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    <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;">Hello Folks..
      this is an issue for re the K/W region. I am sorry not to have
      forwarded it sooner. Josh needs some help and you folks have the
      answers he is seeking. <br>
      Please copy me if you can pick this up so that I know it has been
      looked after.. I really don't know a lot of the specific resources
      and needs in your area.. That said, we will be setting up a CoC
      chapter again in the fall in K/W.    Thanks for your help.  Norah 
      <br>
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      Dear </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif;
      font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Norah Chaloner:</span><br>
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                                    face="Arial">I write to you today as
                                    a member of TransitionKW. Based on
                                    the Transition movement started in
                                    the UK, TransitionKW brings citizens
                                    together to build resilience and
                                    sustainability within our community
                                    in the
                                    face of the oncoming challenges of
                                    climate change and peak oil. One of
                                    our key
                                    projects that I am participating in
                                    is the creation of a Climate Change
                                    Adaptation Toolkit (CCAT) to be used
                                    by citizens and community groups in
                                    the
                                    Region of Waterloo to increase
                                    resilience to climate change and its
                                    anticipated
                                    impacts.<br>
                                    <br>
                                    As the Council of Canadians local
                                    chapter contact , our project team
                                    identified you as
                                    a <b>stakeholder </b>in
                                    the <span style="font-weight:bold;">development
                                      of this toolkit</span>.
                                    For this reason, I ask for your
                                    participation in an upcoming focus
                                    group
                                    session. In this focus group we aim
                                    to gain from their expertise to
                                    learn how
                                    we can improve our capacity for
                                    resilience and identify the gaps in
                                    emergency
                                    preparedness as it relates to the
                                    area of <b>human health</b> for
                                    Waterloo Region.</font></p>
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                                    The focus group will be 2 hours long
                                    and will be held on Tuesday July 2
                                    at
                                    2-4PM at a location in downtown
                                    Kitchener.
                                    Dinner will be provided!<br>
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                                    Please let me know if you will
                                    attend, and if so, at which time(s)
                                    you can come.<br>
                                    Sincerely,<br>
                                    Josh Morel<br>
                                    CCAT Project Team Member<br>
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                                    <b>P.S.</b><b><br>
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                                      Please also let me know of anyone
                                      else you would recommend to
                                      participation in one of the focus
                                      groups. The five focus groups each
                                      cover one
                                      of the following topics:</b><b><br>
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                                      ·         Water
                                      resources (including flooding and
                                      supply)</b><b><br>
                                    </b><b>
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                                      (including diseases, temperature
                                      stress, increased frequency and
                                      severity of
                                      extreme weather events)</b><b><br>
                                    </b><b>
                                      ·         Food and
                                      agriculture</b><b><br>
                                    </b><b>
                                      ·         Energy</b><b><br>
                                    </b><b>
                                      ·         Transportation
                                      and Infrastructure</b></font></p>
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