University of Waterloo (UW) researchers ran a full-day stakeholder workshop, held at the Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) office in Cambridge, Ontario on June 7th, 2017.
The aim of the workshop was to promote collaborations between stakeholders in the Great Lakes Region and UW researchers, working on various aspects of protecting and improving water quality in streams, lakes and groundwater in the Great Lakes Region.
The workshop was primarily sponsored by two UW-led projects:
- NSERC Strategic Project Grant on Reactive interfaces in agroecosystems: quantifying coupled biogeochemical dynamics across scales using a comprehensive lab-field-modeling approach Reactive Interfaces in Agroecosystems
- Water Joint Programming Initiative funded collaborative project with the European Union on Legacies of Agricultural Pollutants (LEAP): Integrated Assessment of Biophysical and Socioeconomic Controls on Water Quality in Agroecosystems
In addition, researchers and stakeholders from two Global Water Futures projects (Lake Futures - Enhancing Adaptive Capacity and Resilience of Lakes and their Watersheds and Agricultural Futures in Canada: Stressors and Solutions) were in attendance.
Visit the LEAP and Global Water Futures websites for more information about the projects and the workshop.