Interested in research?
Students within the Wetlands Hydrology Research Laboratory come from a variety of backgrounds, with previous students from biology, geography, earth sciences, environmental science, civil engineering, ecology and plant sciences. Recent graduates from these research groups are working within wetlands and non-wetlands hydrology, hydrogeology, biological monitoring and work within both civil service, consultancy and management settings or further graduate study.
Further students are not being accepted at this time.
Featured relevant press articles
- From oilsands mine to wetland: Is Syncrude's reclamation experiment working?
CBC News Edmonton, August 20, 2017 - 'We can't replace nature': Oilsands wetland reclamation a mixed success
Edmonton Journal, September 11, 2016 - Hillslope-peatland relations in Northern Alberta (YouTube)
World Wetlands Day, University of Waterloo, February 2, 2015 - Salty wetlands danger sign for in situ oilsands projects
Edmonton Journal, January 23, 2015 - Suncor Energy opens new reclamation project: Nikanotee Fen (PDF)
Suncor Energy, August 26, 2013 - Suncor opens Fen in industry first
Fort McMurray Today, August 27, 2013 - Reclamation: Suncor plants fen at oil sands mine
Canadian Mining Journal, August 27, 2013 - Oil Sands Reclamation: Pipe Dream or Reality?
Alberta Prime Time, March 22, 2012 - Waterloo expert leading unprecedented project to rebuild peatlands in oil sands country
University of Waterloo, March 16, 2012
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Congratulations to Nicole Balliston
Congratulations to Nicole for her successful master's defense, Nicole defended her MSc thesis entitled: Saturated and vadose zone fate and transport of a continuously released tracer in a sub-arctic bog peatland (PDF).
Fares takes home best poster at Canadian Geophysical Union Hydrology Section (CGU-HS) 2017
Fares took home best poster at the 2017 Canadian Geophysical Union Eastern Section Student Conference in the Biogeosciences section.
Tasha brought home best poster at World Wetlands Day, well done!
Happy World Wetlands Day everyone!