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DRY AS DIRT
CLEAR THINKING ABOUT WATER
» Thursday 5 June 2008 | 4:30 pm
» The Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue
An informal afternoon hour showcasing the people and ideas featured in Okanagan Home. Join us as
Brian Jamieson, James Baker and Nelson Jatel, three people directly involved in water issues,
share their insights, concerns and predictions.
» This is a free event. Refreshments will be available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
Sponsored by the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Wood Lake Books, UBCO-FCCS, and in support of Project Literacy Kelowna
Why Water Matters Today & Tomorrow
 Is the Okanagan being sucked dry by out of control growth, bad planning and conflicting agendas? Should we be worried? Our population has already far surpassed anything our leaders and planners predicted back in the 1970s, and the growth looks only to continue. Experts say we're in trouble. And there are signs everywhere they may be right:
Mounting boil water advisories;
Soaring costs to taxpayers to meet new water regulations;
Rising recreational use near reservoirs;
Mega-developments extracting from already stretched resources;
Conflict between local communities and provincial government over water rights and usage.
What's the Okanagan to do? It's a conversation parched minds need to have.
The Okanagan Institute slakes that thirst with Dry as Dirt: Clear Thinking About Water - June 5 at our new location the Bohemian Café located at 524 Bernard Avenue starting at 4:30 pm.
   Featured guests:
Brian Jamieson, PEng, is the general manager of the Westbank Irrigation District. Since taking on the position in 2002 he has overseen the transformation of the district into an operation known for unthinkably murky spring run-off to one of the best water purveyors in the Okanagan with the opening in 2007 of its multi-million dollar water treatment plant. He currently sits as a director of the Water Supply Association of BC. A mining engineer by profession, prior to moving to the valley Jamieson worked for corporations such as Noranda, and later as mine manager of Cameco overseeing the company's $420-million McArthur River Project in the mid-1990s. Thereafter he was appointed vice-president.
James Baker is the mayor of Lake Country and has recently taken on the fight to save local reservoirs from recreational encroachment. He's one of the community's founding councillors and before that served 12 years as regional director with the Central Okanagan. Born and raised in Lytton, BC, Baker has a Masters in Archaeology from Simon Fraser University and taught at Okanagan University College until he retired in 2000 and has since been named Professor Emeritus of Anthropology.
Nelson Jatel, BSc, works with the Okanagan Water Stewardship Council to develop practical solutions that reflect the best available science, innovative policy and consensus approaches. Nelson has a background in freshwater science and was previously the Executive Director of the Okanagan Partnership.
Dry as Dirt: Clear Thinking About Water is a free event, and takes place at the Bohemian Café. This marks the 43nd event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007. Since that time, the series has played host to many local luminaries, including artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, architect Jim Meiklejohn, and others from a variety of creative fields.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER ONLINE CLICK HERE
Okanagan Institute at the Bohemian Café A hearty feast of lectures, presentations, workshops and showcases celebrating our culture and community. Produced by the Okanagan Institute in association with Wheat King Publishing magazines: Okanagan Arts and Okanagan Arts. Express is sponsored in part by the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Wood Lake Books, UBCO Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, and supports the work of Project Literacy Kelowna.
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that have gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
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