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Global Institute for Water Security
2018-19 Progress Report
Drone Flight, Smart Water Systems Lab and Canmore Cold Water LabFortress Mountain, Kananaskis, ABPhoto Courtesy: Mark Ferguson
water.usask.ca
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019i
OUR VISION Enabling global water security by world-class research and training, science comm-unication and science-informed policy. We define water security as the sustainable use and protection of water resources under changing climatic conditions and the pressures of population growth, including the safeguarding of access to water functions and services for humans and the environment, and protection against water-related hazards (e.g. flooding, drought and contaminants).
OUR MISSION
Create a focus and platform for interdisciplinary collaboration that recog-
nizes the societal dimensions of water security, human impacts on the
environment, and the linkages and feedbacks among the atmosphere, the
ocean, the land and freshwater systems. This requires new integration of the
relevant spectrum of natural, health and social sciences, public policy and
engineering;
Develop the knowledge, science and technologies needed to support
integrated water quantity and quality management in the face of uncertain
climate and water resource futures, and address local, regional and global
water security agendas;
Train the next generations of water security scholars and practitioners;
Communicate key advances in water security research to government
officials, environmental decision makers and the general public. Develop
partnerships with key stakeholders to translate science into policy and
management support to meet water security challenges, including
interactions among water, food, energy and ecosystem services (i.e.,
benefits to human welfare), climate change adaptation and mitigation
challenges, and the human health agenda;
Understand the hydrological, social, economic and political factors that
threaten water security in key regions globally. Engage in water diplomacy,
collaborative network (e.g. government, civil society, NGO and universities)
and capacity building in those regions; and
Explore public-private partnership opportunities for strategic water security
issues and regions.
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019ii
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE – Jay Famiglietti Dear colleagues, members, and friends of GIWS,
Another Annual Report affords me the opportunity to reflect on where we have been in the last
year, and what the road ahead may look like. Let me start by saying that you all make me so
proud to be your Executive Director. You continue to demonstrate that we are moving the needle
on regional and global water security in very substantive ways; and you give me great hope that
the future of water security is in very capable hands.
The institute continues to grow in personnel, in
space and in stature. We are bursting at the
seams in our offices at Innovation Place in
Saskatoon, trying to fit every one of our nearly
500 graduate students, postdocs, research
technicians, faculty and staff into our offices. Our
Coldwater Laboratory in Canmore is also
expanding with the arrival of Prof. Martyn Clark
and the growth of his team there. For much of
2019, we have been engaged with the Town of
Canmore in discussions regarding GIWS
expansion there, including recruiting a new Tier
1 Canada Research Chair with a potential home
base at Coldwater.
Regarding the growth of our stature, a senior,
distinguished colleague, who was sitting next to me during a recent dinner, leaned over and said
in a hushed tone ‘you all are doing amazing things up there in Saskatoon.’ As many of you know,
he is not the only one who feels that way. Between all of your great science, teaching, training
and outreach, and the far-reaching impacts of our Global Water Futures program under Associate
Director John Pomeroy’s leadership, we have been turning heads for some time now. While that
is important for recruiting top talent to USask and GIWS, more important is that we are having
an impact. Elected officials, policy makers and water managers are seeking us out for advice,
guidance, for our latest research results, and to hire our graduates. This…is what it is all about.
While my first term at USask (Fall 2018) was spent ‘making the rounds’ on campus, meeting GIWS
members, campus administrators, and scouting new collaborations, much of 2019 was spent
looking beyond the boundaries of campus. With the help of USask’s new Associate Vice-
President for Government Relations Sara Daniels, and GIWS’ new Strategic Partnership Specialist
Palash Sanyal, we are establishing new and meaningful relationships with a wide variety of
federal, provincial and city government agencies and officials. These relationships must be built
Dr. James Famiglietti, Executive Director GIWS and Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Water
Security
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019iii
and nurtured over the long-term. Mutual trust and two-way communication are essential for our
work to have continued impact on policy and practice, and hence for the sustainability of GIWS.
More on these relationships in just a bit.
Let me share some highlights with you from the 2018-2019 academic year.
The GWF 2nd Annual Open Science Meeting in May in Saskatoon was a tremendous success.
With nearly 600 attendees, it was one of the largest water science meetings ever held in Canada.
Keynote lectures from Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations,
from President David Grimes of the World Meteorological Organization, and Scott White, editor
of The Conversation, along with hundreds of talks and posters, demonstrated that GIWS can host
a world-class meeting. Professor Helen Baulch’s public talk on Prairie water issues at the Roxy
Theater was another highlight. Kudos to the GWF team for knocking this one out of the park!
Now, about those government officials who are seeking us out. It was a great pleasure to host
Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada’s Chief Science Advisor, when she came to visit us on July 8 to learn
more about the Institute, our research and our programs. I’m happy to say that Dr. Nemer
continues to be engaged with GIWS: we are currently working together on ‘Water Day on the
Hill’ which will take place on March 10, 2020. Our goal is to have water experts from across
Canada have multiple brief one-on-one meetings with members of Parliament throughout the
day, with a poster session to wrap up. This will be an important opportunity to have our water
messages heard, and a great experience in honing our science communication skills. This is an
important initiative for all of Canada as we continue to work closely with the government to
ensure a secure water future for all Canadians.
Just a couple of weeks later, on July 23, the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, then Minister of Science,
paid a visit to GIWS and we were so grateful to have her speak with our researchers, students,
and young professionals. Minister Duncan seemed especially impressed with the advances in
research our team at the Smart Water Systems Laboratory is having on the field of hydrology
through the use of drones and unique sensors; along with the tremendous work by some our
faculty and graduate students on the Women and Water Lecture Series, which I am proud to say
will begin again for season two in January 2020.
We are developing new collaborations with the Global Institute for Food Security and in the
general area of the food-water nexus and digital agro-hydrology. Since most of the world’s water
is used to produce food, we must engage with our colleagues at GIFS, in the College of Agriculture
and Bioresources, as well as with the agricultural ministries and with the food industry, if we
aspire to greater impacts on global water security. Given the expertise in hydrology and
agriculture on campus, it is clear that USask can become a globally leading research university in
food-water nexus issues.
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019iv
You can check out a complete list of our “Collaborations and Outreach” in the compendium
section of this report, but I want to highlight a few recent engagements with important
individuals and groups, including World Water Week in Stockholm, the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan, the launch of the Pew
Charitable Trust’s Future of Water issue on World Water Day at the National Academies of
Science, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, DC; and invited keynote talks at the World
Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC; the Johnson-Shoyama
School’s Tansley Lecture in Regina; and the IAEA International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology
in Vienna. Some day my speaking schedule will slow down…I hope.
As you may know, I am passionate about science communication and ensuring that what we do
as researchers is not locked away in the ivory tower. One way we are trying to communicate with
the public is through a partnership with Let’s Talk About Water (LTAW), an activity which I co-
founded with colleague and film researcher Linda Lilienfeld in 2009. LTAW uses film to stimulate
discussion about local water issues with local experts, and it has held events and film festivals
around the word. This past year we began planning for a weeklong LTAW film festival in
Saskatoon next June, along with an international water film prize, student film prizes for students
from the Saskatoon Public and Catholic School Boards, public speakers, and the 5th International
Conference on Hydrology and Earth System Science for Society (HESSS5). We’re calling the whole
thing Saskatoon Water Week. All of the films and events for Saskatoon Water Week are free and
we can’t wait for Saskatoon to be taking about water!
As for teasers for 2019-2020, watch for growth in the areas of water diplomacy and remote
sensing, over the next year, and of course, we’ll continue to grow our efforts in science
communication.
It is an honour to serve as the Executive Director of GIWS and as the Canada 150 Research Chair
in Hydrology and Remote Sensing at the University of Saskatchewan, and I could not do this
without the continued support of my wife Cathy, the Institute and USask. Thank you!
Warmest regards,
Jay Famiglietti, FAGU, FGSA Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing Executive Director, Global Institute for Water Security Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, and Department of Geography and Planning
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019v
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE – Jeff McDonnell Welcome to the 2019 University of Saskatchewan’s Global
Institute for Water Security report! Internationalization of
the GIWS continues under the leadership of Jay Famiglietti
and through the Global Water Futures program led by John
Pomeroy.
As is our tradition, we have brought many international
visitors to campus in 2019 as part of our Distinguished
Lecture Series—this year hosted by Saman Razavi. Our
speakers included: Reed Maxwell (Colorado School of Mines),
Bart Nijssen (University of Washington), Adrian Harpold
(University of Nevada), David Hannah (University of
Birmingham), Bridget Scanlon (University of Texas at Austin),
Martyn Tranter (Bristol University), Nandita Basu (University
of Waterloo) and Karen Kidd (McMaster University). These and previous years’ lectures can be
watched on our GIWS You Tube channel:
[https://www.youtube.com/user/usaskgiws/feed?view_as=subscriber]
Of course, our many water faculty across campus have been active internationally, spreading the
GIWS gospel worldwide—with current research projects on nearly every continent! Our biggest
international news this year is the commencement of the Masters in Water Security degree
taught by USask faculty at Beijing Normal University (BNU)—China (#1 ranked Water Resources
Program in China). This is the first such degree taught by a Canadian University in China and we
all are very thankful for Irena Creed and Karsten Liber who worked tirelessly to put this together;
and to Chengzhong Pan and his colleagues at BNU who did similar yeoman service at their end
to make it all happen.
On the student and postdoctoral training front, our aim is to give international students Canadian
experience and Canadian students’ international experience. Our own Magali Nehemy (coming
to us from Brazil) won the American Geophysical Union’s Horton Research Grant for 2019—for
best PhD proposal in hydrology. Student achievements abound on campus and the CREATE
Program in Water Security (led by Cherie Westbrook) continues to excel with a strong cohort of
outstanding students. The new group of project-based Masters in Water Security (MWS) (led by
Andrew Ireson) are thriving. Additionally, In 2018-19, our Core faculty has supervised, co-
supervised and hosted graduates and highly qualified personnel’s from several international
universities such as RWTH Aachen University (Germany), University of Arizona (USA), University
of Pernambuco (Brazil), Ningxia University (China), Ludong University (China), China Institute of
Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) and Masarek University (Czech Republic).
In the field in England, March 2019
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019vi
GIWS hosted a one-day workshop (USask-BNU Joint Research Workshop on Water and Climate
Science) including delegates from Beijing Normal University, China in Saskatoon
I have been on sabbatical for 2019—based at the Luxembourg Institute for Science and
Technology. Therefore, the postdoc mentoring launches and our annual campus-wide ‘Launching
an Academic Career’ short course did not take place. Rather, these works were taken “on the
road” this year where GIWS branded mentoring lectures and short courses were delivered at the
Luxembourg Institute for Science and Technology (Luxembourg), University of Padua (Italy),
Beijing Forestry University (China), Beijing Normal University (China), Tsinghua University (China),
University of Birmingham (UK), International Association of Hydrological Sciences (in Montreal),
the USA Critical Zone Early Career Scientists meeting (in San Francisco) and Ludong University
(China) where 200 young professors came out for a morning, GIWS mentoring short course.
Together with our research staff and our many international partners, we invite you to come and
be a part of our team—as a visiting scientist, sabbatical visitor, graduate student, postdoctoral or
student intern.
Professor Jeffrey J. McDonnell, FRSC Associate Director (International), Global Institute for Water Security
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019vii
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE – John Pomeroy Led by the Global Institute for Water
Security (GIWS) at the University of Saskat-
chewan (USask), Global Water Futures
(GWF) has reached three years since its
launch in September 2016. As 2019 has
brought us exceptionally extreme impacts
of climate change and developmental
impacts on water, it is a good time to take
stock of recent progress in GWF and our
plans for the future. The tremendous skill,
excitement, determination and drive of
GWF researchers is certainly needed as
Canada and the world grapple with a global water crisis. The coupled climate and water crises
threaten the very fabric of our society and the integrity of our ecosystems.
Addressing these interlinked crises means that we need to solve water problems using novel
approaches that draw upon both western science and traditional knowledge. To this end, GWF
has six newly active Indigenous community water research projects, each of which was co-
created and is co-led by an Indigenous investigator and a GWF university co-principal
investigator. These are in addition to GWF’s 39 pan-Canada projects, and core teams including
modelling and forecasting, computer science, knowledge mobilization, data and technical teams
from across Canada and around the world that bring greater strength and diversity to GWF.
GWF network is extensive and involves 356 stakeholders/ users, 157 researchers from 15
Canadian universities and 538 research personnel associate with 39 pan-Canada projects, and
core teams including modelling and forecasting, computer science, knowledge mobilization, data
and technical teams. Additional information is available at: [https://gwf.usask.ca/]
In order to promote research excellence, equity, diversity and inclusion, and transdisciplinary
science, GWF instituted The Distinguished Lecture Series , The Women and Water Lecture Series,
The Knowledge Mobilization Webinar Series, respectively. Research productivity could be
measure by the fact that in 2019 GWF researchers published 314 peer-reviewed journal articles,
delivered 607 conference presentations, presented 192 invited, plenary and keynote lectures,
published six books and book chapters, and published 54 other articles. In addition, 44 graduate
and undergraduate theses were completed during this period. This is a superb record of research
achievement and dissemination of scientific information across the world. For additional
information, please refer to the GWF Annual Report 2018-2019 at:
[https://gwf.usask.ca/documents/GWF_Report_2018-19.pdf]
Photo Courtesy of Erin Collins, CBC Reporter
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019viii
The month of February 2019 saw great accomplishments from the GWF Core Forecasting and
Modelling Team led by Dr. Alain Pietroniro. GWF was able to join with Environment and Climate
Change Canada and NSERC’s FloodNet in convening a history-making 1st National Workshop on
Flow Forecasting. In addition, GWF partnered with the Forum for Leadership on Water, the
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, the POLIS Program on Ecological Governance
and the UN University to convene a national discussion on water security at the Rideau Club in
Ottawa on April 11th – Water Security for Canadians: Solutions for Canada’s Water Crisis. This
event brought together water and climate scientists, policy experts, legislators, and water
decision rightsholders and stakeholders.
International engagement and recognition for GWF continues to increase. GWF is now a Regional
Hydroclimate Project of the Global Energy and Water Exchanges project (GEWEX) of the World
Climate Research Programme in Washington, DC. We hosted the GEWEX Open Science Meeting
in Canada for the first time in May 2018. International linkages to mountain research has been
delivered by the GWF-managed International Network of Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology
http://www.usask.ca/inarch/, a cross-cutting project of GEWEX with which a joint meeting was
held in Santiago, Chile over 24-26 October 2018. A Memorandum of Understanding has been
signed that will strengthen both Canada and China’s commitment to managing freshwater
resources globally in a time of rapid climate change. The partnership involves GWF and the
Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Third Pole Environment (TPE) program.
Coming up this year will be calls for new Pillars 1 and 2 projects (Transformative Science Projects)
and renewal of Pillar 3 projects (User Question-led Projects) as well as assessment and renewal
of our core teams. An important initiative was the decision by the Strategic Management
Committee to internationalize GWF’s modelling capabilities with a GWF Planetary Freshwater
Prediction program.
GWF continues to make a name for itself across the country and around the globe. It is an honour
to be involved with such talented and brilliant scientists, to have strong support from the Canada
First Research Excellence Fund and our funding partners and to have such superb administrative
and institutional support that keeps GWF running.
Dr. John Pomeroy, FRSC, FRGS Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change Director, Global Water Futures Program Director, Centre for Hydrology Associate Director, Global Institute for Water Security Distinguished Professor, Geography and Planning
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS Vision………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… i
Mission……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… i
Executive Director’s Message…………………………………………………………………………………………………… ii
Associate Director’s Message…………………………………………………………………………………………………… v
Message – Director Global Water Futures Program………………………………………………………………… vii
Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xi
1. Global Institute for Water Security ............................................................................................. 1
2. National Leadership – Global Water Futures ............................................................................. 6
2.1 Transformative and Transdisciplinary Science Pillars ................................................... 7
2.1.1 Core Modelling and Technical Support....................................................... 7
2.1.2 Transformative Science, Big Data and Decision Tools ................................ 8
2.1.3 User Questions-Led Projects ....................................................................... 9
2.1.4 Indigenous Community Water Research .................................................... 9
2.1.5 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion .................................................................. 11
2.2 Operations Team Meeting, January 2019................................................................... 12
2.2.1 Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals ............................... 13
2.3 2nd Annual Science Meeting ...................................................................................... 14
3. International Engagement and Aspirations .............................................................................. 16
3.1 Leadership of International Programs ........................................................................ 16
3.1.1 World Climate Research program ............................................................ 16
3.1.2 UNESCO & World Climate Research Program .......................................... 16
3.1.3 Future Earth – Sustainable Water Future Program .................................. 17
3.1.4 World Meteorological Organization ......................................................... 17
4. Training ..................................................................................................................................... 18
4.1 Notable Short Courses ................................................................................................ 18
4.2 Graduate Program in Water Security ......................................................................... 19
4.3 Career and Professional Development ....................................................................... 19
4.4 International Training ................................................................................................. 21
5. Saskatchewan River Basin – A Large-Scale Observatory .......................................................... 23
5.1 Canadian Rockies Hydrological Observatory .............................................................. 23
5.2 Prairies ........................................................................................................................ 24
5.3 Boreal Forest ............................................................................................................... 27
5.4 River Deltas ................................................................................................................. 27
6. Major Research Facilities .......................................................................................................... 29
6.1 Multipurpose Overlay Site Testing Facility ................................................................. 29
6.2 Green Roof Environmental and Engineering Facility .................................................. 29
6.3 Smart Water Systems Laboratory ............................................................................... 30
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6.4 Cold Water Laboratory................................................................................................ 30
6.5 Environmental DNA Analytical Laboratory ................................................................. 31
6.6 Aquatic Toxicology Research Facility .......................................................................... 31
6.7 Saskatchewan Water Chemistry and Ecology Lab ...................................................... 32
7. Research Themes and Major Projects ...................................................................................... 33
7.1 Climate Change and Water Security ........................................................................... 33
7.2 Land-water Management and Environmental Change .............................................. 33
7.3 Sustainable Development of Natural Resources ........................................................ 33
7.4 Socio-hydrology .......................................................................................................... 33
7.5 Water and Health ........................................................................................................ 34
7.6 Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies ...................................................... 34
7.7 Groundwater and Hydrogeology ................................................................................ 34
7.8 Major Projects ............................................................................................................. 34
8. Significant Research Outcomes ................................................................................................ 38
9. Performance Indicators ............................................................................................................ 48
9.1 Membership ................................................................................................................ 48
9.2 Support Staff ............................................................................................................... 48
9.3 Highly Qualified Personnel .......................................................................................... 48
9.4 Research Funding ........................................................................................................ 49
9.5 Research Publications ................................................................................................. 49
9.6 Awards and Honours ................................................................................................... 49
10. Student Corner ........................................................................................................................ 56
11. Concluding Remarks................................................................................................................ 61
APPENDIX A – Current Membership ............................................................................................. 62
APPENDIX B – GIWS Core Faculty, Staff and Highly Qualified Personnel 2018-2019 .................. 81
APPENDIX C – Students and Highly Qualified Personnel .............................................................. 87
APPENDIX D – GRANTS 2018-2019 ............................................................................................... 98
APPENDIX E – Publications, Conference Proceedings and Presentations .................................. 112
APPENDIX F – Collaborations and Outreach ............................................................................... 188
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019xi
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) is a research-intensive institute at the University
of Saskatchewan (USask), which manages individual research programs of more than 94 faculty
members from 21 academic units. GIWS ensures that society has the understanding and the tools
to sustainably manage and protect the world’s water resources and ensure that Canada, and the
world, has the research and expertise needed to understand our water systems in an era of rapid
societal and environmental change. Since its inception in March 2011, the institute has
established itself as one of the premier research-intensive institutions locally (ranked #1 in
Canada) and globally (ranked #18) in the field of Water Resources as per the 2018 Academic
Ranking of World Universities and in InCites. GIWS has successfully recruited 16 core faculty
members including Prof. Jay Famiglietti, Executive Director, GIWS, and Canada 150 Research
Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing, which is roughly equivalent to creation of a new
department.
GIWS provides: a) a vehicle for the new disciplinary and trans-disciplinary science needed to
address the local, regional and global challenges of water security (and specifically the CERC
program), and b) a platform and focus for the USask signature area of water. The institute
combines expertise in natural, health and social sciences, public policy and engineering,
recognizing that people and their activities are of critical importance for water science and
management. GIWS respects the indigenous ways of living, land-based learning, and understands
the profound changes that have occurred due to both climate change and human actions on their
water resources. Hence, it strongly believe in empowering Indigenous communities in protecting
their water resources and health through co-creation and co-development of research projects
that bring traditional knowledge together with western science.
GIWS is the home of the Global Water Futures (GWF) program funded by the Canada First
Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Government of Canada, which is the largest university-based
fresh-water research program in the world. GWF is led by the USask, in partnership with
University of Waterloo, McMaster University and Wilfrid Laurier University and has 335 partners
and 388 researchers from 18 Canadian academic institutions. The goal of the program is to deliver
risk management solutions - informed by leading-edge water science and supported by
innovative decision-making tools - to manage water futures in Canada and other cold regions
where global warming is changing landscapes, ecosystems, and the water environment.
