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News and Activities of the CCWPL in 2008

November

• Roundtable on Freshwater – Emerging Threats and Urgent Priorities.  Continuing program of the Global Issues Project of Science for Peace and Canadian Pugwash
  Author of the Report: Cameron Harrington, PhD candidate, University of Western Ontario
  Where: Trinity College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  When: 7-9 November 2008

• The Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, a national philanthropic Foundation that supports organizations across Canada in developing sound and innovative public policy has invited (11th and 12th Stanford) Prof McKay to assist in assessing the vision and objectives for the Canadian fresh water programme, to explore the idea of setting a broad goal of a Canadian Water Strategy and to establish objectives that build towards that goal.

• Professor McKay is working in the UN Library on international sustainable development law for two books and also with members of the Berkeley School of Law on legal and policy regimes for the Bay Delta area.

• Professor McKay is an invited guest of The Centre for International Governance Innovation  University of Waterloo, Canada to attend and give the keynote speech an international Roundtable on water policy and law on 8th and 9th November.

• Seminar Title: Radical legal changes for water institutions and increased conflicts - the prospects for Australia
  Presenter: Professor Jennifer McKay
  Where: 406 David Hall, University of California Berkeley
  Overview: Please see attached flyer

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October

• The Centre for Comparative Water Policies and Laws conducted an online survey as part of a research that aims to gain clearer picture of the public attitudes concerning government policies and laws about water and various other water management issues.

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July

• International Conference on Water Management in Federal and Federal - Type Countries
  Where: Zaragoza, Spain
  When: Wed. 09/07/08 and Fri. 11/07/08
  Organised by: Manuel Gimenez Abad Foundation (Regional Parliament of Aragon) Forum of Federations Expo 2008 (Water Tribune)
  Conference Programme: Programme (in English Language); Programa (in Spanish Language)
   

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