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Biology professor and Water Institute member Heidi Swanson was interviewed by Radio Canada International (RCI) on May 12 on the $1.2 million she received to lead a research project that aims to help solve the mystery of dwindling char numbers in Arctic. The funding, to be received over a five-year period, will come from the Federal government’s $75 million Coastal Restoration Fund. The aim of the project is to support community-partnered research and restore fish in the Coppermine River and other river systems near Kugluktuk, Nunavut.

Research will address climate change and rise of land masses after last glacial period.

It’s 8:00 in the morning in the Sindh province of Pakistan, and Sajida Awan is preparing to head back into the field to conduct a full day of interviews with local farmers. The temperature is rising, it will be 50 degrees Celsius by mid-day, and it will take her at least two hours to get to her location.

Elaine Ho, PhD student in Waterloo’s School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, has always had an affinity for water. As a child, Elaine was fascinated at the world beneath the surface that is so different from our own.

Facilitating and promoting interdisciplinary water research and education is a primary role of the Water Institute at the University of Waterloo. On a regular basis, the Water Institute brings an RBC Visiting Fellow to campus to stimulate discussion and the exploration of collaborative research opportunities with Water Institute faculty and students.

A Canadian Water Network expert panel which includes Water Institute member and professor in Waterloo’s Department of Biology, Mark Servos, is pushing for a more holistic and localized approach to wastewater management as the list of potential contaminants flowing to treatment plants across the country continues to expand.

Lauren Smith, a graduate of Waterloo's Collaborative Water Program, and her Velocity Science start-up PolyGone Technologies are developing products to tackle the bigger fish in the microplastics problem – microfibres.

Water Institute member and professor in Waterloo's Faculty of Environment, Derek Armitage, is this year's winner of the 2017-2018 Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision at the University of Waterloo.