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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Registration 1:30 - 5:00 pm	Mezzanine at Hotel Fort Garry
Opening Reception and Gala 7:00 - 11:00 pm	Manitoba Theatre for Young People: Heritage Play by MTYP, Art and Word contest awards, An Evening with Justin Trudeau, education, environment and youth advocate

Monday, June 11, 2007

Registration 7:30 - 1:30 pm	Mezzanine at Hotel Fort Garry
Breakfast and official conference opening 8:00 – 9:00 am	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry
Opening keynote speaker 9:00 - 10:00 am	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry: Keynote speaker Peter C. Newman, legendary journalist and best selling author
Refreshment Break 10:00 - 10:30	Mezzanine area at Hotel Fort Garry
Concurrent Sessions 10:30 - 11:45	Celebrating River Heritage Facilitator - Janette Hamilton Yves Labréche & Clarice Blake Rudkowski - Métis identity and land use along the Churchill River (Labrador) 1836-2006 and modeling a land use study for the Red River (Manitoba) Philippe Mailhot - The Grey Nuns of Red River Daniel Lussier - Festival du Voyageur and Fort Gibralter	River Conservation Facilitator - Brian Grimsey Vivek Anand Voora - A natural capital analysis of the Red River basin: A sustainable approach for river management April Kiers North - Red River Basin Commission: Natural Resources Framework Plan Matt Carlson - The real wealth of the Mackenzie watershed	River Tourism and Recreation Facilitator - Kelly Ann Richmond Denisa Georgescu and Brenda Jones - Tourism benefits of parks and protected areas in Canada Peter Labor and Don Gibson - The Canadian Heritage Rivers System: A new strategic direction Richard Stephens, Roger Rempel and John Osler - Floodway expansion recreation consultation study: presenting possibilities	Community Engagement Facilitator - Clive Callaway Natalie Bays - Collaborative partnerships: Manitoba, North Dakota and Minnesota on the Red River Centre for Watershed Education Sherry Dangerfield - Encouraging the next generation Tabitha Martens - GIS community mapping, getting involved	River Management Facilitator - Wayne Schick Dimple Roy - Payments for ecosystem services: innovations in integrated water resources management Matt McCandless - Towards the Water Soft Paths approach Henry David Venema - Water Manitoba 2030: Visioning sustainability: A sustainable water resources management plan for Manitoba
Luncheon 11:45 - 1:15 pm	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry: - Keynote speaker Hap Wilson, author, photographer and river guide - Wilderness Rivers of Manitoba
Field Workshops 1:30 - 5:00 pm	Tour A. French & Metis Culture Along the Red River - Ô Tours Inc. La culture française des Métis le long de la rivière Rouge - Ô Tours Inc.	Tour B. Tall grass prairie and river bottom forest - Lori Nichols, Ken Porteous	Tour C. Walk and water tour - Ô Tours Inc. Tour D. Riverfront Development - Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram	Tour E. Waterways and waterfowl (marshes and streams) - Gordon Goldsborough	Tour F. Tour of floodway and diked communities - Sherry Dangerfield
The Biggest Fur Trading Party since 1821 5:00 - 9:30 pm	The Forks: A celebration of the Red River at The Forks amphitheatre, outdoor feast and entertainment at the Scotiabank Stage

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Registration 7:30 - 1:30 pm	Mezzanine at Hotel Fort Garry
Breakfast and keynote speaker 8:00 - 9:00	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry: Keynote speaker Tom Jackson, singer, songwriter and actor.
Panel discussion 9:00 - 10:15 am	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry: Moderator - Gordon Goldsborough Panelists - Lee Sochasky, Robin Reilly, Dan Wilkens, Hugh Markides - Perspectives on Transboundary Cooperation
Refreshment break 10:15 - 10:45	Mezzanine area at Hotel Fort Garry
Concurrent Sessions 10:45 - 12:00 noon	Celebrating River Heritage Facilitator - Gary Dickson Clive Callaway and Sarah Weaver-Kipp - The arts and environmental stewardship Mai Al Nabhan & Jean Haalboom - Heritage bridges in Waterloo Region Glen Manning & Guy Préfontaine - Crossing the Red: Heritage Interpretation at Esplanade Riel	River Conservation Facilitator - Ken Schykulski Cheryl Heming - The Pollock Island Eco-gift and enhancement Helios Hernandez - The Jennifer and Tom Shay Ecological Reserve: Protecting rare river bottom forest and honouring leaders in natural and cultural heritage preservation Rob Belanger - Red River Operation Clean Up	River Tourism and Recreation Facilitator - April Kiers North Rosanne Van Schie - First Nation waterway management planning Chief Craig Cook - Bloodvein River First Nation perspective - Bloodvein Heritage River Diane Bruyére and Normand Gousseau - Rivers West	Community Engagement Facilitator - Lee Sochasky David Danyluk - The Seine River Greenway: “A river lies waiting to be discovered…” Peter Karwacki - Putting teeth in the CEAA screening assessments: Les Amis de la Rivière Kipawa experience with the screening process for dam refurbishment on the Kipawa River Virginia Petch - Knowing where we live	River Management Facilitator - Cathy Hummelt Ernie Gilroy - The Red River Floodway expansion project: building capacity for tomorrow Lance Yohe - Cooperative flood planning in the multi-jurisdictional Red River Basin Van Isman - Wascana Lake - the Big Dig
Luncheon 12:00 noon - 1:15 pm	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry: Keynote speaker Simon Jackson, Spirit Bear Youth Coalition Founder - The Power of One in River Conservation
Field Workshops 1:30 - 5:00 pm	Tour G. Walk and water tour - Ô Tours Inc.	Tour H. History along the Red River -Sherry Dangerfield (Ô Tours Inc.)	Tour I. How the Red River Shaped the fur trade - Ô Tours Inc.	Tour J. Seine River Paddle / Restoring Urban Streams - Dave Pancoe (Northern Soul Adventures), David Danyluk (Save Our Seine)
Gala awards banquet 5:00 - 9:00	Crystal Ballroom at Hotel Fort Garry: Presentation of National River Awards, Entertainment Dean Jenkinson

