Closed Consultations

Agriculture/Biotechnology | Atmosphere/Energy | Environmental Assessment | Forest | Health | International | Mining | Other | RCEN | SSTs | Toxics | Water | Youth

Agriculture/Biotechnology

• First International Technical Conference on Animal Genetic
  date: September 3-7, 2007
• National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative (NAESI) Stakeholder Consultation Workshop
  Date: March 21-22, 2006

Atmosphere/Energy

• Transport Canada ENGO-only Technical Consultations on Canada’s Development of Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption Regulations
  Date: March 10th, 2008
• Draft Proposed Regulatory Provision for an Extension to the 2009 End-of-Use Deadline for the Proposed PCB Regulations under CEPA, 1999
  Date: February 1st, 2008
• Second Non-Governmental Organization Workshop on the Regulatory Framework for Industrial Air Emissions
  Date: December 11th and 12th, 2007 in Ottawa
• Stakeholder Consultations on the Regulatory Framework for Air Emissions
  Date: 3 meetings - May 31-June 1; June 4-5; and June 6-7, 2007
• Clean Air Act
  Date: November 23, 2006
• Engagement session with ENGOs in support of the ENGO members of the Pulp and Paper Air Quality Forum
  Date: September 6-7, 2006
• VOC Emissions from Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings
  Date: September 20, 2006
• Ecologo Consultation
  Date: September 21, 2006
• Federal Mobile PCB Treatment and Destruction Regulations
  Date: July 2006
• Conference Calls on Proposed Regulatory Provisions for the Export and Import of Non-Hazardous Waste
  Date: July 2006
• ENGO participation to consultation on Perfluorocarboxylic Acids
  Date: February 7, 2006
• Workshop on Off-Road CO2 Initiative: Exploring ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from off-road vehicles and equipment
  Date: December 13-14, 2005
• Acid Rain Critical Loads
  Date: November 7, 2005
• CCME Stakeholder Smog Science Workshop - Recent Developments in the Science of Particulate Matter and Ozone
  Date: March 8-9, 2005
• Workshop – CCME Acid Rain Task Group - National Multi-Stakeholder Consultation Concerning Acid Rain
  Date: February 23-24, 2005
• Workshop on Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Air Pollution from Construction and Demolition Activities
  Date: February 1, 2005
• Acid Rain Task Group
  Date: 2004
• Peer Review of the Health Science of Particulate Matter and Ozone in Air PM & Ozone
  Date: 2004
• Air Issues Linkages
  Date: May 27, 2004
• VOC - Content of Automative Refinish Coatings
  Date: May 5, 2006
• Canada-US Bilateral Air Quality Agreement (Ozone Annex)
  Date: March 23, 2004
• VOC Emissions from Consumer and Commercial Products
  Date: March 20, 2006
• PM and O3 Demolition and Construction
  Date: March 8-9, 2004
• PM and 03 Keeping Clean Areas Clean and Continuous Improvement
  Date: February 26-27, 2004

Environmental Assessment

• EPA Caucus 2006 Fall Meeting
  Date: October 27-29, 2006
• The Environmental Planning and Assessment Caucus (EPA) Spring Meeting
  Date: March 4-6, 2005

Forest

• ENGO Statement for the 13th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  Date: February 2008
• ENGO participation in Convention on Biological Diversity Outreach and Education Strategizing Sessions
  Date: March 2008
• ENGO Participation to the 2nd Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Review of Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  Date: July 9-13, 2007
• ENGO Participation to the 12th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-12) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  Date: July 2-6, 2007
• Seventh Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF7)
  Date: April 16-27, 2007
• Teleconference Consultation on options for an international instrument for sustainable forest management
  Date: March 13, 2007
• NGO Participation in two upcoming CBD meetings in Curitiba, Brazil
  Date: March 13-31, 2006
• ENGO Participation in two upcoming CBD meetings in Granada, Spain
  Date: January 23rd to February 3rd, 2006
• 11th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  Date: November 28 to December 2, 2005
• First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (WGRI-1)
  Date: September 5-9, 2005
• 1st Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open Ended Working Group on Protected Areas (PA WG-1) under the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  Date: June 13-17, 2005
• Second meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP2) to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Meeting of the Parties (MOP2) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  Date: May 30 to June 3, 2005
• Fifth Session Of United Nations Forum On Forests (Unff5) Date: May 16-27, 2005
• BSTTA 10 and ABS 3 Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand ENGO in Official Canadian Delegation
  Date: February 7-18, 2005
• Fourth Session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF4)
  Date: May 3-14, 2004
• Cartegena (Biosafety) Protocol
  Date: February 23-27, 2004
• Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA-9) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD)
  Date: November 10-14, 2003

Health

• RCEN Health Caucus Steering Committee and Co-Chairs
  Date: 2007-2009
• ENGO participation in the Nanomaterials Regulatory Framework Multi-Stakeholder Workshop
  Date: September 27, 2007
• Consultation of Environmental Health NGOs on Stakeholder Engagement Within Health Canada’s Safe Environments Programme
  Date: January 16, 2007
• Health Canada Contaminated Sites Workshop
  Date: March 2, 2006

International

• Sixteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16)
  Date: May 5-16, 2008
• Civil Society Meeting on the Special Theme of the 2007 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting: Climate Change and Poverty Reduction
  Date: July 18-20, 2007
• ENGO Participation to the 14th Regular Session of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Council
  Date: June 26-27, 2007
• Third Conference of the Parties on the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (COP-3)
  Date: April 30 – May 4, 2007
• Fifteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-15)
  Date: April 30 – May 11, 2007
• Fourth Regular Session of the Joint Public Advisory Committee (JPAC) of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) for 2006
  Date: November 7-8, 2006
• Third Regular Session of the JPAC of the CEC
  Date: September 15, 2006
• Fourteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development
  Date: May 1-12, 2006
• Participation in the Canadian Delegation for 3rd SAICM Preparatory Meeting (PrepCom3) in Vienna, Austria
  Date: September 19-25, 2005
• First Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
  Date: May 2-6, 2005
• The Official Canadian Delegation at the 13th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 13) Date: April 11-22, 2005
• NGO: 2006 World Urban Forum - National Advisory Committee
  Date: Ongoing (2005)
• Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
  Date: October 25-29, 2004
• Twelfth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-12)
  Date: April 19-30, 2004

Mining

• National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Advisory Committee Meeting
  Date: September 2007
• Metal Mining Effluent Regulations Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group
  Date: Ongoing (2005-2006)
• Orphaned and Abandoned Mines: A Workshop to Explore Best Practices
  Date: October 26-27, 2006
• Reference Group On Metal Mining Effluent Regulations Date: Ongoing (2005)
• Workshop on Possible Amendments to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations Under the Fisheries Act
  Date: November 3-4, 2005
• National Orphaned and Abandoned Mine Initiative Seminar in Ottawa, November 2-3, 2005
  Date: November 2-3, 2005

Other

• Environmental Outlook for Canada Consultative Workshop
  Date: March 1-2, 2007

RCEN

• RCEN 2006 Annual Conference on the Environment: Agriculture and the Environment
• Caucus Meetings at the RCEN Conference & AGMs
  Date: September 23-24, 2005

SSTs

• Energy Sector Sustainability Table - Working Group on Energy Efficiency and Conservation
  Date: Ongoing (2005-2006)
• ENGO participation at the Forest Sector Sustainability Table (FSST)
  Date: December 11, 2006
• SST Cross-Cutting Issues Table Design Phase Meeting Date: April 11-12, 2006
• NGO Face-to-Face and Cross-Caucus Meeting for Environment Canada’s Sector Sustainability Tables
  Date: March 2, 2006
Cross-Canada Workshops on Smart Regulations Date: November 2005
• Cross-Canada Workshops on Smart Regulations
  Date: November 2005
• ENGO participation to the forest Sector Sustainability Table (FSST)
  Date: November 15, 2005
  
• ENGO participation at the Mining Sector Sustainability Tables (SSTs)
  Date: October 2005
• ENGO participation in Design Team meetings for the Sector Sustainability Tables (SSTs), and Formation of ENGO Task Groups for each Sector
  Date: Ongoing (2005)

Toxics

• Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) Working Group Meeting
  Date: March 5-6, 2008
• New Substances Program: External Review Pilot Project
  Date: February, 2008
• ENGO participation in International POPs Elimination Network Quick Start Program (IPEN QSP) Planning Meeting Date: January 23-25, 2008
• ENGO participation in the Proposed Risk Management Measures for Mercury Containing Products Workshops
  Date: November-December, 2007
• Workshop to review the New Substances Notification Regulations provisions governing organisms other than micro-organisms
  Date: December 5-6, 2007
• Methyl Bromide Critical Use Advisory Committee
  Date: September 25, 2007
• Methyl Bromide Critical Use Advisory Committee
  Date: 2006
• Stakeholder Workshops on Chemicals Management Plan Challenge
  Date: February 27, 2007
• Post-Categorization of Domestic substances : Early Risk Management
  Date: July, 2006
• Workshop to review the NSNR provisions
  Date: June 15-16, 2006
• Domestic Substances List (DSL) Consultations
  Date: Ongoing 2006-2007
• Information Sessions on The New Substances Notifications Regulations (Organisms)
  Date: November 2005
• Consultation Meeting on proposed regulation on VOCs in Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings Date: April 5, 2005
• CCME's Municipal Wastewater Development Committee Core Advisory Group
  Date: 2005
• OPPORTUNITY FOR A YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE TO TAKE PART IN CEPA (Canadian Environmental Protection Act) REVIEW!
  Date: 2004
• Advisory Committee on CEPA Review
  Date: 2004
• Development of a position paper on Health Canada’s draft proposal for priority setting related to Health Canada’s mandate to categorize substances on the Domestic Substances List (DSL) for greatest potential for human exposure (GPE)
  Date: 2004
• Methyl Bromide Working Group meeting
  Date: September 22-23, 2004
• NPRI Consultation on Reporting from the Mining Industry Date: June 21-22, 2004
• Methyl Bromide Canada/US Government Industry WorkingGroup Meeting
  Date: May 26-27, 2004
• Municipal Wastewater Development Committee Multi-stakeholder Core Advisory Group
  Date: March 29-30, 2004
• Information Briefing by Health Canada on Categorization of the Domestic Substances List
  Date: March 8, 2004
• Refinery Emissions
  Date: February 25-26, 2004
• Fourth National Workshop on the Environmental Performance of the Base Metals Smelting Sector
  Date: February 12-13, 2004
• Risk Management of 2-Butoxyethanol and 2-Methoxyethanol
  Date: January 28-29, 2004

Water

• Organizing Committee, ENGO-DFO Joint Workshop on the Role of Science in Habitat Management
  Date: 2007
• National DFO-ENGO Workshop on Fish Habitat
  Date: November 5-6, 2007
• Workshop on the Habitat Protection Provisions of the Fisheries Act
  Date: July, 2006
• Stakeholders Advisory Committee For The Species At Risk Act
  Date: 2004

Youth

• Youth: 2006 World Urban Forum - National Advisory Committee
  Date: Ongoing (2005)