On its way to this remarkable achievement, the GIWS has become the host of the World Climate
Research Program’s (WCRP), only Regional Hydroclimate Project in North America – Global Water
Futures - and also hosts the WCRP’s Global Hydroclimate Project & UNESCO’s International
Hydrological Program - International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology
(INARCH). In addition, GIWS is the Canadian node for the Sustainable Water Futures Program
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019xii
along with the Future Earth programme. Recently, GIWS-USask has been approved as the
contributing organization to the World Meteorological Organization through the GWF program.
GIWS aims to be a global leader in Cold Region water science and focuses its efforts through
seven research themes: Climate Change and Water Security; Land-Water Management and
Environmental Change; Sustainable Development of Natural Resources; Socio-hydrology, Water
and health, Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, and Groundwater and
Hydrogeology. It has developed new, internationally recognized research facilities, have taken on
important national and international science leadership roles, attracted substantial additional
research funding, and are beginning to deliver the exciting science that was foreseen at the
program outset.
GIWS has developed two important strategic educational initiatives in graduate education and
training: 1) The NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program in
Water Security, which commenced in September 2015 stimulates research Masters and PhD
students to integrate science, engineering, and policy as they address current and future
challenges in complex water systems. 2) Beginning in 2016, we are offering an innovative one-
year professional Master of Water Security graduate program that provides intensive cross-
training to build disciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise for research and practice.
GIWS strongly believes in professional development of graduate students and postdoctoral
fellows, particularly international scholars. GIWS offers a half-a-day workshop on “The Future
Professoriate” to shed light on and facilitate discussions regarding the workings of academia for
graduate students and postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing academic careers. Also,
student and postdoctoral fellows were advised in “creating a research brand” of their own
ambitions and for a successful and satisfying research career. GIWS hosts a yearly Distinguished
Lecture Series entitled “Breakthroughs in Water Security Research,” which brings 9 world-leading
scientists to GIWS for lectures, tutorials and workshops in the areas of soil physics,
instrumentation, lab experiments, uncertainty estimation, hydro-ecological modeling, watershed
observatory networks, instream flow modeling, engineering hydrology, aquatic ecosystem
science, isotope hydrology and socio-hydrology. This lecture series provides students,
postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff and the broader community with an opportunity to
understand breakthroughs in various areas of water security from a global perspective and to
network with international leaders.
In 2018-19, GIWS core faculty and members have secured a total of $18.5 million (52% federal
sources, 7% provincial, 25% industry, 14% international and 2% from USask sources) and
financially supported and supervised 241 graduate students (101 PhD and 140 Masters), 45
postdoctoral fellows and 93 other HQP’s.
Global Institute for Water Security Research Report July 2018 – June 2019xiii
GIWS members have published 364 journal articles, including papers in Science and Nature,
published and presented 355 papers in proceedings and at conferences, delivered 130 plenary,
key note and invited lectures, and published 17 book chapters and books.
In only 8 years of GIWS’s existence, it is unprecedented to have six Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Fellows, five American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellows, one Miroslaw Romanowski Medal
holder, one Einstein Professor-Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), one Soil Science Society of
America Fellow, one EU Academy of Sciences Fellow, past-president of the 7500-member
Hydrology Section of the AGU, and Vice-president of the Hydrology Section of the Canadian
Geophysical Union.
Global Institute for Water Security Progress Report July 2018 – June 20191
1. Global Institute for Water Security The Global Institute for Water Security (GIWS) at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is the
top ranked water resources research institute in Canada and one of the most advanced cold
regions hydrology centres in the world. GIWS is led by Executive Director Dr. Jay Famiglietti,
Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing (2018-2025) and a fellow of the
American Geophysical Union, who uses satellites and develops advanced computer models to
track how freshwater availability is changing around the globe.
Formed in March 2011, GIWS was funded initially through the Canada Excellence Research
Chair (CERC) in Water Security, a $30-million, joint federal-provincial-university commitment
between 2010-2017. GIWS was formed to ensure that society has the understanding and the
tools to sustainably manage and protect the world’s water resources and ensure that Canada,
and the world, has the research and expertise needed to understand our water systems in an era
of rapid societal and environmental change. Since its inception, GIWS is dedicated to protect our
precious freshwater resources, which is a need for the world’s growing demand for sustainable
food production; mitigating the risk of water-related disasters such as floods, droughts, and fires
and predicting and forecasting extreme global change with advanced remote sensing and
modelling techniques. GIWS respects the indigenous ways of living, land-based learning, and
understands the profound changes that have occurred due to both climate change and human
actions on their water resources. Hence, we strongly belive in empowering Indigenous
communities in protecting their water resources and health through co-creation and co-
development of research projects that bring traditional knowledge together with western
science.
GIWS is the home of the Global Water Futures (GWF) program (2016-2023) partly funded by the
$77.8 million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF), Government of
Canada, which is the largest university-based fresh-water research program in the world. The
overarching goal of the program is to deliver risk management solutions - informed by leading-
edge water science and supported by innovative decision-making tools - to manage water futures
in Canada and other cold regions where global warming is changing landscapes, ecosystems, and
the water environment.
GIWS is a one-stop-shop for water security research at the USask and manages individual
research programs of more than 94 faculty members from 21 academic units. Since 2011, GIWS
has recruited 16 core faculty members (7 faculty via the CERC program, 8 faculty via the GWF
Program and 1 faculty by the Centennial Enhancement Chair (July, 2019) program), which is
roughly equivalent to creation of a new department.
Global Institute for Water Security Progress Report July 2018 – June 20192
The 7 CERC faculty are:
Howard Wheater
(Emeritus Professor)
Jeffrey McDonnell Karl-Erich
Lindenschmidt
Yanping Li Andrew Ireson
Helen Baulch Saman Razavi
The 8 GWF faculty are (the 8th faculty position of Human Dimension of Water Security is still
open):
James Famiglietti Martyn Clark Corinne Schuster-
Wallace
Colin Whitfield Patrick Lloyd-
Smith
Simon Papalexiou Markus Brinkmann
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The Centennial Enhancement Chair and Emeritus faculty respectively are:
Grant Ferguson Lawrence Martz (Emeritus Professor)
In last 8 years, GIWS has secured $282 million research grants and contracts, and witnessed an
exponential growth in its stature, and in the recruitment and training of highly qualified
personnel including 718 graduate students, 181 postdoctoral fellows, and 639 other HQP’s
(Research Scientists, Associates, Assistants and Technicians). Corresponding to this, since 2011,
GIWS members have published a total of 1873 journal articles and 94 books/book chapters,
participated in 1513 conference proceedings and presentations and delivered more than 802
invited, key-note and plenary lectures to share research outcomes and enlighten our
stakeholders and scientific community.
For an institution of only 8 years in existence, it is unprecedented to have six Royal Society of
Canada (RSC) Fellows, five American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellows, one Miroslaw
Romanowski Medal holder, one Einstein Professor-Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), one Soil
Science Society of America Fellow, one EU Academy of Sciences Fellow; past-president of the
7500-member Hydrology Section of the AGU; and Vice-president of the Hydrology Section of the
Canadian Geophysical Union.
RSC Fellows are men and women from all branches of learning who have made remarkable
contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life.
John Giesy Jeffrey
McDonnell
Ingrid Pickering John Pomeroy Howard
Wheater
Irena Creed
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The AGU Fellows recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to Earth and
space sciences (only 0.01% recognized as fellows).
Martyn Clark Jay Famiglietti Jeffrey McDonnell John Pomeroy Howard Wheater
Dr. John Pomeroy has been awarded the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal, one of Canada’s top
honours for outstanding contributions to environmental science. Dr. John Giesy is the Einstein
Professor, which is awarded by CAS each year to only 20 distinguished international scientists
actively working at the frontiers of science and technology. Dr. Jeffrey McDonnell is the past-
president of the AGU Hydrology Section and has been an Elected Fellow at the EU Academy of
Sciences (2019). Dr. Ken van Rees is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America since Jan 2019
and Dr. Andrew Ireson is the Vice-president of the Hydrology Section of the Canadian Geophysical
Union, 2018-2020.
John Pomeroy John Giesy Jeffrey McDonnell Ken van Rees Andrew Ireson
Following the previous years, 2018-19 has been a successful year to recognize that the GIWS
executive group, core faculty and other members and students, have received diverse awards
and honours. This report highlights the achievements and significant research outcomes of GIWS
members and the initiative undertaken by them to establish new partnerships and collaborations
to focus on GIWS vision for water security, i.e. to protect water resources for the growing demand
of sustainable food production, water functions and services for humans and the environment,
and protection against water-related hazards (flood and drought).
GIWS has strong focus on science communication and science informing policy. During the
reporting year, GIWS/GWF in collaboration with the Environment and Climate Change Canada
(ECCC) organized the first ever national workshop on flow forecasting on February 20-21, 2019,
which was attended by forecasters from all 10 Provinces and 3 Territories, and major hydropower
utilities including BC Hydro, Manitoba Hydro, and ON Power Generation. The purpose of the
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workshop was to coordinate GWF and ECCC prediction efforts with those of the provinces and
territories and also have open discussions on issues and needs. In addition, GIWS/GWF convened
a national discussion on the future of water security in Canada on April 11, 2019 in Ottawa, ON.
This event brought together more than 80 water and climate scientists, policy experts, legislators,
and water decision rightholders and stakeholders.
The following timeline chart shows the sequence of achievements of the GIWS since September
2010 to-date.
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2. National Leadership – Global Water Futures In September 2016, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) was awarded $77.8 million from the
Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) (2016-2023) to lead the "Global Water Futures:
Solutions to Water Threats in an Era of Global Change" (GWF) initiative—the largest university-
led water research program ever funded worldwide. With additional partner funding, the total
program budget is $143.7 million over seven years. Led by USask, the initiative is in partnership
with University of Waterloo, McMaster University and Wilfrid Laurier University. GIWS
administers and manages the GWF CFREF for the USask at the request of the USask Office of the
Vice President Research. GWF aims
to transform the way communities,
governments, and industries pre-
pare for and manage water related
risks in an era of unprecedented
change. Dr. John Pomeroy, Distin-
guished Professor at the Depart-
ment of Geography and Planning
(USask) and Canada Research Chair
in Water Resources and Climate
Change is the Director of the GWF
Program.
GWF is a seven-year pan-Canadian
research program focusing on solutions to water threats in the era of global change. Climate
warming and human actions are altering precipitation patterns, reducing snow levels,
accelerating glacier melting, intensifying floods, and increasing risk of droughts, while pollution
from population growth and industrialization is degrading water systems. With such
unprecedented change, it is clear that the historical patterns of water availability are no longer a
reliable guide for the future. Adaptation to these changes will require new science to understand
the changing earth system (changing climate, land, water and ecosystems and their interactions);
new modeling tools that precisely capture these interconnected forces and their societal
implications; new monitoring systems with greater capacity to warn of critical environmental
changes; and more effective mechanisms to translate new scientific knowledge into societal
action. This translates into the grand challenge for water science in Canada and globally: “How
can we best prepare for and manage water futures in the face of dramatically increasing risks?”
John Pomeroy, Director Global Water Futures Program meets Climate Activist Greta Thunberg at a USask Field Research Site at
Jasper, Alberta
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Critical needs for addressing this grand challenge include:
(A) Improved disaster warning. (B) Predicting water futures.
(C) Adapting to change and managing risk. GWF will achieve
this through three interrelated pillars of activity.
The USask-led water research network involves 157
researchers from 15 Canadian Universities and 356
partners/ stakeholders representing a wide range of
disciplines who works with international organizations such
as UNESCO, the World Climate Research Programme,
Future Earth and World Meteorological Organization in
developing the tools and models to mitigate water
disasters, protect the environment, and take advantage of economic opportunities.
Here is a chart showing GWF by the numbers:
2.1 Transformative and Transdisciplinary Science Pillars
2.1.1 Core Modelling and Technical Support
With a strength of 80 highly qualified personnel, GWF core support provides the necessary
underpinning for certain core program objectives and deliverables, specifically:
GWF Activity Pillars
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National capability for the modelling needed to deliver key programme goals; and,
Capability for observational science, in particular with respect to key observatories
Support for delivering research that is driven by user-led needs and solutions
GWF also provides core support teams for the programme as follows:
Knowledge Mobilization Support Team
Computer Science Team – Human Computer Interface and Re-engineering Codes
Observatories, Observations, and Data Management Team
Modelling Core Team
o Hydrological and Water Quality Forecasting
o Climate and Diagnostic Hydrological & Water Quality Modeling
o Water Resources Modelling
2.1.2 Transformative Science, Big Data and Decision Tools
The GWF program has funded 21 research projects under Pillars 1 & 2 across
Canada totalling nearly $6.6 million over three years (2018-2021) to tackle some of Canada's
most pressing water-related challenges. In total, 94 researchers from 10 Canadian universities
are involved in collaboration with 37 partners including international institutions, government
agencies, industry partners, non-governmental organizations, and Indigenous communities. The
projects are training 100 highly-qualified personnel and are leveraging the GWF investment of
$6.6 million with an additional $423,000 in cash and $3.2 million of in-kind contributions from
partners.
These 21 projects are delivering on two key areas: transformative science to help us understand,
diagnose and predict change; and developing new decision support systems using new sensors,
analytical procedures, and computer models. These projects complement the previously funded
user-question led Pillar 3 projects, and contribute to a better understanding of snow and rain-
storms, floods and droughts, how to better measure and manage the quality of source waters,
how the surface activities affect the deep groundwater, how to improve water governance and
even how to encourage global water citizenship. The projects led by GIWS Members at USask
are: 1) Collaborative Modelling Framework for Water Futures and Holistic Human Health Effects,
Dr. Lalita Bharadwaj, 2) Old Meets New – Subsurface Hydrogeological Connectivity and
Groundwater Protection, Dr. Grant Ferguson, 3) Developing ‘Omic’ and Chemical Fingerprinting
Methodologies, Dr. Paul Jones, 4) Short-Duration Extreme Precipitation in Future Climate, Dr.
Yangping Li, 5) Prairie Drainage Governance, Dr. Philip Loring, 6) Crowdsourcing Water Science,
Dr. Graham Strickert, 7) Adaptation Governance and Policy Changes in Relation to a Changing
Moisture Regime, Dr. Colin Laroque, 8) Hydrological Processes in Frozen Soils, Dr. Andrew
Ireson, 9) Improved Estimates of Wetland Evaporation, Dr. Warren Helgason. Additional
information is available at https://gwf.usask.ca/science/pillar-1-2-projects.php
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2.1.3 User Questions-Led Projects
The GWF program has funded 12 research projects across Canada totaling nearly $16.9 million
over the three years (2017-2020) to tackle some of Canada’s most pressing water-related
challenges. Four projects are led by the University of Saskatchewan, three by the University of
Waterloo, three by McMaster University, one by Wilfrid Laurier University, and one is jointly led
by the University of Manitoba and University of Victoria. The projects led by GIWS Members at
USask are: 1) Next Generation Solutions to Ensure Healthy Water Resources for Future
Generations, Dr. John Giesy, 2) Forecasting Tools and Mitigation Options for Diverse Bloom-
Affected Lakes, Dr. Helen Baulch, 3) Prairie Water, Dr. Colin Whitfield and Dr. Chris Spence, and
4) Integrated Modelling Program for Canada, Dr. Saman Razavi.
In total, 117 researchers from 15 Canadian universities are involved in the 12 projects. They are
collaborating with 135 partners including international institutions, government agencies,
industry partners, non-governmental organizations, and Indigenous communities. About 278
highly qualified personnel are working on these projects over the next three years.
These projects were selected through an international peer-review process. The $16.9-million
investment in the projects has leveraged another $26.4 million in cash from universities and
partners, as well as $116.5 million in-kind contributions from partners.
The funded projects research include protecting prairie agricultural lands from drought and
floods, mitigating algae blooms in lakes, developing new monitoring systems for Canadian
watersheds using drones and satellites, using environmental DNA to assess ecosystem health,
understanding the impact that changes to mountain snow packs and glaciers will have on drinking
water, and co-create Indigenous water-quality tools with First Nations. Additional information is
available at https://gwf.usask.ca/science/pillar-3-projects.php
2.1.4 Indigenous Community Water Research
Indigenous Communities across Canada, and especially those located in the more northern
latitudes and remote locations, have experienced profound change in the ways they coexisted
with the land, waterways, and plant and animal life. The change is due to both climate and
anthropogenic influences. Working together to address these challenges may address
reconciliation, empowering community partners to design culturally appropriate and
scientifically credible educational opportunities for youth. The human dimension of water is of
strategic relevance to GWF and dedicated significant effort in addressing indigenous water
security and social justice issues in Western and Northern Canada.
In 2017-18, the GWF program has reached out to numerous researchers, Indigenous community
partners and other partners for advice on what water research GWF and Indigenous communities
can conduct together to help address the water issues experienced by Indigenous communities.
Consequently, a workshop was organized in Saskatoon, SK on April 17-18, 2018, and involved 62
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attendees including 31 Indigenous community representatives to promote further discussion and
action on these research ideas through development of Indigenous community –
university partnership projects that both meet Indigenous community needs and are in
alignment with the GWF vision/mission. This workshop provided an opportunity for Indigenous
community members and GWF academic researchers to co-develop a strategy for Indigenous
community water research.
While many GWF researchers had existing relationships and research projects in progress with
their Indigenous partners, the workshop provided the first in-person opportunity for everyone to
come together from across the country. The workshop included introductory presentations and
working sessions aimed at identifying the funding opportunity from GWF, and co-designing
expressions of interest and the proposal evaluation criteria of importance to research with
Indigenous communities. The workshop was highly interactive with the discussions and working
sessions focused on building on existing relationships, identifying new potential partnerships,
identifying common research themes and community needs, co-designing proposal elements and
evaluation criteria, and identifying leveraging opportunities with funding partners.
While sharing ideas and potential projects that were emerging, the following research themes
were identified as key importance to research with and in Indigenous communities by the group,
and which could be focus areas for collaboration and knowledge mobilization across projects (not
an exhaustive list):
Citizen science (capacity building; monitoring; data acquisition)
Decision support and visualization (web of knowledge; data sharing; computer apps)
Impacts of floods, droughts, climate change, forestry and water management on water
flow
Environmental flows (quantity; quality; habitat; sediment)
Western and traditional science (overlap; differences; standing)
Cultural strengthening as an outcome of research
Water and health (linking environmental and human health and livelihoods)
GIS and remote sensing tools (permafrost mapping; drones; autonomous sensors)
Governance and policy (legislation; knowledge; sharing; decision-making impact)
A funding of $1.63 million has been approved for 6 projects, which includes 69 academic and
Indigenous community investigators, 14 Indigenous communities, 11 Canadian universities, and
will train 36 highly qualified personnel over 3 years (2018-2021). The projects led by GIWS
Members at USask are: 1) Is our Water Good to Drink? Water-Related Practices, Perceptions and
Traditional Knowledge Indicators for Human Health, Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace and Dr. Lalita
Bharadwaj, 2) We need more than just water: Assessing sediment limitation in a large freshwater
delta, Dr. Tim Jardine.
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Additional information is available at https://gwf.usask.ca/science/indigenous-projects.php
2.1.5 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
The GWF is committed to ensuring our highly qualified personnel and student population reflect
the diversity of society and that barriers to recruitment, selection, promotion and retention are
removed for members of systematically disadvantages groups – particularly women, Indigenous
peoples, people with disabilities and visible minorities. GWF is committed to diversity
recruitment/retention, career development, and recognizing members of equity groups,
including integrating the 10 key principles of the Athena Scientific Women’s Academic Network
(SWAN) Charter into our policies, practices, and action plans, and culture. GWF is trying to role
model equity through membership on our Oversight Committee (female PI & 2 out of 5 members
are female), Strategic Management Committee (4 female out of 10 members), and panels,
including workshops and Annual Science Meeting. We are also trying to implement principles
outlined in the NSERC “Guide for Applicants: Considering equity, diversity and inclusion in your
application”. https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_doc/EDI/Guide_for_Applicants_EN.pdf
The following chart shows the equity, diversity and inclusion stats provided by the Federal CFREF
Secretariat on GWF compared to total stats from 18 CFREF projects across Canada. GWF is
granted above average in all of the categories except for the Indigenous people category. This
could be due to fact that 178 personnel did not respond to the self-identification survey and that
the Indigenous Communities co-led water research projects started in December 2018. Having
said that, we will continue to adhere to the principle of equity, diversity and inclusion and will
strive to better ourselves over coming years.
* In keeping with the Privacy Act, if the number of respondents who self-identified as belonging to one of the four
groups is less than five, it is not provided to protect the privacy of the respondents.
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2.2 Operations Team Meeting, January 2019
This meeting was to bring together the GWF Operations Team consisting of GWF project Principal
Investigators/Representatives, Project Managers, Core Team Leads, Strategic Management and
Oversight Committees, Young Professional Executives, Secretariat, and core Knowledge
Mobilization, Outreach, Data Management, and Communications Staff — together to review
collective progress towards our goals, discuss the science directions and operations of the GWF
program, and to plan special initiatives [https://gwf.usask.ca/news-events/past-events/ocm-
19.php#GeneralInformation].