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Breakfast 8:00 - 9:00 am	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry: Keynote speaker Don Gayton, ecologist and author
Concurrent Sessions 9:00 - 10:15	Celebrating River Heritage Facilitator - Cathy Hummelt Max Finkelstein and Dr. Luba Mycio-Mommers - Rivers to Oceans Week: Celebrating Canada’s watersheds Kim Greendahl - A river revitalizes a community Max Finklestein - The Talmud of Paddling	River Conservation Facilitator - April Kiers North Virginia Petch - Conservation values of archaeological surveys of rivers David Hems and Desmond Raymond - Monkman Creek rehabilitation project - Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site: Engineering the past - a cultural resource management solution Sarah Weaver-Kipp and Clive Callaway - If we snooze, do we lose? Adapting to the impacts of climate change on shorelines and water resources	River Tourism and Recreation Facilitator - Gary Dickson Bob Backman - Canoe (can you) paddle the Red Frank Norbert Nagel - Research, conservation and touristic development on Heritage Waterways - The German case Wayne Schick and Bob Wills - Saskatchewan’s waterway based urban park program	Community Engagement Facilitator - Brian Grimsey Richard Wyma - Inuit involvement in Heritage River designation and management in Nunavut Clarice Blake Rudkowski - Grand (Churchill) River, Labrador: A public awareness documentary video for the preservation and protection of this river Ken Schykulski - Reflections on successful partnerships in designating the Hayes as a Canadian Heritage River
Refreshment Break 10:15 - 10:45	Mezzanine area Hotel Fort Garry
Concurrent Sessions 10:45 - 12:00 noon	Celebrating River Heritage Facilitator - Gary Dickson Stephen Challis - A thumbnail history of traffic on the Namakan River from “time in memoriam” to the present Max Finkelstein - Beyond the Black Spruce Horizon: On the trail of A.P. Low Virginia Petch - Heritage and History of the Cyril and Aiken Rivers: Archaeological evidence of the pre-contact seasonal movement between Gull and Fox (Atkinson) Lakes in northern Manitoba	River Conservation Facilitator - Kelly Ann Richmond Richard Wyma - Defining an approach to cultural landscapes and the CHRS Matthew Evenden Environmental history and community engagement: introducing the Canadian Water History Project	River Tourism and Recreation Facilitator - Cathy Hummelt Dave Lemberg - Michigan’s Heritage Water Trail Program: Promoting economic development and education through paddling Simon Mitchell - The Lower River Passage: A vision for sustainable tourism development along the lower St. John River (NB) Ruth Marr - Using tourism to promote heritage values: the Rivers West example	Community Engagement Facilitator - Wayne Schick Janette Hamilton - Building an alliance for management of the Churchill River in Saskatchewan Simone Hanchet - Heritage designation of the Ottawa River/Rivière des Outaouais/Kichi Sibi Heritage values and community participation Peter Labor - From the City of Lakes to the Tidal Bore: Considerations for nominating Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Waterway as a Canadian Heritage River	River Management Facilitator - Brian Grimsey Harnett et al - Working to conserve and promote the Lower Chippewa River Valley, West Central Wisconsin Elyse Riethmuller - Managing river health for social, economic and environmental outcomes - an Australian case study Barb Veale - Managing Heritage Rivers in the context of integrated watershed management: The Grand River Experience
Luncheon and closing ceremonies 12:00 - 2:30 pm	Provencher Room at Hotel Fort Garry: Keynote speaker Ian Tamblyn, singer, songwriter and wilderness traveller - What wild places mean to people, Conference wrap-up by Don Gayton, announcement of host for 2009 conference