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 geophysical data. University of Guelph is home to academic heavyweights like Beth Parker, an award-winning NSERC Chair in Groundwater Contamination in Fractured Media, and [...]
World Water Day 2023 – Panel Sessions Organized by the Water Institute of the University of Waterloo
World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, celebrates water, raises awareness, and inspires action to tackle the water and sanitation crisis. Two-panel discussions were organized in the scope of Ontario Water Consortium’s post-secondary institution partner University of Waterloo’s World Water Day celebrations. World Water Day 2023 - Water Careers of the Future The Water Institute at the University of Waterloo presents an interactive panel session providing diverse practitioner perspectives on current and emerging water sector issues [...]
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 at University of Windsor — OWC’s newest member — have been tackling those challenges. And the university’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) has [...]