{"id":13,"date":"2009-03-06T15:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-06T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/2009\/03\/06\/world-water-week-schedule-of-events\/"},"modified":"2009-03-06T15:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-06T23:02:00","slug":"world-water-week-schedule-of-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/2009\/03\/06\/world-water-week-schedule-of-events\/","title":{"rendered":"World Water Week Schedule of Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, March 24 <\/strong>
\nOpening Ceremonies 12:30-2pm<\/em>
\nProcessions and water drumming
\nSpeeches and presentations by:
\n\u2022 Spokesperson, UBC Okanagan
\n\u2022 Spokesperson, Okanagan Nation Alliance
\n\u2022 Mayor of Kelowna, Sharon Shepherd
\n\u2022 Mayor of Lake Country, James Baker
\n\u2022 Nelson Jatel, Okanagan Basin Water Board
\n\u2022 Angele Clarke, Anthropology Student
\nMusical Performances by Hugo De Burgos and Leila Naderi
\nPoster displays and art installations (SSC and Arts Building foyers)
\nWednesday March 25 2-3pm <\/strong>
\nPotters without Borders Presentation by Burt Cohen (2:00-3:30, A376)<\/em>
\n-demonstration of ceramic water filter technology offered by Canadian Non- Profit Organization
\nThursday, March 26 4:30-6pm<\/strong>
\nOkanagan Basin Water Board Governance Panel- Nelson Jatel<\/em>
\n“Shared Waters, Shared Opportunities”, Canada and US relations and the Okanagan Basin
\nKelowna Yacht Club, 1414 Water Street, Kelowna, B.C.
\nAdmission: Free but seats limited to 60; first come first serve. Coffee provided.
\nFriday, March 27 11am-12:30pm <\/strong>
\nUBCO FCCS Poetry Slam Competition<\/em>
\nOkanagan Room
\n-Hosted by Dr. Nancy Holmes and the FCCS students.
\n7pm<\/strong>
\nUBC Distinguished Speaker Series<\/em>
\nKeynote Speaker- Sandra Postel
\n“Dividing the Waters: Strategies for a Warming Water Stressed World”
\nRotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave, Kelowna, B.C.
\nTickets are free and can be picked up from the Rotary Centre for the Arts box office or ordered by calling 250.717.5304.
\nTickets 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.
\nhttp:\/\/web.ubc.ca\/okanagan\/publicaffairs\/speakers.html<\/a>
\nSandra 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, March 24 Opening Ceremonies 12:30-2pm Processions and water drumming Speeches and presentations by: \u2022 Spokesperson, UBC Okanagan \u2022 Spokesperson, Okanagan Nation Alliance \u2022 Mayor of Kelowna, Sharon Shepherd \u2022 Mayor of Lake Country, James Baker \u2022 Nelson Jatel, Okanagan Basin Water Board \u2022 Angele Clarke, Anthropology Student Musical Performances by Hugo De Burgos and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1470,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/worldwaterday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}