World Water Day at UBC OKanagan

Thursday, March 26 4:30-6pm
Okanagan Basin Water Board Governance Panel- Nelson Jatel
“Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities”, Canada and US relations and the Okanagan Basin
Kelowna Yacht Club, 1414 Water Street, Kelowna, B.C.
Admission: Free but seats limited to 60; first come first serve. Coffee provided.

Wednesday March 25 2-3pm
Potters without Borders Presentation by Burt Cohen (2:00-3:30, A376)
-demonstration of ceramic water filter technology offered by Canadian Non- Profit Organization

Tuesday, March 24
Opening Ceremonies 12:30-2pm
Processions and water drumming
Speeches and presentations by:
• Spokesperson, UBC Okanagan
• Spokesperson, Okanagan Nation Alliance
• Mayor of Kelowna, Sharon Shepherd
• Mayor of Lake Country, James Baker
• Nelson Jatel, Okanagan Basin Water Board
• Angele Clarke, Anthropology Student
Musical Performances by Hugo De Burgos and Leila Naderi
Poster displays and art installations (SSC and Arts Building foyers)
Wednesday March 25 2-3pm
Potters without Borders Presentation by Burt Cohen (2:00-3:30, A376)
-demonstration of ceramic water filter technology offered by Canadian Non- Profit Organization
Thursday, March 26 4:30-6pm
Okanagan Basin Water Board Governance Panel- Nelson Jatel
“Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities”, Canada and US relations and the Okanagan Basin
Kelowna Yacht Club, 1414 Water Street, Kelowna, B.C.
Admission: Free but seats limited to 60; first come first serve. Coffee provided.
Friday, March 27 11am-12:30pm
UBCO FCCS Poetry Slam Competition
Okanagan Room
-Hosted by Dr. Nancy Holmes and the FCCS students.
7pm
UBC Distinguished Speaker Series
Keynote Speaker- Sandra Postel
“Dividing the Waters: Strategies for a Warming Water Stressed World”
Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, B.C.
Tickets are free and can be picked up from the Rotary Centre for the Arts box office or ordered by calling 250.717.5304.
Tickets for Distinguished Speaker Series events typically go very quickly. If all tickets are gone, there will be a standby lineup at the event and efforts will be made to accommodate everyone.
http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/publicaffairs/speakers.html
Sandra Postel is director of the Global Water Policy Project in Amherst, Massachusetts. She is author of the books Pillar of Sand and Last Oasis, and of the essay Troubled Waters, selected for the 2001 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing. In 2002, she was named one of the Scientific American 50, by Scientific American magazine, an award recognizing contributions to science and technology

We have World Water Day t-shirts available for a modest donation of $10. The shirts are organic cotton featuring UBCO fine art (see our profile picture on Facebook). The first round of t-shirts will be made available Thursday March 5 at ART 225 between 2:30 and 4pm, and Tuesday March 10 between 12:30 and 3:30. Sizes and quantities are limited, so get yours soon! If there is enough interest, we will order more so if we don’t have your size right away leave your name and we’ll do our best to accomodate your request!

This event is not related to World Water Week at UBCO but will be of great interest to those who take an interest in Global Water Issues.
Okanagan College will host world-renowned environmentalist, thinker and activist, Dr. Vandana Shiva, for an evening presentation at the Rotary Centre for the Arts’ Mary Irwin Theatre on March 10 at 8 p.m.
For over three decades, Shiva has dedicated her life work to furthering issues of sustainability, agriculture, food rights, intellectual property rights, biodiversity, biotechnology, bioethics, ecofeminism and water rights.
Shiva is a founder of Navdanya, Research Foundation of Science, Technology and Ecology and one of the leaders of the International Forum on Globalization as well as the alter-globalization movement, a well-known global solidarity movement.
Shiva’s presentation on Tuesday evening will be her only stop in the region; she is coming to Kelowna for one night only between lectures at post-secondary institutions in California and Loyola University in Chicago. The event is free of charge and seating will be offered on a first-come, first-serve basis.
http://www.okanagan.bc.ca/administration/publicaffairs/news.html

Attached is a link to Angele Clarke’s survey regarding water use on the UBCO campus. Fill it out and help her with her project!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=m9tfkH4_2f1dI3YFQKdgkHAA_3d_3d