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Concurrent Sessions |
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- T1A - Building Capacity for Adaptation to Climate Change for Watershed and Shoreline Managers
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Enhanced science and information will be the foundation of all climate change adaptation initiatives. Robust environmental monitoring as well as local modeling of both the changing climate and the environmental response are critical to an adaptive approach. This session highlights initiatives that are working on water resources tools that will build the capacity of Great Lakes shoreline and watershed managers to adapt to climate change. |
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Title: Upper Great Lakes Study and a Proposed Hydroclimate Data Distribution System
Speaker: Wendy Leger, Environment Canada
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Biography: Wendy Leger is a Water Projects Officer with the Boundary Waters Issues Unit at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Environment Canada. Wendy has over 20 years of experience working on Great Lakes water quantity and water management related projects. She is currently the Canadian co-lead of the Adaptive Management Group on the International Joint Commission’s Upper Great Lakes Study and is a technical advisor to the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River government Working Group examining a new approach to managing flows and levels for that part of the system. Her work on both of these efforts focuses on an adaptive management approach for managing the risks associated with Great Lakes-St. Lawrence water level changes due to climate change.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Highlights of the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative
Speaker: Dr. Quentin Chiotti, Association for Canadian Educational Resources
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Biography: Dr. Quentin Chiotti has been working in the field of climate change adaptation for almost 20 years, as a Post Doctoral Fellow, with Environment Canada, and at Pollution Probe. He has published extensively in the field, and has contributed to three national assessments on climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation. Of note, Quentin was the co-lead author to the Ontario chapter in the NRCan led report From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, and was a member of the Ontario Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation. Dr. Chiotti is currently the co-lead of The Gateway project, in partnership with the Association for Canadian Educational Resources, Pollution Probe and MNR, funded through the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative by MNR and NRCan. Quentin gave one of the keynote presentations at the A.D. Latonell Conservation Symposium in November, 2008.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Surface Water and Groundwater Monitoring for Climate Change
Speaker: Dajana Grgic, Ministry of the Environment
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Biography: Dajana Grgic is currently the Coordinator for the Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network Program at the Ontario Ministry of Environment. She has a BSc. degree in Water Resources Engineering and has been working with the MOE since 1995. Dajana also has more than fifteen years of experience in stormwater and groundwater management as well as Information Management in Canada and abroad. Recently, Dajana was successful in obtaining funds for the OPS Innovation Project - Continuous Groundwater Quality Monitoring and the PGMN/PWQMN Programs Climate Change Assessment Project. Dajana is a Co-Chair for the PGMN/PWQMN Programs Climate Change Assessment Project.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
- T1B - Water and Finance
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Sectors that depend on water for their operations could face financial and operational risks if they do not have access to water. Water also represents opportunities for businesses that are developing innovations in water supply, efficiency, treatment, etc. This session will explore the topic of water finance and how water is driving the development of new policies and decision making. |
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Title: CDP Water Disclosure Project
Speaker: Susan McGeachie, Deloitte
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Biography: Susan McGeachie recently joined the Deloitte Sustainability and Climate Change consulting practice where she specialises in creating solutions for the corporate sector’s sustainability-related challenges with a focus on consumer business, transportation, mining and real estate. Specialist issue areas include efficient management of natural resources, financial valuation of sustainability initiatives, and risk assessments. Previously experience includes the analysis of environmental, social and governance performance of large cap global stocks for institutional investors. Susan is an adjunct professor with the University of Toronto where she teaches a course in Environmental Finance. She has an MBA in international business and finance from the Schulich School of Business.
Presentation Description: 2011 marks the launch of the inaugural Water Disclosure Project report by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). Deloitte, CDP’s global advisor on the Water Project, will cover business risks and opportunities, corporate reporting, measures and performance benchmarks, investors and other stakeholder requirements and action towards sustainable water management. The presentation will bring a global perspective complemented by an understanding of how water issues are managed at the local level.
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Title: Helping to Successfully Embedding Environmental Sustainability Into Business
Speaker: Sandra Odendahl, Royal Bank of Canada
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Biography: As the Director of Corporate Environmental Affairs at RBC, Sandra leads a team responsible for global strategy and leadership in the areas of environmental credit risk management, environmental products and services, bank-wide environmental programs, and external relations related to corporate sustainability issues.
Born in Ottawa, Sandra has an M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Toronto. Sandra is a licensed professional engineer, and earned her CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) designation in 2007. Sandra’s education and professional experience blends science, technology and finance to solve challenging environmental issues and provide opportunities to promote environmental sustainability within RBC and with partner organizations. She lives with her husband and two children in Toronto.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Advancements in the Economics and Governance of Water Resource Management
Speaker: Jeff Wilson, Green Analytics
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Biography: Jeff specializes in environmental and natural resource economics, with particular expertise in the areas of natural capital, non-market valuation, and cost-benefit analysis. He is co-founder and Vice President of Green Analytics, a consulting and research firm specializing on issues at the economic - environment interface. Prior to establishing Green Analytics, Jeff served as a senior economist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, providing policy analysis and advice on a variety of natural resource management issues. As has also worked for Credit Valley Conservation helping them advance their understanding of ecosystem services. Jeff holds a Master of Science with concentration in environmental economics from the University of New Brunswick.
Presentation Description: Exploring the role of economics in the management of water resources from regional and watershed perspective
- T1C - How Much Habitat is Enough? - Exploring the Philosophy of Thresholds and Targets
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Many organizations have adopted Environment Canada’s targets in their restoration and protection efforts. However, it can be unclear as to what targets aim to achieve and whether they can be implemented across Southern Ontario’s varied landscapes. This session will begin with a panel discussion on philosophies around habitat thresholds and targets followed by an overview of Environment Canada’s proposed update to their wetland and riparian habitat guidelines.
Moderated by Graham Bryan, Environment Canada |
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Moderator: Graham Bryan, Environment Canada
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Biography: Graham holds an MSc from the University of Toronto and has worked for non-government organizations and government agencies with a focus on natural heritage conservation, land trusts and protected areas. As the Biodiversity Coordinator for CWS-Ontario Region, Graham is concerned with the conservation of ecosystems and landscapes to protect and recover wildlife species. He accomplishes this through providing the best available science advice to Canadians and helping coordinate the actions of the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ontario.
