Closed Consultations

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

Agriculture

• Agriculture Caucus Members Participation at the RCEN 2010 Conference
  Date: September 17-19, 2010
• Agriculture 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
  Date: May 26, 2010
• Canadian Fertilizer Products Forum Meeting
  Date: October 15-16, 2008
• 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

• Policy Dialogue on the Way Forward on Climate Change Internationally
  Date: March 30, 2010
• Renewal of the Federal Agenda for the Reduction of VOCs from Consumer and Commercial Products
  Date: March 3-4, 2010
• Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
  Date: May 18-20, 2010
• Policy Dialogue on Financing for Developing Countries in a Post-2012 Regime
  Date: September 21, 2009
• IISD Policy Dialogue on Carbon Markets
  Date: May 19, 2009
• Workshop to Examine Sulphur and Nitrogen Deposition Issues in Western Canada
  Date: April 28-29, 2009
• Approach to Air Pollutants under the Regulatory Framework for Air Emissions (RFAE) Consultation Event
  Date: August 26, 2008
• 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

Biodiversity

• ENGO Consolidated Position Paper on the Development of Domestic Access and Benefit Sharing Policy
  Date: June-July 2010
• Researcher-Writer and Editor for a Gap Analysis and ENGO Consultation Paper on Major Issues Related to COP-10
  Date: May-June 2010
• ENGO Editor for Biodiversity Best Practices Handbook
  Date: September 29-30, 2009
• ENGO Participation in International Biodiversity Day Activities
  Date: May 2009
• ENGO Writer and Editor for Biological Diversity Survey Summary
  Date: March 2009
• 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
• 3rd Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-MOP 3) serving as the meeting of the Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety and 8th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 8) to the Convention on Biological Diversity
  Date: March 13-31, 2006
• 4th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Inter-sessional Working Group on Article 8 (j) and 4th meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit Sharing of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  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
• SBSTTA 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

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

• Parks Canada’s National Assessment of Mountain Biking
  Date: March 23-25, 2010
• ENGO Representative for the Boreal Learning Network Workshop Sessions
  Date: May 2008 - February 2009
• 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
• Fifth Session Of United Nations Forum On Forests (Unff5) Date: May 16-27, 2005

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

• ENGO Researcher-Writer and Editor for a Commission for Sustainable Development Policy Concept Paper
  Date: September 2010
• ENGO and Youth Delegates to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development
  Date: May 3-14, 2010
• Researcher-Writer and Editor for a Commission on Sustainable Development ENGO Priorities Paper
  Date: February 2010
• Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-17)
• ENGO Participation in Strategizing Session for a Commission for Sustainable Development Policy Concept Paper
  Date: March 2009
• 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
• RCEN-IP Conference on Solid Waste Management in West Africa
  Date: November 21-25, 2005
• Renewable Solutions Side Event at the UN Climate Change Conference
  Date: November 28 - December 9, 2005
• 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
• IP Participation in the Guelph Organic Agriculture Conference
  Date: January 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

• Mine Environment Neutral Drainage Steering Committee – ENGO Member
  Date: April 2009 - April 2011
• National Orphaned/Abandoned Mines Advisory Committee – ENGO Member
  Date: April 2009 - April 2011
• Orphaned and Abandoned Mines: A Workshop to Explore Perspectives on Risk Assessment under the NOAMI
  Date: November 13-14, 2008
• 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
• 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

• Consultation on the Proposed Risk Management Measures for Siloxanes D4 and D5
  Date: July 27-28, 2010
• Methyl Bromide Critical Use Advisory Committee
  Date: October 14, 2009
• Consultation on Pollution Prevention Planning Notice in respect to Toluene Diisocyanates (TDI)
  Date: March 22, 2010
• Bisphenol A (CAS 80-05-7) Proposed Regulations Consultation
  Date: November 27, 2009
• Stockholm Convention COP4 – ENGO position on Canadian Delegation
  Date: May 4-8, 2009
• Stakeholder Information Session on Risk Assessments under the Chemicals Management Plan – Workshop
  Date: March 4, 2009
  
• Stakeholder Information Session on Risk Assessments under the Chemicals Management Plan – Teleconference Date: February 18, 2009
• Domestic Substances List (DSL) Inventory Update
  Date: November 26, 2008
• Methyl Bromide Critical Use Advisory Committee
  Date: September 23, 2008
• Industry and NGO meeting with Australia: views on the Categorization process on existing chemicals under Canada’s CMP
  Date: June 27, 2008
• Chemicals Management Plan Priority Setting Workshop (including Medium Priority substances)
  Date: June 17-18, 2008
• 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
• Stakeholder Workshops on Chemicals Management Plan Challenge
  Date: February 2007
• Methyl Bromide Critical Use Advisory Committee
  Date: September 2006
• Domestic Substances List (DSL) Consultations
  Date: 2006-2007
• Post-Categorization of Domestic substances : Early Risk Management
  Date: July, 2006
• Workshop to review the NSNR provisions
  Date: June 15-16, 2006
• 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 Gathering to Discuss Youth Relations with Parks, Canadian Historic Landmarks and Heritage Sites 
  Date: April 4-5, 2009
• Youth: 2006 World Urban Forum - National Advisory Committee
  Date: Ongoing (2005)