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Thinking Water: Water Without Borders (WWB) Conference – McMaster  University/United Nations University UNU-INWEH
					
 Nov 10, 2020 
 5:30PM to 8:00PM

									

				

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	Date(s) - 10/11/2020
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm





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Thinking Water: Water Without Borders (WWB) Conference  | November 10, 2020.  5:30PM – 8:00PM EST


To register: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vvTBsmkcSAOaULPtIcxRlw


5:30 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Prof Nancy Doubleday and Dr Nidhi Nagabhatla


 ( Directors, WWB Program ) – https://inweh.unu.edu/water-without-borders/


Opening Keynote:  


Thinking Water During Times of Political Instability – The South American Challenge: 


Mr. Jorge H. Sanchez Perez, Philosophy Department and Peace Studies Program, School of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada 


Q & A


Emerging  WWB scholars – McMaster and UNU  INWEH Water Without Borders Program


Panel 1: Water, Gender and Human Development  (WWB 2020)


    

  1. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Challenges faced by Women (Diana Lu, Samar Mashadi, Evelyne Onari* & Whitley Schamber)
    2. 

  2. Evaluating sustainable interventions to reduce gender disparities promoted by WASH related inequities in low-and middle-income countries (Abeer Wasim*, Ambareen-Rose* and Courtney)
    3. 

  3. Menstrual WASH Needs (Brenna Friesen, Magnolia Hamzeloee & Megan Devoe*)
    4. 

  4. Examining the intersection of Water Policy and Women’s Achievement through Qualitative Analysis (Charlynn Jelier *and Corey McKibbin)
    5. 

  5. WASH and Neonatal Health (Emily Bagley, Anisha Rao, Alison Tidmarsh, and Sarah Twomey*)
    6. 



Q &A


Intermission: 10 minutes


Panel 2: Water, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (WWB 2020)


    

  1. Efficient Water Practices Enabling Sustainable Wheat Agriculture in Ethiopia (Julia Gordon, Sophie Nasato, *Michelle Ragany & Dan Zhao)
    2. 

  2. Co-creation And Inclusive Decision-making For Improving First Nations Water Security (Anthony Quarshie, Chitmandeep Josan*& Fernando Rangel Lennertz)
    3. 

  3. Nature-based Solution for Water Quality and Stormwater Overflow Management – Cootes Paradise River, Canada (Negin Balaghi-Ficzkowski*, Suad Abukamla*, Shemar Williams, Han Bao, &George Vaidyan)
    4. 

  4. Social determinants of water accessibility: international health and policy implications (Adam Clasky, Alicia Liu, Maraam Haque*, Ritika Arora*
    5. 

  5. Don’t Waste the Wastewater: Drugs, Water-based Epidemiology, and Sustainable Development Goals”(Akorede Adekoya, Anika Kuhnert*, and Liz Outhit*)
    6. 



 Q & A


Concluding Keynote: Reciprocity and China’s Transboundary Waters: The Law of International Watercourses” 


Dr. David J Devlaeminck, School of Law, Chongqing University, China


Moderated discussion by WWB leadership and close of event


For more information about the United Nations University (UNU) and McMaster University Water Without Borders Joint Collaborative Graduate Programme (MA, MSc and PhD): https://unu.edu/admissions/affiliated/water-without-borders-joint-collaborative-graduate-programme-m-a-m-sc-and-ph-d.html#overview