Presentations
Session One: Setting the Stage
Status of Columbia River Treaty Discussions to Date: A Canadian Perspective
Kathy Eichenberger, Executive Director, Columbia River Treaty Review Team, B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines
Analysis of U.S. Perspectives on the Columbia River Treaty and Its Potential Future
Barbara Cosens, Professor, University of Idaho College of Law
A Legal, Institutional and Jurisdictional Commentary on the Columbia River Treaty
Dr. Richard Paisley, Director, Global Transboundary Water International Waters Research Initiative; Research Associate, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia
Syilx Perspective on the Columbia River Treaty
Jay Johnson, Senior Policy Advisor, Chiefs’ Executive Committee, Okanagan Nation Alliance
B.C. Columbia Basin Local Government Perspectives on the Columbia River Treaty
Deb Kozak, Mayor, City of Nelson; Chair, Columbia River Treaty Local Governments’ Committee; Columbia Basin Trust
Session Two: Issues to be Considered in a Modernized Treaty
Agricultural Issues and a Modernized Treaty
Dr. John Wagner, Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan)
Upper Columbia Water Storage and Canadian Salmon and Canadian Salmon–it’s a Canadian issue too
Howie Wright, Fisheries Program Manager, Okanagan Nation Alliance
Climate Change Issues for a Modernized Columbia River Treaty
Deborah Harford, Executive Director, ACT (Adaptation to Climate Change Team), Simon Fraser University
Session Three: Other Models and Future Directions
Other Models of National/International Trans-boundary River Basin Management Agreements
Bob Sandford, EPCOR Chair, Water Security, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment & Health; Senior Water Policy Author and Advisor, ACT, SFU
A Modernized Columbia River Basin Management Treaty
Dr. Jon O’Riordan, former Deputy Minister, Sustainable Resource Management, Government of B.C.; Senior Policy Advisor, ACT, SFU