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Meet us in Kingston this week!
Join Lake Ontario Waterkeeper & Gord Downie in a discussion about Kingston’s burning issues.
Find out what’s being done – and what you can do – to win back your lake … and your future.
Where: Queen’s Grad Club, Kingston
When: 7:00-9:30. Wed. April 5, 2006.
How: You must be on the list to attend. Please email RSVP@waterkeeper.ca.
Space is limited. First come, first serve!
Last Monday night, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper celebrated the end of the 4th year of the Clean Water Workshop. Students from Ottawa, Queens, Osgoode, and Toronto universities gathered at U of T to talk about a year of research, activism, and environmental justice. Staff and students were joined by Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC), as well as Waterkeeper Alliance and the Petitcodiac Riverkeeper. PBSC matches law students with international, national, and local public interest and community organizations as well as with lawyers doing pro bono work. Over a thousand law students each year work with 300 PBSC partners on specific projects each term or in full-time summer fellowships. This year, nearly 20 students from four law schools worked with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and Ottawa Riverkeeper. In 2005-2006, students worked on a variety of important projects, including: - a citizen’s guide to the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and its rules of procedure
- a citizen’s guide to the Environmental Review Tribunal
- research for the preparation of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s EBR submission on the Lafarge proposal to burn tires and garabage near Kingston
- an EBR application (more next week) to the Ontario government that will help fix important flaws in the Environmental Assessment Act
- groundbreaking research on the application of Canadian environmental laws to U.S-based facilities operating on transboundary waterways
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper is grateful for the time and enthusiasm our students bring to the program. The Clean Water Workshop runs every school year, from September through March. Past and current supporters include the Law Foundation of Ontario, the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation, the Percy Gardiner Foundation, and the Helen McCrae Peacock Foundation. More information: www.waterkeeper.ca.
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