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The following article is from an archived newsletter. See our Shared Waters newsletter.

Spring Semi-Annual to Update IJC on Board Activities

IJC staff
IJC
Spring Semi-Annual to Update IJC on Board Activities

IJC commissioners will hear important updates from board members at their Spring Semi-Annual Meeting on April 30-May 1 in Washington, D.C.

Like most meetings, there will be plenty of PowerPoint presentations. But this is also a unique opportunity for board members from across the country to meet face-to-face and discuss their work with Canadian and U.S. commissioners, along with IJC staff who work in D.C., and Ottawa and Windsor, Ontario.

In addition, the week will provide the first opportunity for boards established under Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 2012 to meet and confer with commissioners. The 2012 update to the Agreement between Canada and the U.S. provided new mandates and membership to the Great Lakes boards.

At the meetings, board members provide key information on the various waterways they cover, interact with commissioners, and discuss the work they perform and the challenges they face.

Members of the International Souris River Board during a presentation at the IJC’s Fall 2013 Semi-Annual Meeting in Ottawa.
Members of the International Souris River Board during a presentation at the IJC’s Fall 2013 Semi-Annual Meeting
in Ottawa.

Boards and task forces scheduled to appear include:

  • Great Lakes Science Advisory Board
     
  • Great Lakes Water Quality Board
     
  • Health Professionals Advisory Board
     
  • International St. Lawrence River Board of Control
     
  • Transboundary Hydrographic Harmonization Task Force
     
  • Rainy-Lake of the Woods Water Quality Plan of Study Task Team
     
  • International St. Croix Watershed Board
     
  • International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board
     
  • International Souris River Board
     
  • International Lake Superior Board of Control
     
  • International Red River Board
     
  • International Niagara Board of Control.

Some board members who can’t attend in person will participate remotely via telephone or video conferencing. Commissioners also will meet in executive session earlier in the week.

Be sure to follow our social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter for updates and pictures from the board appearances. We’ll plan to share official progress reports from each board as they’re submitted and accepted.

The IJC holds its second Semi-Annual Meeting in the fall. Resources from the 2013 Fall Semi-Annual are available in a previous newsletter post.

IJC staff
IJC

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