Webinars and Presentations
As a part of many of its programs, the Cities Initiative offers webinars and online presentations. Find an archive of these sessions here.
Annual Meeting & Conference 2017
City to City Partnerships Panel
- Mayor Serge Peloquin, City of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
- Deputy Mayor Jarkko Virtanen, City of Turku, Finland and the Union of Baltic Cities
Public Private Partnerships Panel
Keynote: Pierre Beland
Special Session: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Mayor Mike Vandersteen, City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin
- Video: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Success Stories
Partnerships to Address Climate Change Panel
- Deputy Mayor Michelle Morin-Doyle, Quebec Metropolitan Community
- Kimberly Hill-Knott, Detroit Climate Action Collaborative
- Cindy Toth, Town of Oakville, Ontario
- Roger Lachance, City of Montreal, Quebec
Intergovernmental Partnerships Panel
Special Presentation: NASA-DEVELOP Program
Webinar: Great Lakes & St. Lawrence Budget in U.S. and Canada
Webinar: Public-Private Partnerships, Green Infrastructure, and Private Delivery/Financing
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Annual Meeting & Conference 2016
Playlist: All 2016 Keynotes and Panels
Panel 1: Safe Drinking Water in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin
- Tom Neltner, Environmental Defense Fund
- Chantal Morissette, City of Montréal
- Paul Froese, Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change Ontario
Special Presentation: Climate Change and Coral Reefs, Doon McColl, Churchill Fellow
Panel 2: Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Innovation
Panel 3: Lake Erie Algae Updates, Programs and Impacts on Municipalities
- Karl Gebhardt, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
- Don McCabe, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
- Molly Flanagan, Alliance for the Great Lakes
Panel 4: Municipal Green Urbanism and Sustainability Initiatives
- Jill Jedlicka, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
- Councillor Jim Tovey, City of Mississauga
- Deputy Mayor Michelle Morin-Doyle, Québec Metropolitan Community
Special Presentation: NASA-DEVELOP Program
Panel 5: Control Solutions for Phragmites
- Dr. Janice Gilbert, Ontario Phragmites Working Group
- Nancy Vidler, Lambton Shores Phragmites Community Group
- Heather Braun, Great Lakes Commission/Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative
Integrated Water Management Webinar Series
- Introduction to Integrated Water Management (March 18th, 2015)
- John Jackson, Greater Lakes Project
- Bill Christiansen, AWE
- Jim Ridgway, ECT
- Discussion on Integrated Water Management(April 1st, 2015)
- John Jackson, Greater Lakes Project
- Melissa Soline, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
- Making the Most out of Floodplain Buyouts (September 16th, 2015 – recording not available)
- Rebecca Kihslinger, Environmental Law Institute
- David Salvesen, University of North Carolina
- Advancing Integrated Water Management (October 14th, 2015)
Annual Meeting & Conference 2015
Panels
Nutrient Action Collaborative: Solutions to Protect Drinking Water
- Dr. Harvey Bootsma (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee)
- Mayor Jim Ginn (Central Huron, ON)
- Bill Creal (Michigan Department of Environmental Quality)
- Elin Betanzo (Northeast-Midwest Institute)
- Recording: Nutrients Panel
Oil Transportation in the Great Lakes Region
- Recording: Oil Transportation
- Patrick Smyth (Vice President for Safety, Canadian Energy Pipeline Association)
- Normand Pellerin (Canadian National Railways)
- Robert Lewis-Manning (President, Canadian Shipowners Association)
Shoreline Restoration and Economic Activity: Challenges and Opportunities
- Recording: Shoreline Restoration
- Andre Morin (City Engineer, City of Sarnia, ON)
- Mayor Chantal Rouleau (Borough of Rivière-des-Prairies Pointe-aux-Trembles, City of Montreal)
- Mayor Mike Vandersteen (City of Sheboygan, WI)
Cities Initiative in the Community: Pilot Projects
- Recording: Pilot Projects
- Gary, Indiana: Sensitive Sites and Infrastructure Protocol (Brenda Scott-Henry, Director of Green Urbanism, City of Gary)
- Hamilton, Ontario: RBC Blue Water Project (Dr. Nahed Ghbn, Senior Project Manager, City of Hamilton)
- Thunder Bay, Ontario: RBC Blue Water Project (Brad Doff, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Thunder Bay)
Cities Initiative in the Community: Student Project Presentations
- Recording: Student Project Presentations
- NASA DEVELOP Program: Georgian Bay Wetland Mapping (Emily Adams, Project Leader, NASA-DEVELOP)
- University of Michigan: Climate Ready Cities (Alexandra Brewer and Samuel Molnar, Climate Ready Cities Team, University of Michigan)
