17 The International Joint Commission: Continually Evolving Approaches to Conflict Resolution

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xiii
5. Acknowledgements xvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Beginnings
8. From IWC to BWT: Canada-US Institution Building, 1902–1909 35
9. Construction of a Keystone: How Local Concerns and International Geopolitics Created the First Water Management Mechanisms on the Canada-US Border 71
10. From Coast to Coast
11. The International Joint Commission and Water Quality in the Bacterial Age 115
12. The Boundary Waters Treaty and the International Joint Commission in the St. Mary–Milk Basin 143
13. The International Joint Commission and Hydro-power Development on the Northeastern Borderlands, 1945–1970 165
14. A Square Peg: The Lessons of the Point Roberts Reference, 1971–1977 195
15. The International Joint Commission and Mid-continent Water Issues: The Garrison Diversion, Red River, Devils Lake, and the Northwest Area Water Supply Project 215
16. The International Joint Commission’s Unique and Colourful Role in Three Projects in the Pacific Northwest 239
17. Great Lakes– St. Lawrence Basin
18. The International Joint Commission and Great Lakes Water Levels 285
19. The International Joint Commission and Air Pollution: A Tale of Two Cases 313
20. Origin of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: Concepts and Structures 347
21. The Great Lakes Remedial Action Plan Program: A Historical and Contemporary Description and Analysis 367
22. The International Joint Commission and the Evolution of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement: Accountability, Progress Reporting, and Measuring Performance 395
23. Legacies
24. From “Stakeholder to Rights-Holder”: Re-examining the Role of Indigenous Peoples in the International Joint Commission as the Third Sovereign 433
25. The Boundary Waters Treaty, the International Joint Commission, and the Evolution of Transboundary Environmental Law and Governance 457
26. The Importance of the International Joint Commission 483
27. The International Joint Commission: Continually Evolving Approaches to Conflict Resolution 507
28. Appendices
29. Boundary Waters Treaty 551
30. The Clinton-Gibbons Draft, 1907 565
31. List of IJC Commissioners 573
32. Selected Bibliography 577
33. Contributors 589
34. Index 597