The Council of the Great Lakes Region is dedicated to advancing collaboration, sustainability, and economic vitality across one of the world’s most important freshwater systems, the Great Lakes.
The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) is a network of charitable and non-charitable organizations in North America’s Great Lakes region focused on accelerating the regional transition to a sustainable future by uniquely bringing diverse perspectives and interests together to explore and solve our most pressing socioeconomic and environmental challenges.
CGLR is comprised of CGLR Canada, CGLR Canada Foundation, CGLR USA, and the CGLR Foundation. Working as one, we are uniting leaders from government, business, academia, and civil society to ensure the long-term health and prosperity of the Great Lakes region.
ABOUT US
Protecting What Connects Us – Strengthening What Sustains Us.
Uniting freshwater stewardship with economic modernization to advance a globally competitive Great Lakes–St. Lawrence region for future generations.
Learning from the past, responding to the present, and preparing for the future, CGLR is taking the region’s rich history to meet the demands of the future.
We are led by a dedicated group of professionals who come from communities across the region, representing different perspectives and sectors, ensuring the highest levels of performance and impact.
Learning from the past, responding to the present, and preparing for the future, CGLR is taking the region’s rich history to meet the demands of the future.
From the day to day of our programs to board governance, transparency drives our performance and organizational success.
Charitable contributions to the CGLR Foundation is the US and the CGLR Canada Foundation are crucial for helping us integrate environmental considerations into our regional public policy decisions, business strategies, and investment choices.
Charitable contributions to the CGLR Foundation in the US and the CGLR Canada Foundation are crucial for helping us integrate environmental considerations into our regional public policy decisions, business strategies, and investment choices.
Supporting CGLR and joining our programs and outreach efforts will help bring sector leaders and stakeholders together to grow the region’s US-Canada economic partnership, transition to a sustainable future, and strengthen our competitiveness in today’s fast pace global marketplace.
