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Changing Currents: Water Sustainability and the Future of Canada’s Natural Resource Sectors – Convene

This work involved the research and engagement of some of the country’s leading experts on water management and policy, and collaboration with key industry representatives and associations, as well as several watershed-based non-governmental organizations. The focus and approach of the program was guided by an Expert Advisory Committee. The NRTEE held several consultation meetings across the country, involving over 150 experts and stakeholders. As well, the findings and conclusions of this study have been peer-reviewed by specialists in the different areas of investigation.

MEETINGS AND EVENTS

Water Use Information

• Workshop on Water Use Information – Ottawa, Ontario – May 5, 2011
• Water Use Information Roundtable – Ottawa, Ontario – November 25, 2010

Water Governance and Management

• Water Governance and Management Session – Halifax, Nova Scotia – June 3, 2011
• Water Governance and Management Session – London, Ontario – June 1, 2011
• Water Governance and Management Session – Calgary, Alberta – May 31, 2011
• Water Governance Workshop – Penticton, British Columbia – February 22, 2011
• Water Governance Workshop – Edmonton, Alberta – February 24, 2011
• Water Governance Workshop – Sydney, Nova Scotia – March 2, 2011
• Water Governance Workshop – Sherbrooke, Quebec – March 8, 2011

Multi-stakeholder sector roundtable meetings

• October 16 – Mining Sector Roundtable in collaboration with the Mining Association of Canada (MAC)
• October 28 – Nuclear Sector Roundtable in collaboration with the Nuclear Association of Canada
• November 3 – Oil and Gas Sector Roundtable in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
• November 12 – Agriculture Sector Roundtable in collaboration with the Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA)
• November 24 – Forestry Sector Roundtable in collaboration with the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)

Expert Advisory Committee Meetings

• Water Expert Advisory Committee Meeting on Policy Instruments for Water Allocation – Ottawa – February 17, 2011
• Water Expert Advisory Committee Meeting on Water Forecasts and Pricing – Ottawa – February 16, 2011
• Water Expert Advisory Meeting – September 10, 2009

Other Events

• Exploring the Changing Role of the Natural Resource Sectors in Canadian Water Governance Workshop – February 1, 2010 – Toronto
• February 24, 2009 – Expert Workshop –  “Charting a Path: Water and Canada’s Natural Resource Sectors”

EXPERT ADVISORY COMMITTEE – PHASE 2

ACADEMIC

Zafar Adeel
Executive Director
UNU International Network on Water Environment and Health
McMaster University

Jim Bruce
Chair
Expert Panel on Groundwater, Council of Canadian Academies

Rob de Loë
Professor and University Research Chair in Water
Policy and Governance, Department of Environment and Resource Studies
University of Waterloo

Gail Krantzberg
Professor and Director
Centre for Engineering and Public Policy
McMaster University

Steven Renzetti
Professor, Department of Economics
Brock University

GOVERNMENT

Paul Allen
Assistant Director
Horizontal Policy and Cabinet Strategies
Natural Resources Canada

Murray Clamen
Secretary, Canadian Section
International Joint Commission

Michael Keenan
Assistant Deputy Minister
Environment Canada

Irving LeBlanc
Special Advisor on Water
Assembly of First Nations

John MacQuarrie
Deputy Minister
Prince Edward Island Ministry of the Environment, Energy, and Forestry

Jamshed Merchant
Assistant Deputy Minister
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation
Administration and Environment
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Geoff Munroe
Associate ADM and Chief Scientist
Assistant Deputy Minister’s Office
Natural Resources Canada

INDUSTRY

Ron Bonnett
President
Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Bill Borland
Vice President, Canadian Federal Programs
AMEC Earth Environmental

Giulia Brutesco
Manager, Environment and Technology
Canadian Electricity Association

Roger Cook
Director, Environment
Forest Products Association of Canada

Rick Meyers
Vice President, Technical and Northern Affairs
The Mining Association of Canada

Gordon Lambert
Vice President, Sustainable Development
Suncor Energy Inc.

Tara Payment
Environment and Regulatory Analyst
Canadian Association of Petroleum
Producers (CAPP)

NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS

Oliver Brandes
Associate Director and Water Sustainability
Project Leader
Polis Project on Ecological Governance

David Brooks
Director, Water Soft Path Research
Polis Project on Ecological Governance

Mike Kelly
Vice President
Alberta Water Council

David Marshall
Executive Director
Fraser Basin Council

Tim Morris
Program Officer, Freshwater
Resources Protection
Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation

Bob Sandford
Chair, Canadian Partnership Initiative, United Nations, Water for Life Decade;
Director, Western Watersheds Climate
Research Collaborative

EXPERT ADVISORY COMMITTEE – PHASE 1

Zafar Adeel
Executive Director
UNU International Network on
Water Environment and Health
McMaster University

Gary Bohnet
Deputy Minister
Environment and Natural Resources
Government of the Northwest Territories

Bill Borland
Vice President
Canadian Federal Programs
AMEC Earth Environmental

James Bruce
Chair
Expert Panel on Groundwater
Council of Canadian Academies

Murray Clamen
Secretary
Canadian Section
International Joint Commission

Catherine Cobden
Vice President, Environment
Forest Products Association of Canada

Rob de Loë
Professor and University Research Chair in
Water Policy and Governance
Department of Environment and Resource
Studies
University of Waterloo

Elizabeth Gardiner
Vice President
Technical Affairs
The Mining Association of Canada

Christopher Hilkene
President
Clean Water Foundation

Mike Kelly
Vice President
Alberta Water Council

Gail Krantzberg
Professor and Director
Centre for Engineering and Public Policy
McMaster University

Gordon Lambert
Vice President
Sustainable Development
Suncor Energy Inc.

Irving LeBlanc
Special Advisor on Water
Assembly of First Nations
NRTEE Expert Advisory Committee Members

John MacQuarrie
Deputy Minister
Environment
Government of Prince Edward Island

David Marshall
Executive Director
Fraser Basin Council

Jamshed Merchant
Assistant Deputy Minister
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation
Administration and Environment
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Tim Morris
Programme Officer
Fresh Water Resources Protection
Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation

Geoff Munro
Chief Scientist and Assistant Deputy Minister
Natural Resources Canada
Innovation and Energy Technology Sector

Laurent Pellerin
President
Canadian Federation of Agriculture

Merrell-Ann Phare
Executive Director and Legal Counsel
Centre for Indigenous Environmental
Resources

Terry Prowse
Professor and Chair in Climate
Impacts on Water
University of Victoria
Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts Research Division
Environment Canada

David Pryce
Vice President
Western Canada Operations
Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers

Steven Renzetti
Professor
Department of Economics
Brock University

Bob Sandford
Chair
Canadian Partnership
Initiative United Nations
Water for Life Decade; and,
Director
Western Watersheds
Climate Research Collaborative

Bev Yee
Assistant Deputy Minister
Alberta Ministry of the Environment