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Learn from members of one of Canada’s leading international river basin negotiating teams how they are working to restore ecosystem health in the Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin following the damming of the River in the 1960s.
This inspiring and informative webinar also explores how Living Lakes Canada, a grass roots group, is monitoring water quality, training both Indigenous and non Indigenous communities, and sharing all data on an open source data hub.
Speakers include: Barbara Cosens, a Professor of Law and Water Policy at the University of Idaho; Nathan Matthew, Chief of the Secwepemc First Nations community for over 20 years; Kat Harwig, international, national and regional environmental advocate for issues relating to sustainable tourism, endangered species, corporate social responsibility and water based ecosystem health; Raegan Mallinson, a Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) certified Program Manager and Trainer; and Santiago Botero, a geographic information systems team member. Hosted by Jonathan O’Riordan, former Deputy Minister of the Environment.
Additional Q&A and links can be found here:
creativelyunited.org/treaty-negotiations-and-ecosystem-monitoring
Barbara Cosens is a Professor of Law and Water Policy at the University of Idaho. Her research is centred on the integration of law and science in education, water governance and dispute resolution. She is a member of the Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance and an authority on international river basin treaties.
She is an expert in adaptive governance for managing resilience in river basins in an era of changing climate.
As Chief of the Secwepemc First Nations community for over 20 years, Nathan Matthew has supported and led many community-building initiatives in strategic planning, schooling, economic development, health and social development and governance.
In addition to his political roles, Matthew has had a strong career in education. He has held significant roles in many institutions including Director of the UBC Short Course for Principals of First Nations Schools, from 1986 to 2005. He was then Executive Director of Aboriginal Education at Thompson Rivers University from 2008 to 2012. He has been a leader in the local, provincial, and national dialogue on self-determination for Indigenous education.
Kat Harwig grew up on her family ranch in the Southern Rockies of BC. She has been involved in international, national and regional environmental advocacy issues relating to sustainable tourism, endangered species, corporate social responsibility and water based ecosystem health since 1983. She is an advisor for the Lake Windermere Ambassadors; BC Water Leaders Consortium; Small Change Fund; Vancouver Foundation Environmental Advisory; Canadian Freshwater Alliance Advisory and the Columbia Basin Trust Climate Resilience Advisory. Her current board positions include the Columbia Basin Water Stewardship Network, North American Lake Management Society and German based Global Nature Fund.
Raegan Mallinson grew up on the Eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, nestled in the Alberta foothills on Treaty 7 Territory, traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
She received her BSc. from the University of Calgary in Environmental Science, has a certificate in Indigenous Relations Leadership and is a Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) certified Program Manager and Trainer. She has worked with stewardship groups, Indigenous communities, academia and environmental consultants across Canada to develop aquatic monitoring with cutting edge genomics technologies to support biodiversity and source water protection. Raegan has also worked internationally in Colombia on watershed stewardship projects.
Santiago Botero grew up in Ecuador, creating a fond love for nature through hiking, camping, and adventuring in the heart of the Andes. The call of the mountains and love for nature brought Santiago to British Columbia, where he is working towards a career in environmental science, conservation, and geospatial technology. Santiago graduated from the Integrated Environmental Planning Technology program at Selkirk College in 2019 and is currently entering his final year of a bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems. He is passionate about people, nature, and technology, and believes in harmony between them all.
Learn from members of one of Canada’s leading international river basin negotiating teams how they are working to restore ecosystem health in the Canadian portion of the Columbia Basin following the damming of the River in the 1960s.
This inspiring and informative webinar also explores how Living Lakes Canada, a grass roots group, is monitoring water quality, training both Indigenous and non Indigenous communities, and sharing all data on an open source data hub.
Speakers include: Barbara Cosens, a Professor of Law and Water Policy at the University of Idaho; Nathan Matthew, Chief of the Secwepemc First Nations community for over 20 years; Kat Harwig, international, national and regional environmental advocate for issues relating to sustainable tourism, endangered species, corporate social responsibility and water based ecosystem health; Raegan Mallinson, a Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) certified Program Manager and Trainer; and Santiago Botero, a geographic information systems team member. Hosted by Jonathan O’Riordan, former Deputy Minister of the Environment.
Additional Q&A and links can be found here:
creativelyunited.org/treaty-negotiations-and-ecosystem-monitoring
Barbara Cosens is a Professor of Law and Water Policy at the University of Idaho. Her research is centred on the integration of law and science in education, water governance and dispute resolution. She is a member of the Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance and an authority on international river basin treaties.
She is an expert in adaptive governance for managing resilience in river basins in an era of changing climate.
As Chief of the Secwepemc First Nations community for over 20 years, Nathan Matthew has supported and led many community-building initiatives in strategic planning, schooling, economic development, health and social development and governance.
In addition to his political roles, Matthew has had a strong career in education. He has held significant roles in many institutions including Director of the UBC Short Course for Principals of First Nations Schools, from 1986 to 2005. He was then Executive Director of Aboriginal Education at Thompson Rivers University from 2008 to 2012. He has been a leader in the local, provincial, and national dialogue on self-determination for Indigenous education.
Kat Harwig grew up on her family ranch in the Southern Rockies of BC. She has been involved in international, national and regional environmental advocacy issues relating to sustainable tourism, endangered species, corporate social responsibility and water based ecosystem health since 1983. She is an advisor for the Lake Windermere Ambassadors; BC Water Leaders Consortium; Small Change Fund; Vancouver Foundation Environmental Advisory; Canadian Freshwater Alliance Advisory and the Columbia Basin Trust Climate Resilience Advisory. Her current board positions include the Columbia Basin Water Stewardship Network, North American Lake Management Society and German based Global Nature Fund.
Raegan Mallinson grew up on the Eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, nestled in the Alberta foothills on Treaty 7 Territory, traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
She received her BSc. from the University of Calgary in Environmental Science, has a certificate in Indigenous Relations Leadership and is a Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) certified Program Manager and Trainer. She has worked with stewardship groups, Indigenous communities, academia and environmental consultants across Canada to develop aquatic monitoring with cutting edge genomics technologies to support biodiversity and source water protection. Raegan has also worked internationally in Colombia on watershed stewardship projects.
Santiago Botero grew up in Ecuador, creating a fond love for nature through hiking, camping, and adventuring in the heart of the Andes. The call of the mountains and love for nature brought Santiago to British Columbia, where he is working towards a career in environmental science, conservation, and geospatial technology. Santiago graduated from the Integrated Environmental Planning Technology program at Selkirk College in 2019 and is currently entering his final year of a bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems. He is passionate about people, nature, and technology, and believes in harmony between them all.
