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JOIN OUR MAY 1 HIBAR RESEARCH ALLIANCE WEBINAR:
Delivering sustainable solutions with next generation partnerships and ecosystems
In pursuit of water-health equity for Indigenous & rural communities
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
11am-noon PT (2-3pm ET)
All are welcome - please feel free to share this event notice.
REGISTER HERE https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_M4INo1MiRyCxoTyS7GGu-g#/registration
Rural communities face challenges of growing complexity which require increasing breadth and depth of skills, all in support of expanding community solutions. This requires innovators to adopt new strategies and internal capabilities.
Community Circle (https://www.communitycircle.org/ formerly the Reseau Centre for Mobilizing Innovation) is a nonprofit center of excellence dedicated to the design and implementation of innovative solutions for drinking water quality and community health in Indigenous and rural communities. Community Circle's problem-solving approach empowers communities to define success on their unique terms, while building grassroots trust and confidence in proposed solutions to drive projects from concept to execution and beyond.
In this webinar, Community Circle leaders Madjid Mohseni and Irving Leblanc will describe the practices required to upgrade partnering arrangements from basic research to full solution-oriented and end-to-end ecosystems. They will share insights about how a deep partnership between researchers and community members developed through an initial collaborative project to improve water quality, building a solid foundation from which a wide range of projects have been launched. Together, the Community Circle team has solved several long-standing boil water advisories in rural settings, redefining sustainability, the economics of drinking water, and community health along the way.
Webinar speakers:
Madjid Mohseni
University of British Columbia
Irving Leblanc
Community Circle
Madjid Mohseni is a professor of chemical, biological and environmental engineering at the University of British Columbia. An internationally renowned expert in drinking water quality and advanced water treatment processes, he is the Scientific Director and co-founder of Community Circle.
Irving Leblanc, P. Eng., is Former Director, Infrastructure at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN). He is the Chair of the Board and the Co-director of Community Circle and has been involved in its governance and evolution since 2008.
For more information about the HIBAR Research Alliance, visit www.hibar-research.org.
HIBAR Research Alliance
6224 Agricultural Road
Vancouver, British Columbia | V6T 1Z1 | Canada
hibar.research.alliance@ubc.ca
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Ke Cao
Assistant Professor
Wilfrid Laurier University
Waterloo ON
Canada
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