Collaborative Water Program student creates North American Youth Parliament for Water to help achieve SDG 6

Water problems are often complex, and require collaboration and interdisciplinary perspectives in order to develop long-lasting solutions that benefit all stakeholders. This is something Laina Timberg discovered in 2019 at Waterlutions Water Innovation Lab (WIL) Canada in Alberta.

Laina is a current Collaborative Water Program MES sustainability management program student in Waterloo’s School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, supervised by Water Institute member Professor Larry Swatuk. Her research focuses on integrated water resource management and how all forms of knowledge, including Indigenous knowledge, can be included in water management.

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