Climate Change

Ontario Water Consortium And National Partners Submit Statement of Interest for Groundbreaking Water Innovation Network

The Ontario Water Consortium (OWC), in strategic alliance with Foresight Canada and AquaAction, is delighted to announce the submission of a Statement of Interest (SOI) to a prestigious National Innovation Ecosystems Fund. The SOI outlines our ambitious proposal for the establishment of a groundbreaking Water Innovation Network, aimed at transforming the water technology sector in [...]

2023-07-10T15:38:27+00:00July 10th, 2023|Climate Change, Features, News, Partnership|
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Advancing the science of safe water at the University of Guelph

The University of Guelph is aiming to become one of the top research-intensive universities in Canada. To get there, they’re taking a One Health approach: a strategy that recognizes the interdependency of human, animal and environmental health. And a big part of that is water research. University of Guelph researchers at field work, collecting [...]

2023-04-11T18:09:22+00:00April 11th, 2023|Climate Change, Groundwater, News, Partnership, Remote & Underserved Communities|
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Supporting the Great Lakes at the University of Windsor

The Great Lakes have gone through many ups and downs over the years — particularly Lake Erie. In the 1960s, it was declared “dead” due to pollution and eutrophication. The ’80s brought invasive zebra mussels. Today, the region faces multiple stressors: climate change, urban stormwater, industrial contaminants and toxic algae blooms. Through it all, researchers [...]

2023-02-05T21:07:25+00:00January 29th, 2023|Climate Change, Features, News, Partnership|
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MANTECH’s multipurpose PeCOD analyzer

As a finalist in World Wildlife Fund’s Nature x Carbon Tech Challenge, MANTECH is bringing its revolutionary PeCOD® Analyzer to the frontlines of climate change. It’s just the latest example of the technology’s extraordinary versatility. In 2016, MANTECH launched the PeCOD® Analyzer. The portable, nanotech-based tool makes it possible to measure chemical oxygen demand (COD) [...]

2022-11-29T03:53:58+00:00November 29th, 2022|Climate Change, Features, Partnership, Remote & Underserved Communities|
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“Collaborations are essential for success”: creating cross-disciplinary insights at the Laurier Institute for Water Science

At the Laurier Institute for Water Science (LIWS), hydrologists work with toxicologists. Climatologists team up with ecologists. Biochemists strategize with public policy experts. Founded in 2008, the institute combines expertise found within a variety of Wilfrid Laurier University departments with the strengths of strategic external partners — including governments, environmental organizations and Indigenous communities. Together, [...]

2022-10-24T23:05:11+00:00October 18th, 2022|Climate Change, News, Partnership, Remote & Underserved Communities|
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Climate Change Adaptations Needed in B.C. After Year of Fires and Floods

Photo Credit: Ben Nelms (CBC) From The Narwhal, article written by Ainslie Cruickshank, December 14th, 2021: “Climate change is upon us,” John Clague, a professor emeritus of earth sciences at Simon Fraser University and an expert on natural hazards, said in an interview. The heat wave that helped set the stage for the devastating [...]

2021-12-23T19:16:25+00:00December 20th, 2021|Climate Change|
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Ontario towns are preparing for increases in storm water due to climate change

Photo Credit: Shaun Vardon (CTV News Ottawa) From the Toronto Star, article written by Brian Lockhart, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter New Tecumseth Times, December 2, 2021: An increase in the amount of rain fall can cause flooding that will in turn cause a lot of damage. The current systems were designed using historic climate [...]

2021-12-23T19:14:48+00:00December 12th, 2021|Climate Change|
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How is climate change impacting water quality in the Great Lakes?

Photo Credit: Keith Dunlap (GMG) From CBC News, November 19, 2021: A Windsor-based engineer said climate change is taking a toll on the health of the Great Lakes and this could in turn have an impact on the quality of drinking water for millions of people. Saad Jasim, who is also president of the International [...]

2021-12-23T19:09:22+00:00November 25th, 2021|Climate Change|
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