PLEASE NOTE - The Water Policy Fellowships will be on hold for the 2010 application cycle. Please check back in the fall of 2010 for information regarding the 2011 cycle.
Water Policy Fellowships
In 2005 the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation initiated a project under its Fresh Water Resources Protection Programme to annually award four 1-year graduate Fellowships of $15,000 each. The Fellowships are intended to support policy applications of water research by Canadian graduate students who are near completion of their studies.
See A Note on Mentorship for thoughts from 2006 Water Policy Fellowship recipients Liz Hendricks and Sarah Wolfe.
Freshwater Leaders Learning Network
In 2008, we asked the Sustainability Network to help us organize our inaugural Water Policy Leaders Network. This event was held from September 24 - 26, 2008 at the Harmony Dawn Retreat Centre and it involved sixteen emerging water policy leaders. Click here for more information.
2009 Fellowship recipients:
David R. Boyd
PhD Candidate, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability,
University of British Columbia
Supervisor: Prof. Theresa Satterfield, University of British Columbia
Project: An Evaluation of the Human Right to Water
Gaylene Halter
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences,
University of Alberta
Supervisors: Professors John Parkins and Debra Davidson, University
of Alberta
Project: Deliberative Democracy as a Tool for Water Policy Development
in Alberta
Emilie Lagacé
Master of Science, University of Oxford
Specialization: Water Science, Policy and Management
Research Topic: Science - policy interface in the making of the EU Water
Framework Directive
Kathryn Tucker
Graduate from McGill University Law School
Supervisor: Prof. Rob de Loe, University of Waterloo
Project: Legal Barriers to Adopting the Ecosystem Approach in Ontario's
Watershed Management
2008 Fellowship recipients:
Matt Binstock
"Examining challenges of rapid growth for water in the Greater Golden
Horseshoe using a soft path analysis of Guelph"
Supervisor: Peter Mulvihill, York University
NGO Partners: Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy; Friends
of the Earth
Daphne Ferguson
"Encouraging water efficiency in Montreal through a cost-benefit analysis
of municipal incentives for water efficiency"
Supervisor: George McCourt, McGill University
NGO Partner: Nature Québec
Bryony Halpin
"Source water protection: First Nations participation and indigenous
knowledge in watershed Management in Ontario"
Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn M. Johns, Ryerson University
NGO Partner: Canadian Environmental Law Association
Jocelyne Rankin
"Working with community-based watershed groups to contribute to the
development of a province-wide water strategy in Nova Scotia"
Supervisor: Dr. Karen Beazley, Dalhousie University
NGO Partner: Ecology Action Centre
2007 Fellowship recipients:
Alice Cohen
"Examining the federal role in transboundary groundwater governance"
Supervisor: Dr. Karen Bakker, University of British Columbia
NGO Partners: Sierra Club of Canada
Stephanie E.
Merrill
"Riparian Zone Management: investigating private landowners' perceived
vs actual stewardship in the Canaan-Washademoak watershed"
Supervisor: Dr. Shawn Dalton, University of New Brunswick
NGO Partner: Canaan-Washademoak Watershed Association
Korice Moir
"Tracking water footprints and strategies designed to reduce water use
in the production and consumption of manufactured goods"
Supervisor: Dr. Peter A. Victor, York University
NGO Partner: POLIS Project on Ecological Governance
Bryan Poirier
"Policy innovation and aquatic ecosystem protection in Southern Alberta"
Supervisor: Prof. Rob de Loe, University of Guelph
NGO Partner: The Oldman Watershed Council
2006 Fellowship recipients:
Elizabeth Hendriks
"Applying the soft path for water management to pulp & paper industry
water use in Ontario"
Supervisor: Dr. Paul Kay
NGO Partner: Friends of the Earth Canada
Mario Levesque
"Affecting positive change in groundwater management policies by the
City of Hamilton, Ontario in the face of uncertain availability and
conflict among stakeholders"
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Sproule-Jones
NGO Partner: Environment Hamilton
Shelly Minarik
"Applying contemporary research with respect to fresh-water management
issues, demand-side management, and sustainable water management to
the Bow River Basin (BRB) and to the inter-jurisdictional South Saskatchewan"
Supervisor: Professor Nigel Bankes
NGO Partner: Bow Riverkeeper
Sarah Wolfe
"Developing and implementing a water demand management Policy & Action
Strategy for the township of Centre Wellington, Ontario"
Supervisor: Dr. Robert de Loë Department of Geography
NGO Partner: Elora Centre for Environmental Excellence
2005 Fellowship recipients:
Hugh Benevides
“Back to basics in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: Revisiting
Prohibitions, Virtual Elimination and Zero Discharge”
Supervisor: Prof. Stepan Wood, York University (Law)
NGO Partner: Canadian Environmental Law Association
Cecilia Ferreyra
“Assessing integrated and collaborative water management in agricultural
watersheds of Ontario”
Supervisor: Dr. Rob de Loë, University of Guelph (Geography)
NGO Partner: Maitland Watershed Partnerships
Tony Maas
“Integrating ecosystem needs into water allocation schemes”
Supervisor: Dr. Bruce Mitchell, University of Waterloo (Planning)
NGO Partners: Friends of the Earth, University of Victoria, POLIS Project
Tim Morris
“Examining the adequacy of current water allocation laws in the Great
Lakes basin”
Supervisor: Dr. Richard Kyle Paisley, University of British Columbia
(Law)
NGO Partner: Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy