5:30 PM: Welcome and Opening Remarks: Prof Nancy Doubleday and Dr Nidhi Nagabhatla (Directors, Water Without Borders Program)
Opening Keynote:
Thinking Water During Times of Political Instability – The South American Challenge:
Mr. Jorge H. Sanchez Perez, Philosophy Department and Peace Studies Program, School of Humanities, Department of Philosophy, McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada
Q&A
Emerging WWB scholars – McMaster and UNU-INWEH Water Without Borders Program
Panel 1: Water, Gender and Human Development (WWB 2020)
- Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Challenges faced by Women (Diana Lu, Samar Mashadi, Evelyne Onari* & Whitley Schamber)
- Evaluating sustainable interventions to reduce gender disparities promoted by WASH related inequities in low-and middle-income countries (Abeer Wasim*, Ambareen-Rose* and Courtney)
- Menstrual WASH Needs (Brenna Friesen, Magnolia Hamzeloee & Megan Devoe*)
- Examining the intersection of Water Policy and Women’s Achievement through Qualitative Analysis (Charlynn Jelier *and Corey McKibbin)
- WASH and Neonatal Health (Emily Bagley, Anisha Rao, Alison Tidmarsh, and Sarah Twomey*)
Q&A
Intermission: 10 minutes
Panel 2: Water, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (WWB 2020)
- Efficient Water Practices Enabling Sustainable Wheat Agriculture in Ethiopia (Julia Gordon, Sophie Nasato, *Michelle Ragany & Dan Zhao)
- Co-creation And Inclusive Decision-making For Improving First Nations Water Security (Anthony Quarshie, Chitmandeep Josan*& Fernando Rangel Lennertz)
- Nature-based Solution for Water Quality and Stormwater Overflow Management – Cootes Paradise River, Canada (Negin Balaghi-Ficzkowski*, Suad Abukamla*, Shemar Williams, Han Bao, &George Vaidyan)
- Social determinants of water accessibility: international health and policy implications (Adam Clasky, Alicia Liu, Maraam Haque*, Ritika Arora*
- Don’t Waste the Wastewater: Drugs, Water-based Epidemiology, and Sustainable Development Goals”(Akorede Adekoya, Anika Kuhnert*, and Liz Outhit*)
Q&A
Concluding Keynote: Reciprocity and China’s Transboundary Waters: The Law of International Watercourses”
Dr. David J Devlaeminck, School of Law, Chongqing University, China
Moderated discussion by WWB leadership and close of event