Water is Life Virtual Conference

From the conference website:

Over the 3 days we will offer amazing learning opportunities as we host speakers both locally and internationally who will speak on topics that all relate to water such as; food security, culture, language as well as current impacts to water.

We will be raffling off 3 greenhouses that are valued at $1500 each. The winner can choose a greenhouse for their community school, existing community garden, Indigenous University or Indigenous Community College.

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Conference details, agenda, and speaker bios available on the conference website

CONFERENCE PRESENTERS

• Jesse Cardinal Executive Director for Keepers of the Water and Conference Moderator
• Crystal Stamp-Cardinal, B.Sc Project Coordinator for Keepers of the Water and Conference Co-Moderator
• Sol Mamakwa Water Crisis in Northern Ontario Indigenous Communities
• Alex Wilson Food Security Presentation: Opaskwayak Cree Nation Community Garden - Remapping traditional watersheds through community gardens, housing, and other land-bases initiatives
• Maude Barlow The Global Fight for the Right to Water: Where Are We Now?
• Waasekom Niin Saskatchewan Water Walk; Carrying on the Legacy of Josephine Mandamin
• Latasha Calf Robe Niitsitapi Water Protectors
• Marvin Lizotte Paddle on the Peace River; Sharing Stories of Being on the Water - the Paddle from Fort Vermillion to Fort Chipeywan
• Winona LaDuke Water and Land Protection, Line 3 Pipeline and Food Security in Indigenous Communities
• Kevin Timoney Hidden Scourge, the Effects of the Fossil Fuel Industry on Ecosystems and Our Democracy
• Paul Belanger Tarsands Panel: The Alberta Government Wants to Start Dumping Toxic Tailings Ponds in the Athabasca River, Here is Why it Shouldn’t Happen
• Jean L’hommecourt Tarsands Panel: The Alberta Government Wants to Start Dumping Toxic Tailings Ponds in the Athabasca River, Here is Why it Shouldn’t Happen
• John O’Connor Tarsands Panel: The Alberta Government Wants to Start Dumping Toxic Tailings Ponds in the Athabasca River, Here is Why it Shouldn’t Happen
• George Poitras Tarsands Panel: The Alberta Government Wants to Start Dumping Toxic Tailings Ponds in the Athabasca River, Here is Why it Shouldn’t Happen
• Leo Cerda Indigenous Voices from the Amazon; Protecting Waters and Lands - Yumi Pujutan Sukagtawai - Water is Life
• Clelia Jima Chamiquit Indigenous Voices from the Amazon; Protecting Waters and Lands - Yumi Pujutan Sukagtawai - Water is Life
• Melva Ampam Indigenous Voices from the Amazon; Protecting Waters and Lands - Yumi Pujutan Sukagtawai - Water is Life
• Susana Deranger Indigenous Voices from the Amazon; Protecting Waters and Lands - Yumi Pujutan Sukagtawai - Water is Life
• Amelia “Amy” Ahnaughuq Topkok, B.F.A., M.A. Healing through Inupiaq Skin-Sewing
• Makere Stewart-Harawira Rivers and Rights: An Indigenous View from Aotearoa New Zealand

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