Our communities are increasingly faced with catastrophic climate change impacts and other systemic changes that require us to work together to build resilience. And, for this kind of collective coordination to succeed, the people who are involved need to know and trust each other.

Our Living Waters serves member organizations by facilitating the space for connections, skills, and knowledge to be woven together. This “network weaving” is at the heart of the services we offer members – and supports the emergence of trusting generative partnerships. We know that working towards all waters in good health by 2030, the shared goal of Our Common Agenda, requires a lot of energy, so we work hard to catalyze collective action, incubate collaboration, and build shared ownership. 

At OLW, we acknowledge that diversity lends us strength! We work with Network members at each Stage of the Member Journey, as Supporters, Partners, Co-Creators and Water Champions to offer opportunities to engage and celebrate contributions along the way. If your organization is currently engaging in the Network in a more limited way but has capacity to commit and benefit more, reach out to OLW's Network Engagement Lead and we can discuss ways to tailor your engagement to your specific needs.

	Stages of the Member Journey
Benefits	Supporters Organizations or individuals	Partners Organizations	Co-Creators Organizations	National Water Champions Organizations
E-news & LinkedIn amplifying Events, Jobs & Grants & member stories	✔	✔	✔	✔
Bilingual Webinars on topics of national importance	✔	✔	✔	✔
Regular Member Meetups across shared themes or geography	✔	✔	✔	✔
Federal Water Policy Promotion through the separate Canadian Coalition for Healthy Waters (join here)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Workshops catalyzing collective action (learn more or suggest a topic)		✔	✔	✔
Impact Stories with a national collaborative lens on water (suggest a topic)		✔	✔	✔
Focus Groups accelerating collective action to form OLW Teams (learn more or suggest a topic)			✔	✔
Teams where Network members convene in collaborative forums to drive collective action on a shared water goal			✔	✔
National Water Champions Circle (by invitation only)				✔
OLW Steering Committee (by invitation only)				✔

 

Want to take part more? We’re only an email away and we’re always open to hearing your ideas to improve coordination!