News & Events
Event: Water Security Event (17 Feb)
On the 17th February 2012, the University of British Columbia’s Program on Water Governance held a panel event exploring Water Security in Canada.
Water is arguably our most critical resource. But how secure is Canada’s water? What are the greatest threats we face? And what should be our priorities for management and conservation? Invited experts [...]
Event: World Water Day 2012 – Vancouver Events
The Program on Water Governance is collaborating with a number of organizations to organize public events in Vancouver to celebrate UN World Water Day 2012. Click on the links below. More details will be added shortly:
March 5th – 14th: “ (Gallery Concourse, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Granville Island)
An art exhibition and event [...]
Event: Water Security at AAAS
The finale to our four-year Water Security project was a series of events connected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, February 16-20, 2012.
For more information click here.
Event: Call for Submissions
Downstream: Reimagining Water – Call for Submissions
March 5-14: Concourse Galley Exhibition
March 21-24: World Water Day events
Emily Carr University of Art and Design invites artist to hare their work investigating how perceptions of water shape our experiences with it. It’s been said that wars of the future will be fought over water. Alternatively, however, water could [...]
Event: Collaborative Watershed Governance 26-27 Jan 2012
Spaces (and bursaries) are still available for the cutting-edge “unconference” on collaborative watershed governance!
The event, “A Water Gathering: Collaborative Watershed Governance in BC and Beyond – Solutions Forum,” will take place January 26 to 27, 2012 at UBC Robson Square, Vancouver.
The goal of this gathering is to provide participants with practical knowledge [...]
“Water Champion” Karen nominated for “Water’s Next 2012″
Feature article – Water’s Next 2012 nominee Karen Bakker
About Water’s Next
“Water’s Next celebrates some of the best and brightest of Canada’s water champions,” says Kerry Freek, Editor of Water Canada. “Congratulations to the featured nominees for their hard work and commitment to making safe, health water resources a priority.”
Water’s Next is an annual publication of [...]
New Book: The Right to Water
New Book: The Right to Water: Politics, Governance and Social Struggles, Edited by Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus. Earthscan (Taylor and Francis), UK, 2011
The right to clean water has been adopted by the United Nations as a basic human right. Yet how such universal calls for a right to water are understood, negotiated, experienced and [...]
Karen promoted to Professor
Congratulations to Dr. Karen Bakker who was promoted to full Professor this summer; confirmation of her high standing at UBC.
PoWG Announcement
It is our pleasure to announce the appointment of Dr Leila Harris as Associate Director of the Program on Water Governance. Dr Harris brings a wealth of international, interdisciplinary research experience on water, gender, and the environment. We look forward to her playing a leading role in the Program’s international work.
Welcome, Leila!
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Leila Harris is currently [...]
2009-2010 Annual Report now available
The Program on Water Governance 2009-2010 Annual Report is now available online. For more information on our Annual Reports click here.
