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Water First has been profiled in a number of external articles and publications, from the CBC to the David Suzuki Foundation annual report.

Water treatment internship empowers Indigenous youth and their communities

National Post, June 17, 2021

Young Indigenous interns become water treatment plant operators despite 2020 challenges

Water Canada Magazine, May/June 2021 (PDF)

Hold Space: Raptors Raise Awareness on World Water Day

Toronto Raptors, March 22, 2021

Indigenous youth are learning to become water treatment operators in northern Ontario

CBC News, December 10, 2020

Indigenous water treatment plant operators

Up North with Jonathan Pinto, CBC Radio, December 9, 2020

Ending Long-Term Water Advisories

The Agenda with Steve Paikin, TVO, December 7, 2020

Raw Talk Podcast #87 - Water: Access, Equity and Greater Impacts

University of Toronto, December 6, 2020

First Nations skills-training program has partnership at heart

CareerWise, May 27, 2020

New internship program aims to address water challenges in First Nations communitites

Water Canada, March 17, 2020

NWO First Nations launch program to train water plant operators

CBC News, March 16, 2020

Water First wins Water's Next award for the internship program

Water Canada, June 1, 2019

Providing employment opportunities for First Nations youth to succeed in the water industry

Water Canada Magazine, January/February 2019 (PDF)

Pilot project trains Indigenous youth to help tackle water challenges in their communities

CBC News, August 24, 2018

Money alone won't solve the water crisis in Indigenous communities

Maclean's, March 29, 2018

Reconciling promises and reality: Clean drinking water for First Nations

David Suzuki Foundation, February 2018

Canada's funding agencies need to catch up to foster the capacity of First Nations to manage their own water

Water Canada Magazine, March/April 2017 (PDF)

Charity spotlight: Putting water first

CanadaHelps.org, March 6, 2017

Tin Roof Global becomes Water First to reflect commitment to First Nations water solutions

Muskrat Magazine, September 6, 2016

strong communities. safe, clean water.

Water First acknowledges that our office lies within the traditional territory of the Petun and the Anishnaabeg, which consist of the Odawa, Ojibwe, and the Pottawatomi nations. The region in which we live and work has been a site of human activity for approximately 15,000 years, with Indigenous peoples being the sole inhabitants until as recently as 500 years ago. Water First is located on the territory covered by Lake Simcoe-Nottawasaga Treaty No. 18, of 1818.

Today, this area is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work with the community in this territory.

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