Water Security for Canadians - World Water Day

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Canada faces a water crisis that can only be addressed with multi-scale national collaboration and coordination.

This national forum brings together Canada's water experts, Indigenous leaders and Members of Parliament across parties interested in water, and will be hosted at the Laurier Room, Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, March 22 from 6:30 - 9:30 CST / 8:30 am - 11:30 am EDT /

The Forum will consist of two panels that will bring together Members of Parliament across parties and Indigenous leaders with an interest in water (High-Level Panel ) as well as water experts from universities and civil society (Water Knowledge Panel).

Keynote speakers: Terry Duguid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change; Dr. Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences Programme at UNESCO 

High-Level Panel: Elizabeth May, MP; Francis Scarpaleggia MP; Dan Mazier, MP; Laurel Collins, MP; Linda Debassige, MP; Chief M'Chigeeng, First Nation; Monique Pauzé, MP 

Water Knowledge Panel: Dr. John Pomeroy, University of Saskatchewan and Global Water Futures; Dr. Dawn Martin-Hill, McMaster University, Global Water Futures; François de Gaspé Beaubien, Zoom Media, de Gaspé Beaubien Foundation; Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace, University of Saskatchewan, Global Water Futures; Merrell-Ann Phare, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, Inc., Forum for Leadership on Water 

Facilitated by: Dr. Annette Trimbee of MacEwan University and Robert Sandford of The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) 

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