Newsletter, April 2008

What's New
April 14, 2008

Water Connections Makes a Big Splash In Cottage Country!
Thanks to a sharp new look courtesy of Big Block Studios http://www.bigblock.ca/
and the generous donation of display space from show organizers at both
Toronto's /Cottage Life Show/ and Ottawa's /Cottage and Big Backyard
Show/, /Water Connections/ was successful in making an impression on thousands of show visitors. One of the best ways to spread the word,CSW staff and volunteers engaged the public in terms of how we can best access and share water information and how /Water Connections/ will
make the difference!

April 7, 2008
Community Beginning to Take Notice!
As awareness grows and word of
Water Connections spreads, its use as an effective tool for communications becomes more and more apparent.

Organizers with Trent University's David Sheperd Lecture Series have
taken note of Water Connections' broad scope and appeal and have been among the first groups to see how the portal will become a means of communicating important News and Events to the broader water community.
With an upcoming lecture entitled "Our Environmental Destiny"
http://www.trentu.ca/kennedy/overview.php featuring distinguished
guest speaker Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from May 19-23, 2008, Trent's
lecture organizers understood that Water Connections could provide an
excellent opportunity to reach a wider audience.


This is just one example of the many ways that Water Connections can
help your organization convey news, events and other information. To learn more visit our infosite http://www.waterconnect.ca/, or email us
at infowaterconnect.ca mailto:infowaterconnect.ca!


For more information on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the David Sheperd
Lecture Series, visit
www.trentu.ca/kennedy http://www.trentu.ca/kennedy

April 4, 2008
*Water Connections Really Gets Around!*

*/Water Connections/ Really Gets Around!* Thanks to the interest and initiave of our newsletter readers, Water Connections has been reachingfar beyond our own extensive network. Two recent examples
include Michael Martin (past president of NAMLS) having including it
in his Lake Stewardship blog and Vancouver Island's Water Watch
Coalition's website. Our special thanks to everyone who has helped
spread the word by forwarding these newsletters, posting on their
blogs and websites, or by word of mouth. After all, Water Connections
is just a tool; it needs to be used in order to be useful!


Related News
April 15, 2008

*New Employment Opportunity with CSW!* Visit /Water Connections/
for more information.

* About Water Connections*

*Our Vision...*

Water Connections is a project designed to realize the Centre for
Sustainable Watersheds vision of a national water information resource
that will facilitate cooperation and collaboration among Canada's water
community.

*Our Mission...*

The mission of Water Connections isto develop and implement a
web-based water information portal that will facilitate access and
sharing of water data, resources and contacts nationwide.


Where Are We Now...
With the graphic design of Water Connections nearing completion
(courtesy of Big Block Studios) and coding of the portal itself in its
final stages, CSW is now in the midst of its promotional efforts.
Content generation, user consultation, and testing constitute the next
critical steps in the project building up to the national launch this
June at the Canadian Water Resource Association's Annual Conference in
Gimli, Manitoba
http://www.conference.cwra.org/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx. Continued
public outreach and promotion are also at the forefront of our work as
we prepare for events in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta.


Learn more and get involved by keeping in touch with the latest at
www.waterconnect.ca http://www.waterconnect.ca/!



*/Reminder/*


*Don't forget to check out our freshly updated news and events pages on
www.waterconnect.ca !* See where we're
going and where we've been, and find information about important
conferences, tradeshows and workshops that might be useful to you and
your organization.



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*GET YOUR BRAIN WET WITH /WATER CONNECTIONS/*!


Water Connections is a Centre for Sustainable Watersheds Initiative.
For more information on CSW, its staff and its projects, visit:
www.watersheds.ca http://www.watersheds.ca/