Contents
Illustrations
Foreword
Gordon W. Walker and Lana Pollack
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Murray Clamen and Daniel Macfarlane
Section 1: Beginnings
1 From IWC to BWT: Canada-US Institution Building, 1902–1909
David Whorley
2 Construction of a Keystone: How Local Concerns and International Geopolitics Created the First Water Management Mechanisms on the Canada-US Border
Meredith Denning
Section 2: From Coast to Coast
3 The International Joint Commission and Water Quality in the Bacterial Age
Jamie Benidickson
4 The Boundary Waters Treaty and the International Joint Commission in the St. Mary–Milk Basin
B. Timothy Heinmiller
5 The International Joint Commission and Hydro-power Development on the Northeastern Borderlands, 1945–1970
James Kenny
6 A Square Peg: The Lessons of the Point Roberts Reference, 1971–1977
Kim Richard Nossal
7 The International Joint Commission and Mid-continent Water Issues: The Garrison Diversion, Red River, Devils Lake, and the Northwest Area Water Supply Project
Norman Brandson and Allen Olson
8 The International Joint Commission’s Unique and Colourful Role in Three Projects in the Pacific Northwest
Richard Moy and Jonathan O’Riordan
Section 3: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Basin
9 The International Joint Commission and Great Lakes Water Levels
Murray Clamen and Daniel Macfarlane
10 The International Joint Commission and Air Pollution: A Tale of Two Cases
Owen Temby and Don Munton
11 Origin of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: Concepts and Structures
Jennifer Read
12 The Great Lakes Remedial Action Plan Program: A Historical and Contemporary Description and Analysis
Gail Krantzberg
13 The International Joint Commission and the Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: Accountability, Progress Reporting, and Measuring Performance
Debora VanNijnatten and Carolyn Johns
Section 4: Legacies
14 From “Stakeholder to Rights-Holder”: Re-examining the Role of Indigenous Peoples in the International Joint Commission as the Third Sovereign
Frank Ettawageshik and Emma S. Norman
15 The Boundary Waters Treaty, the International Joint Commission, and the Evolution of Transboundary Environmental Law and Governance
Noah D. Hall, A. Dan Tarlock, and Marcia Valiante
16 The Importance of the International Joint Commission
John Kirton and Brittaney Warren
17 The International Joint Commission: Continually Evolving Approaches to Conflict Resolution
Ralph Pentland and Ted R. Yuzyk
Conclusion
Murray Clamen and Daniel Macfarlane
Appendices
Appendix 1: Boundary Waters Treaty
Appendix 2: The Clinton-Gibbons Draft, 1907
Appendix 3: List of IJC Commissioners
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index