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This episode is part of a pilot series by the Elbow River Watershed Partnership (ERWP) titled "Voices from the Elbow". This podcast reflects on the 10-year anniversary of the 2013 Calgary, Alberta and surrounding area flood. June 2023 marked the 10th year anniversary of the most recent flood on the Elbow River.
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This interview is with Mark Bennett. Mark was the former Executive Director of the Bow River Basin Council. Mark served in that position for over 20 years and continues to work with the council in a volunteer role. The Bow River Basin Council is a Watershed Planning and Advisory Council based out of Calgary. This non profit organization reports on watershed health, and facilitates collaborative planning education and stewardship. There are 11 Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils in Alberta.
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There are three co-hosts of Voices from the Elbow: Jer Bobosky, Jer Bobosky is Nîhithaw (Woodland Cree) from mihkwâkamîwi-sîpîsis (Little Red River Cree Nation). Jer is a Podcast technician with the Elbow River Watershed Project working on the “10-year Flood Anniversary" episodes as well as the “Tsuut'ina Aquatic Habitat Restoration” podcast. She was connected to ERWP from community involvement at UCalgary as an undergraduate student in Political Science, with a primary focus on Indigenizing and decolonizing political philosophy.
Flora Giesbrecht is the Executive Director for the non-profit organization, Elbow River Watershed Partnership (ERWP).
Tyler Redmond was an Integrated Water Management student from SAIT at the time of the interview. He worked with the ERWP as part of his capstone project
link to Bow River Basin Council https://brbc.ab.ca/
link to Elbow River Watershed Partnership https://www.erwp.org/
link to Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils
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