November 5 2024 OLW e-newsletter

OLW INVITE & UPDATE

	Your opinion matters! On Wednesday November 13th, OLW will launch our first topical Monthly Meetup. Take this quick poll to shape the themes we will explore. Register for this and upcoming Meetups here.
	Watch a recording of the OLW-hosted webinar “The Role of the Canada Water Agency (CWA) in National Freshwater Collaboration”, featuring policy experts from the CWA, Forum for Leadership on Water, and University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project.

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

	Find out how the New Brunswick Watershed Caucus is navigating a watershed moment of change by reading our impact story. Dive into exciting ideas from the province’s water leaders to leverage opportunities for renewal.
	Discover what land trusts are and how they align with watershed security through an impact story by the Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts. Gain awareness of current actions to support these conservation entities and learn how they advocate for water health.

THE ART OF WATER

Explore Binaagami, a “multimedia, change-provoking initiative rooted in Indigenous knowledges [that includes] ceremony, mapping, inclusive storytelling [and more]”. Also, sign the Binaagami Declaration for Great Lakes-St. Lawrence water protection.

WINDOW ON WATER POLICY & GOVERNANCE

	Take a look at a recap of the launch of the Canada Water Agency in Winnipeg. Keeping in mind the need for strong water leadership at all levels of government, check out: a new Canadian Climate Institute map of the costs of climate disasters (read water disasters) in Canada; and a call from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to water and sanitation to stop “the criminalization of water defenders opposed to megaprojects in Canada”.
	Check out a story from Nova Scotia describing a complex, multi-jurisdictional water challenge around artificial Lake Pisiquid, where water leaders are searching for a path forward to uphold Indigenous rights, community wellbeing and watershed health.
	Find out how “Water is ‘canary in the coal mine’ of climate change” according to a United Nations summary of a globally headlining World Meteorological Organization report.

NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES

OLW’s Bilingual Water Events Calendar

OLW’s Bilingual Jobs & Grants Board

Petition: Increase federal support for local and regional land trusts, Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts, deadline Nov. 22
Campaign: Demand an impact assessment on the Vista coal mine, Ecojustice
Campaign: Save Ontario’s Last Remaining Wetlands, Environmental Defence
Call for feedback: Columbia River Agreement-in-Principle, Province of British Columbia, deadline Nov. 15
Educational resources: A River of Resources!, The Outdoor Learning Store
Call for presentations: “Les tops et les flops en restauration ou création de milieux humides” (Successes and failures in wetland restoration and creation, in French), Projet RARE (Recherches et applications pour une restauration éclairée des milieux humides)
Municipal resource: “Déminéraliser avec sa communauté” (Depaving with your community, in French), Sous les pavés
Municipal service offer: “Accompagnement des municipalités du Québec dans une gestion durable de la navigation de plaisance sur les plans d’eau” (Supporting Quebec municipalities in the sustainable management of recreational boating on waterways, in French), Navigation Coalition

And finally, a warm welcome to Aqua Health Products, Aquality Environmental Consulting Ltd., Conseil du bassin versant de la région de Vaudreuil-Soulanges (COBAVER-VS), Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, Lower Trent Conservation Authority, Skeena Knowledge Trust, and WaterShed Monitoring, our newest member organizations!

Rebekah
Network Communications Lead
Our Living Waters