Working with Rural Communities on Water Issues- Case studies from Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Saskatchewan

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The Department of Geography & Environment Friday Afternoon Seminar presents "Working with Rural Communities on Water Issues- Case studies from Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Saskatchewan” with guest speaker, Dr. Sarah Minnes, Department of Geography, Environment, and Geomatics, University of Guelph.

Friday, March 26th from 3:00 – 4:20

Join us on Zoom

The sustainable management of water resources is essential for all communities for a variety of social, economic, and environmental reasons, but can be a particular challenge in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities across Canada. In this lecture, Dr. Sarah Minnes will discuss her experience working collaboratively with communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, on a multitude of water issues. She will highlight her current research on access to safe and clean drinking water in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities in Newfoundland and Labrador. She will also discuss her research on source water protection in Ontario, and the ways that rural communities still struggle to enact this important measure to safeguard their drinking water. Lastly, she will discuss her interdisciplinary research with communities in Saskatchewan exploring the social dimensions of agricultural water management and the disputes between landowners, agricultural producers, conservationists, and water resource management agencies with often conflicting sets of values and priorities for land and water management in Saskatchewan.

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Free. Everyone welcome. Join us on Zoom.


Contact:

Laura Chasmer | laura.chasmer@uleth.ca