GWF Operations Team
The broad goals of the meeting were to:
1. Review our progress towards addressing GWF’s overarching goals and our contributions
to international initiatives such as the UN International Water Action Decade: Water for
Sustainable Development, 2018–2028;
2. Introduce new GWF projects under the Indigenous Communities Water Research funding
stream, and review and establish best practices and approaches to working with
Indigenous communities across the GWF program;
3. Review activities and progress in our core teams, and explore and discuss the linkages
among these teams and among the GWF projects. Specific focus will be on integration of
surface observations, remote sensing, and modelling; reviewing model products and their
links to various projects; implementing a data management framework, improving data
accessibility, and harmonizing protocols and standards across observatories; discussing
computing infrastructure and services, the links to core modelling and data management,
and possibilities for data visualization; and exploring the role of knowledge mobilization
and communication in connecting this work and engaging internal and external
audiences;
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4. Explore possibilities to further internationalize GWF, including links to World Climate
Research Programme and GEWEX, UNESCO and the UN at large, the World
Meteorological Organization, and the Sustainable Water Futures Programme of Future
Earth, as well as through new funding streams such as the Tri-Council’s New Frontiers in
Research Fund (NFRF)
2.2.1 Alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals
All of the GWF projects and core teams were asked to develop posters indicating their significant
achievements and identify the alignment of their respective projects with the UN Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG). Subsequently, it was determined that the GWF network is addressing
the following SDG:
Posters showing alignment of GWF projects with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote
sustainable agriculture
SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
SDG 6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization
and foster innovation
SDG 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
SDG 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
SDG 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems,
sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land
degradation and halt biodiversity loss
SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide
access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all
levels
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SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership
for sustainable development
As part of the Operations Team Meeting agenda, various discussion sessions were organized to
identify gaps and seek input on best practices that could be implemented to further strengthen
the GWF research and networking activities. Meeting attendees were organized into 10 groups
for Breakout Discussions focused on 4 topics: a) Forecasting and Modelling; b) Computer Science
and Data Management; c) Knowledge Mobilization and Communications; and d) Core Teams
Integration. In addition, a group discussion also ensued on the topic of Indigenous Communities
Water Research.
2.3 2nd Annual Science Meeting
GWF met for its 2nd Annual Open Science Meeting at TCU place in Saskatoon from May 15-17,
2019 and it was hosted by the University of Saskatchewan and co-hosted by Wanuskewin
Heritage Park. The meeting's primary purpose was to provide the GWF community with an
opportunity to come together and share their scientific findings and outcomes, activities and
achievements with the GWF community and users/stakeholders.
With over 500 attending, 282 poster and oral presentations and 6 keynote plenary presentations,
this was the largest water science meeting ever held in Canada. The meeting was open to all
members and affiliates of the GWF Program, its extended community of partners, and others
wanting to connect. It included many exciting, informative, and unique events and activities
meant to review and better link together GWF’s technical and scientific advancements, while
promoting further development and training of early career researchers, Indigenization and
decolonization of GWF in the spirit of reconciliation, and engagement with partners and
stakeholders.
The meeting was notable and unique for including significant contributions throughout from
GWF Indigenous community co-led water research projects across Canada, and an Indigenous
cultural sharing and learning exchange held at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. This involved local
community Elders and members, Wanuskewin interpretive staff, and the Office of Indigenous
Initiatives at USask, who shared knowledge of the history, culture, spirituality and worldview of
the Indigenous Peoples of the region.
Parallel thematic sessions focused on: (i) climate and hydrology, (ii) human dimensions and
hydro-economics, (iii) ecosystems and water quality, and (iv) modeling advancements. These
sessions revealed the remarkable range and quality of research being undertaken across GWF
and fostered collaboration, synthesis and discussions on research impact with partners and users.
Plenary sessions featured keynote talks by high-level scientists and leaders on key issues relevant
to GWF, linking with each of the themes covered in parallel sessions. Plenaries also included
highlights of some of the research accomplishments from the GWF Program, and provided an
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opportunity for several rounds of lightning talks—2-minute short summaries to draw attention
to individual posters.
Water Security for the Prairies – A Panel Discussion at the Roxy Theatre, Saskatoon on May 14, 2019. Photo credit:
GIWS
Participant Activity at Wanuskewin Heritage Park on 15 May 2019. Photo credit:
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Moving forward there are high expectations of the GWF Program and many ambitious goals to
achieve. This meeting, in general, showed that the GWF program is largely on track, with a
tremendous amount of energy and excitement for the delivery of new results and the many
significant advancements being accomplished. More information on the meeting, including a list
of presentations and abstracts, and photographs from the various events is available on the GWF
website [https://gwf.usask.ca/news-events/meetings.php].
For additional information related to GWF Science, please contact Dr. Chris DeBeer, Science
Manager at [email protected]; ph: 306-966-6224 and/or visit: [www.globalwaterfutures.ca]
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3. International Engagement and Aspirations Water Security is one of the greatest challenges for humankind, with global implications. There
is a need: a) to develop local and regional studies that are of global significance, and to share that
information, b) to address key water challenges around the world, and c) to provide students and
researchers with new insights and tools to address these problems. International collaboration
and cooperation therefore play a critical role in advancing water science to deliver sustainable
solutions.
GIWS strongly believes that internationalization of higher education embraces the mobility of
faculty and students, educational aids and international cooperation, and curriculum
internationalization. In other words, internationalization of higher education includes faculty and
student exchange, joint teaching and research programs, as well as international curriculum
development and delivery.
GIWS’s philosophy has been to give Canadian students international experience and to give
international students Canadian experiences. Our students and postdoctoral fellows represents
ethnic and gender diversity representing a mixing of cultures – scientifically and sociologically –
which are the key to breakthroughs.
3.1 Leadership of International Programs
GIWS is the host of the World Climate Research Program’s (WCRP), only Regional Hydroclimate
Project in North America – Global Water Futures (GWF) - and also hosts the WCRP’s Global
Hydroclimate Project & UNESCO’s International Hydrological Program - International Network
for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH). In addition, GIWS is the Canadian node for
the Sustainable Water Futures Program with the Future Earth programme. Recently, GIWS-USask
has been approved as the contributing organization to the World Meteorological Organization
through the GWF program.
3.1.1 World Climate Research program
GWF is one of the three Regional Hydroclimate Projects of the Global Energy and Water
Exchanges projects (GEWEX) of the UN World Climate Research Programme that aims to improve
the understanding and prediction of a region’s weather, climate, and hydrology. This partnership
allows greater access to global modelling and satellite data, and in turn, provides a forum for
GWF to communicate research results to the international community.
3.1.2 UNESCO & World Climate Research Program
The International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH) project is led by
John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change. INARCH is a
Global Hydroclimate Programme (GHP), cross-cut project of WCRP’s GEWEX and a recognized
contribution to the world water security initiative of UNESCO’s International Hydrological
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Programme. The overall objective of INARCH is to better understand alpine cold region
hydrological processes, improve their prediction and find consistent measurement strategies. To
achieve this objective it is necessary to develop transferable and validated model schemes of
different complexity that can support research in data-sparse mountain headwaters where
climate change impacts on water resources are anticipated to be very severe. INARCH has 25
intensely instrumented high-mountain research catchments in North and South America, Europe
and Asia that form a vast outdoor intercomparison laboratory. By combining the expertise
of over 40 principal collaborators from 17 countries, INARCH addresses important issues such as
snow, glacier and permafrost hydrology; representation of snow and ice in hydrological land
surface models, model downscaling in complex terrain, and improving the prediction of climate
change impacts in the mountain headwaters that support water resources for half the world’s
population. [www.usask.ca/inarch]
3.1.3 Future Earth – Sustainable Water Future Program
The Sustainable Water Future Program (Water Future) is a global research programme
established under Future Earth [http://www.futureearth.org/] and aims to provide the
knowledge and support to accelerate transformations to a ‘more sustainable water world’. The
GIWS has developed a memorandum of understanding to establish a collaborative Partnership,
founded on the principles of collaboration and cooperation, to provide expertise and resources
for undertaking coordinated and strategic research activities that will underpin the sustainable
management and use of water in this time of significant global environmental change. The broad
aim is to enhance the contribution of strategic scientific and technical research and innovation
to the sustainable management of the hydrological cycle, including rivers, groundwater and
wetlands. Consequently, the GIWS through the GWF program is now considered as the Canadian
hub and a secretariat to support Canadian engagement with Water Futures in order to build links
to the international community and Future Earth. GIWS publicizes the activities and
achievements of the program with a particular emphasis on global cold regions, and enhance the
contribution of strategic scientific and technological research and innovation to the sustainable
management of the hydrological cycle, including rivers, glaciers, snowpacks, rivers, groundwater,
permafrost and wetlands.
3.1.4 World Meteorological Organization
GIWS through the GWF program is now a contributing organisation to the World Meteorological
Organization (WMO) through the Executive Council Panel of Experts on Polar and High Mountain
Observations, Research and Services (EC PHORS), which promote and coordinate relevant
programmes that are carried out in the Antarctic, Arctic and high mountain regions by nations
and by groups of nations.
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4. Training
4.1 Notable Short Courses
The University of Saskatchewan Centre for Hydrology and the GWF with the assistance of the
Canadian Society for Hydrological Sciences offered an intensive course in Kananaskis on the
Physical Principles of Hydrology with particular relevance to Canadian conditions at the
University of Calgary’s Biogeoscience Institute’s Barrier Lake Station in the Kananaskis Valley
from January 10-21, 2019. The course was intended for hydrology and water resources graduate
students and early to midlevel career water resource engineers, hydrologists, aquatic ecologists
and technologists who either are working directly in hydrology and water resources or are looking
to broaden their understanding of hydrological systems and processes.
[http://www.usask.ca/hydrology/CSHS_PoH_ShortCourse_2019.php]
During this course, factors governing hydrological processes in Canadian landscapes were
discussed including precipitation, interception, energy balance, snow accumulation, snowmelt,
glaciers, evaporation, evapotranspiration, infiltration, groundwater movement and streamflow
routing and hydraulics. These processes were framed within the context of distinctly Canadian
landscape features such as high mountains, glaciers, peatlands, prairies, tundra, boreal forests,
frozen rivers and seasonally frozen ground. Students were exposed to an overview of each
subject, with recent scientific findings and new innovative theories, tools and techniques. They
completed numerical and essay assignments to develop skills in problem solving and in
synthesizing complex hydrological concepts. Field examinations in nearby environments and
research basins enhanced the learning experience.
Students, Early Career Researchers and Water Resources Engineers at the Kananaskis Course on Principles of
Hydrology (2019)
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4.2 Graduate Program in Water Security
The Members of GIWS proposed the professional Master of Water Security (MWS) in 2016
(administered by the School of Environment and Sustainability), which is a 12-month program of
study that prepares graduates to investigate and address water security issues of regional,
national and international significance. MWS students get training in science, planning, and policy
analysis before they can apply these skills in a major project or placement. The class strength
each year has been increasing with students from diverse interdisciplinary backgrounds accepted
from all over the world and Canada. In 2018-2019, this cross-disciplinary, project and course-
based master's degree placed students for their summer projects at various research,
government and non-government organizations. These projects have strenghtened GIWS
connection and partnership with organizations such as the Saskatchewan Water Security Agency,
Environment Canada, Ministry of Environment, Government of Northwest Territories, etc.
Additionally, the School of Environment and Sustainability (USask) and GIWS developed
international project and placement options in China and Sub-Saharan Africa. Also, the MWS
course is now offered at Beijing Normal University (BNU) in Beijing, China; where the faculty
members of the GIWS deliver in class and webinar training to graduates in China.
[https://sens.usask.ca/programs/professional-degrees/master-water-security.php]
Class of MWS 2018-19 on field at Hannin Creek Education Facility
4.3 Career and Professional Development
GIWS strongly believes in professional development of graduate students and postdoctoral
fellows, particularly international scholars. In order to achieve this objective, on behalf of GWF,
Prof. Jeffrey McDonnell, Associate Director, Global Institute for Water Security, University of
Saskatchewan offered a half-a-day workshop on “The Future Professoriate” organized by the
GWF Young Professionals during the 1st Annual Science Meeting in June 2018 to shed light on
and facilitate discussions regarding the workings of academia for graduate students and
postdoctoral fellows interested in pursuing academic careers. In addition, students and post-
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doctoral fellows were advised in “creating a research brand” of their own ambitions and for a
successful and satisfying research career.
[https://gwf.usask.ca/young-professionals/earlycareer-resources.php]
Dr. Jeffrey McDonnell GWF Young Professionals
In addition, GIWS hosts a yearly Distinguished
Lecture Series entitled “Breakthroughs in
Water Security Research,” which brings
world-leading scientists to GIWS for lectures,
tutorials and workshops in the areas of soil
physics, instrumentation, lab experiments,
uncert-ainty estimation, hydro-ecological
modeling, watershed observatory networks,
instream flow modeling, engineering hydro-
logy, aquatic ecosystem science, isotope
hydrology and socio-hydrology. This lecture
series provides students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff and the broader community with an
opportunity to understand breakthroughs in various areas of water security from a global
perspective and to network with international leaders. Each lecture is streamed live online and
archived for subsequent access for the benefit of off-campus Canadian and international
participants, which further expands the reach of the lecture series.
[https://www.usask.ca/water/lecture-series/dls.php]
The Annual Women and Water Lecture Series, hosted by the Global Institute for Water
Security, GWF - Young Professionals and GWF, had occurred monthly from December to April
2019. The series highlights research, supports young professionals, and provides a space for
dialogue, and networking. Additionally, the series explores water-related challenges, roles of
women in water, gendered water-related impacts, women researchers in water, and challenges
and opportunities facing female water researchers.
[https://gwf.usask.ca/news-events/upcoming-events/women-and-water.php#About]
2019 Distinguished Lecturers
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2019 Women in Water Lecture Series
4.4 International Training
GIWS has already established a strong foundation for training and development of students and
professionals locally in Saskatchewan and Canada, as well as extended its expertise
internationally. GIWS encourages and invites students and professionals from several countries
to be a part of its team and contribute towards its growing excellence in water research. GIWS
welcomes visiting scientist, sabbatical visitors, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and/or
interns from all countries. It also encourages and supports students and professionals to attend
various international conferences, programs, water competitions, short courses, lecture series
and exchange programs.
Here we have listed a few of our many international training and research activities during the
academic year 2018-19: Dr. Markus Brinkmann has supervised and co-supervised graduate and
visiting students from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. His research within Canada and
Europe has been published in various press releases in Germany. Dr. Grant Ferguson has been
actively supervising graduate students from University of Arizona, USA and was invited to give
lectures at Goettingen University, Germany, and University of Texas and University of Illinois,
USA. Dr. Yangping Li has hosted a summer intern student from University of Pernambuco, Brazil
and several other Visiting Scientists/Fellows from Ningxia University, Ludong University and
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), China. Dr. Simon
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Papalexiou instructed an invited workshop at the University of Prague on modelling in
hydroclimatic processes. Dr. Andrew Ireson is the Director of the Master of Water Security
program and has been actively leading and assisting students coming from Canada and from
several International countries with a diverse interdisciplinary educational background. Dr.
Saman Razavi has co-supervised graduate students from Gorgon University, Iran and the Indian
Institute of Technology Delhi, India. Additionally, Dr. John Giesy recieved the Erasmus Award
from the European Union in 2018, which funded Dr. Giesy and Dr. Markus Hecker to spend 2
weeks teaching and doing research with colleagues at Masarek University, Czech Republic and
Dr. Klara Hilscherova (Masarek University) to come to USask for two weeks to learn ecogenomics
techniques and analyze samples from the Antarctic. GIWS hosted a one-day workshop (USask-
BNU Joint Research Workshop on Water and Climate Science) including delegates from Beijing
Normal University, China in Saskatoon
GIWS also branded mentoring lectures and short courses were delivered at the Luxembourg
Institute for Science and Technology (Luxembourg), University of Padua (Italy), Beijing Forestry
University (China), Beijing Normal University (China), Tsinghua University (China), University of
Birmingham (UK), International Association of Hydrological Sciences (in Montreal), the USA
Critical Zone Early Career Scientists meeting (in San Francisco) and Ludong University (China).
In this brief overview of international training by GIWS during 2018-19, it has not been possible
to do full justice to the work of our members. Therefore, the international collaborations by GIWS
members are listed in the Appendices and specifically Appendix F of this report.
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5. Saskatchewan River Basin – A Large-Scale Observatory With support from the Canada
Foundation for Innovation
(CFI), GIWS has established the
Saskatchewan River Basin
(SaskRB; 410,000 km2) as a
large-scale observatory, which
has come to be seen as an
internationally leading initiat-
ive. The multiple dimensions of
water security and the accom-
panying science and manage-
ment challenges, ranging from
issues of water quality and
quantity, anthropogenic activit-
ies, competing societal uses, industrialization, agricultural intensification, extreme weather
events (flooding and drought), etc. are all represented in the SaskRB. The basin, with an area
approximately half the size of France, spans Canada’s three Prairie Provinces of Alberta,
Saskatchewan and Manitoba and faces a climate characterized by extremes and rapid climate
change. Further, the basin encompasses critical environments deemed significant both nationally
and globally.
5.1 Canadian Rockies Hydrological Observatory In Western Canada, the availability
of water is dependent upon cold-
water processes involving snow,
glaciers, wetlands and frozen soils
that control the storage and
delivery of water to river systems.
The CFI-funded Canadian Rockies
Hydrological Observatory includes
Marmot Creek in the sub-alpine
and montain forested Saskatche-
wan River headwaters, Lake O'Hara
alpine sites and the Natural
Resources Canada (NRCan)-funded Columbia Icefield Glacier-Climate Observing System in the
glaciated Athabasca headwaters, Alberta. This provides a cluster of >25 high elevation snow/ice
and hydro-meteorological stations in nested gauged catchments, which helps in improving
understanding and description of governing processes for mountain water supply, improving
Saskatchewan River Basin
Video File: Canadian Rockies Hydrological Observatory https://water.usask.ca/research/saskatchewan-river-basin-
/sites.php
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modelling of mountain hydrological systems, and to improve prediction of mountain water
supply. Unique observations of alpine and sub-alpine sub-surface storage and release are
available from Lake O'Hara and Marmot Creek. Alpine treelines in this area are advancing in
elevation where geomorphology and microclimate permit. Provin-cial, territorial and federal
obser-vation stations for flood fore-casting, climate and fire prediction are clustered at both high
and low elevations in the region. The archive Marmot Creek covers most of 50 years. Sibbald
Wetlands is the focus of hydro-ecological research into Rocky Mountain wetlands and the effects
of current and legacy beaver activity.
5.2 Prairies The prairie hydrology is complex and presents a unique set of challenges including the effects of
changing climate on agriculture, flood and drought risk, and water quality. In addition, land
management practices, such as drainage and wetland removal, are changing the landscape and
the ecological services that it provides.
The St. Denis National Wildlife Area site comprises internally drained wetlands, cultivated fields
and pasture, and consists of numerous prairie pothole lakes of varying salinity. The focus is on
runoff processes and pothole lake connectivity, surface-subsurface interactions and salinity
dynamics. Brightwater Creek, near Kenaston, Saskatchewan, represents a mesonet site of
lowland level pasture and cultivated grasslands. Multi-scale monitoring of spatial soil moisture,
groundwater and land-atmosphere interactions is ongoing. Specialised soil moisture
measurement arrays, cosmic ray soil moisture probes, a geological weighing lysimeter coupled
to a network of groundwater observation wells, atmospheric measurements using large aperture
scintillometer and Sonic Detection and Ranging (SODAR) and weather radar provide a unique
concentration of measurements in a Canadian prairie environment. Hydrological connectivity
and the effects of agricultural drainage on flows and water quality is the research focus at Smith
Creek, Saskatchewan. The site has demonstrated the dramatic effects of inter-annual climate
variability on water quality, and a complex response of flood generation and transmission to
agricultural drainage. The effects of agricultural Beneficial Management Practices (BMPs) on
flows and water quality, particularly those associated with changing tillage practices and on-farm
reservoirs, are explored at Tobacco Creek, Manitoba. The Swift Current research site in
Saskatchewan is home to AAFC agricultural research runoff plots. Thorough analysis of high
frequency, long-term data, experimental monitoring of the surface hydrology and hydrological
model building and testing are conducted at this site to improve understanding of the
fundamental drivers of threshold-like hydrological runoff responses to snowmelt and rainfall
events in a semi-arid, prairie landscape. Similarly, at semi-arid West Nose Creek site in Alberta,
the studies are focused on groundwater recharge, groundwater hydraulics, surface- groundwater
interaction, snow hydrology, and sustainable watershed management. At the Rosthern research
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site in Saskatchewan, the effect of agricultural practices such as stubble height on prairie snow
dynamics, melting, and management is studied.
Video File: St. Denis National Wildlife Area Video File: Brightwater Creek
Video File: Swift Current Research Site Video File: Rosethern Research Site – Prarie Hydrology
https://water.usask.ca/research/saskatchewan-river-basin-/sites.php
Research to explore water quality issues in the basin spans the study of the winter
biogeochemistry of lakes to the monitoring of pharmaceutical products and heavy metals in
urban wastewater and storm water. The first major study of pollutant loads and their ecological
impacts for the South Saskatchewan River, Lake Diefenbaker and its tributary, Swift Current
Creek, is underway. This project brings together researchers from the USask (Biology, Toxicology,
Geography, Civil and Geological Engineering, the Schools of Environmental and Sustainability and
Public Health), Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Saskatchewan Water Security
Agency. Lake Diefenbaker is more than 200 kilometers long and plays a major role in the
economic and social development of a large proportion of the province. However, the capability
of the reservoir to continue to provide water of reasonable quality under rapid economic
development and under a changing climate is unknown given nutrient loads and increasing
evidence of eutrophication. A comprehensive evaluation of the sensitivity of the reservoir to
current and future nutrient inputs includes limnology, paleo-limnology, toxicology and
hydrodynamic water quality modelling. A similar study has been initiated for Buffalo Pound Lake,
including real-time water quality monitoring to support treatment of this major source of
drinking water for the cities of Regina and Moosejaw, Saskatchewan.
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Video File: Lake Diefenbaker Video File: Buffalo Pound
Video File: Lake Diefenbaker – Toxicology & Water Quality
Video File: Swift Current Creek – Urban Municipal Drainage
Video File: Sediment and Nutrient Transport Modelling
Video File: Modelling Riverine Processes
https://water.usask.ca/research/saskatchewan-river-basin-/sites.php
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5.3 Boreal Forest
Key short-term objectives of research conducted at Boreal Forest sites are to assess the
vulnerability of ecosystem response to climate variability and change, and the performance of
land surface schemes for simulating hydrological processes in the Boreal Forest. Longer-term
objectives are to synthesize, integrate and upscale hydro-ecological understanding of stand-scale
processes to watershed scales. The western boreal forest study area traverses the latitudinal and
altitudinal extents of boreal forests in Canada and the range of permafrost conditions across
which these forests exist (non-permafrost through to deep, continuous permafrost). Western
permafrost-free boreal sites include the Boreal Ecosystem Research and Monitoring Sites
(BERMS) in Saskatchewan that derive from the mid-1990s NASA-Canada Boreal Ecosystem-
Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) and were subsequently expanded to the Environment Canada (EC)
BERMS Programme. These sites in the Boreal Plains ecozone are characterized by heterogeneous
forest types interspersed with
wetlands and frequent wildfire
disturbance, and include Black
Spruce, Aspen, Jack Pine and Fen.
Additional data sources in this
region include Northern Alberta
flux tower sites, developed in
collaboration with the Oil Sands
industry, as well as provincial and
federal observation stations for
climate and fire prediction.
5.4 River Deltas
The Saskatchewan River, Peace-Athabasca, and Slave River deltas are biologically diverse and
complex systems of rivers, lakes, and wetlands. These deltas support a range of fish, wildlife, bird,
and plant species. The ecological changes in these deltas are often an indicator of issues arising
in our river systems; if there are problems, people in the delta are often the first to notice. These
deltas continue to play an important role in supporting traditional, subsistence, and cultural
activities of the Indigenous peoples who have occupied these regions since time immemorial.
Historically, inland deltas were also a central part of the fur trade industry.
Located near the Saskatchewan/ Manitoba border, the Saskatchewan River Delta is a complex
series of abandoned and active river channels, lakes and wetlands. Home to Cumberland
Marshes, which has been designated as an Important Bird Area, this region experiences the
accumulated effects of upstream water use, including abstractions and power generation. Since
the beginning of the last century, annual discharge has been reduced by approximately 30%. In
addition, winter base-flow is now higher and spring freshets have been dampened due to storage
Video File: Boreal Forest https://water.usask.ca/research/saskatchewan-river-basin-
/sites.php
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in upstream reservoirs. Experts in climate, hydrology, ecology and social science are addressing
the cumulative repercussions of these changes in flow for the production of fish, water-birds and
mammals, and for the activities and livelihoods of local communities. The aim of this research is
to develop scenarios and an operational plan to provide for sustainable hydropower output
without endangering the Delta habitat in the long-term.
Video File: E.B. Campbell Dam – Saskatchewan River Delta
Video File: Delta Dialogue Network
https://water.usask.ca/research/saskatchewan-river-basin-/sites.php
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6. Major Research Facilities This section highlights a few of the major laboratory facilities that are part of the GIWS.
6.1 Multipurpose Overlay Site Testing
Facility
The GIWS Multipurpose Overlay Site Testing
(MOST) facility is a research and testing
facility that serves as a hub for the
development of hillslope hydrological models
in relation to mine cover systems and
landscape engine-eering. The facility is funded
by Western Eco-nomic Diversification and
includes a strong partnership with O’Kane
Consulting, a world leader in mine cover design.
Located across the street from the GIWS offices at the National Hydrology Research Centre, the
facility is the first of its kind to provide pilot scale cover trials with replications of key processes
(placement, climate, slope/aspect, vegetation) and the ability to evaluate and characterize the
key mechanisms controlling the water dynamics in soils and soil cover design.
Soil covers are designed to return a site to its natural condition and isolate waste material so it
does not damage the environment. The partially climate-controlled MOST facility allows
companies and researchers to design and test soil cover systems under varying climatic
conditions before building covers on-site, saving both time and money in the design and testing
phases. [https://mostfacility.usask.ca/green/]
6.2 Green Roof Environmental and Engineering Facility The mission of Green Roof Environment and EngiNeering (GREEN) facility is to help industry
improve green roof design in cold regions,
improve risk mitigation, troubleshoot design
challenges, reduce costs and improve accu-
racy of green roof water retention assess-
ments. The GREEN facility has the capacity to
develop, improve and test: drainage systems,
membrane effectiveness, water proofing,
water quality and retention, reduction of
potable water use, snowmelt runoff, reduct-
ions in the energy requirements for heating
/cooling of interior spaces, and promote the
MOST Open House for Industries
Jeffrey McDonnell Preparing Test Beds at the GREEN Facility
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reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by reducing building’s energy requirements. Eng-ineering
tests utilizing load cells and infrared thermal imaging are performed to evaluate the performance
of water drainage and water proofing systems, respectively.
The GREEN Facility is bridging the critical gap between small scale (e.g. soil cores), typically
unrepresentative lab experiments, and complex, time consuming and costly large-scale
constructed roofs. [https://mostfacility.usask.ca/green/]
6.3 Smart Water Systems Laboratory
The SWSL was recently created with support
from Western Economic Diversification Canada
to develop novel water and snow sensing
technologies and bring them to pre-commercial-
ization and commercialization stage. The SWSL
will transform the observation of Canadian
waters by detecting change in water quantity
and quality at high resolutions. SWSL is devel-
oping novel sensors that measure snowpacks,
ice, open water, flooding, streamflow, soil mois-
ture, wetlands, vegetation and algal growth.
Many of these sensors will be deployed on specialized all-weather drones (unmanned aerial
systems) for rapid deployment across Canada with first applications in the Prairies and the
mountain headwaters of the Saskatchewan River Basin.
[https://water.usask.ca/research/Smart%20Water%20Systems%20Laboratory.php]
6.4 Cold Water Laboratory
In Alberta, the Centre for Hydrology maintains
premises at the Coldwater Laboratory in Can-
more, AB. The Coldwater Laboratory places over
20 researchers and students in the headwater
region of 3 major river basins (Saskatchewan,
Columbia and Mackenzie river basins) to study
the impacts of climate change and extreme
events on water resources in the region. This
facility includes offices and a laboratory and
provides easy access to over 35 high elevation
stations within the southern Canadian Rockies.
[https://gwf.usask.ca/articles/grand-opening-gwf-coldwater-laboratory.php]
USask Coldwater Lab, Canmore, AB
Drone with Smart Water Sensor
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6.5 Environmental DNA Analytical Laboratory
The Environmental DNA (eDNA) laboratory offers the widest possible range of capabilities
relevant to water quality, including aquatic chemistry and toxicology. The lab currently has two
UHR-MS systems, one interfaced to a liquid chromatography (LC) system and the other to a gas
chromatograph (GC). They are also capable of a wide range of analyses for small molecules both
man-made and natural. In addition to identification and quantification of both natural and
synthetic molecules, the capabilities include proteomics and metabolomics as well as charact-
erization of large molecules, such as natural dissolved organic matter, including humic and fulvic
acids, tannins, peptides and amino acids. Depending on the specific application, the instruments
are also capable of automated sample extraction and processing for increased accuracy and
decreased labor costs. Our aim with the next LOI would be to determine who would be
interested in accessing these capabilities and how we might support the various user needs.
Q Exactive GC ultra-high resolution GC/MS Q Exactive HF and Q Exactive OrbiTrap systems with UHPLC and nano-LC chromatography
6.6 Aquatic Toxicology Research Facility
The ATRF, the only facility of its type in Canada
and one of only a few in the world, is a highly
sophisticated laboratory for aquatic toxicology
research. Located at the Toxicology Centre, the
7,100 sq-ft laboratory was specifically designed to
provide areas with different water qualities and
temperatures to perform both static and dynamic
toxicological experiments with algae, crustaceans,
insects, clams, amphibians or fish. In-house
research facilities include five walk-in controlled-
environment chambers and an analytical laboratory for water quality analysis.
[http://www.usask.ca/toxicology/aquatic_facility/index.php]
House & Rear Non-traditional Aquatic Organisms
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6.7 Saskatchewan Water Chemistry and Ecology Lab
Run by Dr. Helen Baulch, the SaskWatChe Lab has the capacity to analyze for nutrient chemistry
and dissolved gas chemistry. For this, the lab uses a discrete chemical analyzer, a gas
chromatographer, and a spectrophotometer. The lab recently acquired a MIMS (membrane inlet
mass spectrometer) which can be used for dissolved gas chemistry. The lab has expertise in
aquatic ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry, specifically, understanding the effects of
changing climate and nutrient loads on aquatic ecology and biogeochemistry.
[http://homepage.usask.ca/~hmb925/home.php]
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7. Research Themes and Major Projects The area of water security research is broad. To guide our efforts, and based on our current
research strengths, we have identified a set of seven inter-disciplinary research themes,
recognizing the need for deep disciplinary knowledge and the broader disciplinary dimensions of
water security, and addressing challenges of local, regional and global significance.
These themes are supported by fully instrumented research observatories within Saskatchewan
River Basin and Mackenzie River Basin providing data of regional and global significance. Due to
the importance of, and diversity in, its cold region hydro-climate and ecological zones, the rapid
rate of environmental change and the need for improved understanding, diagnosis and modelling
of change, the basin also raises numerous globally-relevant science challenges.
7.1 Climate Change and Water Security
Developing sophisticated understanding and
modelling of current and future effects of
climate change on hydrology, ecology and
water resource systems, and the associated
land-atmosphere feedbacks.
7.2 Land-water Management and
Environmental Change
Exploring the effects of agricultural and urban
land and water management on water quality and water movement through a watershed, as well
as the potential for agricultural beneficial management practices (BMPs) to mitigate adverse
effects.
7.3 Sustainable Development of Natural Resources
Developing new science and management practices that could significantly change the way water
is used, how land and water are managed, and
how environmental risks are assessed and
managed in natural resources development.
7.4 Socio-hydrology
This program encompasses both the human
drivers of hydrological change and the social
processes through which hydrological science
is translated and communicated to relevant
decision-makers.
Video File: Forecasting Extreme Weather Events
https://water.usask.ca/resources/overview-videos.php#ResearchPrograms
Video File: Socio-Hydrology
https://water.usask.ca/resources/overview-
videos.php#ResearchPrograms
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7.5 Water and Health
We are looking at issues that are critical to society, such as drinking water quality, water hygiene
and sanitation, transmission of waterborne and water-related diseases in an ecosystem, aquatic
pollution and effects on the food chain, wastewater re-use, extreme events such as flooding and
drought, and health-based water quality standards.
7.6 Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies
We are assessing impacts of contaminants on environmental and human health by addressing
challenges that include appropriate technology for rural communities; development of advanced
water treatment technologies to tackle emerging contaminants in our water systems, improved
technologies for the treatment of industrial wastes, including those generated by natural
resource extraction, and improved technologies for remediation of pollution.
7.7 Groundwater and Hydrogeology
This theme is exploring major challenges to quantify the extent of groundwater resources and
their quality, the natural recharge, the long–term impacts of abstractions and waste disposals,
the impact of resource development, and hence to provide the information needed for
sustainable development.
7.8 Major Projects
Members of the GIWS are working efficiently on these themes and collaborating with several
partners and stakeholders to follow the Mission and Vision of GIWS. Some of the major on-going
projects by members of the GIWS have been listed below:
7.8.1 Next Generation Solutions to Ensure Healthy Water Resources for Future Generations, John
Giesy, University of Saskatchewan1
Emerging and transformative technologies in biology and bioinformatics provide new
capability to address urgent environmental needs. In this project, Environmental DNA (eDNA)
and next generation sequencing (NGS) methods will be applied to monitor current status and
predict future trends of the structures and functions of aquatic ecosystems exposed to stressors
in Canada. Together these technologies have the potential to provide more rapid,
comprehensive, and objective assessments of ecosystem status, including the presence of rare
and endangered species, in real time, while reducing costs. This research program will provide
end-users with new tools for assessing effects of environmental stressors; both natural and those
caused by humans, such as changes in land use, climate, agricultural runoff and wastewater
influents.
1 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/p3-edna.php
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7.8.2 Forecasting Tools and Mitigation Options for Diverse Bloom-Affected Lakes (FORM-
BLOOM), Helen Baulch, University of Saskatchewan2
Solving the problem of algal blooms requires an understanding of how the physical
environment links to geochemistry and bloom ecology, and this understanding must exist on the
timescale upon which blooms develop and collapse – minutes to hours to weeks. In addition,
while solving blooms is a grand challenge, managing their impact is a key interim goal. Since these
blooms have been increasing in Canada and across the globe, the need to understand the current
health risks and how to mitigate these blooms through a science-based approach is critical. This
project will aim to reduce current risks via improved communication and forecasting and
understanding the triggers of cyanobloom initiation and collapse to inform in-lake mitigation
measures and improving our use of rapidly evolving new technologies to mitigate risk.
7.8.3 Prairie Water, Colin Whitfield, University of Saskatchewan and Chris Spence, Environ-ment
and Climate Change Canada3
Prairie Water will address sustainable water management and enhance water resilience
under a changing climate across three interrelated themes: hydrology, groundwater, wetlands,
and governance. This project will include a set of Prairie-specific large-basin and local watershed-
scale models that predict runoff, groundwater recharge and the distribution, abundance and
persistence of wetlands across the region under changing climate and its variability; a set of
decision support tools to help users understand the impacts of wetland drainage and restoration;
new assessment of groundwater resources and their sustainable management; and a multi-
stakeholder process for how to mobilize science with communities and governance.
7.8.4 Integrated Modelling Program for Canada (IMPC), Saman Razavi, University of Saskat-
chewan4
This project will seek to provide an integrated platform for forecasting, prediction and
decision making under future water uncertainty. Advanced modelling tools will be developed and
integrated to represent interactions across climatic, hydrological, ecological, economic, and
management systems. These tools will enable prediction of extreme events such as floods and
droughts and provide a new paradigm for model development, integrated water management
and user engagement. Working closely in collaboration with stakeholders and user communities,
this integrated modelling and management platform will identify tipping points and critical trade-
offs for decision analysis and deliver optimal solutions using state-of-the-art tools for multi-
criteria decision analysis under deep uncertainty. In addition, advanced visualization tools will
enable researchers to improve communication and decision support with user groups. This
2 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/p3-formbloom.php3 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/p3-prairie-water.php4 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/p3-impc.php
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project will develop a modelling capability for the prediction and management of Canada’s seven
major river basins.
7.8.5 Is our Water Good to Drink? Water-Related Practices, Perceptions and Traditional
Knowledge (TK) Indicators for Human Health, Corinne Schuster-Wallace and Lalita Bharadwaj,
University of Saskatchewan5
This project will explore the similarities and differences between Western Science indicators
of what is considered “safe to drink” and the TK concept of what is “good to drink”. This will be
achieved through an exploration of water-related health, how human health (encompassing
physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional health) is affected by “good” and “bad” water,
development of appropriate TK indicators, and community case studies. Through this process
and its outcomes, communities will be able to better understand and assess water-related health
in Indigenous communities through a TK system and be able to share this with government
agencies currently responsible for water management, remediation, and quality monitoring.
7.8.6 We need more than just water: Assessing sediment limitation in a large freshwater delta,
Tim Jardine, University of Saskatchewan6
The project examines whether sediment restoration may be feasible for the once vibrant
Saskatchewan River delta ecosystem. Together, the team will determine historical
understandings of floods and sediment transport through interviews with elders in the
community whose lifespan predates upstream dam construction. The team will test for toxicity
in the sediments that are currently depositing in reservoirs to ensure that moving sediment back
into the delta will not come with harmful side effects. Additionally, the team plans to create a
model of sediment transport to determine where sediment will deposit under different scenarios
(reduced or increased flow, addition of sediment, construction of additional dams and weirs).
The major outcome of this work will be an improved understanding of the feasibility of sediment
restoration downstream of dams. And the developed water and sediment transport model and
simulation tool can be applied to other deltas and floodplains that are subject to similar upstream
stressors.
7.8.7 Old Meets New: Subsurface Hydrogeological Connectivity and Groundwater Protection,
Grant Ferguson, University of Saskatchewan7
The first phase of this project is conducting a review of the available data for western Canada
to improve understanding of hydrogeological connectivity. The team will select a number of case
studies to represent typical hydrogeological environments of concern and produce a series of
maps and databases. Water chemistry will be compiled for various hydrogeological units to
improve ability to fingerprint and differentiate groundwaters. This data will be supplemented by
5 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/i1-schusterwallace.php#Investigators6 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/i4-jardine.php7 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/p1-old-meets-new.php
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sampling and analysis of water from provincial groundwater monitoring networks and other
sampling opportunities from industry. Numerical models will be used to interpret existing
physical and chemical hydrogeological data for a series of case studies and improve conceptual
understanding of these systems. The second phase will also focus on developing additional case
studies within western Canada to test and improve the findings of the first phase.
7.8.8 Omic’ and Chemical Fingerprinting Methodologies using Ultrahigh-resolution Mass Spectro-
metry (UHR-MS) for Geochemistry and Healthy Waters, Paul Jones, University of Saskatchewan8
‘Omics’ approaches such as proteomics, lipidomics and metabolomics along with chemical
fingerprinting technologies can be used as powerful tools to monitor the current status and to
predict future trends in ecosystem structure and function. As an example, organisms living in
Canada’s north and at high altitudes, must annually adjust their metabolisms and the lipid
components in their cellular membranes to adapt to changing temperatures. Natural
constituents of surface waters, such as humic and fulvic acids, proteins and amino acids are
important for regulating geochemical processes, but are complex and to date have not been well
characterized. In addition, toxic products of HABs are complex and have been difficult to
characterize, but the newly established UHR-MS systems will allow for much better
characterization of these important compounds. The longer-term goal (years 4-7) is to work with
researchers to apply these techniques to assess aquatic resources in support of end-user needs
and priorities of the GWF platform.
7.8.9 Short-duration Extreme Precipitation in Future Climate, Yanping Li, University of
Saskatchewan9
Understanding of the physical processes affecting short-duration (less than 24 hours)
extreme precipitation and their possible changes in the warming world is critical for many of
GWF’s users. This study makes extensive use of a convection-permitting-modeling tool running
in a pseudo-global warming mode, and comparing it with existing simulations by global and
regional climate models. The team proposes to work specifically on the following four questions:
i) Does temperature scaling work at convective-permitting resolutions for short-duration local
precipitation extremes? ii) How will the characteristics of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs)
such as the precipitation intensity, size, and life-span of storms change in the future? iii) What
are the underlying physical processes that result in changes in MCSs and storm properties? iv)
How do extreme precipitation features scale across resolution from GCMs to RCMs to convective
permitting WRF? The proposed work will lead to a better understanding of the physical
soundness of future precipitation projections by climate models, thereby providing a scientific
foundation for the proper use of model projections that many GWF’s users depend on.
8 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/p1-chemical-fingerprinting.php9 https://gwf.usask.ca/science/projects/p1-extreme-precipitation.php
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8. Significant Research Outcomes GIWS members are involved in a broad set of water security research projects ranging from basic
research to applied research of local and global significance. Our research projects have produced
many outcomes to advance scientific understanding and its socio-economic significance. Selected
examples are provided below.
8.1 Opportunities To Mitigate Nutrient Losses To Surface Waters In The Northern Great Plains10
The Northern Great Plains is a key region to global food production. It is also a region of water
stress that includes poor water quality associated with high concentrations of nutrients.
Agricultural nitrogen and phosphorus loads to surface waters need to be reduced, yet the unique
characteristics of this environment create challenges. The nutrients in these plains are primarily
transported in dissolved form during the snowmelt period and limits the efficacy of many
beneficial management practices (BMPs) commonly used in other regions. This study discusses
soil and water management BMPs through a regional lens—first understanding key aspects of
hydrology and hydrochemistry affecting BMP efficacy, then discussing the merits of different
BMPs for nutrient control.