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Speaker: Ken Towle, Ganaraska Region Conservation Authroity
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Biography: Ken Towle is the terrestrial ecologist at Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority. He received a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from York University in 1990 and has since worked in the fields of conservation biology, restoration ecology and environmental education in the non-profit sector, as a consultant, and for the past 13 years with conservation authorities. One of his main interest areas is landscape restoration for biodiversity conservation.
Presentation Description: Are we asking the right question? Despite being of some value, the cover recommendations are for habitat only, and are based on limited data. There is much more to consider.
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Speaker: Dan Kraus, Nature Conservancy of Canada
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Biography: Dan is the Manager of Conservation Science and Planning for The Nature Conservancy of Canada - Ontario Region. He has been guiding the application of the Great Lakes Conservation Blueprint and is involved in a variety of conservation planning projects from the landscape to the property scale. Dan is a co-author of the CWS publication “Beyond Islands of Green – A Primer for Using Conservation Science to Select and Design Community-based Nature Reserves” and the “Great Lakes Islands Conservation and Biodiversity Atlas”; and is currently working on the Lake Erie Biodiversity Conservation Strategy. Dan lives in the headwaters of Bronte Creek where he enjoys chopping wood and raising happy chickens.
Presentation Description: Applied nature conservation must make difficult decisions about how to allocate limited resources. The biodiversity targets and thresholds we choose today will ultimately shape our future ecosystems.
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Speaker: Paul Smith, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
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Biography: Paul Smith is currently a Senior Policy Advisor in the Environmental and Land Use Policy Unit, at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Paul has worked in the environmental management field for many years as a policy analyst, land use planner, parks planner and biologist. While working with the province, he has also worked for the Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Heritage Trust. He holds degrees from the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo, Faculty of Environmental Studies. He lives in Guelph with his wife and ten-year-old son.
Presentation Description: How Much of Anything is Enough? Growing population and increasing consumption place demands on our natural resources. Ecologists look to Environment Canada’s “How Much Habitat is Enough?” document for guidance. But what are targets for all those other uses? How much agricultural land do we need? Where is Ontario’s best agricultural land? How does the concentration of prime farmland affect land use? How do we make trade-offs and compromises among land uses?
- T1D - Sustainability and Well-Being
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This session will explore how to define and inspire sustainability at a time when global issues are having an immediate impact on our quality of life and severely compromising the earth’s life support systems – climate change, exponential population growth, consumer appetites and technological advancements -challenge our abilities to sustain ourselves. This session provides knowledge, guidance and direction to overcome those challenges. |
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Title: Defining Sustainability
Speaker: Tom Mahood, CH2M Hill Engineering
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: The Wicked Problem of Climate Change: Moving from Fear, Doubt and Inaction to Informed Hope and Far Reaching Change
Speaker: Grant Linney, Former President Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
- T1E - Stewardship and Social Marketing
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Using the principles of community-based social marketing to advance stewardship. |
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Title: “Love the Tank You’re with” – Huron-Kinloss Community Septic Inspections (HK-CSI)
Speaker: Matthew Pearson, BM Ross and Associates Limited
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Biography: Matt is a Principal and the Senior Planner at B.M. Ross & Associates Limited, an engineering and planning firm based in Goderich, Ontario. Matt’s work focuses on integrating environmental planning principles into the engineering project work undertaken by the firm. He leads the Planning Group, which uses the concepts of sustainability, effective consultation and geographic information systems to develop comprehensive projects in the areas of infrastructure planning, information management, and environmental protection. His current work includes an innovative application of a Septic Re-inspection Program in a lakeshore municipality, using Community Based Social Marketing as the foundation to achieve positive change in environmental attitudes.
Presentation Description: The Township of Huron-Kinloss implemented a municipal wide Community Septic System Inspection Program five years ago as part of an integrated approach to protecting and preserving the local environment. The program uses Community-Based Social Marketing as a means to link the actions of residents to the water quality of Lake Huron.
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Title: Are You Well Aware?
Speaker: Sharyn Inward, Green Communities Canada
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Biography: Sharyn Inward has two decades of experience researching, developing, funding, implementing, managing and evaluating community-based environmental awareness and action programs. Noteable examples include Cancer Prevention (Women’s Health and Environmental Network); Well Aware and Pesticide Free Naturally (Green Communities Canada). Latest work includes developing and implementing the RAIN Program (addressing lot-level stormwater management in eight Ontario communities) for Green Communities Canada and designing green buildings and houses.
Specialties include community engagement, program development, water quality, stormwater management, energy efficiency, green building, passive solar greenhouses, strawbale construction, insulated concrete form construction, architecture for small, natural buildings.
Presentation Description: My presentation will include:
- an overview of green communities and delivery model
- social marketing and community engagement basics
- well aware program summary
- rain program summary
- summary of social marketing and community engagement program development and key success factors.
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Title: RAIN: An Ecological Approach to Lot-Level Stormwater Management
Speaker: Sharyn Inward, Green Communities Canada
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Biography: Sharyn Inward has two decades of experience researching, developing, funding, implementing, managing and evaluating community-based environmental awareness and action programs. Noteable examples include Cancer Prevention (Women’s Health and Environmental Network); Well Aware and Pesticide Free Naturally (Green Communities Canada). Latest work includes developing and implementing the RAIN Program (addressing lot-level stormwater management in eight Ontario communities) for Green Communities Canada and designing green buildings and houses.
Specialties include community engagement, program development, water quality, stormwater management, energy efficiency, green building, passive solar greenhouses, strawbale construction, insulated concrete form construction, architecture for small, natural buildings.
Presentation Description: My presentation will include:
- an overview of green communities and delivery model
- social marketing and community engagement basics
- well aware program summary
- rain program summary
- summary of social marketing and community engagement program development and key success factors.
- T1F - Aquatic Species at Risk Update: What's New in 2011?
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Participants in this session will receive an update on activities and progress to date from government agencies that have SAR programs directed towards the recovery of aquatic SAR.
Topics will include the identification and protection of critical and regulated habitat for fish and freshwater mussels. |
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Title: Identification of Critical Habitat for Endangered Freshwater Mussels
Speaker: Shawn Staton, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Using Freshwater Mussels to Monitor Ecosystem Recovery in the Ausable River Watershed
Speaker: Brynn Upsdell, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
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Biography: Brynn Upsdell has been the Water Quality Technician at the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority since 2008. There, she works as part of a team that monitors water quality and aquatic species in the Ausable River and Bayfield River watersheds. Brynn has also worked in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada to identify critical habitat for aquatic species at risk in the Ausable River watershed.
