Watershed 2016 Building Capacity for Collaboration and Watershed Governance in British Columbia

The forum was held from September 30th to October 1st, 2016 on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre and Wosk Centre for Dialogue in Vancouver, B. C. The event was made Partners possible with the support of a number of sponsors and partners; the forum strategic advisors; and the organizing efforts of t [...] The creation of this proceedings re- port was based on the efforts of the team of volunteer note takers who diligently captured the presentations and discussions at each of the sessions at the forum: Joseph Gothreau, Kate Hewitt, Natalya Melnychuk, Kevin Ngo, Maria Nguyen, Kelly Schnare, Megan Spencer, and Nicole Wilson. [...] In some sec- tions, the narrative weaves together the presentations Organizational Note About the Proceedings with the discussion that followed; in other cases, the These proceedings contain a synthesis of themes, distinction between the presentation and discussion perspectives, and accounts of first-hand experiences is more pronounced. [...] She shared a prayer to recognize the importance of leadership and the need to bring friendship and respect to this work. [...] The more we selves to one another, shook hands, and responded to look, the more we see and the more we move with Vicki’s questions.