8.2 Potential For Agricultural Impoundments To Act As Sinks Of Nitrous Oxide11
Surface waters within agricultural landscapes experience the full impact of Nitrogen pollution
and eutrophication and can contribute substantially to total landscape N2O emissions. However,
N2O measurements to date have focused on flowing waters. Small artificial waterbodies remain
greatly understudied in the context of agricultural N2O emissions. This study provides a regional
analysis of N2O measurements in small (<0.01 km2 ) artificial reservoirs, of which an estimated 16
million exist globally and shows that 67% of reservoirs in Canada’s largest agricultural area were
N2O sinks. The study noted the overestimation of measured fluxes from previously published
models based on agricultural reservoirs, challenging the widely held view that eutrophic N-
enriched waters are sources of N2O.
8.3 Detecting Brown Trout eDNA Using A Designed Specific Dual-Labelled Probe In A Stream12
Despite many studies having made significant progress for the future use of eDNA in terms
of ecosystem composition and detection of invasive/rare species in inland waters, much remains
10 Baulch, Helen M; Elliott, Jane A; Cordeiro, Marcos RC o; Flaten, Don N; Lobb, David A; Wilson, Henry F; 2019 Soil and water management practices: Opportunities to mitigate nutrient losses to surface waters in the Northern Great Plains. Environmental Reviews. In press. https://www.nrc-researchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/er-2018-010111 Webb, J. R., Hayes, N. M., Simpson, G. L., Leavitt, P. R., Baulch, H. M., & Finlay, K. (2019). Widespread nitrous oxide undersaturation in farm waterbodies creates an unexpected greenhouse gas sink. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(20), 9814-9819. https://doi.org-/10.1073/pnas.182038911612 Deutschmann, B., Müller, A.K., Hollert, H., Brinkmann, M. (2019) Assessing the fate of brown trout (Salmo trutta)
environmental DNA in a natural stream using a sensitive and specific dual-labelled probe. Science of The Total
Environment 655: 321-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv-.2018.11.247
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unknown about the transport and fate of eDNA under natural environmental conditions. In this
study, a specific dual-labelled probe was designed to detect brown trout (Salmo trutta, L.) eDNA
further to describe the fate of eDNA released from an aquaculture facility into the low mountain
range stream in Wehebach, Germany. The results of the study indicates that the release of DNA
from brown trout might be life stage and/or age-dependent. Under natural environmental
conditions (during mid-summer) a rapid and steady decrease of brown trout eDNA concentration
downstream of the main source was observed. The factors driving this decrease are expected to
be manifold. Biomass of fish appeared not to be the only parameter governing the rate of DNA
release, and the life stage and age of fish might be a potential factor to be considered.
8.4 Do Hillslope‐Scale Processes Matter To Predicting Global Change?13
Hillslopes are key landscape features that organize water availability on land. Valley bottoms
are wetter than hilltops, and sun-facing slopes are warmer and drier than shaded ones. This
hydrologic organization leads to systematic differences in soil and vegetation between valleys
and hilltops, and between sunny and shady slopes. Although these patterns are fundamental to
understanding the structures and functions of water and terrestrial ecosystems, they are too fine
grained to be represented in global-scale Earth System Models. Here we bring together Critical
Zone scientists who study the interplay of vegetation, the porous upper layer of the continental
crust from vegetation to bedrock, and moisture dynamics deep into the weathered bedrock
underlying hillslopes and Earth System Model scientists who develop global models, to ask: Do
hillslope-scale processes matter to predicting global change? The answers will help scientists
understand where and why hillslopes matter, and to better predict how terrestrial ecosystems,
including societies, may affect and be affected by our rapidly changing planet.
8.5 Competition For Shrinking Window Of Low Salinity Groundwater14
Declining water tables and near-surface contamination are driving groundwater users to
construct deeper wells in many US aquifer systems. This has been a successful short-term
mitigation measure where deep groundwater is fresh and free of contaminants. Nevertheless,
vertical salinity profiles are not well-constrained at continental-scales. This study quantify depths
that aquifer systems transition from fresh-to-brackish and where oil and gas activities are
widespread in sedimentary basins across the United States. The study concludes that fresh
groundwater is less abundant in several key US basins than previously thought; therefore drilling
deeper wells to access fresh groundwater resources is not feasible extensively across the
continent. Findings in this study illustrate that groundwater stores are being depleted not only
13 Fan, Y., M. Clark, D. M. Lawrence, S. Swenson, L. E. Band, S. L. Brantley, . . . D. Yamazaki, 2019: Hillslope Hydrology in Global Change Research and Earth System Modeling. Water Resources Research, 55, 1737-1772. https://doi.org/-10.1029/2018WR02390314 Ferguson, G., McIntosh, J., Perrone, D., & Jasechko, S. (2018). Competition for shrinking window of low salinity groundwater. Environmental Research Letters, 13(11), [114013]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae6d8
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by excessive withdrawals, but due to injection, and potentially contamination, from the oil and
gas industry in areas of deep fresh and brackish groundwater.
8.6 Prairie Pond Model15
This is a coupled flow and stable isotope mass balance model that can be used to partition
pond loses between evaporation and infiltration, using observations of oxygen-18 and
deuterium. The prairie pond model is written in Python 2.7. To run the model, it is necessary to
configure the inputs in the file Input.xlsx and to place the script in the same folder as the input.
The script can run in three modes: 1) simulate partitioning of evaporation and infiltration with
fixed parameters; 2) optimize the proportion of evaporation and infiltration to fit water level and
isotopic composition of the pond; 3) run a sensitivity analysis. The script can also be adapted to
other run cases.
8.7 Modelling Approach For Operational Real-Time Ice-Jam Flood Forecasting16
Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt et al., 2019a, developed a novel stochastic modelling approach to
operationally forecast ice-jam floods. The approach was first developed for the Town of Peace
River on the Peace River, in collaboration with Stantec and NSERC. Then refined for the Athabasca
River at Fort McMurray, in collaboration with the Governments of Alberta and
Newfoundland/Labrador (NFLD), the Canadian Space Agency and C-Core. The approach has been
implemented in the Gov’t of NFLD’s flood forecasting system to operationally forecast ice-jam
floods on the (Atlantic) Churchill River in Labrador, in collaboration with KGS Group, 4DM Inc.
and the Gov’t of NFLD. This first ice-jam flood forecasting system has ever been developed for
operational use worldwide. The method is currently being implemented into the flood
forecasting systems of the Exploits and Humber rivers in Newfoundland in collaboration with
Wood, Hatch Inc. and the Gov`t of NFLD. The forecasting methodology is also tested for the Red
River in partnership with Manitoba Infrastructure.
8.8 Can Stated Measures Of Willingness-To-Accept Be Valid?17
Willingness-to-accept (WTA) questions have been largely abandoned in stated preference
empirical work in favor of eliciting willingness-to-pay (WTP) responses, mainly due to perceived
unreliability of questions that ask respondents for compensation amounts. This paper reassesses
whether stated WTA welfare measures can be valid in public and private good contexts. The study
conducts two sets of laboratory experiments to analyze whether elicitation format, survey design
15 Ireson, A.M., and Bam, E. Prairie pond model. The model is coded in python v3.6. Under review in J. of Hydrol. https://github.com/amireson-/PrairiePondModel16 Lindenschmidt, K.-E., Rokaya, P., Das, A., Li, Z. and Richard, D. (2019a) A novel stochastic modelling approach for operational real-time ice-jam flood forecasting. Journal of Hydrology 575: 381–394. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016-/j.jhydrol.2019.05.04817 Lloyd-Smith, Patrick & Adamowicz, Wiktor, 2018. "Can stated measures of willingness-to-accept be valid? Evidence from laboratory experiments," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 133-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem-.2018.07.003
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and framing, and follow-up questions can generate truthful responses. The results are consistent
with the WTP literature and suggest that WTA values can be valid as long as responses have
consequences for respondents. For the private good experiment, the study focuses on whether
respondents are motivated to affect the price or the provision of the good. The study finds that
strategic behavior is present and in the direction expected by theory. Survey framing and the use
of follow-up questions can provide bounds on the value estimates.
8.9 Increase Of Precipitation Extremes Under Global Warming18
Global warming is expected to change the regime of extreme precipitation. Physical laws
translate increasing atmospheric heat into increasing atmospheric water content that drives
precipitation changes. This study performs a global analysis of 8,730 daily precipitation records
focusing on the 1964–2013 period when the global warming accelerates. The analysis offers new
insights and reveals (1) global and zonal increasing trends in the frequency of extremes that are
highly unlikely under the assumption of stationarity and (2) magnitude changes that are not as
evident. This paper has received global attention and appeared in more than 100 news outlets.
The author Simon-Michael Papalexiou gave radio and press interviews including NBC. The
research was twitted by the NBC official account to 6.6 million followers as well as by the official
AGU account to 70,000 followers. It also became a research spotlight at the prestigious EOS
journal.
8.10 The PULSE Model: Simulation Of Snowpack Solute Dynamics To Capture Runoff Ionic
Pulses During Snowmelt19
Early ionic pulse during spring snowmelt can account for a significant portion of the total
annual nutrient load in seasonally snow-covered areas. Very few process-based mathematical
models have been proposed for a diagnostic and prognostic investigation of this phenomenon.
The PULSE model is proposed to simulate ionic pulses in runoff by emulating solute leaching from
snow grains during melt and the subsequent vertical solute transport by meltwater through the
snowpack. The model was applied to two regions, and a total of 4 study sites, that are subject to
significantly different winter climatic and hydrological conditions. For the first time a model
enables the prediction of concentration profiles of the dry (snow) and liquid (wet) fractions within
the snow matrix. Although there is a computational cost associated with the proposed modelling
framework, this study demonstrates that it can provide more detailed information about the
reallocation and transport of ions through snowpacks, which can ultimately be used to improve
nutrient transport predictions during snowmelt.
18 Papalexiou, S. M., & Montanari, A. (2019). Global and regional increase of precipitation extremes under global warming. Water Resources Research, 55, 4901–4914. https://doi.org/10.1029/ 2018WR02406719 Costa, D., Pomeroy, J., & Wheater, H. (2018). A numerical model for the simulation of snowpack solute dynamics to capture runoff ionic pulses during snowmelt: The PULSE model. Advances in water resources, 122, 37-48. https:-//doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.09.008
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8.11 VARS-TOOL: A Toolbox For Efficient, And Robust Sensitivity And Uncertainty Analysis20
Developed primarily around the “Variogram Analysis of Response Surfaces” framework,
VARS-TOOL adopts a multi-method approach that enables simultaneous generation of a range of
sensitivity indices, including ones based on derivative, variance, and variogram concepts, from
a single sample. The tool accounts for dynamical properties of Earth and environmental systems
models and provides various sampling strategies including progressive Latin hypercube sampling.
It facilitates handling of high-dimensional models with hundreds of uncertain factors. As a test
bed for training and research, VARS-TOOL provides a set of mathematical test functions and the
(dynamical) HBV-SASK hydrologic model.
8.12 Effect Of Freeze-Thaw Cycles On Phosphorus Release From Riparian Macrophytes21
Storage and removal of nutrients by wetlands and riparian areas is an important process in
understanding catchment nutrient fluxes and in helping to mitigate current issues of
eutrophication in many regions. Effects of strong seasonality changes in cold regions raises
important questions about how ecosystems can be managed to maximize nutrient retention in
the landscape, particularly in light of rapid and ongoing wetland loss. This study assessed how
freeze-thaw cycles (FTCs) affect the release of phosphorus (P) from common riparian
macrophytes (Typha spp). The results of the study demonstrates the potential for FTCs to induce
P release from macrophyte tissue, although this is not observed in all cases. The impact of FTCs
on P release was greatest and most consistent when samples were collected earlier in the
growing season. Therefore, this study suggest that specific management such as harvesting
Typha during the growing season, may mitigate the potential for P release due to FTCs.
8.13 The Impact Of Climate Change On The Water Balance Of Oil Sands Reclamation Covers
And Natural Soil Profiles22
This paper evaluates the long-term water balances for reclamation covers on two oil sands
landforms and three natural coarse-textured forest soil profiles using both historical climate data
and future climate projections. Twenty-first century daily precipitation and temperature data
from CanESM2 were downscaled based on three representative concentration pathways (RCPs)
employing a stochastic weather generator [Long Ashton Research Station Weather Generator
(LARS-WG)]. The study states that greater increases in actual evapotranspiration (AET) and net
20 Razavi, S., Sheikholeslami, R., Gupta, H. V., & Haghnegahdar, A. (2019). VARS-TOOL: A toolbox for comprehensive, efficient, and robust sensitivity and uncertainty analysis. Environmental modelling & software, 112, 95-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.10.00521 Whitfield, C. J., Casson, N. J., North, R. L., Venkiteswaran, J. J., Ahmed, O., Leathers, J., ... & Baulch, H. M. (2019). The effect of freeze-thaw cycles on phosphorus release from riparian macrophytes in cold regions. Canadian Water Resources Journal/Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 44(2), 160-173. https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784-.2018.155811522 Alam, M. S., Barbour, S. L., Elshorbagy, A., & Huang, M. (2018). The impact of climate change on the water balance of oil sands reclamation covers and natural soil profiles. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(11), 1731-1752. https://-doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17-0230.1
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percolation (NP) are projected toward the end of the twenty-first century. The increases in future
NP at the two reclamation covers are larger (as a percentage increase) than at most of the natural
sites. Increases in NP will result in greater water yield to surface water and may accelerate the
rate at which chemical constituents contained within mine waste are released to downstream
receptors, suggesting these potential changes need to be considered in mine closure designs.
8.14 Identifying Transformational Space For Transdisciplinarity: Using Art To Access The Hid-
den Third23
A challenge for transdisciplinary sustainability science is learning how to bridge diverse
worldviews among collaborators in respectful ways. This study focuses on how we sought to
change our own engagement practices to advance sustainability rather than improving scientific
techniques. For the study, a team of interdisciplinary scholars and students worked together, to
better understand long-term social–ecological change in the engagement of indigenous peoples
from three inland delta regions in Canada. They used the concept of Nicolescu’s “Hidden Third”
to identify and operationalize this transformative space, because it focused on bridging
“objective” and “subjective” worldviews through art.
8.15 Effects Of Carboxymethyl Cellulose Grafting On Stability And Reactivity Of Zerovalent Iron
In Water Systems24
Zerovalent iron (ZVI) has been extensively used by researchers for degradation of chlorinated
compounds, hydrocarbons and heavy metals and remediation of contaminants in ground and
surface water. However, the field-scale application of ZVI is limited due to several reasons. The
present study investigated the effects of degree of substitution (DS) and grafting method (pre-
grafting or post-grafting) of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) on particle size, surface chemistry,
colloidal and oxidative stability and reactivity of zerovalent iron (ZVI) particles. In this study, it
was found that DS of CMC can regulate the particle size, stability, dispersibility and reactivity of
stabilized ZVI particles. CMC stabilized ZVI particles had smaller particle size, higher surface area
and high dispersibility as compared to bare ZVI particles. Further, less aggregation was observed
in higher DS CMC stabilized ZVI samples compared to lower DS CMC stabilized ZVI samples due
to the better shielding ability for van der waals attractive forces. Overall, CMC was found most
efficient in colloidal stabilization of ZVI particles both in pre-grafting as well as post-grafting
mode.
23 Steelman, T. A., Andrews, E., Baines, S., Bharadwaj, L., Bjornson, E. R., Bradford, L., ... & MacColl, I. (2019). Identifying transformational space for transdisciplinarity: using art to access the hidden third. Sustainability science, 14(3), 771-790. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0644-424 Devi, P., & Dalai, A. K. (2019). Effects of carboxymethyl cellulose grafting on stability and reactivity of zerovalent iron in water systems. Journal of cleaner production. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.364
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8.16 Using Dual Isotopes And A Bayesian Isotope Mixing Model To Evaluate Sources Of Nitrate
Of Tai Lake, China25
Identification and quantification of sources of nitrate (NO3–) in freshwater lakes provide
useful information for management of eutrophication and improving water quality in lakes. In
this study dual δ15N- and δ18O-NO3– isotopes and a Bayesian isotope-mixing model were applied
to identify sources of NO3– and estimate their proportional contributions to concentrations of
NO3– in Tai Lake, China. The SIAR mixing model was parameterized and then used to calculate
more accurate contributions of four different sources (i.e., agricultural, industrial, domestic
sewage and rainwater) of NO3– to Tai Lake. Results revealed that proportional contributions of
agriculture were greatest among the four potential source classes of NO3–. The paper is a novel
method to assigning sources of nitrogen in water.
8.17 Spatial Distribution Of Dissolved Organic Matter In Ice And At Air–Ice Interfaces26
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) is a common solute in snow and ice at Earth's surface. Its
effects on reaction kinetics in ice and at air–ice interfaces can be large, but are currently difficult
to quantify. This study used Raman microscopy to characterize the surface and bulk of frozen
aqueous solutions containing humic acid, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and citric acid at a range
of concentrations and temperatures. Our results show that different types of organic matter have
different distributions and local concentrations at air–ice interfaces, as well as different effects
on the underlying ice surface. Different types of organic matter may therefore have very different
effects on reaction rates at air–ice interfaces. These results will improve our understanding of
the effects of organic solutes on environmental and atmospheric chemistry within ice and at air–
ice interfaces.
8.18 Changes In Hydrology Of Kluane Lake Under Past And Future Climates And Glacial
Retreat27
The diversion of the Slims River headwaters due to the Kaskawulsh Glacier retreat is one of
the most extraordinary and dramatic hydrological changes due to climate change observed in
Canada in the 21st C. The goal of this study is to estimate the variability and changes over the
historical period and into the future climates of the 21st C in the lake levels of Kluane Lake (largest
lake in Yukon), that receives most of its inflow from Slims River and other glacier meltwaters. The
Canadian glacio-hydrological water prediction model MESH, which couples the Canadian Land
25 Liu, S.-S., L.-Z. Liu, Z.-Q. He, W.-J. Guo, F.-H. Song, H. Wang, Y. Wang, J.P. Giesy and F.-C. Wu. 2018. Using Dual Isotopes and a Bayesian Isotope Mixing Model to Evaluate Sources of Nitrate of Tai Lake, China. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 25:32631-32639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3242-126 Chakraborty, S., & Kahan, T. (2019). Emerging investigator series: Spatial distribution of dissolved organic matter in ice and at air-ice inter-faces. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. DOI: 10.1039/c9em00190e27 Loukili, Y., & Pomeroy, J.W. (2018). The Changing Hydrology of Lhù’ààn Mǟn - Kluane Lake - under Past and Future Climates and Glacial Retreat (Report No. 15, 79 pp). Saskatoon, SK: Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Canada. https://www.usask.ca/hydrology-/reports/CHRpt15_Kluane-Lake_Jan19.pdf
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Surface Scheme with both surface and subsurface runoff on slopes and river routing, was used
to model the hydrology of the Kluane Lake Basin for these predictions. The results drawn from
this study are intended to answer important questions posed by residents surrounding the
Kluane Lake, the future of Kluane Lake levels and will further help in water-environment-
ecosystem management decision-making process. The hydrological MESH model setup could be
the first in the world to simulate successfully alpine glacial melt and lake inflows/levels/outflows
using a fine resolution 2x2 km2 and providing full hydrological records in the past century and
projections for this century under global warming conditions.
8.19 Taking Stock Of Sustainability In Higher Education28
This paper provides a review of the current literature that examines the uptake of
sustainability policies in higher education. Articles were retrieved from both ERIC and Scopus
databases and then manually reviewed to ensure that they focused on each of: higher education;
sustainability; and policy. Results of the study suggest that drivers and barriers associated with
the integration of sustainability policy in higher education are well known; yet increased research
is needed to understand best practices and processes by which sustainability can be furthered
through higher education policy.
8.20 Potential Indirect Effects Of The Neonicotinoid Insecticide On Ecosystem Metabolism29
Pesticides are important contributors to the global freshwater biodiversity crisis. Among
pesticides, neonicotinoids are the best-selling class of agricultural insecticides and are suspected
to represent significant risks to freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. Several authors
have raised concerns about its potential impacts on freshwater ecosystem and this study
contributes empirical evidence supporting some of these concerns, as it has documented
potential indirect effects of the insecticide on ecosystem metabolism. Moreover, the results of
the study highlight that complex interactions with nutrients and sediment may alter the
magnitude and direction of the ecological effects of imidacloprid. This observation may have
important implications at a global scale, especially given the widespread co-occurrence of these
stressors in freshwater ecosystems within agricultural landscapes around the world.
8.21 Adapting To Climate Change Through Source Water Protection30
In the Canadian Prairies, First Nation communities have always given importance for
protection of drinking water sources. Due to Climate Change, these communities have identified
28 Cheeseman, A., Wright, T. S. A., Murray, J., & McKenzie, M. (2019). Taking stock of sustainability in higher education: a review of the policy literature. Environmental Education Research, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080-/13504622.2019.161616429 Chará-Serna, A. M., Epele, L. B., Morrissey, C. A., & Richardson, J. S. (2019). Nutrients and sediment modify the impacts of a neonicotinoid insecticide on freshwater community structure and ecosystem functioning. Science of The Total Environment, 692, 1291-1303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.30130 Patrick, R. J. (2018). Adapting to Climate Change Through Source Water Protection: Case Studies from Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 9(3). https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol9/iss3/1
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potential threats to drinking water sources and have taken action to mitigate these threats and
incorporate the influence of climate change into source water protection planning. This article
describes how source water protection planning has potential to enhance community adaptation
strategies to reduce the impacts of climate change on source water and drinking water systems.