Presentation Description: Results from mussel surveys that took place in the Ausable River watershed in 2006 and 2011 are compared. Target areas and activities for ecosystem restoration efforts are then identified.
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Title: Ontario’s Endangered Species Act: An Update on Current Initiatives to Protect Aquatic Species
Speaker: Scott Gibson, Ministry of Natural Resources
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Biography: Scott is a fisheries biologist with more than 15 years of experience working in the field of fisheries management, including positions in both government and private sector. Scott is currently the Aquatic Species at Risk Specialist for the Ministry of Natural Resources, in which his main role involves providing guidance and science support related to fishes and freshwater mussels in the implementation of the Endangered Species Act.
Presentation Description: Provide overview of Ontario’s Endangered Species Act and give an update on MNR’s current initiatives and activities that have recently been completed or are underway to help protect and recover aquatic species at risk in Ontario.
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Title: Redside Dace: ESA Habitat Regulation and Guidance
Speaker: Mark Heaton, Ministry of Natural Resources
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
- T1G - Water Cooler Talk
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The value of water can often be difficult to communicate to any audience. We’ll discuss how to successfully communicate the value of water to other organizations and the general public. |
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Title: Communicating the Value of Water
Speaker: Christine Zimmer, Credit Valley Conservation
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Biography: Christine Zimmer is the Manager, Water Protection and Restoration for the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC). With a team of 15 staff, Christine is responsible for developing tools, guidance documents and providing assistance to stakeholders implementing Low Impact Development (LID) practices in both new and existing urban areas. Christine and her team are also responsible for in-stream real-time water quality and quantity monitoring and monitoring of innovative stormwater technologies.
Prior to CVC, Christine obtained her masters degree in engineering from the University of Guelph, and worked for a leading UV manufacturer, as the Regional Sales Manager/Project Manager.
Presentation Description: Water is essential to Life and has been declared a human right by the UN- yet 884 million people lack safe drinking water (or 1 out of 5 people), 2.6 billion lack adequate sanitation (1 in 3 people)- why is that? Geographically 45% of world is under water supply stress (or 2/3 of the world’s population) yet it doesn’t make the headline news- why not? This session will discuss the value of water and different ways to communicate the importance for protecting it.
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Title: Who Will Protect Our Waters?
Speaker: Mark Mattson, Waterkeepers
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Biography: Mark Mattson is the full-time President & Waterkeeper with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. A criminal lawyer by training, Mattson works tirelessly to champion due process and public access to clean waterways. As a testament to his commitment, Mattson co-founded Lake Ontario Waterkeeper in 2001. As the primary spokesperson for the charity, he gives a voice to the cares and concerns of the millions of people who live in the Lake Ontario watershed. Mark has a purpose to protect and celebrate Lake Ontario and to work with communities towards a future where we can all safely swim, drink, and fish.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Public Engagement for the Long Term Water Conservation Strategy
Speaker: Cheri Buxton, York Region
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Biography: Cheri Buxton is an Environmental Program Technologist with the Regional Municipality of York. In her position, she is responsible for developing and delivering public environmental education and outreach programs.
Cheri has over 13 years experience working in the Environmental Field with a strong focus in the areas of water and education.
Some of her previous experience includes:
- Program Manager for The Friends of The Water Campaign;
- Educator at the Sichuan Applied Engineering College in China;
- Environmental Officer for the City of Barrie
- Environmental Officer for the Ministry of the Environment
- Regulatory Compliance and Policy Technologist for the Ontario Clean Water Agency, and
- Regulatory Compliance Technologist for York Region.
Presentation Description: Shaping the future state of water in York Region: A look at the use of social innovation to guide public engagement.
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Refreshment Break |
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- T2A - Stormwater Management for Sustainable Watersheds
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Stormwater management practices are important to many aspects of water management including flood protection, water quality control, erosion control and water balance to natural features. This session will explore opportunities for innovative stormwater management and the need for an integrated set of water management criteria to select and size stormwater management practices. |
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Title: Opportunities for Stormwater Management
Speaker: Henry Jun, Ministry of the Environment
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Biography: Henry Jun is a Senior Policy Analyst with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Land and Water Policy Branch. Over the past nine years, he has led or advised on wastewater management policies for Ontario, including stormwater management, industrial wastewater, municipal sewage, combined sewers, sewer use and best management practices. More recently, he has led an environmental policy review of municipal stormwater management in light of climate change. He is a Professional Engineer. His past role with the Ministry includes advising on waste management policies for Ontario and providing engineering review of applications for waste management and air emissions approval.
Presentation Description: The presentation covers Ontario’s stormwater management policy framework and examples of recent initiatives.
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Title: New Stormwater Management Criteria for Watershed Protection
Speaker: Sameer Dhalla, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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Biography: Sameer is the Manager of Water Resources at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. He has over 13 years of experience in both the private and public sector and has worked on various projects from watershed planning to floodplain management. At the TRCA, Sameer manages a team of engineers and scientists in reviewing development applications, implementing water resources projects and developing water management guidelines and policies.
Presentation Description: The effective management of stormwater is essential to achieve sustainable watersheds. Sameer’s presentation will introduce why managing stormwater is important for watershed protection and introduce new polices and criteria that are currently being developed by the TRCA to encourage sustainable and effective stormwater management.
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Title: Case Studies - Implementation of Innovative Stormwater Management and Low Impact Development
Speaker: Christine Zimmer and Kyle Vander Linden, Credit Valley Conservation
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Christine Zimmer's Biography: Christine Zimmer is the Manager, Water Protection and Restoration for the Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC). With a team of 15 staff, Christine is responsible for developing tools, guidance documents and providing assistance to stakeholders implementing Low Impact Development (LID) practices in both new and existing urban areas. Christine and her team are also responsible for in-stream real-time water quality and quantity monitoring and monitoring of innovative stormwater technologies.
Prior to CVC, Christine obtained her masters degree in engineering from the University of Guelph, and worked for a leading UV manufacturer, as the Regional Sales Manager/Project Manager.
Kyle Vander Linden's Biography: Kyle Vander Linden is a water resources specialist with Credit Valley Conservation Authority (CVC) since 2008. During his time at CVC, Kyle has been directly involved with the implementation of pollution prevention demonstration projects, municipal winter salt management studies, low impact development, and innovative stormwater technologies. In addition, Kyle has also been heavily involved with education and outreach helping manage the Save the Leopard Frog school program which has provided over 4000 student participants with outdoor education.
Prior to CVC, Kyle received his Masters of Environmental Studies in Planning from the University of Waterloo, and worked for a green roof company as a project manager of installation and farm operations.
