October 12-14, 2011: Great Lakes Water Quality Biennial Meeting
June 17, 2011 - 12:34 pm
Detroit, MI Website: Click here.
Categories: Events
Items tagged: IJC
Items Found: 8
Pond, Tunnel and Pipe
April 17, 2011 - 3:08 pm
It wasn’t a happy day back in 1987 when the International Joint Commission (IJC) listed Toronto’s waterfront as one of 43 Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes Basin. “Toronto the Good” was coming of age. Anxious to strut about the global stage, the city would welcome world leaders to the 1988...
Categories: Features
IJC Recommends Focus on Human Health Concerns for Great Lakes
March 9, 2011 - 12:25 pm
The International Joint Commission provided 32 recommendations for action at the federal, state, provincial and local levels of government in its 15th biennial report, released today (find it here). In particular, the recommendations focus on the need for the United States and Canada to approve a...
Categories: International, National, News, Ontario, Quebec
March 16, 2011: Clean Water Advanced Technologies Forum
March 7, 2011 - 11:35 am
Windsor, ON Website: Click here (pdf).
Categories: Events
Boundary Waters Stamp Released
June 12, 2009 - 11:03 am
As the Boundary Waters Treaty celebrates its hundredth anniversary with a week of celebrations in Niagara Falls, we've reported on expert groups Great Lakes United and the newly-formed Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW—formerly Gordon Water Group) using the occasion to voice their concerns about...
Categories: Blog
FLOW Brings Attention to Transboundary Issues on IJC Centennial
June 4, 2009 - 1:31 pm
Boundary Waters Week (June 5-14) will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty with a series of events in Niagara Falls, but the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) is using the occasion to ask the federal government to invest in Canadian water security. FLOW wants feds to provide...
Categories: International, National, News
IJC Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty
January 15, 2009 - 12:09 pm
Last Sunday, the International Joint Commission (IJC) recognized the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Canada-US Boundary Waters Treaty (BWT), which created the Commission with the following statement: "The Commissioners of the IJC are pleased to mark the anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty...
Categories: International, News
Public Clean Water Hearings Re: Phosphorus
November 18, 2008 - 12:54 pm
Public hearings will be held next month on how to reduce the amount of phosphorus going into Mississquoi Bay and Lake Champlain along the Canada -U.S. border, reports the Montreal Gazette. The hearings are being organized by the International Joint Commission, an independent body that manages water...
Categories: International, News