Results in this study are based on six case studies from Alberta and Saskatchewan.
8.22 R-functions For Canadian Hydrologists: A Canada-wide Collaboration (CSHShydRology)31
R is an open-source statistical language that is supported by a large user community with
many benefits for use in watershed analysis. In this article a new R package, CSHShydRology, is
introduced that combines functions developed by hydrologists across Canada. Version 1.0 of the
CSHShydRology package is available on Github at https://github.com/CSHSCWRA/CSHShydRolo-
gy as of July 2018. The article encourage users to download and try the function in their workflow,
and contribute to the development of the code and to Canadian hydrology.
8.23 Temporal Variability Of Water Footprint For Cereal Production (Saskatchewan, Canada)32
The water footprint (WF) of crop production is a user-friendly means to analyze the
consumption of water resource in agricultural production systems. This study assessed the inter-
annual variability of grain yield, protein yield, and their corresponding WFs and determined the
major factors influencing the WFs in Saskatchewan of Canada. The results of this study indicated
that the water resource utilization (which was indicated by grain and protein yield-based WFs) in
the rain-fed agriculture of Saskatchewan was more sensitive to the natural factor (such the
precipitation) than the manual factors (such as agricultural inputs, scientific and technological
progress, and food price index). Under the same protein yield, the protein yield-based WFs
tended to be lower in spring wheat than barley. The grain yield-based WFs of cereal crops have
large potential for improvement in the future.
8.24 Utility Of Bacterium Properties For The Adsorption And In-Situ Removal And Biodeg-
radation Of Phenolic Waterborne Contaminants33
This research study demonstrated the utility of cross-linked biopolymers derived from starch
that show unique adsorptive removal and immobilization properties for biotransformation of
chlorophenols into harmless by-products. The cross-linked polymer materials contain β-
cyclodextrin (β-CD) with incremental hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) cross-linker at variable
31 Anderson, E., Chlumsky, R., McCaffrey, D., Trubilowicz, J., Shook, K. R., & Whitfield, P. H. (2019). R-functions for Canadian hydrologists: a Canada-wide collaboration. Canadian Water Resources Journal/Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 44(1), 108-112. https://doi.org/10.1080-/07011784.2018.149288432 Zhao, Y., Ding, D., Si, B., Zhang, Z., Hu, W., & Schoenau, J. (2019). Temporal variability of water footprint for cereal production and its controls in Saskatchewan, Canada. Science of The Total Environment, 660, 1306-1316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.41033 Kaoryo, A. H., Yang, J., & Wilson, L. D. (2018). Cyclodextrin-Based Polymer-Supported Bacterium for the Adsorption and In-Situ Biodegradation of Phenolic Compounds. Frontiers in chemistry, 6, 403. https://doi.org/10.3389-/fchem.2018.00403
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mole ratios (X = 1, 3, or 6), denoted as HDI-X systems. The adsorptive uptake properties of the
insoluble HDI-X polymers (X = 3 and 6) with various phenolic compounds [pentachlorophenol
(PCP), 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP), and 2,4,6-trimethylphenol (TMP)] were studied using batch
adsorption isotherms. This type of dual function represents a significant advancement in the field
of water treatment from the perspective of contaminants disposal and the coupling of
physicochemical and biological processes in closed-loop water treatment systems.
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9. Performance Indicators GIWS was created with the vision to undertake world-class research that enables and enhances
water security. Since 2011, GIWS has invested to recruit and build partnership with members
within USask and several other universities, communities, industries, government and non-
government organizations. It recruits and aims at retaining HQP from interdisciplinary
background related to water research. These memberships have helped GIWS to develop
internationally recognized research facilities with cutting-edge instrumentation, find a niche in
water related research, and take on national and international science leadership roles. Over the
years, it has attracted and developed substantial additional research funding, leading training
programs, recognition of research outcomes through peer reviewed publications, national and
international awards and honours, and has expanded collaboration with key stakeholders. GIWS
has made remarkable progress and has now established a platform for collaborative
interdisciplinary water related research to solve pressing local, regional and global water-related
issues.
9.1 Membership
A key aim of GIWS is to develop an integrated trans-disciplinary scientific team to meet water
security challenges, including interactions among water, food, energy and ecosystem services
(i.e., benefits to human welfare), climate change adaptation and mitigation challenges, and the
human health agenda. GIWS now integrates expertise from 270 members (94 Members, 61
Associate Members, and 115 Student Members) from 21 academic units across the USask, and
has formed strong and mutually supportive working partnerships with Federal and Provincial
agencies, in particular Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the Saskatchewan
Water Security Agency (SWSA) (Appendix A).
9.2 Support Staff
GIWS has grown under a policy of developing a lean and efficient administration, and only making
new staff appointments when necessary. However, the number of researchers and the level of
research funding and facilities to manage are large, and financial accounting requirements are
quite onerous. Therefore, GIWS currently has a Director, Associate Director, GWF Program
Director, Assistant Director, Director of Finance, GWF Science Manager, Executive Assistant and
Director of Facilities and Human Resources, Financial Officer, Communication Specialist,
Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Outreach Coordinator, Clerical Assistant, Data Manager, Data
Support Analyst, Business Development Officer, Strategic Partnership Specialist, and Digital
Services Coordinator (Appendix B).
9.3 Highly Qualified Personnel
During 2018-19, GIWS core faculty financially supported and supervised 102 graduate students
(47 PhD and 55 Masters), 22 postdoctoral fellows and 31 other HQP’s (Appendix B). Other GIWS
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members financially supported and supervised 139 graduate students (54 PhD and 85 Masters),
23 postdoctoral fellows, and 62 other HQP’s (Appendix C).
9.4 Research Funding
To support our research and training endeavors, financial resources are critical. Healthy financial
resources help attract and retain the ‘best-of-the-best’ from around the world, and help develop
innovative research facilities. In 2018-19, GIWS core faculty and members have secured a total
of $18.5 million (52% federal sources, 7% provincial, 25% industry, 14% international and 2%
from USask sources) (Appendix D). Since March 2011, GIWS has secured a total funding of $282
million (including the CFREF $77.8 million).
9.5 Research Publications
In 2018-19, GIWS members have published 364 journal articles, including papers in Science and
Nature, published and presented 355 papers in proceedings and at conferences, delivered 130
plenary, key note and invited lectures, and published 17 book chapters and books. Since 2011,
GIWS members have published a total of 1873 journal articles and 94 books/book chapters,
participated in 1513 conference proceedings and presentations and delivered more than 802
invited, key-note and plenary lectures to share research outcomes and enlighten our
stakeholders and scientific community (Appendix E).
9.6 Awards and Honours
One of the measurable parameters for research and training excellence is the number of awards
and honours received by GIWS members and students. Following the previous years, 2018-19
has been a successful year to recognize that the GIWS executive group, core faculty and other
members and students, have received diverse awards and honours. We have achieved significant
success in research and training and are targeting to promote and support our members and
students in pursuing strategic awards and honours in near future.
GIWS Executive Director, Dr. James (Jay) Famiglietti, was honoured with the Distinguished
Achievement Award from Tufts University Alumni at a special ceremony on October 19, 2019. Jay
received a Bachelor of Science in Geology from Tufts University in 1982. In 2019, he was
recognized as the Promotion of Science Invitational Fellowship for Research in Japan and a
Centennial Keynote at the American Geophysical Union Fall meeting.
Dr. John Pomeroy, Director of GWF and the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and
Climate Change at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), has been awarded the Miroslaw
Romanowski Medal from the Royal Society of Canada at a ceremony in Ottawa on November 22,
2019 and it is one of Canada’s top honours for outstanding contributions to environmental
science.
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Dr. Jeff McDonnell, GIWS Associate Director has been honoured to be an Elected Fellow, at the
EU Academy of Sciences (2019). Additionally, Dr. Jeff McDonnell received the largest Discovery
Grant ($570,000) in the history of the USask from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council (NSERC) of Canada for his research titled “Understanding water in forested watersheds”.
GIWS Founding Director Dr. Howard Wheater has received an honorary degree (DEng) on July
2019 from the University of Bristol, the institution where he completed his PhD in Civil
Engineering in 1977.
Dr. Karsten Liber, GIWS Executive member and Director of Toxicology Center (USask) had won
the Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Ecotoxicology award at the Canadian Ecotoxicity
Workshop organization, Ottawa, ON, 2018. (One of only 6 people to have received this award).
Dr. Helen Baulch has received the Provost's 2019 Outstanding Teacher Award by the University
of Saskatchewan.
Jay Famiglietti: Tufts University
Alumni Distinguished
Achievement Award (2019)
John Pomeroy (left): Miroslaw
Romanowski Medal from the Royal
Society of Canada (2019)
Jeff McDonnell: Fellow, at the EU
Academy of Sciences (2019)
Howard Wheater: Honorary Degree from
University of Bristol. (from left) Dr.
Thorsten Wagener, Dr. Howard Wheater,
and Vice-Chancellor and President Dr.
Hugh Brady.
Karsten Liber: Outstanding
Contribution to Canadian
Ecotoxicology award
Helen Baulch: Provost's 2019
Outstanding Teacher Award
USask
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Assistant Professor Dr. Saman Razavi has received the Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Young
Scientist Award at a presentation in Montreal on July 11. This award recognizes outstanding
research contributions by a young scientist who is a CGU member. The American Geophysical
Union (AGU) also honoured Dr. Razavi’s work as the Research Spotlight for Gupta and Razavi
(2018) “Revisiting the Basis of Sensitivity Analysis for Dynamical Earth System Models” published
in Water Resources Research (WRR).
Dr. Grant Ferguson, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Geological Engineering
(USask) was awarded the Research Excellence Award by Global Institute for Water Security
(2019).
Dr. Simon Michael Papalexiou, Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Geological
Engineering (USask) had a prosperous year as:
He was nominated for the EGU’s Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Young Scientists
(2019)
Received a Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from Journal of
Hydrology, Elsevier Limited, 2018
His research was honoured as the Research Spotlight at Eos: Earth & Space Science News,
Extreme precipitation expected to increase with warming planet, American Geophysical
Union, 2019
Dr. John Giesy was felicitated an Honorary Ph.D. by Masaryk University, Czech Republic and had
recieved the Erasmus Award from the European Union in 2018, which was in force in 2018 and
2019.
Dr. Irena Creed, Associate VP-Research and former Executive Director of the School of
Environment and Sustainability (USask) has been felicitated as the Honorary Doctor of
Agricultural Sciences by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
(October, 2019) and honoured as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (November, 2019).
Saman Razavi: CGU 2019 Young Scientist
Award. (From left) Dr. Saman Razavi, CGU
Presdient Dr. Carl Mitchell and Dr. John
Pomeroy
Grant Ferguson: Research
Excellence Award by GIWS
(2019)
Simon Papalexiou: EGU’s
Arne Richter Award Nominee
(2019)
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Dr. Maureen Reed was awarded the Scholarly Distinction in Geography award by the Canadian
Association of Geographers in May 2019. This was only the second time the award was achieved
by a woman since the award’s establishment in 1997.
John Giesy: Honorary Ph.D. by
Masaryk University, Czech
Republic
Irena Creed: Honorary
Doctor of Agricultural
Sciences, Swedish
University of Agricultural
Sciences
Maureen Reed: Scholarly Distinction in
Geography award by the Canadian
Association of Geographers
Dr. Ingrid Pickering received the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
(SHRF) Achievement Award in December 2018. This award celebrates health
research success in Saskatchewan by recognizing someone who has
distinguished themselves within the health research community and who
has demonstrated significant contributions to the health of our province.
Dr. Alan Barr (ECCC) and Dr. Ajay Dalai (Professor, College of Engineering
USask), are two GIWS members from three researchers at the University of
Saskatchewan (USask) who have been named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers 2018 list
released by Clarivate Analytics. The list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their
exceptional research performance, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited
papers during the last decade.
Dr. Jim Hendry has received the 2019 Farvolden Award from the International Association of
Hydrogeologists, Canadian National Chapter. The Robert N. Farvolden Award is used to honour
outstanding contributions to the disciplines of earth science and engineering that emphasize the
role or importance of groundwater.
The Canadian Network, Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) honoured Dr.
Marcia McKenzie with a National award as an Outstanding Post-secondary Educator (May 2019).
Dr. Ken van Rees is an appointed Fellow for Soil Science Society of America since Jan 2019
and was nominated for Teaching Excellence Award by USSU for SLSC460 Forest Soils, Fall 2019.
Ingrid Pickering
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Ajay Dalai: Highly
Cited Researchers
2018 list (Clarivate
Analytics)
Jim Hendry: Farvolden
Award from the International
Association of
Hydrogeologists
Marcia McKenzie:
National award as an
Outstanding Post-
secondary Educator
Ken van Rees: Fellow for
Soil Science Society of
America
The American Astronautical Society in Washington felicitated Dr. Nazzareno
Diodato with the Earth Science and Applications Award (2019). In addition,
the American Water Works Association (2019) honoured him with the
Award of Merit.
Three of Dr. John Pomeroy’s students have received high standing awards.
Dr. Chandra Rajulapati a Post-Doctoral student supervised by Dr. John
Pomeroy, Dr. Simon Papalexiou and Dr. Saman Razavi has been awarded
the PIMS-GWF postdoctoral fellowship award (November 2018-November
2020). PhD Student Zhibang Lv received the Wiesnet Medal for the best
oral student presentation at the 76th Annual Eastern Snow Conference in Fairlee, Vermont, June
4-6. Zhibang’s presentation was titled: “Assimilation of snow interception information into a cold
regions hydrological model”. PhD Candidate Caroline Aubry-Wake has received the IACS-IGS
Graham Cogley Award for the oral presentation she presented at the IUGG conference in
Montreal (2019). The award is given annually to recognize excellence in cryospheric research by
early career scientists.
Chandra Rajulapati Zhibang Lv Caroline Aubry-Wake
Nazzareno Diodato:
Earth Science and
Applications Award
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Water Canada and the Water's Next selection committee has
honoured Palash Sanyal as the 2019 Young Professional award
finalist. Palash raises awareness about the real cost of water.
He also increases knowledge and enables efficient practices
among urban pro-poor and remote communities. Palash is
currently working, as a Strategic Partnership Specialist at
GIWS, and is a Master of Water Security graduate (2018) at the
School of Environment and Sustainability.
Dr. Yangping Li’s PhD Students Mostofa Kamal has been
awarded the 2019 Robert R. Moffat Memorial Scholarship by
the USask College of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Zhe Zhang the Best Banner Award,
for top student presentations at the 2019 Canadian Society of Agriculture and Forest
Meteorology (CSAFM) meeting, Saskatoon, SK.
PhD Student Patricia Tozatti has won the Co. Launch accelerator program competition for her
commercialization plan for a snow acoustic sensor technology. She received a $5K prize and a
trip to Silicon Valley in October. Tozatti was part of a student team, which assessed the
commercial viability of an acoustic snow sensor as part of a partnership with the USask-led Global
Water Futures (GWF) program and the Global Institute for Water Security to examine several
environmental sensor inventions.
PhD Student Dan Karran received the 2018-2019 University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis
Award (Social Sciences A): “The engineering of peatland form and function by beaver (Castor
canadensis)” (Supervisor: Cherie Westbrook).
Mostofa Kamal Patricia Tozatti Dan Karran
Dr. Lee Wilson’s (Associate Professor, Chemistry) students have received various awards in 2018-
19. PhD student Leila Dehabadi has received couple of prestigious awards, the GIWS Best
Doctoral Thesis Award for 2018-19 and the “Best Project Award Nomination” by SREDA for the
unique work related to water-ethanol separations using the advanced biopolymer material
Palash Sanyal
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adsorbents developed through her PhD thesis work. Dr. Lee’s students have received awards at
the GIWS World Water Day Symposium: Henry Agbovi (1st place), M. Sabzevari (2nd place) and
B. Vafakish (3rd place).
Dr. Markus Brinkmann’s group of students have won several awards in the year 2018-2019. The
students and their respective awards are Stephanie MacPherson (Office of the Vice President
Research Undergraduate Student Research Award (OVPR-USRA), USask, March 2019), Chelsea
Grimard (Toxicology Graduate Student Association (TGSA) Seminar Awards, 2nd place. June 2019),
Saurabh Prajapati (Best Poster Presentation, 3rd place – School of Environment and Sustainability
Symposium Day, USask, March 2019), Annika Mangold-Döring (PROMOS Study Abroad
Scholarship – 2018-2019) and Ulyana Fuchylo (Dr. Richard C. Playle Award for Outstanding BSc
Thesis in Ecotoxicology, October 2018).
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10. Student Corner The GIWS Student and Young Researchers
Committee (GIWS-SYR) had an active year hosting
and participating in many academic and social
events during 2018-2019. These events
encouraged the building of teams, mingling of
people, passage of knowledge and having just
plain fun. Through active participation, members
gained new friends, ideas, and an appreciation for
teamwork. GIWS-SYR also made a strong effort
this year to streamline communication and
involvement with Global Water Futures Young
Researchers. Over the past year, GIWS-SYR hosted
or collaborated on 9 events ranging from
documentary viewings to ski trips. GIWS-SYR are
very proud of the events that were hosted this
past year and are looking forward to a successful
term in 2019-2020.
10.1 Elections Night: On the evening of October 26, 2018, the previous and the new GIWS-SYR
team organized a small party at the University Club to welcome new students and introduce the
new members of the team. In this gathering, former and new students had a chance to chat,
enjoy delicious snacks and play Powerpoint Karaoke to have just plain fun. Several prizes were
given to students to warmly welcome them to the Institute.
10.2 GIWS Christmas Party and Stud-
ent Fundraiser: On November 29, 2018,
GIWS hosted a Christmas party for
students, members, and employees at
Louis Loft. This gathering also brought
together researchers in a casual setting. At
this event, the GIWS-SYR held a 50/50 raffle
fundraiser with the proceeds going to
WaterAid Canada, whose mandate is to
provide clean water to impoverished
nations, while also aiding in sanitation.
Their global mission fits well with the
Members of GIWS-SYR 2018-2019. From left to
right: Michelle Wauchope-Thompson, Kasra
Keshavarz, Richard Helmle, Lijie Guo, Amy
Hergott
The GIWS-SYR team in the GIWS 2019 Christmas Party.
From left to right: Amy Hergott, Laura McFarlan, Kasra
Keshavarz and Richard Helmle
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institute’s own purpose. The fundraiser raised
over $310. The winner of the raffle graciously
declined the winnings to donate the entire
raffle to WaterAid Canada.
10.3 USask Husky Game: On November 30,
2018, the SYR committee coordinated a group
excursion to watch the USask Husky’s take on
the UofA Golden Bears. The gathering brought
individuals from GIWS, GWF, and other like-
minded researchers together for a fun social
event supporting our University’s hockey
team.
10.4 Skate n Social: The SYR organized a ‘Skate n’ Social’ on the Boffins pond for a Christmas
break farewell on December 20, 2018. Helmets, skates, and hockey sticks were supplied to those
in need. For many, this was the first time on ice skates! Some passed around a puck, while others
practiced their skating skills. After a few hours on the ice, we gathered for snacks and warm drinks
in Boffins.
‘Skate n’ Social’ involving the GIWS-SYR team and other students at the Boffins Garden Pond
10.5 Ski Day: At 7 AM on March 16th, 2019, a brisk morning, accompanied with buckets of
coffee, 25 students and young researchers; loaded a school bus to Table Mountain for a full day
on the slopes. Everyone was geared up and in line for the chair lift by 9:30 AM. A picnic-style
lunch allowed for a rest and visit amongst the crew. Cheeks hurting from smiles and windburn,
and exhausted from the big day, it was a quiet ride home as we snacked, napped, and reministed
on the fun we had, already thinking about next year’s ski trip.
The GIWS-SYR and SENSSA team enjoyed watching a
Huskies’ Hockey Game at the Merlis Belsher Stadium
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The GIWS-SYR and students enjoy skiing at the Table Mountain, SK.
10.6 World Water Day (WWD): On March 22nd, 2019, in celebration of WWD, the GIWS-SYR
assisted GIWS in a special event, highlighting select advances (and awards) in water research, as
well as the future of water research with a poster session dedicated to a glimpse into student
projects. The event took place at the University of Saskatchewan's Peter Mackinnon Hall and
began with a poster social and hearing from the inaugural Howard Wheater Lecture recipient,
Professor Claudia Pahl-Wostl: about The Sustainable Development Goals. Lightning talks by the
top poster authors provided a brief, impactful summary of the Students’ projects. Outstanding
candidates, split into PhD and Msc/MES categories, were awarded a bursary towards professional
development. Award winners are as follows:
PhD/PDFs students:
Henry Agbiovi – Flocculation optimization of orthophosphate with FeCl3 and alginate
using the Box-Behnken response surface methodology
Mina Sabzevari – Graphene Oxide-Chitosan Cross-Linked Composites for Wastewater
Treatment
Bahareh Vafakish – Cu(II) Uptake by Tweezers-like Biopolymer Systems
Msc/MES students:
Amy Hergott – The Rate and Controls of Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in Prairie Potholes,
Canada
Richard Helmle – Greenhouse Gas Dynamics in Agricultural Reservoirs: Rates and Drivers
of Ebullition
Anuja Thapa – A Participatory Modeling Approach to Enhance and Measure Social
Learning for Flood Preparedness in Mistawasis Nêhiyawak
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GIWS-SYR members and students attending the World Water Day (2019) at the University of Saskatchewan’s Convocation Hall.