Presentation Description: One of the main challenges to LID implementation is the general lack awareness of local LID projects and/or the perceived notion that no local LID projects exist. To tackle this challenge, CVC and its partners have not only began to document long standing LID projects within Ontario, but have also implemented a number of LID and innovative stormwater management projects in recent years. The following presentation will discuss these “in the ground projects” and highlight how CVC and its partners are trying raise awareness and the LID knowledge base across private and public sectors alike.
- T2B - Looking Towards Source Water Protection Implementation
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Local drinking water threat activities have been identified, but how can we address them? As local committees and stakeholders prepare to write source protection plan policies, they maybe faced with challenges. This session will identify some of those challenges and the approaches taken by experts to address them. |
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Title: Protecting Drinking Water Sources in Lake Ontario
Speaker: Beverley Thorpe, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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Biography: Beverley Thorpe is the source water protection project manager for the CTC Source Protection Region which is coincident with the Credit Valley, Toronto and Region and Central Lake Ontario conservation authorities. Beverley has also worked for the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for over 25 years and in the environmental consulting sector for nearly 10 years. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science and Master’s of Science degrees specializing in Applied Ecology from the University of Toronto. Through her work and academic training, Beverley has had a long interest in the protection of water quality, including the Great Lakes and in environmental protection policy development. One of her current opportunities and challenges is the development of source water protection policies to protect municipal drinking water supplies in the CTC Source Protection Region’s portion of Lake Ontario.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Can Source Water Protection and Aggregate Extraction Coexist on the Southern Ontario Landscape?
Speaker: Moreen Miller, Ontario Stone, Sand & Gravel Association
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Biography: Information was not made available.
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Title: New Municipal Water Supply Sources and Implications/Challenges of Source Protection
Speaker: Bill Banks, Banks Groundwater Engineering Limited
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Biography: Bill is a graduate of the University of Guelph in Water Resources Engineering. He continues to enjoy a rewarding career in the field of hydrogeology, specializing in groundwater resources assessment, development, management, and protection. Examples of the types of projects he has completed in Canada and overseas include: groundwater supply programs, watershed studies, environmental impact studies for greenfield land development, and source protection studies. Bill’s recent experience with source protection technical studies and current development of several municipal groundwater supply sources is the impetus for his presentation.
Presentation Description: In light of current Source Protection requirements, there are new challenges in developing municipal water supply sources. Examples of groundwater-based systems will highlight some of the implications.
- T2C - How Much Habitat is Enough? – Revisiting Forest and Open Country Guidelines
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Nine years after the release of Environment Canada’s “How Much Habitat is Enough?” the guidelines are being reviewed with an intent to broaden the context around their use and implementation. This session will provide an overview of an Environment Canada project that assessed open country in Southern Ontario followed by an overview of the proposed updated guidelines for forest and open country habitats. |
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Title: How Much Habitat is Enough? – Revisiting Forest and Open Country Guidelines
Speaker: Graham Bryan, Environment Canada
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Biography: Graham holds an MSc from the University of Toronto and has worked for non-government organizations and government agencies with a focus on natural heritage conservation, land trusts and protected areas. As the Biodiversity Coordinator for CWS-Ontario Region, Graham is concerned with the conservation of ecosystems and landscapes to protect and recover wildlife species. He accomplishes this through providing the best available science advice to Canadians and helping coordinate the actions of the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ontario.
Presentation Description: The How Much Habitat is Enough? guidelines represent a federal wildlife mandate and have influenced land use planning, restoration and conservation since 1998. This presentation (TIC and T2C) will outline a draft 3rd edition of this publication. The speaker and panel (T1C) will also stress the need for agencies and organizations to set goals (how much habitat for what?), to look at other complementary approaches to landscape planning, and to constantly seek the best science and best local landscape knowledge.
- T2D - Fostering Sustainability in Municipalities
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This session will demonstrate through case studies how cities and towns are recognizing and planning for sustainable development, growth and environments in which their communities can grow and thrive. |
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Title: Sustainable Actions - City of Hamilton
Speaker: Heather Donison, City of Hamilton
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Biography: Heather Donison is the Senior Project Manager for Sustainability for the City of Hamilton. In this role she co-ordinates the City of Hamilton’s Vision 2020, Sustainability Plan, Clean Air Hamilton, Climate Change programs and the Hamilton Community Energy Collaborative.
Prior to joining the City of Hamilton Heather was Executive Director of Green Venture, a community based non-profit environmental organization.
Heather Donison has a degree in Chemistry from McMaster University and spent many years developing water and wastewater treatment processes.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Sustainable Actions - York Region
Speaker: Teresa Cline, Region of York
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Biography: Teresa Cline is a Planner with York Region’s Long Range and Strategic Planning Branch. She is currently the project manager for the Region’s New Community Design Guidelines and the Sustainability Strategy. Teresa also has 10 years’ experience in development approvals with the Community Planning and Transportation Departments at York Region. She is a full member of CIP and OPPI and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Sustainable Actions – Town of Markham
Speaker: Katie Burns, Town of Markham
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Biography: Katie has been the Town of Markham’s Sustainability Coordinator since 2008. Her work focuses on Markham’s Greenprint Sustainability Plan, which is a long-term comprehensive plan that addresses the social, cultural, environmental and economic well being of the community for the next 50-100 years. Katie is also responsible for coordinating social media and supporting local food and food security initiatives. Katie holds a Masters in Environmental Studies from York University that focused on municipal sustainability planning.
Presentation Description: An overview of the Greenprint, Markham’s Sustainability Plan. It will cover the process of developing the plan including, engagement with the community, staff and government jurisdictions, in addition to funding.
- T2E - Collaborative Governance
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Collaborative governance takes as its starting point the idea that working together creates more lasting, effective solutions. This session will look at successful examples. |
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Title: The Importance of Collaborative Governance for Resolving Wicked Problems
Speaker: Hugh Simpson, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
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Biography: Hugh has been involved with policy and programs for water resource management and protection in municipal and provincial settings for more than 20 years. He is currently the provincial lead at OMAFRA for source water protection and groundwater quality, and has a keen interest in agri-environmental risk management, collaborative governance and decision making, and knowledge translation and transfer.
Hugh lives with his family in Kitchener. He is a licenced geoscientist, and is working part-time on a Ph.D. in Water Policy and Governance at the University of Waterloo.
