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North of Long Tail is a documentary photography project that shows the human side of Lake Erie. It shares 20 stories of people living on the north side of the lake. One of the people featured is Water Institute member Nandita Basu. Her story is below.

All stories and images are by Colin Boyd Shafer.

Written by Thelma Zulfawu Abu, a Queen Elizabeth  Scholar, is a PhD Candidate in Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo (tzabu@uwaterloo.ca)

Water Institute member and professor in Geography and Environmental Management, Susan Elliott, brings awareness to the billions of people living without access to reliable sanitation facilities on the United NationsWorld Toilet Day.

Listen on CBC Radio.

Article written by Rebecca C. Rooney with contributors: Andrea Kirkwood and Nandita B. Basu

Driving through the Greater Toronto Area, you probably wouldn’t recognize the value of the wetlands you are passing. You might even consider them an eyesore. Sure, they have their warts. Invasive plants, scattered trash — urban development exerts stress on ecosystems.

If you have spent any time walking around (or in) rivers, you will see and feel little particles like gravel under your feet. What you might not realise is that larger phenomena, like climate change and urbanization, can significantly affect the balance of these particles in a river, causing environmental degradation that can lead to failures of infrastructure like bridges and pipelines.

An engineering professor at the University of Waterloo has won a national award to pursue her research in the field of carbon nanotechnology.

Two Water Institute members will receive funding for equipment and tools to support COVID-19 research.

Their projects are among 79 across Canada named in an announcement today of close to $28 million in research infrastructure support through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) Exceptional Opportunities Fund by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.