Detroit River Evening 2025

All are welcome to attend our 14th annual Detroit River Evening on June 25 2025! This event will be held at the Windsor Yacht Club (9000 Riverside Drive east, Windsor, ON) starting at 6pm. It’s free to the public and includes guest speakers highlighting achievements and project updates the DRCC partnership accomplished in the last year. The 2024/25 annual report and our Pathway to Delisting document will also be launched at the event. 


AGENDA: 14th Annual Detroit River Evening

June 25, 2025, 6 pm to 8 pm
Windsor Yacht Club, 9000 Riverside Dr E, Windsor, ON N8S 1C5

6:00 – 6:05 Opening Remarks – April White, Canada Water Agency

6:05 – 6:25 Tipping the scales of progress: The DRCC and progress in 2024-25
Jacqueline Serran, Remedial Action Plan Coordinator, Detroit River
Canadian Cleanup

6:25 – 7:00 Sediment remediation efforts on the U.S. side of the Detroit River
Weston Hillier, MI Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and
Energy & Amber Falkner, US Environmental Protection Agency

7:00 – 7:15 Break

7:15 – 7:45 Modelling the benefit of U.S. Sediment Restoration Efforts in the
Detroit River Area of Concern to Canadian Fish Consumption
Restrictions, Ken Drouillard, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

7:45 – 7:55 Public Advisory Council update, Tom Henderson, Chair of the Detroit River Canadian Cleanup Public Advisory Council

7:55 – 8:00 Closing remarks, Jacqueline Serran, Remedial Action Plan Coordinator, Detroit River Canadian Cleanup


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