is lined with modern buildings and a few parked cars, set under a clear blue sky. / Une personne portant un casque marche avec un vélo le long dun trottoir pavé bordé de plantes vertes luxuriantes et darbres. La rue est bordée de bâtiments modernes et de quelques voitures garées, sous un ciel bleu clair.

Natural Infrastructure is an Integral Part of Green Recovery

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42 groups came together to encourage Prime Minister Trudeau and key federal ministers to invest in natural infrastructure as a part of Canada’s COVID-19 recovery plan. In an open letter submitted on Thursday May 21st, the groups provide detailed recommendations for investment in natural infrastructure as an integral part of Canada’s economic recovery from the

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A colorful grid featuring various illustrated avatars with diverse hairstyles, accessories, and clothing styles. Each square contains a unique character against a vibrant background. / Une grille colorée présentant divers avatars illustrés avec des coiffures, accessoires et styles vestimentaires variés. Chaque carré contient un personnage unique sur un fond éclatant.

Faces of the OLW Network: Lina Azeez, Watershed Watch Salmon Society

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Faces of the OLW Network: Lina Azeez, Watershed Watch Salmon Society Behind each member of the OLW Network, their projects, and their efforts to help turn the curve on our collective OLW impact measures, are people. The OLW Network relies on our connections and collaborations with each other, so we want to highlight the most important aspect

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A colorful grid featuring various illustrated avatars with diverse hairstyles, accessories, and clothing styles. Each square contains a unique character against a vibrant background. / Une grille colorée présentant divers avatars illustrés avec des coiffures, accessoires et styles vestimentaires variés. Chaque carré contient un personnage unique sur un fond éclatant.

Faces of the OLW Network: Liz Hendriks, WWF Canada

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Faces of the OLW Network: Liz Hendriks, WWF Canada Behind each member of the OLW Network, their projects, and their efforts to help turn the curve on our collective OLW impact measures are people. With all this (gestures broadly) happening around us due to COVID-19, these are truly times for family, friends and for embracing our social

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Alt text: A polluted water surface filled with floating debris, including plastic items and various waste materials. The water is dark and cluttered with particles, highlighting environmental pollution. / Surface deau polluée jonchée de débris flottants, y compris des articles en plastique et divers déchets. Leau est sombre et encombrée de particules, soulignant la pollution environnementale.

Combined Sewer Overflow data now available on Open Government Portal

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From 2013 to 2017, 890 million cubic metres of untreated sewage and wastewater effluent was released from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) into 844 different waterbodies across Canada. For some context, this equates to untreated sewage flowing over Niagara Falls for 3.7 days, or 88.8 hours. This also means it could fill everyone’s bathtub in Canada

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A person speaks at a podium with a microphone. Behind them is a banner with the text Protecting Canada’s Water. Empowering Canada’s North and The Gordon Foundation accompanied by red maple leaf and globe logos. / Une personne parle à un podium avec un microphone. Derrière elle se trouve une bannière avec le texte Protéger l’eau du Canada. Autonomiser le Nord du Canada et La Fondation Gordon, accompagné des logos de feuille dérable rouge et de globe terrestre.

Water quality data at your fingertips

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A new online platform will help close the gap between data and decision-making.  Lake Winnipeg DataStream is an open-access, online portal for water-quality data. Led nationally by The Gordon Foundation, Lake Winnipeg DataStream launched in collaboration with LWF on March 20, 2019. Lake Winnipeg’s portal is the third in the national DataStream network, pioneered in

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