On January 18, 2011, The Walrus presented a special forum in Yellowknife on the management of the Mackenzie River Basin. The forum was moderated by Chris Wood, author of the magazine’s October 2010 feature story “The Last Great Water Fight.”
Featuring panel presentations by:
- The Hon. J. Michael Miltenberger, on the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy as a foundation for the future of the NWT and the North
- Stephen Kakfwi, on the centrality of water to the Aboriginal way of life
- Merrell-Ann Phare, on the importance of Indigenous water rights and precedent-setting NWT Water Stewardship Strategy
- Tony Maas, relevance of the NWT Water Stewardship Strategy in a national and global context






