Thought leadership from Kelly Lendsey, Chief Transformation Officer of Luminary and CEO of Indigenous Works. Kelly delivered a keynote on inclusion during Blue Cities 2025.
Canadian Water Network’s CEO Nicola Crawhall sat down for an in-depth interview with Dr. Deb Chachra, Blue Cities keynote and Canadian author of How Infrastructure Works: Inside the Systems That Shape Our World. Dr. Chachra is a professor and materials scientist at Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts.
Canadian Water Network's CEO Nicola Crawhall recently sat down for a conversation with Benjamin Morgan, principal and managing director of the Centre for Crisis and Risk Communications.
Canadian Water Network’s (CWN) CEO Nicola Crawhall sat down with Dr. Niladri Basu for a fascinating discussion on the revolution underway in toxicity testing and implications for regulations and approvals in Canada. Dr. Basu is a Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Environmental Health Sciences. He is also a professor in the Centre for [...]
Microplastics are ubiquitous in our lives and in the environment. Canada is currently  negotiating an international agreement on plastics pollution, and has joined other countries in banning some single use plastics. Despite the enormity of the problem, understanding how microplastics circulate in the environment and in our bodies is in its early stages. CWN’s [...]
Canadian Water Network (CWN) interviewed Peter Gleick, author of The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future. What prompted you to write your book The Three Ages of Water? I've worked on water issues my entire career. With the Pacific Institute, we’ve been looking at water and [...]
We had an opportunity to connect with Don Iveson, former mayor of Edmonton and co-chair of the Taskforce on Climate and Housing. He shares his thought leadership on Canada’s colliding crises, the housing crisis and the climate crisis, and shows a positive way forward. You co-chair the Taskforce on Climate and Housing with Lisa [...]
This thought leader interview features Dr. Monica Emelko, Canada Research Chair of Water Science, Technology and Policy and Scientific Director of the forWater Network at the University of Waterloo. She shares her expertise and experience in researching the impact of forest fires on drinking water source quality and treatability. Can you share some reflections [...]
This edition’s thought leader interview features Jimmy Zammar, the City of Vancouver’s director of urban watersheds, sewers and drainage, who shares his experience in implementing the city’s Rain City Strategy. How did the City of Vancouver’s Rain City Strategy come about? The Rain City strategy is the fruit of over 10 years of effort [...]
