Brant Land Trust Public Lecture: Theresa McClenaghan

Join us in exploring the history of our drinking water infrastructure and the legal and environmental factors shaping future proposals. This year's public lecture series begins with Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association, with her talk "Building Big Water: Drinking Water Projects in Southwestern Ontario - Environmental Law Factors." Sponsored by the Brant Land Trust in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University and the Laurier Institute for Water Science as part of the Natural Resource Awareness and Protection in the Grand River Watershed lecture series. Over the past several decades there have been various proposals for major drinking water projects in southwestern Ontario, some of which have been built and some of which have not - so far. Building on recent research by the Canadian Environmental Law Association, Theresa will give an overview of the history of some of the existing systems. She will review the drinking water and planning laws that would apply to new proposals, and some of the major factors that have to be considered including impacts on human health, community growth, and long-term environmental resilience. This free event is available online via Zoom or in-person at Research and Academic Centre East, Room RCE 004, 150 Dalhousie St., Brantford, ON. Registration is required for both in-person and online attendance. Click “Reserve a Spot” to register. As this event is being hosted in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University, a Zoom account is required to join online, which is available here for free. Please ensure you are signed in to your Zoom account when attempting to join the meeting. If Zoom references a requirement for a ‘commercial’ account, please note that basic zoom account, available for free, is sufficient to join. A 'getting started with zoom' guide is available here. The Zoom meeting will open ~30 minutes prior to the start of the lecture. To provide time to resolve any potential issues, we recommend that you join the meeting prior to 6:45 p.m. For more information contact: [email protected]