Our Living Waters’ 2022-23 year centered on consolidation in response to rapid growth and change. Download the report here.

Take a look at this March 2023 op ed on the way that Canada is trailing behind the US when it comes to investing in water, and how we have an obligation to change this.

Take a look at this March 2023 op ed on the way that Canada is trailing behind the US when it comes to investing in water, and how we have an obligation to change this. (in French)

Read this December 2022 op ed on leveraging COP15 so that the Canadian government keeps its promise to establish the Canada Water Agency.

Take a look at this two page November 2022 document by the Canadian Coalition for Healthy Waters making an economic case for investing in water.

Download this October 2022 framework to help practitioners advance equitable, abundant, and thriving green infrastructure in cities across Canada, by Green Communities Canada and a research team from the University of Toronto.

Read this October 2022 op ed by Andrew Stegemann, Dominique Monchamp, Nicole Trigg, Coree Tull and Roberta Webster on creating a Canada Water Agency and adequately resourcing the Freshwater Action Plan.

Take a look at this September 2022 Briefing Note on creating an effective Canada Water Agency and a properly resourced Freshwater Action Plan from the Canadian Coalition for Healthy Waters.

Take a look at this document resulting from the March 2022 Forum coordinated by Green Communities Canada and supported by the University of Toronto, the Green Infrastructure Ontario Coalition and other environmental organizations.

2021 - 2022 was a period of exciting growth and reorientation for Our Living Waters! Download the report here.

Download the March 2022 paper here.

The CCHW is a non-Indigenous led coalition. Any statement or policy position coming from the Coalition, including this one, does not speak for Indigenous Peoples.

Download the March 2022 paper here.

The CCHW is a non-Indigenous led coalition. Any statement or policy position coming from the Coalition, including this one, does not speak for Indigenous Peoples.

Download the January 14, 2022 letter to Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada. (bilingual)

Download this November 2021 report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Learn about why funding and coordinating Canada's vibrant community-based water monitoring community makes scientific and economic sense!

Take a look at the 2020 - 2021 Annual Report, covering the period of the beginning of the COVID pandemic.

Read this 2021 joint submission, spearheaded by the Forum for Leadership on Water and Our Living Waters, with support from a dozen other organizations. (bilingual)

Read this 2021 letter to Environment and Climate Change Canada, outlining four pillars for federal commitment on community-based water monitoring. (bilingual)

Take a look at this November 2020 summary of research on water funding opportunities in Canada from the federal government.

Read this July 2020 letter to Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, outlining four priorities for federal action on community-based water monitoring. (bilingual)

Read this May 2020 letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, including a summary of over 300 projects to advance climate resiliency and water security across the country.

Read this May 2020 letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and key federal ministers, encouraging investment in natural infrastructure as a part of Canada's COVID recovery plan.

Take a look at the 2019 - 2020 Annual Report here.

Read this report from 2019, authored by a number of organizations working together to advocate for federal leadership on water.

Read this 2019 brief to the Senate Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, urging progressive changes to Canada's Fisheries Act.

Read this April 2019 report, written by The Gordon Foundation, Living Lakes Canada and WWF-Canada, outlining draft recommendations focussing on elevating community-based water monitoring in Canada.

Take a look at the 2018 Annual Report here.

Read this October 2018 comprehensive resource by Ottawa Riverkeeper, in collaboration with Our Living Waters, providing a roadmap for community groups and decision-makers to tackle combined sewer overflows.

Access this 2017 toolkit from Green Communities Canada, and use the scorecard to take a look at how your community is doing to reduce runoff and runoff pollution.

Take a look at this 2017 scorecard summary by Green Communities Canada and the Canadian Freshwater Alliance, assessing communities on their adoption of green infrastructure policies and projects.

Read this 2017 report by Living Lakes Canada, Acadia University and Simon Fraser University on the state of community-based water monitoring in Canada.

Check out this 2016 collaborative report by a number of organizations in the Our Living Waters Network, as well as a government agency. It focusses on the potential for community-based water monitoring to fill data gaps preventing us from understanding the health of freshwater ecosystems.

Read this 2015 call to action for the next government of Canada. This was the first collaborative project of the Our Living Waters Network, aiming to amplify the voice and impact of the freshwater community across the country!