Forum for Leadership on Water

Inspired by Steve Misati's incredible posts for young people in the sector, I created a 'cheat sheet' based on my own experiences for my lecture for the IWRM Masters class at McGill University yesterday! ***Long post - be prepared*** What I recommend: 💼 Places to find a job 💼 (in addition to networking) - Josh's Water Jobs and @Josh Newton - Terra.do - OnePointFive (opf.degree) - Climatebase - In addition to scouring multiple university job boards (notably universities that offer degrees in your sector and getting on the newsletter for companies you're interested in) 📘 Rules for LinkedIn 📘 - Have a full and completed profile - when you add new people to network, introduce yourself. While some people add anyone who follows them, I only add people who I recognize, have mutuals with or have introduced themselves. This is a safety step that I take across platforms. - Join groups and post your own content - Post frequently - the algorithm likes it and people are more likely to see your content 🌟 Volunteering and Opportunities for Young Professionals 🌟 *Note: these are based on my own experiences, and there are so many opportunities open. Also, many volunteer positions require you to pay for travel and or/accommodation which immediately excludes many. I'm aware of this and have tried to add other options as well. - North American Youth Parliament for Water (check out Erica-Lynn Porta and Henry Pitts - incredible people) - Onewater - A FANTASTIC group of people (Christian Fischer) making water stories accessible, engaging and putting them on a global platform. A fantastic place to post your research and experiment with how you do this (photography stories, letters to the sea, videography, etc.) + translation - Water Youth Network - very global, and a fantastic way to connect across the world - International Water Association - has a young professionals program and conference, I believe the next one will be in Calgary -World Water Week - Apply to be a volunteer or rapporteur or for the YSPC (YSPC has accommodation and travel paid) - Climate Cardinals - University-based and cool social content - Opportunities to volunteer at NYC Climate Week and San Francisco Climate Week, and most major climate conferences put on by the UN, including UN-Water 2026 hosted by #Senegal and #UAE THAT'S ALL FOLKS - please message me or comment your own suggestions for young people and let's get this shared, it's internship application season!

Especially thankful for the numerous FLOW members recognized during this event - including Ralph Pentland, Tom Axworthy, Merrell-Ann Phare, Oliver Brandes and more.

Fantastc news to end the month! Noble price winner Geoffrey Hinton has donated half of his prize money ($350,000) to Water First Education & Training Inc. Learn more about this incredible organization by watching the video below and following them on LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/gp4sSmUd. News source: https://lnkd.in/gzdXBGHE #goodnews #donation #water

It's ***FINALLY*** that time of year - for the FLOW monitor to appear in your inbox! Not signed up yet? You're missing out! Take a peak...https://lnkd.in/gm5jFW4i

🚀 Calling all adopters of water #technology & #innovation (present and future) in the #municipal and #industrial sectors! AquaCamp is the perfect opportunity to explore innovative solutions from the 3rd cohort of AquaAction’s scale-up program, #AquaEntrepreneur. After a successful first edition, the AquaCamp is back in full force! 🌊  But what is the #AquaCamp?  AquaCamp is the flagship event of the AquaEntrepreneur program, where the goal is to bring together our ecosystem to help them connect, learn, and network. With enlightening panels, thought-provoking workshops, and engaging networking opportunities, the AquaCamp is a unique opportunity to strengthen the AquaEntrepreneurs’ network and to create opportunities to scale innovative water-tech solutions in Quebec.  The event will take place on November 4, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the McGill Faculty Club.  🚨 Please note that places are limited, so we encourage you to confirm your attendance as soon as possible using this link: https://lnkd.in/d8RDtzfp 

Toronto-based? ✅ Interested in Water? ✅ Student or Early Career Professional? ✅ Free October 25? ✅ If so, be sure to register for Water Canada's Downstream event this October 25! It's a speed networking event that brings current and future generations of water industry professionals together to cultivate an inclusive, diverse, and thriving water sector. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gZEitUDj https://lnkd.in/gSas8REj

Are you in the flow?

Tomorrow, FLOW members Oliver Brandes and Ralph Pentland will be speaking at the Our Living Waters | Nos eaux vitales webinar: The Role of the Canada Water Agency in National Freshwater Collaboration. It will be a fantastic discussion about the new mandate and goals of the new Canada Water Agency, and. you'll hear from experts across the fields of policy, governance and science. Even better, you'll be able to get answers in real-time and talk to the people in charge. This is your chance to interact with the Canada Water Agency and help it be a success. Details: Thursday, October 3 11 am PDT, 2 PM EDT Register in English: https://lnkd.in/dMjdR6zB Register in French: https://lnkd.in/d23a_J4N See you tomorrow! #share #event #webinar #climate #watercrisis

As Emily Lorra Hines says, it's important to keep conversations flowing far past September 30th.

Say it with us: The Climate Crisis is a Water Crisis.