Watershed Adaptation in Ontario: Conservation Authority Perspectives
Workshop: Moving Forward on Adaptation
As part of the Ontario Regional Adaptation Collaborative, OCCIAR is working with Conservation Authorities (CAs) to address the challenges of climate change and move forward on adaptation. The CA Climate Change Adaptation Workshop Series, organized by the Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources and Conservation Ontario, was held in February and March of 2011.
For Conservation Authority staff and directors, these workshops were organized to:- raise awareness of climate change and its implications to CA business;
- provide an update on provincial perspective and initiatives (MOE and MNR);
- provide opportunity for CAs to share current CA climate change initiatives; and
- discuss challenges and approaches for incorporating adaptation and mitigation into CA programs.
Participants heard presentations from the following experts:
- Climate Change Impacts: Implications for Water
Linda Mortsch, Adaptation and Impacts Research Section, Environment Canada
Kingston Workshop - CCCSN Information and Tools for Conservation Authorities
Dr. Neil Comer, Adaptation and Impacts Research Section, Environment Canada
Kingston and Hamilton Workshops - Guide for Assessment of Hydrologic Effects of Climate Change in Ontario and Future Climate Change Data Sets
Mike Garraway, Ministry of Natural Resources
Kingston, London and Hamilton Workshops - Assessment for Water Monitoring Networks for Climate Change
Scott MacRitchie, Ministry of the Environment
Kingston, London and Hamilton Workshops - Climate Change Adaptation in Ontario
Kathleen O'Neill, Ministry of the Environment
Kingston Workshop - Floodplain Standards, Policy and Direction
Don Haley, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Kingston and London Workshops - Adapting to Climate Change in the Mississippi Valley
Sobhalatha Kunjikutty, Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority
Kingston Workshop - Natural Heritage Areas and Nature-based Tourism and Recreation
Paul Gray, Ministry of Natural Resources
Kingston and London Workshops - Assessment Methods and Support Tools for Climate Change Adaptation
Al Douglas, Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources
Kingston, London and Hamilton Workshops - Overview of CA Climate Change Initiatives
Charlie Worte, Conservation Ontario
Kingston, London and Hamilton Workshops - Watershed Management in a Changing Climate
Bruce Reid, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
Kingston Workshop - Cataraqui Region Climate Change Adaptation Group
Mara Shaw, Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority
Kingston Workshop - Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation in Eastern Ontario: Challenges and Opportunities
Dr. Robert McLeman, University of Ottawa
Kingston Workshop - Overview of Climate Change Impacts Related to Water
Dr. Gord McBean, University of Western Ontario
London Workshop - Climate Change Adaptation in Ontario
James Scott, Ministry of the Environment
London Workshop - Methodology for Assessment of Climate Change Caused Flood Risk to Municipal Infrastructure (City of London Case Study)
Dragan Sredojevic, Upper Thames Conservation Authority
London Workshop - Opportunities for CA's to Contribute to the Transformation of Agriculture
Phil Beard, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
London Workshop - Moving forward on adaptation In Ausable Bayfield Watersheds
Kate Monk, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
Ross Wilson, Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
London Workshop - Climate Change is Coming! What do we do now?
James Etienne, Grand River Conservation Authority
London Workshop - Climate Change: The Need to Take (Adaptive) Action in Watershed Management
Dr. Quentin Chiotti, Association for Canadian Educational Resources
Hamilton Workshop - Climate Change Adaptation: A Policy Imperative
Dr. Gail Krantzberg, McMaster University
Hamilton Workshop - Climate Change and Natural Heritage Protection in Southern Ontario
Ken Towle, Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
Hamilton Workshop - Climate Change Adaptation in Ontario
Louis Des Rosiers, Ministry of the Environment
Hamilton Workshop - Implications of Climate Change to Storm water Management
Dr. Bahram Gharabaghi, University of Guelph
Hamilton Workshop - Climate Change: A Flood Management Perspective
Dwight Boyd, Grand River Conservation Authority
Hamilton Workshop - What is HCA's Role? Building Resilience and Managing Change: Climate Change
Hazel Breton, Hamilton Conservation Authority
Hamilton Workshop - Climate Change Adaptation Vulnerability Assessment
Mike Walters, Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Hamilton Workshop
Workshop Agenda:
Agenda for Kingston
Agenda for London
Agenda for Hamilton
Workshop Report
Watershed Adaptation in Ontario - Conservation Authority Perspectives - Final Report