About Waterpower Day

Waterpower Day is on June 20th. Waterpower Day was established to recognize the history and importance of waterpower in Ontario as well as the role it continues to play more than 100 years after the first waterpower facility came online. June 20th was selected for Waterpower Day in recognition of Sir Adam Beck (born June 20, 1857), a Canadian politician and waterpower advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.

Social Media Toolkit

Help us celebrate Waterpower Day! The Ontario Waterpower Association has curated content for you to share on social media to help us support Made in Ontario Waterpower on June 20th. Remember to tag us on social media and use the hashtag #WaterpowerDay. Post our ready-to-use social media messages and images, tell us what waterpower means to you, change your Teams/Zoom background and share the Waterpower Day video.

Social Media Messaging 

  • Happy #Waterpower Day! Today we celebrate the province’s most affordable, reliable and sustainable #electricity asset — #waterpower! Help spread the word. https://bit.ly/3Nb0GPB 
  • Today is #Waterpower Day! Waterpower provides 24% of Ontario’s #energy supply, #waterpower is a key #renewable energy asset for the province. Waterpower has an important role in the fight against climate change. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3GC0rKN 
  • In countless towns and cities across the province, the very identity of the community is inextricably linked with the generation of electricity from falling water. Celebrate the history of #waterpower on #WaterpowerDay, June 20th https://bit.ly/3GC0rKN 
  • #Waterpower was responsible for the #electrification of #Ontario and is the energy engine that built the province’s original economic prosperity. Celebrate #WaterpowerDay on June 20th: https://bit.ly/3GC0rKN 
  • New hydroelectric generation can help address the growing long-term electricity needs in Ontario and partnerships with Northern and Indigenous communities is critical in advancing hydropower in the province. #WaterpowerDay. https://bit.ly/3GC0rKN 
  • Happy #WaterpowerDay! Learn about waterpower facilities in Ontario and how they support local communities by watching this video: https://bit.ly/38DSf0b 

Social Media Images

Click on an image below to download:

 

Win a Waterpower Science Kit! 

Join our social media campaign for a chance to win a Waterpower Science Kit! Use the template below to share what waterpower means to you. Add a photo of your favourite waterpower facility and complete the prompt, “To me/us, waterpower is…”

Remember to use the hashtag #WaterpowerDay and tag us on Twitter @ONWaterpower so that we can see your contest entry. We will randomly select one winner. Contest closes June 20, 2022 at 11:59 pm EST.  Take a look at our example below to help you get started.

Teams/Zoom Background

Learn how to change your Teams background here. When you upload the background, the text will appear flipped, but others in your meeting will see it correctly.

Add a LinkedIn Profile Banner

Customize your LinkedIn profile picture with a pre-designed banner. Simply upload your headshot into the Canva template here.

Share our “Celebrate Waterpower Day” Video

Link to download the video: http://ow.ly/8iNv50F8edn  Youtube Link: https://bit.ly/38DSf0b

Add a Calendar Reminder

Don’t forget about Waterpower Day, download a calendar reminder here.

Questions?

Contact Jan Fonseca, Community/Industry Outreach and Policy Advisor jfonseca@owa.ca

 

Waterpower Benefits

Waterpower is the energy engine that built the province’s original economic prosperity and has been providing affordable, reliable, sustainable electricity for more than a century.

In addition, waterpower offers countless ancillary benefits. As a form of renewable energy, waterpower generation has minimal impact on the environment, while dams located at waterpower facilities assist in flood mitigation, water level stability for recreation, flow maintenance for dilution or habitat protection, and erosion control.

Embedded in dozens of villages, towns, Indigenous communities and cities across Ontario, and offering benefits for all, waterpower truly is the original community power.

Waterpower Day

Waterpower Day was established to recognize the history and importance of waterpower in Ontario as well as the role it continues to play more than 100 years after the first waterpower facility came online.

June 20th was selected for Waterpower Day in recognition of Sir Adam Beck (born June 20, 1857), a Canadian politician and waterpower advocate who founded the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario and promoted “Power at Cost”.

 In countless towns and cities across the province, the very identity of the community is inextricably linked with the generation of electricity from falling water. That’s something worth celebrating.

Waterpower Champions

Waterpower is the original community power – embedded in dozens of villages, towns, Indigenous communities and cities across Ontario. The OWA invites communities to become Waterpower Champions and to get involved in supporting community waterpower. Below is a list of our current Champions. Learn more.