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Canadians are lucky to have a huge percentage of the world's fresh water within our boundaries -- but we can't take it for granted! What we decide about water today will affect the future for all of us.

 

Who owns water? Is water a human right or a human need? How can we stop polluting and wasting this precious natural resource? Wade into the issues by checking out the films, essays, images and voices in this dossier, and learn how concerned citizens are working to turn the tide and avoid an environmental disaster.




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Twestival Well Drilling - Day 1
The first well drilled in Ethiopia on April 11th....
Pascua Lama Project (working title)
Pascua Lama Project (working title)
One man's mission to travel across the Chilean desert to  the heart of gold country to uncover ...
What's Wrong with Bottled Water?
In the United States, bottled water is the second largest saleable beverage sold. There are many drawbacks to this commo...
Sonder Water, South Africa
Sonder Water, South Africa
Township residents outside of Johannesburg, South Africa struggle for access to drinking water.  ...
The Canadian Water Crisis
The Canadian Water Crisis
Excerpts of CitizenShift's cross-Canada tour on Water. Local water activists from 5 Canadian cities speak to subject of ...
The Great Water Debate
The Great Water Debate
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The Bottled Water Industry
The Bottled Water Industry
Are we entitled to water?...
The Planetary Water Crisis
The Planetary Water Crisis
The United Nations Millennium target for 2015 is to reduce by HALF the number of people without sustainable drinking wat...
Downstream From Globalisation
Downstream From Globalisation
Are businesses and government really working together without citizens' input reagrding WATER?...
This is the L.A. River - Part I
This is the L.A. River - Part I
This Is The L.A. River was largely created by 21 neighbourhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19 who explored the Rive...
This is the L.A. River Part II
This is the L.A. River Part II
This Is The L.A. River is a film project where 21 neighbourhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19 to explore the River...
The Water Walkers
The Water Walkers
The Water Walkers are Anishinabe women from Thunder Bay who are walking the perimeters of the Great Lakes....
Water Detectives - clip 1
Water Detectives - clip 1
kids investigating on water spoilers...
Water Detectives - clip 2
Water Detectives - clip 2
kids investigating water spoilers...
This is the L.A. River - Part III
This is the L.A. River - Part III
This Is The L.A. River is a film project where 21 neighbourhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19 explore the River th...
This is the L.A. River - Part IV
This is the L.A. River - Part IV
This Is The LA River invited 21 neighborhood youth between the ages of 14 and 19 to explore the River through the medium...
This is the L.A. River - Part V
This is the L.A. River - Part V
"It's going to take a long time to get this river back to anywhere near what it was before..." This Is The LA River i...
This is the LA River - Part VI
This is the LA River - Part VI
"We are trying to restore the river to health not to the past." This Is The L.A. River is a film project where 21 ne...
This is the L.A. River Part - VII
This is the L.A. River Part - VII
"I hope one day,in the future, the idea of picnicking by the river sounds fun and romantic and not crazy and suicidal." ...
Right to Water: What's your message?
Right to Water: What's your message?
Why is the right to water important?...
Right to Water: Message to Canandian Government?
Right to Water: Message to Canandian Government?
What message would you like to send the Canadian government on water?...
Right to Water: What's your message?
Right to Water: What's your message?
Why is the right to water important?...
Integrate This!: Part05 Maureen Web
Integrate This!: Part05 Maureen Web
The Council of Canadians with other Canadian social interest groups set up a conference in Ottawa, Canada, from March 29...
Integrate This!: Part04 John Foster
Integrate This!: Part04 John Foster
The Council of Canadians with other Canadian social interest groups set up a conference in Ottawa, Canada, from March 29...
Integrate This!: Part01 Avi Lewis Intro
Integrate This!: Part01 Avi Lewis Intro
The Council of Canadians with other Canadian social interest groups set up a conference in Ottawa, Canada, from March 29...
Integrate This!: Part03 Dorval Brunelle
Integrate This!: Part03 Dorval Brunelle
The Council of Canadians with other Canadian social interest groups set up a conference in Ottawa, Canada, from March 29...
The environmental movement in the global South
The environmental movement in the global South
Walden Bello: The environmental movement in the global South...
Integrate This!: Part02 Maude Barlow
Integrate This!: Part02 Maude Barlow
The Council of Canadians with other Canadian social interest groups set up a conference in Ottawa, Canada, from March 29...
VANCOUVER'S RESPONSE TO THE WATER CRISIS
VANCOUVER'S RESPONSE TO THE WATER CRISIS
People of Vancouver responded to the question: "What are YOU doing about the water crisis?"...
TORONTO's WATER CRISIS SOLUTIONS
TORONTO's WATER CRISIS SOLUTIONS
People answer the questions: 3. What message would you like to send the Canadian government on water?...
TORONTO's WATER CRISIS SOLUTIONS
TORONTO's WATER CRISIS SOLUTIONS
People answer the question: 2. Why is the right to water important? ...
TORONTO's WATER CRISIS SOLUTIONS
TORONTO's WATER CRISIS SOLUTIONS
People answer the questions: 1. How will you fight for the right to water? ...
Water is the Most Important Thing
Water is the Most Important Thing
Life in a Cairo slum illustrates the importance of access to clean drinking water....
Buried at Sea (clip 1)
Buried at Sea (clip 1)
The story of "Canada's deadliest dump site"....
Buried at Sea (clip 2)
Buried at Sea (clip 2)
The Department of National Defence denies any potential danger in dump sites along Canada's Atlantic coast....
Water Thieves
Water Thieves
A lack of water turns men, women and children against one another in a fictional future Montreal....
The Water Front
The Water Front
The Water Warriors, a group of Highland Park residents, fight the privatization of their water plant....
System Error
System Error
Un court métrage d'animation rapide et vivant sur l'importance de l'eau pour la vie de la terre....
Eaude
Eaude
Court métrage d'animation issu du programme Hot House de l'ONF, qui illustre la relation profonde entre l'être hu...
Governor's Brook: Back on the Map
Governor's Brook: Back on the Map
Four friends follow the course of Governor's Brook, a body of water they used to know and love as children....
Help Turn Off The Tap
Help Turn Off The Tap
A public service announcement, part of a municipal campaign urging Toronto's citizens to conserve water....
River and Road
River and Road
Where a river and a road lie side by side, a young woman walks along and imagines the river's fate....
Green Green Water
Green Green Water
Cree communities in northern Manitoba pay a heavy price in order for Manitoba Hydro to supply cheap power....
Water Water Everywhere?
Water Water Everywhere?
A debate over privatization of a Vancouver-area filtration plant inspires discussion of global water issues....
Water We Drinking?
Water We Drinking?
The issues surrounding our relationship with water are the battleground between human rights and commerce....
The Volunteer
The Volunteer
The fight for water from one village to another...
Problem Reaching Dereïsa
Problem Reaching Dereïsa
Obstacles and rivalry keep potable water from Dereïsa....
Bush Fire
Bush Fire
The village plantations destroyed!...
Rituals are Essential
Rituals are Essential
Rituals and water for two villages....
Animal Sacrifice
Animal Sacrifice
Expressing gratitude to ancestors....
Myra Falls
The Water Man
Water is a Right
Hot summer day in Highland Park
Jacques Languirand lends his voice.
Inspiring Folks
Tap and Volcano
Winter Shoot
Filming on his own
Winter Shoot
Pascal Gélinas, on his way to Indonesia
Sky High Highland Park Water Bills
Gilles Raymond, a Friend with Conviction
Ika
A Working Tap in M'Boras!
Children from Oussou village
Women from M'Boras Village
Water Tower

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