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Details
- Date: June 5, 2024
- Time: 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
- Format: In-Person
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Event Overview
The panel discussion fosters dialogue and collaboration among diverse stakeholders to address pressing water challenges and explore innovative solutions. By bringing together experts from academia, government, industry, civil society, and the student community, we seek to leverage collective expertise and insights to drive positive change in water management and conservation efforts.
Panel 1 - Academic Panel Discussion
Session Title: Convergence in Water
Topics Covered: Technological Innovations, Water Quality, Health, and Pollution Control, Indigenous Perspectives on Water
Panelists
Dr. Evalyna Bogdan - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University
Dr. Kathy Lynn Young - Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Dr. Luz Adriana Puentes Jácome - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, York University
Dr. Pulin Mondal - Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, York University
Dr. Raymond Kwong - Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, York University
Moderator
Dr. Marina Freire-Gormaly - Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, York University
Panel 2 - Government, Industry & Not-for-Profit Panel Discussion
Session Title: All for Water & Water for All
Topics Covered: Case Studies and Best Practices, Water Governance and Policy, Community Engagement and Equity, Urban Water Challenges and Solutions
Panelists
Andrew Wilson - Executive Director, Alberta WaterPortal Society
Fred Peters - Founder and current Chair, Friends of Swan Lake Park
Kevin Matthews - Founder and Owner, Sustainable Resource Solutions Ltd.
Michael Piotrowski - Vice-President, Engineering, Initiative Water System Inc.
Nicola Crawhall - CEO, Canada Water Network
Moderator
Dr. Syed Imran Ali - Research Fellow, Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University
Lunch Break
Panel 3 - Student Representative
Session Title: Education and Awareness
Topics Covered: Global Water Crisis, Understanding Water Scarcity, Canadian Water Landscape Overview
Panelists
Arefeh Shamskany - Doctoral Student, Civil Engineering, York University
Diego Alejandro Hernández Ospina - Master Student, Civil Engineering, York University
Maryam Zarean Adarmanabadi - Doctoral Student, Department of Biology, York University
Shiva Akhtarian - Doctoral Student, Mechanical Engineering, York University
Moderator
Dr. Ali Asgary - Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, York University
Organizers
Organizer
CIFAL York is part of UNITAR's global network of training centres for knowledge-sharing, training, and capacity-building for public and private leaders, local authorities, and civil society. CIFAL Centres are local and regional hubs for innovative, participatory and co-creative knowledge exchange opportunities to support decision-making processes, build capacity, and accelerate the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals. Established in 2020, CIFAL York started its operation in June 2021 as the first CIFAL Centre in Canada. Health and Development training and knowledge sharing is among the key focusing areas of CIFAL York.
For more information or questions, please contact: cifaldirector@yorku.ca
Organizer
The One WATER Insitute strives to understand and develop solutions to the ongoing water sustainability crises, attract and train future leaders in the field, educate the public on water issues in Canada and around the world, and build industrial partnerships to identify key problems and solutions for safe access to clean water.
One WATER ORU at York University engages in interdisciplinary world-class research on sourcing, Artificial Intelligence, Technologies, Education & Sustainability, Resource Recovery & Reuse as well as their environmental, educational, and societal implications. One WATER enhances York’s capacity to address the diverse aspects of the ongoing water sustainability crises, attract and train future leaders in the field, educate the public, innovate with industrial partners, and attract external competitive funding and endowments.