The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance is pleased to host a
specialpublic guest lecture by Bob Sandford

This event helps launch the Future of Water Law and Governance in Canada –
a new program at the POLIS Water Sustainability Project.  Bob will share
his experiences and “lessons from elsewhere” as they relate to current
efforts to modernize the BC Water Act and the future of fresh water in
Canada.

Bob Sandford is the Canadian Chair of the United Nations “Water for Life”
Decade, a partnership initiative that aims to advance long-term water
quality and availability issues. IBob is the only Canadian to sit on the
Advisory Committee for the prestigious Rosenberg International Forum on
Water Policy. Bob is also the Director of the Western Watersheds Climate
Research Collaborative, and is a current co-Chair of FLOW- Canada a
prestigious national water policy expert group. Bob’s third book on water
issues, Restoring the Flow: Confronting the World’s Water Woes, was
published by Rocky Mountain Books in the fall of 2009.

David F. Strong Building room C126

More info: hendriks.elizabeth(a)gmail.com