How secure is Canada’s water? What are the greatest threats we face? And what should be our priorities for management and conservation? Researchers from UBC’s Program on Water Governance and invited experts will give a public lecture held in conjunction with the 2012 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting.
Speakers include:
Prof. Howard Wheater, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Water Security and Director, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan
Prof. Gordon Young, former UN World Water Assessment Program coordinator
Prof. Tom Pedersen, Director, Pacific Institue for Climate Solutions, University of Victoria
Dr. Judy Isaac-Renton, Public Health Laboratory Director, BC Centre for Disease Control
The panel will be moderated by Prof. Karen Bakker, Director of the UBC Program on Water Governance and author of Eau Canada: The Future of Canada’s Water and Prof. Emeritus Mike Church, UBC Dept. of Geography.
Date: Feb.17
Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Place: Vancouver Convention Centre (for a panel discussion on these issues)
Info: http://calendar.events.ubc.ca/s/3px
