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March 22-24, 2012 in Association with World Water Day and Canada Water Week
Program
Thursday, March 22
Open Public Lecture for World Water Day’s 2012 theme of
“Water and Food Security”
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7:00-8:00 pm Halifax (Rowe Management Building, Room 1020, Dalhousie Univ.) |
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Business Unusual: Water and food security and the challenge of global development
Mark Redwood, International Development Research Centre
Author of Wastewater irrigation and health: Assessing and mitigating risk in low-income countries; Greywater use in the Middle East: Technical, social, economic and policy issues; and Agriculture in urban planning: Generating livelihoods and food security |
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Friday, March 23 (NSAC) |
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Workshop on GIS in Watershed
and Water & Natural Resource Planning
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| Registration (8:00-9:00) |
(refreshments provided throughout) |
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| Foundations |
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| 9:00-11:00 |
Using GIS and Google for integrated watershed resource mapping by community groups: Jeff Schloss (Univ. New Hampshire) |
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Applications |
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| 11:00 –11:30 |
Exploring government groundwater spatial information using free online tools:: Gavin Kennedy (NS Dept. Natural Resources) |
| 11:30-12:00 |
Volunteered geographic information: Introduction and implications for comprehensive mapping organizations: David Coleman (Univ. New Brunswick) |
| 12:00 – 1:00 |
Lunch (on own) |
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| 1:00 - 1:30 |
Nova Scotia watershed assessment program:
Kevin Garroway (NS Environment) |
| 1:30-2:00 |
Tools for land use data collection and modelling: Lessons from Manitoba watersheds: Jason Vanrobaeys (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada) |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Spatial analysis of photograph viewsheds for agricultural resource management: TBA) |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Refreshment break |
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| 3:30-4:00 |
Spatial mapping techniques for studies of logging impacts and soil erosion modeling: David LeBlanc (Restigouche Watershed Group) |
| 4:00-5:00 |
Short, introductory presentations of own research by attendees |
| 5:00-5:30 |
Open general discussion reviewing multiple objectives in watershed management through use of GIS analysis: Robert France (NSAC) |
| 5:30-7:00 |
On-site reception (simple snacks provided; cash bar) |
| 7:00-9:00 |
Restaurant private room gathering (speakers/organizers/guests covered; rest self-supported) |
Saturday, March 24 (NSAC) |
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WATER SYMPOSIUM |
| 7:30-8:30 |
Registration |
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| 8:30-9:00 |
Welcomes (TBA) |
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| Presentations |
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| 9:00-9:45 |
Keynote Presentation: Strategies for integrating cost-effective watershed monitoring: Overview of the US National Water Monitoring Council
Jeff Schloss (Univ. of New Hampshire) |
| 9:45-10:20 |
Overview of integrated water resource management with AAFC
Stella Fedeniuk (Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada)
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| 10:20-10:40 |
Refreshment break |
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| 10:40-11:05 |
ALUS program review and implementation of BMPs in PEI
Shawn Hill (PEI Watershed Alliance) |
| 11:05-11:30 |
Watershed management activities in NL
Kathleen Parewick (Northeast Avalon ACAP) |
| 11:30-11:55 |
Water and willows: A community engagement model in NB
Ben Whalen (Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee) |
| 11:55-12:20 |
Risk-based management of ecosystems
Terry Melanson (Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans) |
| 12:20-1:30 |
Lunch (on own) |
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| 1:30-2:05 |
Ontario: Water policy experiences and lessons
Lois Corbett (Corbett Environmental Consultants) |
| 2:05-2:45 |
Ontario: Lakeshore carrying capacity planning review and lessons
Neil Hutchinson (Hutchinson Environmental Sciences) |
| 2:45-4:15 |
Interaction, ideas, innovation & discussion: Options for building provincial collaboration > (refreshments provided throughout)
Jocelyne Rankin (Ecology Action Centre, facilitator) |
| 4:15-5:35 |
Developing Topical Announcements (< 10 min each)
Update on NS’s evolving water policy (Krista Hilchey, NS Dept. of Environ.)
Overview of the provincial Council of the Federation water charter (Robert France, NSAC)
Upcoming special issue on Water, Women, Waste, Wisdom & Wealth (Kathleen Kevanny, NSAC)
Seeking watershed management partnerships in relation to managed forest ecosystems (Heather Hamilton, Nova Forest Alliance)
Preliminary monitoring of on-farm water usage (Trevor Davidson, NS Fed. Agriculture)
Preliminary monitoring of community-based groundwater withdrawal (Jennifer West, Ecology Action Centre)
Pre-symposium COINAtlantic training session (Chantal Gagnon, Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability)
Post-symposium CURA H2O meeting (Cathy Conrad & Ashley Shelton, SMU) |
| 5:35-5:45 |
Closing comments |
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