Rivers Foundation (Canada)
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The Rivers Foundation (Fondation Rivières) is a Québécois
environmental organization created on 26 November 2002 "to preserve the rivers threatened by electric dam projects, pollution, privatisation and various economic interests. The Foundation's mission is to protect this collective resource. The Rivers Foundation aims to raise people's awareness on this subject so that together, Quebecers can manage their rivers in order to protect these precious water reservoirs."
Its administrative office is located in Montreal, Quebec.
One of its founders and its co-president is Québécois
actor Roy Dupuis
.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
environmental organization created on 26 November 2002 "to preserve the rivers threatened by electric dam projects, pollution, privatisation and various economic interests. The Foundation's mission is to protect this collective resource. The Rivers Foundation aims to raise people's awareness on this subject so that together, Quebecers can manage their rivers in order to protect these precious water reservoirs."
Its administrative office is located in Montreal, Quebec.
One of its founders and its co-president is Québécois
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
actor Roy Dupuis
Roy Dupuis
Roy Dupuis is a Canadian actor best known for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series La Femme Nikita...
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External links
- Fondation Rivières/Rivers Foundation – Official site of the Rivers Foundation (French and English language options)