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Consultation in Progress

Environment Canada Workshop on Canada’s Engagement in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership

When: February 8, 2010
Where: Environment Canada offices in Gatineau, Quebec (address to be confirmed) and by teleconference

The Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) has been invited by Environment Canada to select four (4) ENGO delegates to participate in person and five (5) to participate via teleconference in a workshop on Canada’s engagement in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Global Mercury Partnership.

The four selected ENGO in-person delegates are:

  • Fe de Leon, Canadian Environmental Law Association, ON
  • Anna Tilman, IICPH and STORM, ON
  • Kapil Khatter, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), ON
  • Julie Sommerfreund, Pollution Probe, ON

The five selected ENGO teleconference delegates are:

  • Sandra Madray, Chemical Sensitivities Manitoba (CSM), MB
  • Sandra Boswell, Allergy & Environmental Illness Group, PE
  • John Werring, David Suzuki Foundation, BC
  • Daniel Green, Sierra Club – Quebec Chapter, QC
  • David Boehm, Friends of Cathedral Grove, BC

This is a multi-stakeholder workshop with participation expected from the UNEP Secretariat, Environment Canada, other Governmental Departments, Industry, Aboriginal groups, Academia and Environmental Non-governmental Organizations. Workshop participants will work together to discuss and identify possibilities for Canadian engagement in the UNEP Global Mercury Partnerships. The estimated time commitment is one day to participate in the workshop.

For more information, please contact Philana Dollin, RCEN National Caucus Coordinator, at (613) 728-9810 ext. 223.

Background Information
The UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is the main mechanism for the delivery of immediate actions on mercury. The overall goal of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is to protect human health and the global environment from the release of mercury and its compounds by minimizing and, where feasible, ultimately eliminating global, anthropogenic mercury releases to air, water and land.

For more information, visit the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership website.

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