Presentation Description: Wicked problems, particularly those involving water and risk, are difficult to solve. This talk profiles how a history of good relationships and collaborative work can help tame such environmental challenges.
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Title: Challenging Responsibilities - Partnerships Between Drainage and Stewardship
Speaker: Brett Ruck, Town of Fort Erie
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Biography: Information was not made available.
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Title: Kawartha Region Lake Management Planning - A Model of Successful, Inclusive Collaboration
Speaker: Rob Messervey, Kawartha Region Conservation Authority
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Biography: Rob has been the CAO of the Kawartha Region Conservation Authority (based in Lindsay) since mid-2009. As CAO, he is responsible under Board direction for developing and delivering resource management programs across the Kawartha lakes region.
Rob started his career with the Otonabee and Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authorities, and then served 6 years as General Manager at Lower Trent C.A.
From 1986 to 2009, Rob worked with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. He was the Manager of the Conservation Authorities Program; District Manager in the Aylmer, Midhurst and Aurora District field offices; Director of Lands and Waters; and Manager of Water Resources, in which he had oversight for the Conservation Authorities Program, and responsibilities for Great Lakes protection and management, various emergency management programs, surface water monitoring and drinking water source protection.
Rob has an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies degree from the University of Waterloo and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Western Ontario.
Rob grew up in Peterborough, and currently lives in Claremont with his partner Karen. He is a Director on the Ontario Board of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada; a downhill ski instructor at the Devil’s Elbow Ski Club near Bethany; and he instructs half-marathon and marathon running clinics through the Running Room. Rob has three daughters.
Presentation Description: This presentation will demonstrate how an inclusive and creative collaboration process was built, resulting in political support, vast community engagement and public awareness of lake management planning initiatives and strategic actions to address water quality issues impacting the Kawartha Lakes.
- T2F - Changes in Aquatic Communities with Urbanization
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Urban effects on aquatic systems continue to be documented. The effects need longer term data sets to evaluate these changes over time. This session will explore observations made on data sets in the Toronto area. |
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Title: Setting the Stage – 60 Years of Urban Effects
Speaker: Deborah Martin-Downs, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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Biography: Deborah Martin-Downs, M.Sc., is the Director of the Ecology Division of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. In this capacity she is responsible for a team of technical specialists in the fields of geoenvironmental, watershed planning, natural heritage, flood risk and infrastructure, water resources engineering, source water protection, and environmental monitoring. She has a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo (1979) and a Master of Science in Zoology and Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto (1985). Deborah is on the Board of Bloom Centre for Sustainability (formerly OCETA), co-chair of the Latornell Symposium, and a steering committee member of Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition, Ontario Water Conservation Alliance and Greening Greater Toronto.
Presentation Description: This presentation will provide a brief historical perspective on fish community change in the Greater Toronto Area, some of the resources available and why looking back can assist in making good management decisions and identify causes of change.
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Title: Water Quality in the Toronto Region as Indexed through Water Chemistry and Benthic Macroinvertebrates
Speaker: Angela Wallace, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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Biography: Angela is an Analyst with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority who specializes in the aquatic ecology and of urban areas. Angela works for the Watershed Monitoring and Reporting section in the Ecology Division at TRCA. She has worked for TRCA for the past four years and her previous experience includes positions at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment and in environmental consulting.
Presentation Description: Angela will be presenting on the water quality of streams in the Toronto Region and its relationship to urbanization. She looked at the water quality using both standard water chemistry and as well as biologically using benthic macroinvertebrates.
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Title: Stream Fish Community in the Toronto Region: Spatial and Temporal Trends
Speaker: Melanie Croft-White, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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Biography: Melanie has worked as a Technician in the Regional Watershed Monitoring and Reporting Section at TRCA since 2008. Her work focuses on data analysis and reporting of aquatic biota and environmental data collected through the regional watershed monitoring program. She enjoys the challenges associated with using multiple large datasets to identify trends across the region.
Presentation Description: Melanie will be describing the current fish community composition and distribution within TRCA’s jurisdiction and she will make comparisons to historical fish populations in the Region.
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Title: Effects of Urbanization: 10 Years of Monitoring Stream Fish and Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity within 9 Watersheds Across the Toronto Region
Speaker: Jan Moryk, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
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Biography: Jan Moryk works for the Watershed Monitoring and Reporting section in the Ecology Division at TRCA. His work focuses on data analysis and the reporting of data collected through the Regional Watershed Monitoring Program. Jan has a variety of research interests. In the past two years his most current work has revolved around the response of streams and fish communities to urbanization.
Presentation Description: Jan will be speaking to us about the changes in the Toronto streams fish community as a response to urbanization. Part of his presentation also touches upon the subject of stream benthic macro invertebrates and their response.
- T2G - Social Media, Session One: Achieving Social Media Success
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How can your organization best measure success and monitor your progress as you engage with your audience in the age of Web 2.0? Learn social media best practices from experts in the field and finally get the answer to the question “How do I know if I’m doing it right?” |
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Title: Beyond Farmville - Is Social Media Actually Good for Business?
Speaker: Scott Adams, Birchbark Media
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Biography: Scott Adams is the founder and president of Birchbark Media, a content marketing agency with a focus on social media, video production and adventure travel. Scott’s ultimate goal is to help companies grow and engage with their audience, while having a lot of fun along the way. Scott has helped several businesses tell their stories through all the new fancy mediums - video, social media, blogs, search and geoloacation. From early days as a wilderness guide, Scott maintains a passion for the great outdoors and in his spare time he can often be found wondering the Canadian wilderness, paddle and camera in hand.
Presentation Description: Keeping pace with the evolution of online marketing has become increasingly difficult for organizations. There has been a fundamental shift in the way we communicate and this session will provide guidance for understanding the variety of social media marketing channels and choosing the right strategies to build effective social interactions that drive brand awareness and influence real people.
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Title: Harnessing the Social Web to Boost Your Presence in Search Engines
Speaker: Chris Adams, gShift Labs Inc.
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Biography: Chris is the co-founder and CTO of gShift Labs, an SEO Software vendor that has developed game changing technology that provides search data and analytics to marketing professionals to help them in the reporting, understanding and management of their search engine optimization strategies.
As past co-founder and CTO of Hot Banana (HB) Software, a search engine friendly web content management system that was acquired by Lyris Inc. in August 2006, Chris was directly responsible for all engineering, product management and data infrastructure of the Web Content Management software offering
He is a published author, advisor, and speaker on a variety of Search Marketing and Web site optimization topics. He is an expert in the area of Web Sites, Landing Pages, Web Analytics and Search Engine Optimization, and how Web content can be best leveraged.