10.7 Attendance at Regional Science Fair (Saskatoon): On April 3, 2019, representatives of
the GIWS-SYR attended the Saskatoon Regional Science Fair (grades 6-12) to talk about careers
in water and shed some light on the interests of future scientists. Talking to young students, it
was easy to see the enthusiasm and interest for a career in water science.
Regional Science Fair (Saskatoon)
10.8 GWF-Science Meeting: Hosting over 600 people for the 2nd annual GWF Science Meeting
on May 15-17, 2019, GIWS-SYR volunteered, and recruited volunteers, in helping host the
delegates. This included, but was not limited to welcoming guests at the housing unit, assisting
at the registration booth, media coverage, and developing a poster board plan and set-up. This
event was a great opportunity for networking and professional development for all our young
researchers.
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GIWS-SYR attended the Global Water Futures (GWF) Second Annual Science Meeting in Saskatoon, SK
The GIWS-SYR and students playing bowling and tracking scores!
10.9 Bowling Night: On August 14th, 2019, around 20 students gathered together at the
Hunter’s Eastview Bowl to enjoy bowling and socializing in the middle of a warm Saskatoon
summer. Three teams of students played ten-pin bowling, had some delicious snacks and were
given prizes such as GIWS-SYR T-shirts and stress balls.
10.10 Movie Night: On September 19th,
2019, the GIWS-SYR organized a movie
night at GIWS. In this event, the document-
tary “Anthropocene” was exhibited. While
learning about the proposed geological
epoch dating from the commencement of
significant human impact on Earth's
geology and ecosystems, the students also
enjoyed pizza, popcorn and drinks. The
event was well attended by GIWS members
and School of Environment and Sustain-
ability students. It was a great way to bring
the student community together, discuss,
and explore climate change from other perspectives.
Students watching a movie at the NHRC Seminar Room
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11. Concluding Remarks True to our vision of “Enabling water security by world-class research and training, science
communication and science-informed policy”, 2018-2019 was another remarkable and
productive year for GIWS and its members. GIWS has experienced exponential growth in terms
of activities, members, and outcomes as evidenced by our “Significant Research Outcomes” and
“Performance Indicators”, which we anticipate to continue in foreseen future. GIWS productivity
and training programs are testaments of our commitment and excellence to advance in the area
of Water Security and have local, national and global significance.
A significant effort has been invested in enhancing communication of our research outcomes and
impact stories to society and stakeholders. GIWS will continue to capitalize upon its momentum
and will establish new and sustain existing collaborations of mutual benefit to local and
international partners and communities.
In this brief overview of the recent work of GIWS, it has not been possible to do full justice to the
work of our members, and we encourage those interested to visit our web site
https://water.usask.ca/ or to contact our members directly. We welcome students and
postdoctoral researchers to either join our team full time or spend time with us as visiting
researchers and we also welcome academic colleagues for short or longer visits. Our Assistant
Director, Dr. Phani Adapa [email protected] is always available for contact regarding the
work of GIWS and welcomes enquiries from individuals, governments, industry and others
concerning research collaboration
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APPENDIX A – Current Membership
Members: Individuals working at a level of responsibility, which includes initiating and leading
water related research activities. This may include, but is not limited to Faculty members at
USask; Research Scientists, Staff Scientists, or Science Associates in recognized co-located (e.g.
Saskatoon-based) research institutions (i.e. Environment Canada, Saskatchewan Research
Council, Canadian Light Source, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada); and USask Research
Scientists.
Abdelrasoul, Amira, Assistant Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Membrane Science and Technology for Energy and Water Sustainability; Process Modeling,
Simulation and Optimization of Complex Systems; Nanomaterials for Advanced Technologies and
Clean Energy
Achenbach, Sven, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering & Canadian Light Source
Micro and Nanotechnology; Sensor Fabrication; Polymer Based MEMS; Micro and Nano Fluidics;
IR-Transparent Fluid Cells; Nano Pore Based Sensing
Barbour, Lee, Professor, Civil and Geological Engineering
Geotechnical/Geo-environmental: Saturated/Unsaturated Groundwater Flow and Contaminant
Transport, Mine Waste Reclamation
Baulch, Helen, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Water Quality; Aquatic Ecology; Global Change; Biogeochemical cycles; Greenhouse Gas
Emissions; Eutrophication
Bedard-Haughn, Angela, Associate Professor, Soil Science
Fundamental Understanding of Pedologic Properties of Canadian Ecosystems and How Land Use
and Climate Changes Affect, and are Affected by, these Properties
Belcher, Ken, Professor, Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics
Ecological Economics; Resource and Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy; Climate
Change; Wetland and Wildlife Conservation Policy
Bharadwaj, Lalita, Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Barriers and Key Issues to the Access of Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water Sources in First
Nations Communities; Community Based Participatory Research with Indigenous Communities;
Human and Environmental Health Risk Assessment; Community-Based Education
Bradford, Lori, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Social Psychological and Social Determinates of Health Including Policy Analysis, Which Supports
the Institute's Goals of Improving Understanding of Societal Controls of Water Management
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Brinkmann, Markus, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Exposure and Risk Assessment Modelling; Toxicokinetic Modelling; Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Cessna, Allan, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Agricultural Pesticides and Veterinary Pharmaceuticals
Chambers, Patricia, Research Scientist and Section Head, Environment Canada
Human Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystems Processes
Chang, Won Jae, Assistant Professor, Civil and Geological Engineering
Contaminated Site Assessment and Remediation; Bioremediation of Oil Sands Pollutants, Mine
Wastes, Frozen Contaminated Sites; Characterization of Microbial Communities/Populations;
Molecular Biology Techniques for Contaminated Environmental Matrices
Chapra, Steve, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University
Water Quality Modeling, Numerical Methods, Advanced Computer Applications in Environ-
mental Engineering
Clark, Bob, Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor, Environment Canada
Avian Ecology, Reproduction and Breeding Habitat Selection, Landscape Ecology
Clark, Douglas, Centennial Chair and Associate Professor, School of Environment and
Sustainability
Polar Bear-Human Conflicts, Decision-Making Under Conditions of Rapid Social-Ecological
Change, Wildlife and Protected Area Management, Environmental Governance and Policy
Processes
Clark, Martyn, Professor and Associate Director, Centre for Hydrology and Coldwater Laboratory,
Geography and Planning
Development and Evaluation of Process-Based Hydrologic Models; Understanding the Sensitivity
of Water Resources to Climate Variability and Change; Developing the Next Generation
Streamflow Forecasting Systems
Costa, Diogo, Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Hydro-Biogeochemical Modelling, Hydrodynamic Modelling, Algorithm Development, Biogeo-
chemical Processes, Transport Processes in Aquatic Systems.
Creed, Irena, Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Hydrological Characterization of Landscapes, Hydrological Regulation of Nutrient Export and
Greenhouse Gases from Watersheds, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystem Health
Dalai, Ajay, Canada Research Chair and Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Renewable Energy; Heavy Oil and Gas Processing; Catalytic Reaction Engineering
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Davison, Bruce, Research Scientist, Environment Canada
Hydro Meteorological Modelling, Including Incorporating Physical or Statistical Processes into
Models; Operationalization of Modelling Tools; Incorporating Software Engineering Tools into
Model Development; Models for Decision Making
de Boer, Dirk, Professor, Geography and Planning
Drainage Basin; Suspended Sediment; Fluvial Geomorphology; Soil Erosion
Doig, Lorne, Research Scientist, Toxicology Centre
Bioavailability and Toxicity of Metals, Including Nanomaterials, In Surface Waters and Sediments;
Deriving Environmental Quality Criteria (Water, Sediment, And Tissue-Based); Aquatic
Ecotoxicology; Aquatic Paleoecotoxicology
Elliott, Jane, Research Scientist, Environment Canada
Soil Processes; Soil-Water Interactions and Agrochemical Leaching; Impacts of Management
Practices on Water Transport of Nutrients and Contaminants
Elshorbagy, Amin, Professor, Civil, geological and Environmental Engineering
Water Resources Engineering: Hydroinformatics - Mechanistic & Data-Driven Watershed
Modeling, Soft-Computing Techniques; Multicriterion Decision Analysis, System Dynamics
Evans, Marlene, Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor, Environment and Climate Change
Canada and Department of Biology
Mercury; Lake Acidification; Organic Contaminants; Fish; Nitrogen
Famiglietti, James (Jay), Executive Director GIWS, Professor and Canada 150 Research Chair in
Hydrology and Remote Sensing, School of Environment and Sustainability, Geography and
Planning
Hydrology; Freshwater; Groundwater; Water Availability; Water Security; Water Management;
Water Policy; Food Security; Transboundary Water; Remote Sensing; Satellites; Computer
Models
Ferguson, Grant, Associate Professor, Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering
Hydrogeology; Geothermal Energy; Climate Change
Fonstad, Terry, Associate Professor, Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering
Ion Exchange, Groundwater, Livestock, Waste, Nutrients, Mass Mortalities
Fulton, Murray, Professor and Graduate Chair, Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy
Economics of Biotechnology; Policy Analysis of Corruption; Performance of Co-Operatives
Giesy, John, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology, Veterinary
Biomedical Sciences
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Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Aquatic Toxicology; Environmental Analytical Chemistry of Organic
Compounds; Environmental Chemistry (Fates of Trace Substances in Aquatic Ecosystems)
Gober, Patricia, Professor Emeritus, Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy
Water Policy; Sustainability Science; Decision Making Under Uncertainty; Urban Systems; Human
Migration and Population Geography; Science-Policy Interface and Stakeholder Engagement;
Applied Climatology
Gray, Richard, Professor, Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics
Agricultural Trade; Agricultural Marketing; Environmental Economics
Hania, Patricia, Assistant Professor, College of Law
Legal Water Governance Models in Canada
Hassanzadeh, Elmira, Assistant Professor, Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering,
Polytechnique Montreal
Integrated Water Resource Modeling and Management; Climate change Impact Assessment;
Decision Making Under Uncertainty; Environmental Analysis; Sustainable Development; Cold
Region Hydrology; System Dynamics; Evolutionary Algorithms
Hecker, Markus, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Predictive Aquatic
Ecotoxicology
Investigation of Biological Effects of Environmental Stressors; Environmental Risk Assessment;
Development and Application of Bioanalytical Techniques to Assess Environmental Pollution;
Aquatic Ecology/Fish Biology
Helgason, Warren, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Processes; Energy and Mass Transport in the Soil-Plant-Atmosphere
Continuum; Irrigation
Hendry, Jim, Professor and NSERC-Cameco Industrial Research Chair, Geological Sciences
Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry of Contaminants in Uranium Tailings; Character-
ization of Biogeochemical Reaction Rates in Vadose Zones; Fate and Transport of Solutes in
Aquitards; Sorption Controls on the Transport of Bacteria in Saturated Porous Media; Reactive
Barrier Technologies
Hill, Harvey, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Economics; Climate Decision Support and Adaptation
Hobson, Keith, Research Scientist, Environment Canada
Conservation and Management of Boreal Forest Birds and Other Wildlife; Conservation and
Management of Waterbirds with Particular Emphasis on the Interactions Between Fish-Eating
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Birds and Commercial and Sport Fisheries; Use of Stable Isotopes to Track the Source and Fate of
Environmental Contaminants in Terrestrial and Marine Systems
Hogan, Natacha, Assistant Professor, Animal and Poultry Science
Aquatic Toxicology; Sources and Fate of Aquatic Contaminants; Aquatic Animal Health;
Agricultural Intensity and Water Quality
Howard, Allan, Manager, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Adaptation Techniques for Drought and Conditions of Extreme Wetness; Best Practices for
Monitoring Soil Moisture; Models for Assessing Drought and for Forecasting Regional Scale Crop
Yield; Develop Systems for Accessing Local and Regional Scale Information on Climate Impacts
Hudson, Jeff, Professor, Biology
Biogeochemical Cycles in Aquatic Ecosystems; Effects of Food Web Structure, Ultraviolet
Radiation, Climate Change and Biodiversity on Elemental Cycling and Energy Flow
Ireson, Andrew, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Climate Change and Water Security; Land-Water Management and Environmental Change;
Sustainable Development of Natural Resources
Janz, David, Professor, Veterinary Biomedical Sciences
Climate Change and Water Security; Land-Water Management and Environmental Change
Jardine, Tim, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Freshwater Food Webs; Applications of Stable Isotope Analysis in Ecology; Tropical Floodplain
Hydrology and Ecology; Contaminant Biomagnification in Aquatic Ecosystems; Sources and Fate
of Trace Metals; Fish Migration; Land-Water and River-Ocean Connectivity
Johnstone, Jill, Associate Professor, Biology
Climate Change, Boreal Ecology and Water Security
Jones, Paul, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Land-water management and environmental change; Naphthenic Acid
Kahan, Tara, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Water Quality, Aquatic Chemistry, Snow and Polar Chemistry, Organic Pollutants and
Photochemistry Oxidation.
Kells, Jim, Professor, Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering
Hydraulic Structures; Use of Rock in Hydraulic Engineering; Scour Processes in Cohesionless
Materials; Water Quality of Stormwater Runoff; Ecologically Engineered Systems
Kinar, Nicholas, Assistant Director, Smart Water Systems Laboratory
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Electronic Circuits; Mathematical Modelling; Intelligent Sensors; Near-surface Remote Sensing;
Signal Processing; Embedded Systems
Laroque, Colin, Professor, College of Agriculture and Bioresource
Climate Change; Boreal Ecosystems; Dendrochronology; Dendrochemistry; Dendrohydrology
Li, Yanping, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Regional Climate Modelling; Mesoscale Dynamics; Boundary Layer Meteorology; Air-Sea
Interaction
Liber, Karsten, Professor and Director, Toxicology Centre
Bioavailability and Toxicity of Metals, Including Nanomaterials, In Surface Waters and Sediments;
Deriving Environmental Quality Criteria (Water, Sediment, And Tissue-Based); Aquatic
Ecotoxicology; Aquatic Paleoecotoxicology
Lindenschmidt, Karl-Eric, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Surface Water Quality Modelling; River Ice Processes; Climate Change and River Morphology;
Flood and Flood Risk Management
Lindsay, Matt, Associate Professor and NSERC/Syncrude Industrial Research Chair in Mine
Closure Geochemistry, Geological Sciences
Groundwater; Biogeochemistry; Mining Management and Reclamation
Lloyd-Smith, Patrick, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Water Resource Economics; Non-Market Valuation; Recreational Demand Modelling; Consumer
Decision-Making; Ecosystem Services; Hydro-Economic Modelling
Loring, Philip, Associate Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Rural Water Systems, Climate Change, Food-Water-Energy Nexus, Environmental Health,
Cumulative Effects, Adaptive Capacity
Loukili, Youssef, Research Scientist, Global Water Futures
Water Models; Data Assimilation; Parameter Identification; Hydrometeorology; Forecasting;
Weather Forcing Data; Land Surface Schemes; Surface Water; Watershed Hydrology; Hydraulics;
Groundwater; Pollutant Transport; Protection Perimeters
Marsh, Phil, Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Water, Wilfrid Laurier University
Hydrologic Processes and Modelling of Snowmelt and Rainfall Runoff In Cold Environments;
Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources of The Canadian Arctic
Martz, Lawrence, Professor and Vice-Dean Faculty Relations, Arts & Science
Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport; Impacts of Climate Change on Water Use in the South
Saskatchewan River Basin
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McDonnell, Jeffrey, Professor and Associate Director, Global Institute for Water Security
Watershed Hydrology; Runoff Processes; Modelling, Isotope hydrology
McKenzie, Marcia, Professor and Director, Sustainability Education Research Institute
Socio-hydrology, Environment and Sustainability
McMartin, Dena, Professor, Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering
McPhedran, Kerry, Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering
Municipal Wastewater, Partitioning to Organic Matter, Stormwater Runoff, Recreational Water
Quality
Meda, Venkatesh, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Water Treatment System Design and Development
Morrissey, Christy, Assistant Professor, Biology
Ecotoxicology; Water Pollution; River and Wetland Ecology; Freshwater Biology; Avian and
Aquatic Ecotoxicology
Nazemi, Ali, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University
Hydrology; Water Security and Climate Change; Coupled Human-Water Systems; Mathematical
Modelling and Algorithm Development
Noble, Bram, Professor, Geography and Planning
Environmental Impact Assessment; Cumulative Effects Assessment; Strategic Environmental
Assessment; Environmental Planning and Management; Environmental Decision Making
Papalexiou, Micheal Simon, Assistant Professor, Civil, Geological & Environmental Engineering
Stochastic Modelling of Hydroclimatic Processes; Statistics of Extremes; Climate Change
Diagnostics; Hydroclimatic Variability; Big-Data Analysis
Patrick, Robert, Professor and Chair of Regional & Urban Planning Program, Geography &
Planning
Water Policy and Governance; Watershed Planning and Management; Source Water Protection;
Integrated Water Resource Management; First Nations Access to Safe Drinking Water; Regional
Planning; Urban Water Issues
Pennock, Daniel, Professor Emeritus, Soil Science
Landscape-Scale Soil Processes and the Spatial Pattern of Soil Properties
Pickering, Ingrid, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Molecular Environmental Science
Development of New Synchrotron Radiation Techniques; Metals and Metalloids Transformation
in the Environment; Identification of Toxicologically Significant Compounds in Vivo
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Pomeroy, John, Director, Global Water Futures and Canada Research Chair in Water Resources
and Climate Change, Distinguished Professor, Geography and Planning
Hydrological Processes and Modelling in Mountain, Prairie and Arctic Environments; Climate
Change, Hydrology and Water Resources; Snow Chemistry and Ecology; Droughts in the Canadian
Prairies; Cold Regions Hydrometeorological Modelling and Surface-Atmosphere Feedbacks
Razavi, Saman, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Environmental and Water Resources Systems Planning and Management; Hydrologic and
Groundwater Models Development and Calibration; Single- and Multi-Objective Optimization
and Uncertainty Analysis; Climate Change and Impacts on Hydrology and Water Resources;
Reconstruction of Paleo-hydrology – Implications for Climate Change Analysis; Short-term and
Long-term Rainfall and runoff forecasting; Surrogate Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, and
Machine Learning
Reed, Maureen, Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Environmental Governance; Sustainability of Rural Communities; Feminist and Gender-based
Analysis; Social Resilience; Political Ecology; Forestry; Model Forests; Biosphere Reserves;
National Parks
Sagin, Jay, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Applications of Earth Observation Satellites (EOS); Geographic Information System (GIS),
Integrated Surface and Groundwater Modeling
Schuster-Wallace, Corinne, Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
Climate Change; Couple Systems Approach; Rural, Remote, Marginalized Communities; Water-
Health
Shook, Kevin, Research Scientist and SGI Canada Research Fellow, Geography and Planning
Snowmelt Modelling; Fractal Analysis of Hydrological Phenomena; Flood Modelling and Extreme
Events Analysis
Si, Bing, Professor, Soil Science
Understand the Mechanisms of Soil Water Dynamics and Thermal Regimes in Non-Level
Landscapes—At The Pedon, Hillslope (Catchment) And Landscape Scale
Soltan, Jafar, Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Emerging Pollutants in Water; Ozone in Water Treatment; Catalytic Ozonation in Water
Treatment; Advanced Oxidation; Industrial Wastewater Treatment; Environmental Catalysis
Spence, Christopher, Research Scientist, Environment Canada
Hydrology and Hydrometeorology of Canada's Cold Regions, Especially The Subarctic Canadian
Shield; Hydrological Processes in The Prairie Pothole Region of Saskatchewan
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Spiteri, Raymond, Professor, Computer Science
Numerical Analysis; Scientific Computing; High-Performance Computing; Scientific Software;
Optimization; Efficient Time-Stepping Methods for Differential Equations; Problem-Solving
Software Environments; Global Optimization; Simulation of Physical Systems
St-Maurice, Jean-Pierre, Canada Research Chair in Environmental Sciences, Arts and Science
Atmospheric Electricity; Space Weather; Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Atmospheric Evolution;
Climate Change
Strickert, Graham, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Social-Systems Scientist Specializing in Hazards, with an Interest in How Human Behaviors
Influence the Environment Around Us, Especially in Light of Extreme Environmental Events.
van der Kamp, Garth, Research Scientist, Global Institute for Water Security
Impacts of Climate Changes and Land-Use Changes On Prairie Wetlands and Lakes; Evaluation of
Groundwater Availability and Sustainability; Impacts of Groundwater Withdrawals on Aquatic
Ecosystems; Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport in Low-Permeability Formations; Study of
The Hydrology of Peatlands
van Rees, Ken, Professor, Soil Science
Agroforestry and Biomass Energy Systems and Their Impacts On Soils
Westbrook, Cherie, Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
Wetland Ecohydrology; Effect of Beavers and Humans on Pathways Between Surface and Ground
Waters; Transport of Water and Nutrients from Wetlands and Riparian Areas
Wheater, Howard, Professor Emeritus, Founding Director of GIWS, Canada Excellence Research
Chair Laureate in Water Security
Hydrological Processes and Modelling, with Applications to the Management of Flood Risk, Water
Resources, Water Quality, Wastes and Climate Change Adaptation
Wheaton, Elaine, Senior Research Scientist, Saskatchewan Research Council
Climatology; Climate Impacts and Adaptation; Climate Change; Hazards Climatology
Whitfield, Colin, Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
Atmospheric Pollution, Hydrochemistry, Catchment Modelling, Hydrology, Biogeochemistry
Wilson, Lee, Associate Professor, Chemistry
Water, Solution Chemistry, Hydration Phenomena, Polymers, Biomaterials, Membranes, Porous
Materials, Colloids & Surfactants, Materials & Environmental Science, and Chemical Separations
Wittrock, Virginia, Research Scientist, Saskatchewan Research Council
Climatology; Climate Impacts and Adaptation; Climate Change; Hazards Climatology
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Yang, Daqing, Research Scientist, Environment Canada
Global Water Resources and Availability; Climate Change; Extreme Hydrological Events; Human
Impact on Water Systems; Arid and Cold Region Hydrology
Zhao, Ying, Visiting Fellow, College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Ludong
University
Frozen Soil Hydrological Processes, Parameterization, and Modelling; Coupled Soil Water and
Heat Movement in Grassland Ecology; Climate Change and Land Use Change Evaluation; Spatial
Statistics, Geostatistical Analysis of Soil Pedology and Pedometrics; Spatial Model Building and
Soil-Landscape Scaling Analysis; Transport of Water, Nutrients, Chemicals, and Pollutants
Through Soil
Associate Members: Individuals who are making a significant contribution to water related
research or who are providing support for water research activities in areas relevant to GIWS.