Presentations
- Dr. John Hartig: Refuge Manager, Detroit International Wildlife Refuge
- Blue Economy Presentation: Tim Eder and Stephen Cole, Great Lakes Commission
- Lynn Rosales, Aamjiwnaang First Nation (Recording Only)
- Douglas George, Consul General of Canada in Detroit (Recording Only)
- Highland Park, Illinois: 2014 Wege Award Recipient (Dr. Mark Nolan-Hill)
Annual Meeting & Conference 2014
- Climate Adaption in Thunder Bay: by Nicola Crawhall
- NASA DEVELOP National Program: by Jamie Favors
- Great Lakes Plastic Pollution: by Dr. Sherri “Sam” Mason
- Harmful and Nuisance Algal Blooms in Lake Erie: by Michael Goffin
- Municipal Adaptation and Resiliency – Cities at the Forefront: by Heather Stirratt
- Municipal Adaptation and Resiliency Service
- Oil Transportation Risks and Emergency Response Problems: by Ali Asgary
- Pipeline Performance Building Trust and Raising the Bar: by Jim Donihee
- Pipelines and Oil Transportation in the Great Lakes: by the National Wildlife Federation
- Predicting Weather: by Amy Freeze
- Prehistory of the Great Lakes Region: by Ross
- Preparing the Great Lakes Region for Impacts of Climate Change: by Joel Scheraga
- Sustainable Municipal Water Management Public Reporting: by Tom Barrett
- There Goes the Neighborhood Recent History of the Upper Great Lakes: by Dr. Scott Hamilton
- Toward Sustainable Municipal Water Management: City of Montreal’s Report (English)
Annual Meeting & Conference 2013
- Building Sustainable Economies: by Dennis West
- Climate Change Challenges Sustainable Energy Strategies: by Rich Vander Veen
- Climate Change Impacts on the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Region: by John Lenters
- Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Trust – Community Environmental Monitoring Program: by Jerry Maynard
- Mining and Great Lakes Communities: by Mike Ripely
- Mining in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Region: by Steve Kesler
- Quebec Mayors Take Action: by Michelle Morin-Doyle
- Rio Tinto’s Eagle Mine: by Johnson
- Shoreline Mayors Take Action Low Water Levels: by Sandra Cooper
- Superior Watershed Partnership Land Trust: by Carl Lindquist
- Taking Action in Huron County Ontario Water Quality: by Mayor Deb Shewfelt
- The Economy and Sustainable Water: by Plastrik
- Thunder Bay Flood Disaster: Mayor Keith Hobbs
Annual Meeting & Conference 2012
- Green Marine a Model for Collaboration: by David Bolduc (English) and Green Marine a Model for Collaboration (French)
- Auditing the Aquaresponsibility of a Municipality: by Peter Vanrolleghem
- International Joint Commission Presentation: by Commissioner Dereth Glance
- Lake Erie re-Eutrophication: by Don Scavia
- Port of Quebec Looking Towards the Future (English): by Mario Girard and Port of Quebec Looking Towards the Future (French)
- Shoreline Communities and Marine Activities (French): by Nicole Trepanier and Shoreline Communities and the Marine Activities Challenges and Opportunities (English)
- Smarter Planet Smarter Cities: by Jean Francois Barsoum
- St. Lawrence Action Plan (English): by Larochelle Morel and St. Lawrence Action Plan (French)
Annual Meeting & Conference 2011
- Canadian Readiness and Response to Oil Spills from Vessels: Scott Vaughan and Jim McKenzie
- Assessing Climate Change Risk to Stormwater and Wastewater Infrastructure: by Ben Harding and Peter Nimmrichter
- Green Returns on Blue Investments, Investment in the Grand River: by Mayor George Heartwell
- Integration of DNA Diagnostics to Improve Water Quality: by Herb Schellhorn
- Marcellus Shale Gas Overview: by Kelly Burch
- Marine Prevention, Preparedness and Response Federal Mandates Canada: by Wade Spurrell
- Niagara 10 Cross Border Cities in Action
- Opportunities to Promote Innovative Stormwater Management: by Bulman
- Shale Gas – the Quebec Situation: by Normand Mosseau
- State of the Great Lakes Coasts: by John Marsden
- Talisman Shale Gas Overview: Hope Deveau-Henderson
Annual Meeting & Conference 2010
- Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Tourism – Expanding the Territory: David Belgue
- Asian Carp Control in the Great Lakes: John Rogner
- Experiences from Union of Baltic Cities: by Jarkko Virtanen
- Canada Ontario Agreement: by Mayor Brian McMullan
- Elements of an Invasive Species Strategy: by John Carey
- Protecting and Restoring the Waters Montreal: by Helen Fotopulos
- Working Together to Improve Beaches and Coasts: by Mayor John Dickert
- Waterfront Trail Ontario: by Marlaine Koehler
Infrastructure
Frozen Pipes Teleconference: Thursday, May 27th, 2015
- Kerri Marshall, City of Thunder Bay, and Paul Clements, City of Toronto, provided information about how their cities responded to the increase in calls about frozen water pipes during Winter 2015. A discussion among attendees followed.
