#CWNSYP Webinar
Shared Water, One Framework:
The European Union Water Framework Directive

Presenter:
Émilie Lagacé, Gordon Water Fellow

The initial deadline for achieving the European Union's Water Framework Directive's (WFD) key objective of achieving 'good' ecological status for all waters passed in December 2015.

This webinar will explore:

• Key features of the WFD
• Early assessments of WFD results
• The benefits of collaboration under WFD implementation
• Recommendations for environmental policy development in Canada

About the Presenter

Émilie holds a BSc in Environmental Sciences from McGill University and an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from the University of Oxford. Her paper on the WFD was awarded the Area Prize by the British Geographical Society. In 2009, she won a Water Policy Fellowship from the Gordon Foundation to study what Canada can learn from the European Union on collaborating for water management. Émilie conducted this research while living and working in the UK. Her findings were published in a briefing note of the Forum for Leadership on Water, in the Hill Times and in Water Canada Magazine.

Émilie’s professional experience spans the federal public service, the private sector overseas and environmental non-profits for whom she designed and facilitated innovation labs.