In his personal life, he is the Board Chair of the Barrie Film Festival, Advisory Council member of Georgian College – School of Visual Arts & Design (SVAD), and is also Advisory Chair of Georgian College - Web Design & Development Curriculum.
Presentation Description: Five plus years ago an SEO strategy consisted of optimizing on-page factors such as meta data and title tags. Then backlinking became super important as Google considered references to your site an indication of its relevance (and still does). As our world constantly evolves, so too does Google’s ranking algorithm. In December 2010 Google and Bing officially announced that they factor ‘social signals’ into how content is ranked. These social signals primarily come from Facebook, Twitter and more recently, Google +1.
I talk with many business executives who find SEO frustrating because Google constantly tweaks its algorithm, which changes how content and web pages rank. For example, a web site can rank #5 one day then #7 the next.
Here’s why I believe this is a good thing, along with 11 steps to creating a conversation with your SEO strategy to maximize your content’s reach across your web presence to create relevance and to build your reputation and relationships.
At the core of Google’s organic search business is the objective “to get you the most relevant results as quickly as possible.” Pretty simple. Social signals are now being factored in because according to Google, “relevance is about relationships, as well as words on webpages”. In effect, your audience and/or customers have a say in defining your relevance.
So how can you align your SEO strategy to match Google’s view on the importance of fresh content and a social presence? Join me in my presentation to learn more.
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| 12:00pm - 1:45pm |
Pioneer Award Luncheon |
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Concurrent Sessions |
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- T3A - Environmental and Economic Considerations for Agricultural BMPs
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Agricultural best management practices (BMPs) at the farm and subwatershed scale are examined with regard to environmental and economic effects. Two studies in Ontario combining monitoring and modelling will be examined as well as an EG&S approach for Lake Winnipeg. |
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Title: Evaluation of Multiple Best Management Practices in Fairchild Creek Watershed
Speaker: Dr. Wanhong Yang, University of Guelph
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Watershed Based Best Management Practices Evaluation in Huron County
Speaker: Mari Veliz, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Costs and Benefits of Reducing Nutrients in Lake Winnipeg: Using an Ecological Goods and Services Approach
Speaker: Monika Drozdz, Environment Canada
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Biography: Monika Drozdz is an economist in the Regulatory Analysis and Valuation Division at Environment Canada. She is currently leading a project to assess the costs and benefits of nutrient reduction measures in the Lake Winnipeg Basin, using an ecological goods and services approach. In addition she is conducting cost-benefit analyses on regulations of wastewater systems effluent and automobile greenhouse gas emissions. Monika has a Masters in Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Guelph and an undergraduate economics degree from McMaster University.
Presentation Description: This study assesses the effectiveness of several policy options to manage/reduce nutrient loading in the Lake Winnipeg Basin while considering their effects on the provision of ecological goods and services.
- T3B - On-the-ground Drinking Water Source Protection Activities
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Local stakeholders are already looking toward source protection implementation. This session will provide a local perspective on what’s happening now across the Province to protect sources of drinking water. |
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Title: Grand River Watershed-Wide Wastewater Optimization Pilot Project
Speaker: Mark Anderson, Grand River Conservation Authority
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Biography: Mark Anderson is a Professional Engineer with a Masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. He has been working for the Grand River Conservation Authority in Cambridge ON for the past 9 years as a Water Quality Engineer. Mark has been actively involved in the development and implementation of river water quality monitoring activities, as well as water quality modelling and assimilative capacity studies.
Presentation Description: The Grand River Watershed-wide Wastewater Optimization Pilot project brought together wastewater professionals from across the watershed to increase awareness of the benefits of optimization and share the experiences of Guelph and Haldimand, who are watershed leaders in optimization. A key objective was to create a watershed community to enhance collaboration and share knowledge. Optimization is seen as a best management practice for wastewater treatment to improve the quality of the Grand River.
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Title: Evaluating the Potential to Reduce Phosphorus Loadings to Lake Simcoe through Water Reuse
Speaker: David Arseneau, AECOM
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Biography: David is a water resources engineer practicing water reuse, ecological restoration, and stormwater management for AECOM in Kitchener, Ontario. He is completing the Master of Engineering and Public Policy program at McMaster University, and has investigated ecological restoration policy issues in Ontario. On his free time David is an avid runner, reader and writer.
Presentation Description: Costly treatment upgrades are proposed to meet wastewater discharge limits mandated by the Lake Simcoe Protection Act. This study evaluates water reuse as a potentially cost-effective alternative to reduce phosphorus loadings.
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Title: Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program: Four Years of Local Work to Protection Sources of Drinking Water
Speaker: Paul Heeney, Ministry of the Environment
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Biography: Paul has been with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment for almost 12 years. The first eight years were spent in various capacities in the environmental assessment program. Currently, he is a manager with the source protection programs branch of the drinking water division of MOE.
In this role, Paul is responsible for several program areas, including ministry liaison and support for source protection committees across the province, managing program development and delivery partnerships between the Province and conservations authorities and municipalities, and managing the several grants programs, including the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship Program.
Paul graduated from Trent University in 1995 with an honours bachelor of science degree in environmental sciences. In 1998, Paul completed his master in environmental studies at York University.
Presentation Description: An overview of the results of the ODWSP to date and a preliminary look at the value the program has had on the protection of municipal drinking water sources.
- T3C - What’s the Plan? Natural Heritage Planning
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A natural heritage system plan can be used to protect natural core areas and corridors and restore links between them. This session will look at the natural heritage planning process. |
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Title: Components of Collaborative Natural Heritage System Design
Speaker: Lorraine Norminton, Ministry of Natural Resources / ReLeaf Hamilton
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Biography: Lorraine Norminton is the Stewardship Coordinator for the Hamilton-Wentworth Stewardship Council. The Ontario Stewardship Program is part of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Lorraine has been employed by the Ministry of Natural Resources for the last 10 years. She holds a HBSc in Biology, and has been working in the field of Natural Resources for the last 15 years. Lorraine’s knowledge base is in community planning, forestry, land management, aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Currently one of the initiatives of the Stewardship Council is ReLeaf Hamilton. This project has brought together numerous partners in the Hamilton area. In Lorraine’s spare time she enjoys being of the water either kayaking or rowing.
