The World Water Day youth event is being presented in partnership with Science First and is geared for junior and senior high school students, with special guest speaker scientists and multiple workshops and programs.

Geared towards Grades 8-12
  
Do you have students who are engaged with environmental and social justice issues who would benefit from connecting with other youth, and hear from scientists, educators and Indigenous elders on the topic of water? 
  
The Museum is hosting a FREE special event in celebration of World Water Day on Wednesday March 22 from 10:00 am to 2:15 pm. The event, done in partnership with Science First, and part of the national GenAction initiative, will help students understand the issues facing water use, and to commit to actions to protect this valuable resource.   
  
Please register via this Google Form before March 20. Space is limited, so please register soon to guarantee a spot. You will be contacted shortly after with further information and forms to fill out. 

Registration for this FREE event is now open! 
  
Student admission to this event is generously sponsored by the Graham C. Lount Family Foundation.  Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the Museum, as well as their own lunches. 

Plans for the student conference include: 

• Guest speakers (scientists/Indigenous leaders) addressing current issues affecting water 
• Our newest Planetarium show – Atlas of a Changing Earth 
• Small breakout group discussions and engagement on fresh water concerns and challenges 
• Commitments to positive action and change towards the protection of water resources 

 If you have any questions about this event, please don’t hesitate to reach out to [email protected]. 

Featuring:

Dr. Markus Brinkmann – PhD Associate Professor

School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan
Faculty Member, Global Water Futures (GWF) program
Member, Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS)

Markus Brinkmann is a scientist at the University of Saskatchewan studying contaminants in aquatic organisms, including the influence of environmental and physiological factors, results from global change, and translating lab studies into real-life situations. Markus uses an interdisciplinary approach, using toxicology, environmental chemistry, and hydrology, to explore these problems. He earned a PhD at Aachen University in Germany, before becoming a research associate at the Department of Ecosystem Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, at Aachen University.

In 2018, he became an assistant Professor in Exposure and Risk Assessment Modelling in the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. He is also Faculty of the Global Water Futures (GWF) program, and a member of the Toxicology Centre and the Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS).

Dr. Scott Higgins – Research Scientist

International Institute Sustainable Development (IISD)-Experimental Lakes Area

Dr. Higgins is a Research Scientist at the IISD-Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA), a whole-ecosystem research program based in northwestern Ontario, Canada focused on finding solutions to water-quality problems. He has worked at the Experimental Lakes Area since 2010, first with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and then with the IISD-ELA.  His primary research interests focus on algal ecology, aquatic invasive species and the effects of climate change and contaminants on lake ecosystems and he has participated in many large collaborative projects on lake eutrophication, fish productivity, water diversion, climate change, and contaminants.  He has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters and is an adjunct professor at several Canadian universities.

Elder Florence Paynter

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) and Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba (TRCM)’s Council of Elders and Speaker Bureau

A Member of the Sandy Bay First Nation Treaty Territory 1 and a Norway House Cree Nation Treaty Territory 5A. Florence is a fourth degree Mide Anishinabekwe and holds a Masters Degree in Education from the University of Manitoba. Florence speaks Anishinabe fluently and has been involved in many language and cultural initiatives and ceremonies. She helps teach the cultural and spiritual knowledge and traditions of the Anishinabe people. Florence attended residential school and works hard to teach about the history of her people, the legacy of Indian residential schools, and its impact on Indigenous people.

More info:

www.worldwaterday.org

www.sciencefirst.ca

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