Treading Water

Pipeline-Building

Policy & Regulation

An innovative play that brings to life the rich stories discovered during community collaborations.

About Initiative

Treading Water is an innovative play that brings to life some of the rich stories discovered during these community collaborations. The play flows between the intersecting narratives of characters in a community dealing with unsafe drinking water, and explores steps towards health and well-being related to water quality challenges. Water operators and their experiences are central in Treading Water, and the play illustrates their pivotal, yet complex, role in the community. Presented by engineers, water operators, and actors, the play aims to open conversations addressing water quality and health issues facing rural and Indigenous communities in the 21st Century.

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Scheduled Event - Water4Seasons

Treading Water: Using Research-Based Theatre to Explore theStatus of Water Health Equity for Indigenous and Rural Communities

May 24, 2023, ‍7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

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Mobilizing Innovation - an intersection of art, folklore, and engineering… Treading Water, directed by Tetsuro Shigematsu, read by Scott Button & Agnes Tong

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Operators Walkthrough Lab App

A next-gen training platform designed to convey a real-world understanding of drinking water disinfection approaches for these communities.

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Our Programs

Anchor Centres

We aim to engage 15 Indigenous “anchor” communities from different regions selected based on their water health challenges, willingness and ability to participate, and willingness to become ambassadors for the Community Circle process to nearby communities. Anchor Centres are frontline innovation platforms for first-hand experience utilizing our strategic co-innovation model and a source of information, opinion, and support for nearby communities that might share similar challenges (who will then be encouraged to participate in Community Circle’s projects and activities, amplifying the model/knowledge assets throughout each region.

Braiding Knowledge Systems

Empowering Indigenous communities through youth engagement and technology adoption to address social, economic and environmental challenges.

Mobilizing Symphony

A platform that uses classical music to capture and reflect the complex scientific, cultural, and political barriers to innovation.

Open Circle Series

Discussion sessions designed to help innovators develop broader, richer, and more refined lines of inquiries.

The Indigenous Scholars' Circle

Members from First Nations and Indigenous communities across Canada capturing the insights of knowledge keepers and domain experts.

Youth (K-12) Engagement

An open competition to ignite a passion for science and innovation, business creation, community health, water-health and community service in young Indigenous people.

Support Water Health

You can help increase access to clean, safe water in Indigenous and rural communities. Consider becoming a Community Circle partner or investor to increase the impact and scope of our work.