How to tackle persistent drought: Lessons from British Columbia

By Rosie Simms, Director of Place-Based Projects, POLIS Water Sustainability Project, University of Victoria
Deana Machin, Senior Indigenous Advisor with the Indigenous Watersheds Initiative, Practitioner Avisor to the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, University of Victoria
Oliver Brandes, Co-Director; Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Policy of the POLIS Project; Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria

British Columbia has endured another extreme drought with damaging impacts seen across the province: a watershed emergency declared by the Syilx Okanagan Nation, 70 per cent water use reductions for agricultural producers in Vernon, regulatory orders to protect salmon and…

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