Presentation Description: ReLeaf Hamilton was established to facilitate and encourage collaboration among organizations and individuals interested in greening Hamilton’s landscapes. We have completed the NHS MARXAN modelling exercise so that the model is available and useful for all its members and the wider public; providing resources for maintaining & improving natural heritage systems; and educating the public about the value of natural heritage systems.
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Title: Landscape Connectivity for Wildlife in the Lake Simcoe Watershed, Ontario
Speaker: Aaron Walpole, Ministry of Natural Resources
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Biography: I am currently a biologist with the wildlife research section of the MNR where I contribute to research on the biology, conservation and management of wildlife populations in Ontario. Prior to this, I studied ecology and wildlife biology at Trent University and Sir Sandford Fleming College. My interests in landscape connectivity have drawn me to the Lake Simcoe watershed where I would like to contribute to the identification and delineation of movement corridors for terrestrial wildlife.
Presentation Description: Fragmentation threatens biodiversity. Increasing landscape connectivity will help reduce these threats. I will present research on methods to delineate wildlife corridors that increase connectivity for wildlife populations in the Lake Simcoe watershed by using theoretical electrical currents.
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Title: Policy and Science: Strengthening Vaughan's Natural Heritage Network
Speaker: Tony Iacobelli, City of Vaughn
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Biography: Tony Iacobelli is Senior Planner (Environment) reporting to the Policy Planning department at the City of Vaughan. His university background is in biogeography, specializing in plant ecology and forest microclimatology.
Tony’s work experience at World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada) involved conservation science and landscape ecology in support of terrestrial protected areas planning. From 2005 to 2008, Tony was Director of the Forests and Freshwater program at WWF-Canada.
At the City of Vaughan, Tony’s role includes policy development, reviewing development applications, and working to reduce ecological footprints within the framework of Green Directions Vaughan, the Community Sustainability & Environmental Master Plan. Current projects include the Natural Heritage Network Study and developing sustainability guidelines for use in the review of development applications, titled Measuring Environmental Sustainability Performance of Development.
Presentation Description: Goal
The study will assess the role of the existing Natural Heritage Network (NHN) in maintaining elements of biodiversity and ecological functions for the long term, consistent with Provincial Policy Statement (PPS) 2.1.2, and propose additional NHN areas to meet biodiversity and ecosystem function targets.
Objectives
The study will build on the recent natural heritage review by AECOM, which primarily identified remaining natural features consistent with Section 2 of the PPS. MNR recently completed a wetland evaluation for the East Humber (August 2010) and the Region of York recently completed a significant forests study (2005). As a result, the two focus areas of further study involve a significant wildlife habitat assessment and a headwaters evaluation. Proposed additions to the NHN to maintain and/or improve wildlife habitat shall focus on land securement in the Greenbelt Plan area and Oak Ridges Moraine Conservation Plan (ORMCP) area. Maintaining overall watershed health shall focus on maintaining and/or improving the function of headwater streams. Hence, the study will be guided by the Significant Wildlife Habitat Technical Guide (MNR 2000) and the Evaluation, Classification and Management of Headwater Drainage Features: Interim Guidelines (TRCA 2009) to:
- Determine the viability and conservation contribution of the current NHN with respect to persistence of elements of biodiversity and ecological functions;
- Identify suitable ecosystem targets for the NHN in the City of Vaughan balanced with the population and employment targets in the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe and the Region of York land budget and preferred growth scenario;
- Specify and/or delineate potential additional NHN areas to meet the proposed ecosystem targets; and
- Deliver a refined Natural Heritage Network, including in a GIS format with appropriate attribute information for ease of use for all Planning staff.
- T3D - Responsible Rock: Building Cities with Sustainable Resources
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Ontario communities face many challenges when balancing a need for aggregate materials with community concerns over environmental impacts. This session will provide a primer on aggregate operations, examine legal requirements and industry best-practices for aggregate sites as well as looking at successful end uses for the sites. |
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Title: Pits and Quarries 101: Understanding Aggregate Extraction
Speaker: Alison Braithwaite, Walker Industries Holdings Limited
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Industry Best Practices: Can Voluntary Certification Improve Industry Practices?
Speaker: Lorne Johnson, Socially and Environmentally Responsible Aggregate
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Responsible Rehabilitation: Is There Benefit in After-Use?
Speaker: Brenda Axon, Conservation Halton
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Biography: Brenda Axon has worked for Conservation Halton for the past 30 years and is currently Manager, Watershed Planning Services. In this capacity, she is responsible for watershed planning, environmental studies, ecological monitoring, and oversees a landowner stewardship program. She has been involved in the review of a number of aggregate applications primarily addressing natural environment and rehabilitation matters. Brenda has a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo.
Presentation Description: The presentation will examine examples of quarry rehabilitation to a natural state and assess how successfully a functioning natural environment is re-established following extraction. Consideration will be given to the opportunities and limitations faced in achieving this long term end state.
- T3E - Community Lake Stewardship
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This session will look at how shoreline owners, Associations, and their volunteers are working with all levels of government to ensure the ecosystem health of their lakes. |
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Title: BioBlitz and Shoreline Surveys - Linking Science, Community and Stewardship Programs
Speaker: Barbara King and Bridget Dilauro, Centre for Sustainable Watersheds
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Barbara King's Biography: Information was not made available.
Bridget Dilauro's Biography: Bridget Dilauro graduated from the University of Toronto (Mississauga) in 2006 with an Honours B.Sc. in Biology. Following graduation she worked at an aquatics research lab, carrying out fisheries surveys and lab analysis of benthic invertebrates. She has worked for two years at the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds (CSW) under their stewardship and outreach program. This work involved conducting shoreline assessments, recommending property-specific actions, creating education materials, analyzing data and creating database. She worked with landowners, volunteers, lake associations and partners to ensure program success.
Presentation Description: Too often scientific data is not transferred to communities while community stewardship is not built on current, relevant data. These programs help bridge this gap, empowering individuals to take action.
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Title: Community Mobilization for Lake Management Plan Implementation in the City of Kawartha Lakes
Speaker: Dave Pridham, Kawartha Conservation
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Biography: Professional Background / Experience of Dave Pridham
- Employed by the Ministry of Natural Resources in 4 Ontario locations, from 1971 – 2006.
- Stewardship Coordinator for the City of Kawartha Lakes, 1995-2006, primarily involved with developing community partnership projects.
- Employed on a part time basis (from 1999-2007) by the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association as the Program Representative for the Environmental Farm Plan for the City of Kawartha Lakes and Region of Durham.
