US embassy cable - 05OTTAWA1583

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 OTTAWA 001583 
 
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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KPAO, OEXC, SCUL, CA, IV Program 
SUBJECT: FY 2006 IVLP Individual Program - David Neufeld 
(Principal Candidate) 
 
REFERENCE:  OTTAWA 1504 
 
Post nominates David Neufeld, Manager, Water Policy, Ontario 
Ministry of the Environment, for a 21-day individual 
International Visitor project on U.S. Environmental 
Protection and Water Management.  Mr. Neufeld has full 
country team approval.  This project supports the Mission's 
goal of building environmental cooperation.  EVDB-formatted 
nomination follows. 
 
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PROJ-TYPE: Individual 
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor 
FY: 2006 
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F-NAME: David 
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L-NAME: Neufeld 
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DOB: 07/05/1961 
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BIRTH-CITY: Saskatchewan 
BIRTH-CNTRY: Canada 
CITIZ-CNTRY: Canada 
RES-CNTRY: Canada 
START MEMO POSITION: 
Manager, Water Policy Branch, Ontario Ministry of the 
Environment, Jan. 2001 - present 
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS: 
2002 - present -Special Graduate Faculty 
Department of Geography, University of Guelph 
 
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS: 
July 2000 - Dec. 2001, Assistant Director (A), Land Use 
Policy Branch, Ontario Ministry of the Environment. 
February 1999 - July 2000, Manager, Land Use Policy Branch, 
Ontario Ministry of the Environment. 
January 1995 - January 1999, Senior Analyst, Environmental 
Planning and Analysis Branch, Ontario Ministry of the 
Environment. 
July 1993 - December 1994, Environmental Coordinator, Seaton 
Planning Team 
Ontario Ministry of Housing. 
September 1989 - June 1993, Senior Planner, Environmental 
Planning and Analysis Branch, Ontario Ministry of the 
Environment 
August 1987 - August 1989, Environmental Planner, Approvals 
Branch ,Ontario Ministry of the Environment. 
July 1985 - July 1987, Research Officer, Legislative 
Research Service, Ontario Legislative Assembly. 
Other Professional Involvements 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL: 
Limited travel for pleaure 
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START MEMO EDUCATION: 
1998 -PhD, Planning, School of Urban and Regional Planning, 
University of Waterloo 
1985, Masters, Regional Planning and Resource Development 
School of Urban and Regional Planning, University of 
Waterloo 
1983, Bachelors, Environmental Studies (Honours) 
Environment and Resource Studies Dept., University of 
Waterloo 
 
 
 
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Selected Publications 
Neufeld, David A. 2000. An ecosystem approach to planning 
for groundwater: The case of Waterloo Region, Ontario, 
Canada. Hydrogeology Journal. 8:239-250. 
Neufeld, David A. 1999. Increasing costs of current patterns 
of growth and settlement. Emerging Environmental Issues in 
Ontario. R.E. Munn (ed.) Environmental Monograph No. 15. 
Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Toronto. 
ISSN: 0710-6815. 
Neufeld, David A. 1998. Planning for Groundwater: Municipal 
Implementation Tools. Groundwater in a watershed context. L. 
Moraru and R. de Loe (eds.) Symposium Proceedings. Canada 
Centre for Inland Waters. December 2-4, 1998. Burlington, 
Ontario. Cambridge, ON: Canadian Water Resources 
Association. 
Whitelaw, G., D. Neufeld, and S. Carty. 1995. The design of 
a monitoring system for the Niagara Escarpment and environs. 
Ecosystem Monitoring and Protected Areas. Proceedings of the 
Second International Conference on Science and the 
Management of Protected Areas, held at Dalhousie University, 
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 16-20 May, 1994. Wolfville, NS: Acadia 
University Centre for Wildlife and Conservation Biology. 
Neufeld, David A., R. Cockfield, B. Fox, G. Whitelaw. 1994. 
Toward an ecosystem approach to land use planning. Queens 
Printer for Ontario ISBN 0-7778-1698-9. 
Neufeld, David A. and George Mulamoottil 1991. Groundwater 
protection in Canada: a preliminary inquiry. Ontario 
Geography 37:15-22. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Smoker/non smoker: non smoker. 
Medical Considerations: none. 
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FIRST-LANG: English 
ENGL-READ: 5 
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: PAO Nick Giacobbe 
START MEMO NOMINATING-JUSTIFICATION: 
David Neufeld is manager for the Water Planning Policy 
Branch, at the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.  Water 
management is an important topic in the Canada-U.S. dialogue 
that is only going to be increasing in importance.  In a 
November 2004 report, Adele Hurley, Munk Centre, University 
of Toronto, ("Rising Tensions: Canada/U.S. Cross Border 
Water Issues in the 21st Century") suggests the two 
countries have enjoyed much cooperation on environmental 
management, however, with the U.S. planning to proceed with 
the Devils Lake diversion as well as the ongoing border 
closure to Canadian animals, conflicts over water will 
likely increase in the years ahead. 
Mr. Neufeld's IVLP would give him first-hand insights into 
U.S. points of view, research and the policymaking process 
related to water management, as well as more accurate 
perspectives on the  thinking behind the complex agreements 
that exist for sharing water resources between our 
countries.   This project would support the Mission's goal 
of building cooperation on environmental protection. 
 
 
 
 
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