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 Items tagged: POLIS Project on Ecological GovernanceItems Found: 10October 26, 2011: Webinar: Peeling Back the Pavement - Reinventing Rainwater Management in Canada's CommunitiesOctober 6, 2011 - 12:50 pm Webinar Website: Click here. The majority of Canada's communities manage stormwater runoff in a way that is not sustainable in the long term. Flooded streets and basements, degraded urban streams, increasing impacts of a changing climate, and expensive drainage infrastructure that demands constant... Categories: Events September 28, 2011: Webinar Series: What Canada Can Learn from EU Water GovernanceSeptember 9, 2011 - 1:59 pm Online, 12-1:30 p.m. EST Website: Click here. Register: Email Laura Brandes, communications@polisproject.org This is the first of the POLIS Water Sustainability Project's 2011/2012 Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar series. See link for upcoming webinars. When it comes to water management, both... Categories: Events December 8, 2010: Protecting the Public Interest in Water: Public Trust DoctrineAugust 24, 2010 - 12:44 pm Webinar Register: 250.721.8189 or hendriks (dot) elizabeth (at) gmail (dot) com SPACE IS LIMITED Speakers Oliver Brandes, Project Leader, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance Randy Christenson, Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice Canada This webinar will examine the legal concept known as the Public... Categories: Events November 10, 2010: Recognizing Aboriginal Water Rights: Toward a New Water Ethic in CanadaAugust 24, 2010 - 12:42 pm Webinar Register: 250.721.8189 or hendriks (dot) elizabeth (at) gmail (dot) com SPACE IS LIMITED Speakers Merrell‐Ann Phare, Executive Director of Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resource Bob Sandford, Canadian Chair of the United Nations International Decade “Water for Life” Decade The... Categories: Events October 13, 2010: The Blue Economy: Understanding the Value in WaterAugust 24, 2010 - 12:39 pm Webinar Register: 250.721.8189 or hendriks (dot) elizabeth (at) gmail (dot) com SPACE IS LIMITED Speakers Dr. Steven Renzetti, Department of Economics, Brock University Anastasia Litner, Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice Canada There is a direct link between water security and the performance of the... Categories: Events September 16, 2010: Implementing Water Policy Strategies: Beyond the Price of PaperAugust 24, 2010 - 12:37 pm Webinar Register: 250.721.8189 or hendriks (dot) elizabeth (at) gmail (dot) com SPACE IS LIMITED Speakers Elizabeth Hendriks, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance Dr. Rob de Loë, Professor and University Research Chair in Water Policy and Governance Representative from FLOW: Forum for Leadership... Categories: Events Great Lakes, WastedJuly 5, 2010 - 11:31 am More than 580 billion litres of drinking water, the equivalent of 236,000 Olympic swimming pools, are being wasted every year by homeowners in the Great Lakes region of Ontario and Quebec, according to a report released today by Environmental Defence. Down the Drain: Water Conservation in the Great Lakes... Categories: International, National, News, Ontario, Quebec Living Water PolicyMay 13, 2010 - 11:36 am This week saw the launch of the Living Water Policy Project, a website devoted to Canada’s constantly evolving federal and provincial water policies. Elizabeth Hendriks is the water governance and policy coordinator for the Water Sustainability Project with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance... Categories: Blog CMHC Awards 17 GrantsJune 23, 2009 - 10:47 am The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has announced 17 new grants totaling more than $84,000 under its Affordability and Choice Today (ACT) Initiative. Operating since 1990, ACT provides grants up to $5,000, to local teams made up of municipalities, builders and housing stakeholders who... Categories: National, News, Western Canada Water's FutureJune 23, 2009 - 8:47 am Over the weekend of June 19, Waterlution - A Water Learning Experience hosted the third Alberta residential workshop for 2009. The workshop, hosted at Waterton Lakes National Park, focused discussion and tours around water and agricultural issues found in Southern Alberta. From the headwaters... Categories: Blog Advertisement
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