- Presentations begin at 5:22
Additional Frozen Pipes Resources:
Pharmaceuticals
- Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Webinar
- Helen Domske, NY Sea Grant
- Mari Martz, Pennsylvania Sea Grant
- Robin Goettel, Terri Hallesy, Laura Kammin, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
- Pharmaceuticals Education Program
- Robin Goettel, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
- Terri Hallesy, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
- Creating Partnerships for Protecting Our Water Sources, Wildlife and Public Health
- Anna McCartney, Pennsylvania Sea Grant
Water Conservation Framework
- Our Current Revenue Loss Dilemma: Is Consumer Conservation Really the Culprit? (April 30, 2013)
- Mary Ann Dickinson, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
Stormwater Management
- Green Infrastructure for Great Cities: Urban Surfaces and Stormwater Green CiTTS Webinar (January 25, 2011)
- Mayor Richard Daley, City of Chicago
- Janet Attarian, Project Director Streetscape and Sustainable Design Program
- Environmental Issues Associated with the Use of Coal-Tar Based Sealants: A Minnesota Perspective (January 25, 2011)
- Judy Crane, Environmental Analysis and Outcomes Division Minnesota Pollution Control Agency St. Paul, MN
- Checklist for Municipalities to Develop Restrictions on Coal-Tar Based Sealcoat
- Redeveloping Vacant Land as Green Infrastructure in Great Lakes Cities
- Geri Unger, Director of Education and Research Cleveland Botanical Garden
- Sandra Albro, Research Manager Cleveland Botanical Garden
- The Value of Green Infrastructure
- Hal Sprague, Senior Policy Associate Natural Resources, Center for Neighborhood Technology
- Stormwater Management in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin: Cities Charting the Water Forward (November 9, 2011)
- Nicola Crawhall, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
- City of Grand Rapids Grand River Water Quality Monitoring (November 9, 2011)
- Carrie Rivette
Municipal Adaptation and Resiliency Service (MARS)
- MARS Training Overview
- Module 1: Climate Change and Adaptation in the Great Lakes (January 22, 2014)
- Moving Climate Change Forward: Key Lessons from the Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities (November 5, 2014)
- Ashlee Grace, Project Manager, Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities
- Module 1B: Climate Adaptation Fundamentals and Models
- Module 2: Legal and Financial Implications of Climate Change (February 6, 2014)
- Potential Claims Against Municipalities Associated with Climate Change (November 19, 2014)
- Jennifer M. Klein, Associate Director and Fellow, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law – Columbia Law School
- Social Vulnerability Index (December 3, 2014)
- Dr. Susan Cutter, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina
- Module 4: Social Vulnerability
- Module 5: Water Systems
- Adaptation for Water, Wastewater and Stormwater
- Karen L. Sands, AICP, Manager of Sustainability Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
- Towards Extreme Weather Resilience: Working with the Electrical Sector (February 11, 2015)
- David MacLeod, City of Toronto Environment and Energy Division
- Module 6: Infrastructure Networks
- Beyond the Storm: Risk Based Process and Tool to Enable Better Understanding and Management of Climate Change Risks
- Vesna Stevanovic-Briatico, City of Toronto Transportation Services Division
- Module 7: Ports and Shoreline Management
- Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning: Case Studies and Tools for Great Lakes Communities (March 11, 2015)
- Katie Kahl, PhD, The Nature Conservancy
- Module 1: Introduction to Climate Change Adaptation
- Module 2: Using the MARS Portal
- Module 3: Legal/Financial Implications of Climate Change
- Module 3: Responsibilities and Risk Management in a Changing Climate
- Laura Zizzo, Zizzo Allan
- Module 4: Municipal Transportation Related Infrastructure
- Kevin Behan
- Module 4: Municipal Transportation Related Infrastructure (February 20, 2014)
- David MacLeod, City of Toronto Environment and Energy Division
- Module 5: Municipal Buildings and Land Use Planning
- Module 6: Vulnerable Populations
- Module 7: Urban Natural Systems
- Module 8: Wastewater Stormwater Infrastructure
- Module 9: Communicating and Collaborating around Climate Change Adaptation
- Ma Ville Ma Vie Alliance Ville et Grands Lacs