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Now available: Proceedings from K* panel at 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference

The Role of K* in Strengthening Science–Policy Integration, an enlightening panel discussion on the second day of the 2011 Canadian Science Policy Conference, examined the emerging field of K* as an increasingly recognized spectrum of approaches that can significantly contribute to strengthened science–policy integration.
K* or Kstar — a coined term used to capture the universe [...]

Canada Research Chair – Tier II, Water Technologies

Dalhousie University‘s Departments of Civil and Resource Engineering and Process Engineering and Applied Science are inviting applications for a Tier II Canada Research Chair in the area of water technologies.
Appointment to a faculty position will be conditional on the selected candidates being awarded a Canada Research Chair. The appointment will be made at the rank [...]

Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund 2012

The Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation is preparing to launch the second call for proposals under the Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund.
The call expected to launch in the near future, so you are encouraged to start developing your proposal now.
Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund supports alliances between research organizations and innovative companies [...]

Barry’s drinking water and wastewater treatment plant tour

Have you wondered how your drinking and wastewater are treated? Follow Barry on his excellent adventure through the Region of Peel‘s state-of-the-art water and wastewater treatment plants.
Barry’s excellent adventure from Lake Ontario to the drinking water treatment plant to your tap

Barry’s excellent adventure down the drain to the wastewater treatment plant back to Lake Ontario

Second Atlantic Canada Water Symposium

The Ecology Action Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College invite you to attend the 2nd Atlantic Canada Water Symposium from March 22 to 24, 2012, in association with World Water Day and Canada Water Week.
Symposium highlights include —

Public lecture in Halifax on water and food security
Workshop [...]

Restoring the Lifeblood Workshop: Summary report and next steps

On October 5 and 6, 2011, the Circle on Philanthropy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada and the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network co-hosted a two-day workshop titled Restoring the Life Blood: Water, First Nations and Opportunities for Change, at which participants heard from Aboriginal leaders from across Canada working to affect change in their communities.
As a [...]

Draft National Research Agenda for Municipal Wastewater and Biosolids

Influence Canada’s wastewater and biosolids research agenda
Comment by 5 p.m. on February 21, 2012.

Karen Bakker named among Canada’s best and brightest in Water’s Next 2012

Two years ago, Water Canada had a light-bulb moment. Mainstream media all too often dwells on the negative, highlighting challenges and failures in water management and policy rather than focusing on the many groundbreaking technological and socially innovative solutions being pioneered across Canada’s diverse water sector.
Water Canada decided to turn that around.
Each month the editorial team [...]

International Decade for Action: Water for Life, 2005-2015

The world is waking up to the water and sanitation crisis. At the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, the largest-ever gathering of world leaders adopted the Millennium Declaration; from the Declaration emerged the Millennium Development Goals, an integrated set of time-bound targets for extending the benefits of globalization to the world’s poorest citizens.
Among [...]

Living Labs video series on TheWaterChannel

The Living Labs video series highlight practical solutions through action research to grow more food with less water. The complete series on TheWaterChannel tackles issues from water scarcity and floods, from siltation to land pressure to upstream and downstream tensions in eight river basin systems — Andean, Indo-Gangetic, Limpopo, Mekong, Nile, Sao Francisco, Volta and Yellow [...]