Qu'Appelle Valley Environmental Association

PHOTO: Fishing at Echo Lake

Protect and Restore the Qu'Appelle Watershed

Upcoming Public Forum

Protecting Prairie Water, Habitat and Health

Finding Common Ground

Date
Time – Lunch provided
Location United Church Hall Bay Ave. and 4th St., Fort Qu’Appelle
Poster for the Protecting Prairie Water, Habitat and Health public forum
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Day at a glance

Forum Schedule

  1. Coffee and mingling

  2. Welcome and land acknowledgement

    Keynote
    The Health of the Calling Lakes

    Dr. Peter Leavitt, University of Regina

    Moderator: Greg Van Luven, QVEA

  3. Questions and discussion

  4. Lunch

    Provided for attendees

  5. Panel

    Finding Common Ground

    Moderator: Sharron Bodnaryk, QVEA

    Treaty Rights
    Janna Pratt, activist, George Gordon First Nation
    Land Ownership
    Cathy Holtslander, former Director of Research and Policy, National Farmers Union (NFU)
    Drainage
    Sandy Lowndes, farm activist
    Climate
    Dr. Brett Dolter, University of Regina
    Health
    Dr. Meredith McKague, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)

  6. Break

  7. Moving Forward

    Open discussion

    Moderator: Jim Harding, QVEA

  8. Adjourn

All are welcome. Attendance is free.
Hosted by the Qu’Appelle Valley Environmental Association.

See the event on our Public Forums page

Regular Monthly Meetings

The QVEA meets at 7 pm the second Wednesday of every month at the Qu’Appelle Valley Centre for the Arts in Fort Qu’Appelle. Please come to share and help. Everyone is welcome!