- Employed since August of 2007 by Kawartha Conservation as the Manager of Stewardship and Technical Services.
Presentation Description: The role of community organizations and volunteers in the initiation of lake management planning, their collaboration as the plan is developed, and their role in plan implementation.
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Title: Lake System Health in Cottage Country
Speaker: Judi Brouse, District of Muskoka
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Biography: Judi is the Director of Watershed Programs for the District Municipality of Muskoka and the Muskoka Watershed Council. She has an undergraduate degree in Geography from the University of Waterloo and a Masters in Regional and Resource Planning from the same university. Judi moved to Muskoka in February 1984 to work for the District Municipality of Muskoka as a planner. She has been responsible for the Lake System Health and the Recreational Water Quality program for over 25 years and led the review of the lake system health program.
In 2001, when the District Municipality of Muskoka and the Muskoka Heritage Foundation created the Muskoka Watershed Council Judi became the Director of Watershed Programs for the joint venture. Judi now spends most of her time working with volunteers on water quality, environmental health and shoreline stewardship issues. Judi has overseen the development of the 2004, 2007, and 2010 Muskoka Watershed Report Cards.
Presentation Description: The presentation will provide an overview of the Lake System Health Program but focus on implementation of development. Muskoka, in conjunction with the OMOE)has implemented the Ontario Lakeshore Capacity model for over 30 years. Last fall the Province officially released the model as a guideline for use by municipalities across Ontario. What can the model tell you? Has it withstood the test at the OMB? How can it help inform the development of Official Plan policy? These questions and more will be explored
- T3F - One Fish, Two Fish - Evaluating Fish Habitat
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Fish need clean water, spawning and rearing grounds, clear migration routes and food. Human activities in or near waterbodies can degrade these important fish habitats. The speakers in this session will discuss tools and methods for evaluating fish habitat in Ontario. |
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Title: An Introduction to ThermoStat: A Method for Assessing Thermal Regimes in Streams
Speaker: Bastian Schmidt, Ministry of Natural Resources
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Biography: I am an employed by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources at Trent University in Peterborough.
I graduated from the University of Guelph with a degree in Environmental Science. I earned a Geographic Information Systems post-graduate diploma at Sir Sanford Fleming College.
I have worked in the field of aquatic resources research for the past 8 years.
Presentation Description: My presentation introduces a software tool called ThermoStat. First the fundamentals of stream temperature regimes will be reviewed followed by a brief tour of the software’s data processing and analytical functions.
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Title: Geospatial Decision Support Tool for Fish Migration Above and Below Dams
Speaker: Carolyn Bakelaar, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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Biography: Carolyn Bakelaar has been working for Fisheries & Oceans Canada since 1993 when she started as a coop student. Since then, she has been involved in a number of mapping and geomatics initiatives including modelling of Fish Habitat Suitability, Lake Erie Habitat Supply, and the IJC Lake Ontario-Upper St. Lawrence Water levels study. She is also a key player behind the DFO Species at Risk maps available for each CA on Conservation Ontario’s website. Currently, Carolyn is DFO Central and Arctic Region’s GIS Coordinator and is developing a strategy for GIS delivery in the region. Carolyn has been involved in the development of the Geospatial Eel Decision Support Tool since its inception in 2007.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: The Biological Condition of Streams in the Saugeen Watershed
Speaker: Chris Jones, Ministry of the Environment
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: Quantifying Assimilative Capacity of Lake Simcoe Based on Cumulative Impacts to Biological Integrity
Speaker: Les Stanfield, Ministry of Natural Resources
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Biography: Les is currently working for South Science Information Section of MNR. Les has spent the last twenty years or so working to better understand the factors that influence the ecology of streams. Through these efforts has evolved the Ontario Stream Assessment Protocol; a standardized approach to inventorying landscape characteristics and a collaborative approach to monitoring. Les is here today to discuss his latest efforts in the Lake Simcoe basin.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
- T3G - Social Media, Session Two: Mapping Out Your Online Presence
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Has your organization effectively integrated social media tools into your overall marketing strategy and policies? Learn the value of social media strategy development and hear from organizations that have made the social web work for them. |
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Title: Social Media 2012: Stop, Listen, Learn Then Strategize
Speaker: Karen Bennett, Delta Media
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Biography: Information was not made available.
Presentation Description: Information was not made available.
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Title: It’s Not a Social Media Strategy, It’s a Marketing Strategy
Speaker: Josh Muirhead, Socialmark Media
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Biography: Josh Muirhead has spoken at hundreds of conference on the impact that social media and how businesses need to start using these tools to better connect themselves with their customers.
OMS calls him “A passionate student of life turned marketer” and his blog is quickly becoming the go to guide for fellow marketers and industry professionals. His latest work involves the development of three social media courses for Georgian College.
As an entrepreneur, he has founded Socialmark Media, a digital marketing firm focused on enhancing both the visibly and credibility of their clients.
“We get people who like you to LOVE you, then they do the rest of the work.”
Presentation Description: Has your organization effectively integrated social media tools into your overall marketing strategy and policies? Learn the value of social media strategy development and hear from organizations that have made the social web work for them.
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Title: Think Before You Tweet!
Speaker: Jayme Crittenden, Conservation Ontario
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Biography: Jayme Crittenden is the Communications Officer for Conservation Ontario, and has held this role since March. She has worked in Communications and Marketing for four years, after obtaining an honours Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Guelph. Previous to her role at Conservation Ontario, Jayme has worked for the Northeast Superior Forest Community in Chapleau ON, Conservation Halton, and Ontario Parks. Throughout her career, Jayme has gained valuable experience working closely with multiple stakeholders, including municipalities, the Provincial and Federal governments, national and provincial networks, and First Nations groups. Jayme is a self proclaimed ‘tweet-a-holic’ and when she’s not busy obsessing over Conservation Ontario’s online presence; she spends her time reading, improving her culinary skills, and dreaming up adventures with family and friends.
Presentation Description: I will talk about the importance of having a strategic approach to online communications, and I will provide an overview of Conservation Ontario’s social media strategy, its impacts, what’s worked for us and what hasn’t, and my tips for surviving social media stress.
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| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Refreshment Break |
| 4:00pm - 6:45pm |
Student Poster Display & Competition |
| 4:00pm - 8:00pm |
Silent Auction |
| 7:00pm - 9:00pm |
Gala Banquet |
| 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
Comedy Performance by Haim Goldenberg |
| 9:00pm - 11:00pm |
Hospitality Suite |