Victoria's Wastewater:

Land-Based Treatment ... or Something Better?

Workshop

Friday February 22 2008 | 8 am - 5 pm

University of Victoria

8:30am - Introduction by Workshop Chair

• Jim Boutilier, PhD - President, Maritime Awards Society of Canada
  

  Audio recording of remarks (1:15)

8:45am - Session II:

• Science and environmental considerations
  • Andrea Copping, PhD, Marine Sciences Lab, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    

    Presentation Slides

    Audio recording of presentation (30:13)

• Science and human health impacts
  
  • Dr. Richard Stanwick, MD, Chief Medical Health Officer, Vancouver Island Health Authority
    

    Presentation Slides

    Audio recording of presentation (34:45)

9:45am - Discussion

10:45am - Session III

• Beyond the science: public interest and legal considerations
  
  • Lincoln Loehr, Environmental Analyst, Heller, Ehrman, Seattle
    

    Presentation Text

    Audio recording of presentation (36:13)

    
    
  • Lara Tessaro, Staff Lawyer, Ecojustice
    

    Audio recording of presentation (27:20)

11:45am - Discussion

1:30pm - Session IV

• Options to address the problems—contending perspectives
  
  • Responsible Sewage Treatment Victoria – questioning the need and benefits of land based sewage treatment for Victoria
    • Dr Shaun Peck, MB, former Deputy Provincial Health Officer
      

      Presentation Slides

      Audio recording of presentation (17:30)

      
      
    • Rebecca Warburton, PhD, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria
      

      Presentation Slides

      No audio recording available

  • Risk and opportunity: the impacts of years of inactions on treating sewage and the opportunities of managing our waste – liquid and organic solid – in an integrated way
  • Christianne Wilhelmson, Georgia Strait Alliance
    

    Presentation Slides

    Audio recording of presentation (17:08)

  • John Werring, David Suzuki Foundation
    

    Presentation Slides

    Audio recording of presentation (10:12)

2:30pm - Discussion

3:30pm - Session V

• Jim Boutilier - Opening Comments (1:14)
• Simulation: Deputy Ministers meet to deal with a draft Memorandum to Cabinet
  

  Draft Cabinet Document	Complete Audio of Entire Simulation (1:08:17) is available on request (60 mb mp3 file)
  Meeting Agenda	Podcast of Simulation (individual segments, including annotations)
  Summary Record of Meeting	Cast of Characters

Post-Simulation Participant Commentary

• Ken Dobell - Concluding Comments (0:38)
• Harry Swain - Concluding Comments (2:21)
• Ian McKinnon - Concluding Comments (2:19)
• Doug Allen - Concluding Comments (1:16)
• Art Hanson - Concluding Comments (2:50)
• Thea Vakil - Concluding Comments (1:09)
• Derek Thompson - Concluding Comments (1:56)
• Ken Dobell - Concluding Comments (1:32)
• Jim Boutilier - Closing Comments (1:14)

Jim Boutilier - Closing Comments (1:11)

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