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FINDING SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS

OUR PROCESS

Our process helps Canada achieve sustainable development solutions that integrate environmental and economic considerations to ensure the lasting prosperity and well-being of our nation.

RESEARCH

We rigorously research and conduct high quality analysis on issues of sustainable development. Our thinking is original and thought provoking.

CONVENE

We convene opinion leaders and experts from across Canada around our table to share their knowledge and diverse perspectives. We stimulate debate and integrate polarities. We create a context for possibilities to emerge.

ADVISE

We generate ideas and provide realistic solutions to advise governments, Parliament and Canadians. We proceed with resolve and optimism to bring Canada’s economy and environment closer together.

Water Sustainability and the Future of Canada’s Natural Resource Sectors – Experts

Expert Advisory Committee

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