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Contact Persons
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Cecilia Ferreyra (Team Leader)
Meredith Walker (Facilitator)
Jill Peers (Communicator)
If you want to become a member of the chapter, or you have any questions, please contact us at: syp_guelph@yahoo.ca
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Links
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SYP Guelph Home Page
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Description
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The Guelph SYP Chapter has just formed this fall 2006. The goals of the chapter, which is based at the University of Guelph, are:
- to increase communication among students and young professionals involved in water management issues on campus and elsewhere;
- to provide networking opportunities among students, young professionals, and professionals involved in water management issues; and,
- to participate and support the Mentorship Program the CWRA is currently launching.
The main focus of our chapter is to provide students and young professionals with a forum for information exchange and learning, and a forum for networking. We will typically meet about once a month to discuss water related issues and plan upcoming activities.
The organizing committee has two team leaders, one facilitator, and three communicators. We are currently working on activities that will create awareness of the Guelph Chapter and provide opportunities for learning and networking. Some of the proposed activities include:
- informal discussion seminars on water issues
- “meet & greet” events (creating links with the Chapter and professionals)
- establishing the mentorship program in Guelph, and
- creating a chapter web page to be linked to the SYP site
Many students and young professionals have expressed their interest to be active members of the Guelph SYP Chapter. Current membership ranges from about 27-35, including grad students from the departments of Geography, Rural Planning and Development, Capacity Development and Extension, Land Resource Science, Consumer Studies, Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics, Integrative Biology and the School of Engineering, among others.
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Events
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S YP Social and Professional Mixer
Event Date: March 29, 2007
Description:The purpose of the event, which was held in the Landscape Architecture Building of the University of Guelph, was to bring together students and water resources professionals for an informal evening of social interaction. Approximately 30 people attended the event, with a good cross-section of students, young professionals and professionals from academia, government, industry and NGOs. These included the Universities of Guelph, Waterloo, and Western Ontario, Conservation Ontario, GRCA, Canadian Water Network, Trout Unlimited Canada, CF Crozier & Associates, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, and OMAFRA.
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Presentation by the Canada Research Chair in Water Management
Event Date: November 28, 2006
Description: Dr. Rob de Lo, Professor, Department of Geography (University of Guelph) and Canada Research Chair in Water Management made a presentation about the CWRA, and about the evolution and current state of water policy in Canada.
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Special Discussion Seminar: Margaret Catley-Carlson on The New World of Water
Event Date: January 15 2007
Description:A special discussion seminar by Margaret Catley-Carlson on The New World of Water was organized. Margaret is Chair of The Global Water Partnership and a Member of the UN Secretary General Advisory Board on Water.
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Other SYP Chapter Events
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