September 24 2024 OLW e-newsletter

OLW INVITE

Last chance to RSVP for an October 3 webinar at 11 am PDT, 2 pm EDT! Join fellow water leaders from across the country at “The Role of the Canada Water Agency in National Freshwater Collaboration, Featuring CWA and Freshwater Community Perspectives”. You’ll hear from policy experts from the CWA, Forum for Leadership on Water, and the University of Victoria’s POLIS Water Sustainability Project.

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

	Read our impact story to find out how multi-generational, collaborative leadership led to the successful large-scale revitalization of Toronto’s Don River mouth. (This photo and the header photo are © Waterfront Toronto.)
	Take a look at our second collaborative story on the evolution and strategy of the Ontario Salt Pollution Coalition, which unites nonprofits and concerned individuals to pursue a “roadmap to a less salty future” in the province.

RIGHT RELATIONS

Check out CIER Ecoversity, a resource hub for Indigenous communities created by the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, including a First Nations Integrated Watershed Planning Program.

WINDOW ON WATER POLICY & GOVERNANCE

Read how public engagement on the federal Canada Water Act is likely to start in early 2025.

Find out what’s going on with industry impacts on B.C. watersheds:

The province has started filling the Site C dam despite concerns about downstream impacts.
There are continuing challenges around mine tailings in the province.
Opposition to northern pipeline expansion is intensifying.
In the meantime, First Nations are working to reclaim oil and gas wells on their homelands.

Take a look at Quebec’s new “Plan national de l’eau” (National Water Plan), and dive into press releases analyzing its pros and cons from key water leaders including the Regroupement des organismes de bassins versants du Québec, Fondation Rivières and Eau Secours, and Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie. (links in French)
Check out a new report on the “Portrait global de l’état du Saint-Laurent” (Overview of the state of the St. Lawrence, in French), including red flags as well as reasons to be hopeful.

NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES

OLW’s Bilingual Water Events Calendar

OLW’s Bilingual Jobs & Grants Board
Call for applications: Working Together on Water UNDRIP Approach virtual training and in person gathering for youth aged 20-35 in B.C., Waterlution
Petition: We Can End Enbridge’s Line 5, End Line 5 Coalition
Educational resources: Freshwater, Plants, and People Program free lesson plans & virtual modules, Watersheds Canada
Photo Submissions: Request for photos of Wolastoq (the beautiful river in Wolastoqey), New Brunswick Environmental Network
Call for applications: Sous les pavés (Under the Pavement, in French) depaving project phase 3, multiple partners, deadlines October 18 (organizations) or November 1 (municipalities)
Survey: Request for feedback on a proposed “Nouvelle formation dans le cadre de la Mise en œuvre de la Stratégie québécoise d’économie d’eau potable” (New training module as part of the implementation of Quebec’s strategy to save drinking water, in French), Réseau Environnement
Freshwater awareness resource videos on: “services écologiques” (ecosystem services), “comportements à adopter en embarcation” (boating behaviour), “plantes exotiques envahissantes” (invasive plants), “imperméabilisation des sols” (soil impermeability), and “milieux humides” (wetlands), in French, Agiro

And finally, a warm welcome to the International Secretariat for Water, our newest member organization!

Rebekah
Network Communications Lead
Our Living Waters