Publications

IJC publications contain both board and corporate documents, including reports, fact sheets, infographics, and presentations. Contractor reports are created on behalf of or in coordination with the IJC or its boards by a separate entity, including individuals, companies, and governments. Government reports are documents developed by US or Canadian local/provincial/state/federal government that are of interest to the IJC or board.

IJC Content

Displaying 201 - 250 of 6636.

Date
Precis
This graphic explains the roles and responsibilities of the key players involved in the regulation of Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River regulation.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
In 1913, a ground-breaking IJC monitoring study linked untreated sewage pollution to widespread disease in the Great Lakes. One hundred years later, the question remains whether nearshore fecal bacterial/microbial water quality is getting better or worse. While technology to prevent and track this...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Technical Webinar - Risk perception surveys, vulnerability and other social science studies from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
This report provides background on the IJC Climate Adaption Guidance Framework and an update on implementation by the IRLWWB and Adaptive Management Committee.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The Fifth Report to Governments on the International Watersheds Initiative (IWI) describes what the IJC has accomplished through the IWI program between 2015 and 2019 and lays out priorities for the next five-year period. Over the past five years, the IWI has helped enable the IJC to carry out its...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Technical Webinar - Floodplain management considerations from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The International Joint Commission presents its second triennial assessment of progress on Great Lakes water quality pursuant to Article 7.1 (k) of the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). This report provides advice and recommendations to assist the federal governments to better meet...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Technical Webinar - Chambly Canal diversion (1) from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Technical Webinar - How the LCRR study is assessing Climate Change from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Technical Webinar - Development of a performance indicator for damages to residential buildings and its use in economic analys from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Technical Webinar - Improvements in forecasting from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
If you would like to get in touch with presenters Rose Paul and Mathieu Roy about this presentation on study performance indicators, please contact them at rpaul@tnc.org (Rose Paul) and mathieu.roy.eccc@gmail.com (Mathieu Roy).
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The annual report covers the 2019 reporting period.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Technical Webinar - Watershed Storage from International Joint Commission on Vimeo.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
This paper describes a flexible strategy developed by the GLAM Committee for the on-going evaluation and improvement of the regulation plans through the use of adaptive management. Adaptive management is a structured, iterative cycle for improving actions through long-term monitoring, modelling, and...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
This work plan identifies the priority activities to be carried out or initiated by the GLAM Committee in the period covering October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021. These activities support the long-term adaptive management strategy (on-going review and evaluation) of regulation plans for the...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The International Joint Commission (IJC) established the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee through an IJC directive on January 16, 2015, to provide monitoring and evaluation of regulation plans as a sub-committee in support of the three Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The 134th Progress Report to the International Joint Commission by the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board, covering the period March 1, 2020 through August 31, 2020.
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
An environmental stressor is any factor whose presence adversely affects individuals, populations, or ecosystems. Often but not necessarily the result of human activities, examples include many different pollutants, excess nutrients, habitat loss and invasive species. Recognizing that interactions...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The Health Professionals Advisory Board (HPAB) has undertaken a human health review of selenium at the request of the International Joint Commission (IJC) and developed this technical report with the assistance of contractor Michael Kosnett. Selenium is an essential nutritional element that supports...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
2020 Report In June 2020, the International Joint Commission’s Science Advisory Board (SAB) completed a report entitled Understanding Declining Productivity in the Offshore Regions of the Great Lakes. The report includes a number of findings and a recommendation aimed at improving coordination...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
In September 2019, the International Red River Board (the Board) recommended that the International Joint Commission (IJC) adopt proposed nutrient concentration objectives and targets for the Red River at the boundary between the United States and Canada. This proposal is the culmination of a...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (the Agreement) charges the International Joint Commission (IJC), supported by its Great Lakes advisory boards, with several responsibilities including identification of emerging issues facing the Great Lakes. To help fulfil this responsibility the IJC’s Great...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
The International Joint Commission (IJC) established the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee through an IJC directive on January 16, 2015, to provide monitoring and evaluation of regulation plans as a sub-committee in support of the three Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River...
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Precis
One Hundred and Thirty-Third Progress Report to the International Joint Commission by the International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board Covering the Period 1 September 2019 through 29 February 2020
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication
Date
Bundle name
Publication