For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson checks in with Bluffer’s Beach in Toronto. In the early 2000s, Bluffer’s Beach was the subject of one of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s first efforts to restore beach water quality. Today, Bluffer’s Beach is one of Toronto’s top swimming beaches. Q: How often do you visit Bluffer’s beach?A: Almost...

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For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson checks in with Bluffer’s Beach in Toronto. In the early 2000s, Bluffer’s Beach was the subject of one of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper’s first efforts to restore beach water quality. Today, Bluffer’s Beach is one of Toronto’s top swimming beaches. Q: How often do you visit Bluffer’s beach?A: Almost every day...even if from Bluffs above the beach. I walk down and visit a couple of times a week. It…

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For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Lynda Lukasik, Executive Director, Environment Hamilton.Dr. Lynda Lukasik is a long-standing champion for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water. In 1999-2000, Lynda played an incredible role as a community advocate and private informant in the conviction of the City of Hamilton for polluting Red Hill Creek. As part...

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For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Lynda Lukasik, Executive Director, Environment Hamilton.Dr. Lynda Lukasik is a long-standing champion for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water. In 1999-2000, Lynda played an incredible role as a community advocate and private informant in the conviction of the City of Hamilton for polluting Red Hill Creek. As part of that private prosecution, she worked with the late Doug Chapman, Counsel, and Mark Mattson, lead environmental investigator. Following that…

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For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador William Tozer.William Tozer is the co-founder, educator, and Watermark Collector of Camp Onakawana in northern Ontario. This camp is for Indigenous youth to build community and learn skills that generate confidence in the great outdoors. The Tozers were the first Swim Drink...

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For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador William Tozer.William Tozer is the co-founder, educator, and Watermark Collector of Camp Onakawana in northern Ontario. This camp is for Indigenous youth to build community and learn skills that generate confidence in the great outdoors. The Tozers were the first Swim Drink Fish supporters to bring the movement to northern Canada. Learn more at www.camponakawana.com.MM: How are you?WT: Fine. I’m alive. I’d…

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For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Lauren Brown Hornor. Lauren Brown Hornor is a both an Ambassador and Strategic Partnership Lead for Swim Drink Fish. She is a Florida native with a love of water and long history in the Swim Drink Fish movement. As an attorney with...

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For the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Lauren Brown Hornor. Lauren Brown Hornor is a both an Ambassador and Strategic Partnership Lead for Swim Drink Fish. She is a Florida native with a love of water and long history in the Swim Drink Fish movement. As an attorney with the Waterkeeper Alliance in New York, Lauren provided legal support and guidance to many Waterkeeper organizations. She helped launch Fraser…

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In this installment of the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee. Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee retired as Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief after spending 46 years working on First Nation issues. He is an advisor and former President of the Little NHL, and is an advisor to Great...

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In this installment of the Checking In series, Mark Mattson speaks with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee. Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee retired as Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief after spending 46 years working on First Nation issues. He is an advisor and former President of the Little NHL, and is an advisor to Great Lakes Guide. Patrick Wedaseh Madahbee has helped the Swim Drink Fish movement connect with Indigenous history and language. MM: How…

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