This may include, but is not limited to USask research staff (e.g. Research Associates, Research
Assistants, Research officers or Postdoctoral fellows); Research staff from recognized national or
international research institutions who are affiliated with a member of the Institute; and
Professional affiliates – professional individuals who may not hold a PhD, but who can serve on
graduate student advisory committees and/or teach graduate courses.
Abbasi, Soroush, Data Scientist, Environment Canada
Ali, Melkamu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Subsurface Flow Modelling at Hillslope and Catchment Scales; Solute Transport Modelling for
Environmental Risk Assessment
Alimezelli, Hubert Tote, Postdoctoral Fellow, Integrated Training Program in Infectious Diseases,
Food Safety and Public Policy
Water Quality, Water Safety, Water Security, and Health Implications in First Nation Communities
in Saskatchewan and the Yukon
Anis, Muhammad Rehan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Climate Change Impact, Distributed Hydrological Modelling, Statistical Downscaling,
Disaggregation of Climate Variables, Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis
Appels, Willemijn, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Vadose Zone; Groundwater; Infiltration; Recharge; Solute Transport
Asong, Zilefac Elvis, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Hydro-climatology; Climate Change; Downscaling; Hydro-meteorological Extremes; Stochastic
Modelling; Streamflow Simulation
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Bahremand, Abdolreza, Associate Professor, Watershed Management Department, Gorgan
University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
Physics/Process Based Distributed Hydrological Modelling; Flood Simulation
Carr, Meghan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute of Water Security
River Ecology; Fluvial Geomorphology; Sediment & Contaminant Transport; In-Stream Flow
Needs; Fish Habitat
Cavaliere, Emily, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability
Chu, Yin, Visiting Scholar, Civil and Geological Engineering
Watershed Modeling; Water Quality; Hydrology; Forest Watershed; Water Pollution Control
Chun, Kwok Pan, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University
Hydrology; Statistics; Climate Change
Do, Nhu Cuong, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute of Water Security
Water Resources Management; Water Distribution Systems; Uncertainty; Sensitivity Analysis;
Optimization; Stochastic Models
Davison, Bruce, Hydrologist, Environment Canada
Hydro-meteorological Modelling, Incorporating Physical or Statistical Processes into Models,
Operationalization of Modelling Tools, Incorporating Software Engineering Tools into Model
Development, and Models Used for Decision Making
Diodato, Nazzareno, Fellow Geoscientist, HyMex, Hydrological Mediterranean Experiment, Met
European Research Observatory
Climate; Hydrology; Water resources; GIS; Geostatistics; Modelling
Elshamy, Mohamed, Research Associate, Global Institute for Water Security
Climate Change, Satellite Hydrology, Water Resources Modelling, Flood Forecasting, Down-
scaling, Land Surface Schemes
Fayad, Abbas, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Ghanbarpour, Reza, Research Fellow, Alberta Environment
Flood-Risk Modelling, Watershed Hydrology, Decision Analysis, Optimization
Gharari, Shervan, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability
How Information is Translated into The Model Via Assumptions On Model Structure, Model
Parameterization and Model Parameters.
Gooding, Raea, Outreach Coordinator, College of Agriculture and Bioresources
Agriculture; Wildlife; Community Engagement; Stewardship; Conservation; Outreach
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Karoyo, Abdalla, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Science,
University of Saskatchewan
Environmental Remediation; Water-Treatment; Materials Science; Structure and function of
Biopolymers
Haghnegahdar, Amin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security, and Program
Manager for IMPC-GWF-CFREF
Land Surface-Hydrological Modeling, Model Sensitivity and Uncertainty Assessment, Model
Calibration/Validation
Harder, Phillip, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology
Cold-Region Hydrology; Agriculture; Snow; Land-Atmosphere Interactions; Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles
He, Zhihua, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Hydrological Modelling; Snow and Ice Melt Runoff; Remote Sensing; Uncertainty Analysis
Hosseini, Nasim, Research Associate, Global Institute for Water Security
Water Quality Modelling of Surface Water, Model Calibration, Model Validation, And Sensitivity
Analysis
Janzen, Kim, Research Associate, Global Institute for Water Security
Analysis and Post Processing of Stable Isotope Data
Kehoe, Michael, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability
Water Quality; Ecological Modeling; Toxic Cyanobacteria Blooms; Monitoring; Data Mining
Keim, Dawn, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security Recharge Processes
Hydrogeology; Unsaturated Flow Processes; Contaminant Transport
Knoben, Wouter, Postdoctoral Fellow, Coldwater Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan
Krogh, Sebastian, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Nevada, Reno
Understanding and Predicting the Effect of Forest Thinning on Snow Accumulation and Melt, And
Its Feedbacks with Trees Growth in The Northern Sierra Nevada, California, USA.
Leroux, Nicolas, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology
Improving The Understanding and Modelling of Heat and Mass Flow Through Snow at Different
Scales
Li, Lintao, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Convection-Permitting WRF Simulations; Hydrological Extremes; Water Cycle; Moisture Source
Tracing; Climate Prediction
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Li, Zhaoqin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Remote Sensing; Geographic Information Science; Water-Ecosystem-Agriculture-Climate Nexus;
Spatial Modelling; Natural Resource Management
Li, Zhi, Professor, Northwest A&F University, China
Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Streamflow, Weather Generator, Groundwater
Recharge, Isotope Hydrology
Liu, Jian, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability
Agricultural Water Quality; Beneficial Management Practices; Nutrient Management; Watershed
Management
Mahaninia, Mohammad, Research Assistant, Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of
Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
Water Purification; Adsorption Process; Phosphate/Arsenate Removal; Polymer Modification;
Biomass Treatment
Mahmood, Taufique, Assistant Professor, University of North Dakota
Hydrology; Water Quality; Remote Sensing
Mamet, Steven, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology
Effect of Climate and Environmental Change on Tree Line Dynamic
Manandhar, Sujata, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of
Saskatchewan
Community-Based and Integrated Water Management; Water Poverty; Indigenous Knowledge
Integration in Water Management; Water Education; Climate Change Adaptation
Mantyka-Pringle, Chrystal, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment and Sustainability
Conservation Planning; Biodiversity; Land-Use Change; Climate Change; Environmental Decision-
Making; Prioritization; Water Management
Morales Marin, Luis Alejandro, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
River Water-Quality; Hydrological Modelling; Lake Hydrodynamics; Transport of Solutes in River
Catchments
Mekonnen, Balew, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
Prairie Hydrology; Watershed Modelling; Wetland Dynamics; Climate Change; Land Use Change
Mohamed, Mohamed, Research Associate, Department of Chemistry
Oil Sands Process Water Remediation, Sequestration of Agrochemicals from Environmental
Waters, Removal of Organic Pollutants from Aqueous Media
Musselman, Keith, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
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Hydrology; Water Resources; Snow; Hydrometeorology
Nachshon, Uri, Research Scientist, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev, Isreal
Hydrology, Vadose Zone, Salinization, Land-Atmosphere Interaction, Salt Dynamics, Evaporation
North, Rebecca, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri
Eutrophication Issues; Phytoplankton Physiology and Ecology; Land Use Practices and Nutrient
Bioavailability; Nutrient Limitation of Algae; Aquatic Biogeochemistry
Ohiozebau, Ehimai, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Ecotoxicology, Aquatic Pollutants, Fish Health, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, Analytical
Techniques, Pollution Indicators
Pan, Xicai, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Hydrology; Cryosphere; Climate; Soil physics; Hydro-geophysics
Pedinotti, Venessa, Postdoctoral Fellows, Global Institute for Water Security
Using Modelling to Better Understand the Large Scale Interactions Between the Multiple
Components of the Water Cycle
Pernica, Patricia, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Lake-Atmosphere Interaction; Physical Limnology; Modelling; Mixing Dynamics
Raja, Bharath, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Engineering, University of Saskatchewan
Assess Impacts of Climate Variability on Water-Related Ecosystem Functions
Rasouli, Kabir, Research Physical Scientist, Environment Canada
Richard, Dominique, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
Providing Accurate Streamflow and Lake Level Forecasts for The Yukon River; Capturing The
Physical Properties of the Watershed and The Processes That Dominate
Rodriguez-Prado, Arcadio, Adjunct Professor, Chemical Engineering
Conducting Hydrological Models Using MESH, Model Streamflow and Water Level for
Hydrological Basins in Canada and Other Countries; Wastewater Treatment Design, Feasibility
and Modelling, Using Conventional and Non-Conventional Technologies
Rokaya, Prabin, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Watershed Modelling, GIS and Remote Sensing, River Ice Processes, and Flood Risk Assessment
and Mapping
Ryan, Christopher, Senior Research Scientist, Environment Canada and Tundra Energy Marketing
Limited
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Environmental Forensics; Athabasca Oils Sands; Synchrotron Radiation; Absorption Spectro-
scopy; Naphthenic Acids; Petroleum Coke; Mine Drainage; Industrial Effluent
Tang, Guoqiang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Tesemma, Zelalem, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
Data Assimilation; Watershed Hydrology; Watershed and River Modelling; Climate and Land Use
Change
Wayand, Nicholas, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Hydrology, Department of Geography and
Planning
Vetting and Diagnosing Current Issues in Model Representation of Critical Snowpack Processes
that Impact the Hydrology of Canada
Woldegiorgis, Befekadu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Wong, Jeff, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Development of Large-Scale Hydrological Models
Xu, Li, Postdoctoral Fellow, Global Institute for Water Security
Complex Systems Analysis with Specific Focus on Socio-Hydrology and Social-Ecological Systems
of Rivers and Lakes; Sustainability and Resilience Sciences and their Integration; Risk Assessment
and Management in Response to Natural Disasters; and Science-Policy Interface in Environ-
mental Contexts
Yeteman, Omer, Lecturer, Environmental Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Eco-hydrology; Geomorphology; Vegetation dynamics; Landscape evolution
Student Members: Students registered at a postsecondary institution who are engaged in water-
related research activities, and who are under the supervision or co-supervision of a GIWS
member, or any graduate or undergraduate student registered at the University of
Saskatchewan.
Glossary: MSc – Master of Science; PhD – Doctor of Philosophy; MSEM – Master in Sustainable Environmental
Management; MWS – Master of Water Security; MPP – Master of Public Policy; MES – Master of Environment and
Sustainability; MPH – Master of Public health; MPA – Master of Public Administration; SENS – School of Environment
and Sustainability; JSGS – Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy; SPH – School of Public Health
Name College/ School Supervisor Degree
Abdelhamed, Mohamed Civil Engineering PhD
Abirhire, Oghenemise Biology J. Hudson Masters
Abu, Razak SENS M. Reed PhD
Adesokan, Adedoyinsola SENS MSEM
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Aghbolaghy, Mostafa Chemical & Biological
Engineering
J. Soltan PhD
Ahmed, Hafiz Chemical & Biological
Engineering
W. Helgason MSc
Akomeah, Eric SENS K. Lindenschmidt PhD
Aksamit, Nikolas Centre for Hydrology J. Pomeroy PhD
Alam, Shahabul Civil & Geological Engineering A. Elshorbagy MSc
Amin, Mahmud Rashedul Civil & Geological Engineering K. Mazurek MSc
Amos, Mike Civil & Geological Engineering L. Barbour
Anderson, Emily Geography & Planning J. Pomeroy MSc
Annand, Holly Geography & Planning J. Pomeroy PhD
Armstrong, James Biology N. Chilton MSc
Armstrong, Maria Geography & Planning H. Baulch MSc
Aubry-Wake, Caroline Geography & Planning J. Pomeroy PhD
Awume, Bennet SENS MSEM
Baer, Thomas Civil & Geological Engineering L. Barbour MSc
Bagatim, Tabata SENS M. Hecker MSc
Baijius, Warrick Geography & Planning R. Patrick MA
Bam, Edward SENS A. Ireson PhD
Beitel, Shawn Toxicology P. Jones MSc
Bell, Kaitlyn SENS MWS
Berry, Pamela SENS K. Lindenschmidt MES
Bertoncini, Andre Geography & Planning PhD
Bihun, Samantha Arts & Science – Biology Undergraduate
Boyer, Lisa SENS H. Baulch MSc
Brockman, Keenan SENS MWS
Brown, Robin Soil Sc. A. Bedard-
Haughn
MSc
Brown, Robyn Arts & Science – Biology Undergraduate
Bruce, Kristin JSGS – Public Policy P. Gober MPP
Buchanan, Astri SENS M. Reed MES
Budhathoki, Sujata SENS A. Ireson MES
Burke, Amanda SENS H. Wheater MES
Burlock, David Arts & Science – Biology Undergraduate
Chowdhury, Rocky Civil & Geological Engineering K. Mazurek MSc
Coccola, Carley SENS MWS
D’Silva, Lawrence Toxicology K. Liber MSc
Das, Apurba SENS K. Lindenschmidt MES
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David, Cody Soil Science W. Helgason MSc
Dehabadi, Leila Chemistry L. Wilson PhD
DeMars, Shelby Civil & Geological Engineering A. Ireson MSc
Demuth, Brandon Biology D. Chivers PhD
de Toledo, Mauro
Bevilacqua
SENS PhD
Dobrovolskaya,
Yekaterina
SENS B. Si MES
Dompierre, Kathryn Civil & Geological Engineering PhD
Dudiak, Scott Arts & Science – Biology Undergraduate
Dylla, Nicholas SENS H. Baulch PhD
Eamen, Leila SENS S. Razavi PhD
Elliott, Carlie SENS H. Baulch/C.
Whitfield
MES
Erratt, Kevin SENS PhD
Evaristo, Jaivime SENS J. McDonnell PhD
Fendereski, Forough SENS PhD
Ferdous, Jannatul Chemical & Bio-Engineering W. Helgason PhD
Flemke, Jason SENS MSc
Ford, Lorelei SENS L. Bharadwaj MES
Gabrielli, Chris SENS PhD
Galuschik, Noel SENS MES
Garvey, Phillip Soil Science S. Siciliano PhD
Ghoreishi, Seyed M. SENS PhD
Gibb, Josh SENS K. Mazurek PhD
Gibson, Randie SPH MPH
Gillio Meina, Esteban Toxicology Centre K. Liber PhD
Gonda, Jordan Civil & Geological Engineering A. Elshorbagy MSc
Green, Derek Toxicology Centre D. Janz MSc
Guo, Lijie Civil Engineering PhD
Guselle, John SENS MWS
Hatzel, Kayla Arts & Science – Biology Undergraduate
Head, Kerry Biology J. Hudson MSc
Helmle, Richard SENS MES
Hobbi, Salma Civil & Geological Engineering MSc
Hoenman, Greg SENS MWS
Huang, Ya SENS PhD
Imtiazy, Md Noim Biology J. Hudson MSc
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Iuliano, Devin SENS MWS
Javid, Hammad SENS K. Lindenschmidt PhD
Jellicoe, Keegan Civil & Geological Engineering MSc
Kamal, Mostofa SENS PhD
Keshavarz, Kasra SENS S. Razavi MES
Lakhanpal, Anchit Civil & Geological Engineering Elshorbagy/Razavi PhD
Lang, Zachary SENS K. Lindenschmidt MES
Leach, Nigel Environmental Engineering Undergraduate
Li, Yiwen SENS Y. Li MSc
Maangold-Doring, Annika SENS M. Brinkmann MSc
Marsh, Chris Geography & Planning J. Pomeroy PhD
McAleer, Esther SENS H. Baulch MES
McFarlan, Laura SENS MES
Mkandla, Herbert SENS MWS
Nazarbakhsh, Mahtab SENS A. Ireson PhD
Nehmey, Magali SENS J. McDonnell PhD
Newman, Kevin Geography & Planning MSc
Perra, Chris Civil & Geological Engineering G. Ferguson MSc
Phelan, Nicholas SENS MWS
Pradhananga, Dhiraj Centre for Hydrology J. Pomeroy PhD
Qin, Kaixuan Geological Sciences M. Lindsay MSc
Rabiul Hasan,
Mohammed
Electrical & Comp Eng MSc
Rahman, Rashadur Ag & Bioresource Economics P. Lloyd-Smith MSc
Raine, Taya SENS MWS
Robinchaud, Hailey Geography & Planning MSc
Safaei, Sahar SENS S. Razavi MSc
Scaff, Lucia SENS Y. Li PhD
Sen, Pritam Mechanical Engineering BE
Sheikholeslami, Razi SENS S. Razavi PhD
Sopan, Kurkute SENS PhD
Staines, Cob Geography & Planning J. Pomeroy MSc
Terry, Julie SENS H. Baulch/ K.
Lindenschmidt
PhD
Thapa, Anuja SENS G. Strickert MES
Tipman, James Civil & Geological Engineering L. Barbour MSc
Van Hoy, Diane Civil & Geological Engineering G. Ferguson PhD
Wan, Lixuan Electrical & Comp Eng Undergraduate
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Wang, Binben Computer Science MSc
Wauchope-Thompson,
Michelle
SENS H. Baulch PhD
Zaghloul, Mohanad Civil Engineering PhD
Zhang, Fan SENS K. Lindenschmidt PhD
Zhang, Zhe SENS MES
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APPENDIX B – GIWS Core Faculty, Staff and Highly Qualified Personnel
2018-2019 The following table provides information on GIWS employees and students funded during the
period of 2018-19. A total of 190 personnel were funded during this period, including 17 GIWS
faculty members, 19 administrative staff, 31 technical support team members, 22 postdoctoral
fellows, 47 doctoral students, and 55 masters’ students.
Name Title/Area Supervisor/Unit
Core Faculty
Baulch, Helen Associate Professor SENS
Brinkmann, Markus Assistant Professor SENS/ Toxicology
Clark, Martyn Professor and Associate Director
Centre for Hydrology
Arts & Science
Famiglietti, James Professor and Executive Director
GIWS
SENS/ Arts & Science
Ferguson, Grant Associate Professor Engineering
Ireson, Andrew Associate Professor SENS/ Engineering
Li, Yanping Assistant Professor SENS/ Arts & Science
Lindenschmidt, Karl-Erich Associate Professor SENS
Lloyd-Smith, Patrick Assistant Professor Agriculture & Bioresources
Martz, Lawrence Emeritus Professor Arts & Science
McDonnell, Jeffrey Professor and Associate Director
GIWS
SENS
Papalexiou, Simon Assistant Professor Engineering
Pomeroy, John Professor and Director GWF Arts & Science
Razavi, Saman Assistant Professor SENS/ Engineering
Schuster-Wallace, Corinne Associate Professor Arts & Science
Wheater, Howard Emeritus Professor and CERC
Laureate
SENS/ Engineering
Whitfield, Colin Assistant Professor SENS
Administrative Staff
Adapa, Phani Assistant Director J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Becker, Jordan Financial Officer J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Braatan, Morgan Outreach Coordinator J. Pomeroy
DeBeer, Chris GWF Science Manager J. Pomeroy
Dumanski, Stacey Outreach Coordinator
(on mat. leave)
J. Pomeroy
Ferguson, Mark Communications Specialist J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
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Martel-Andre, Michelle Executive Assistant J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
McDonnell, Veva Business Development Officer - 0.6
FTE
J. Famiglietti
McShane, Kelly Director of Finance J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Merrill, Stephanie Knowledge Mobilization Specialist J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Moradi, Laleh Research Data Analyst J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
O’hearn, Stephen IT Data Manager J. Pomeroy
Olauson, Sherry Clerical Assistant J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Onclin, Joni Executive Assistant J. Pomeroy
Peterson, Amber Data Manager J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Palash, Sanyal Strategic Partnership Specialist J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Piercy, Jolana Research Administrative Assistant J. Pomeroy
Witow, Jesse Digital Services Coordinator J. Famiglietti/ J. Pomeroy
Zdravkovic, Branko Data Manager J. Pomeroy/ H. Wheater
Technical Support
Bahremand, Abdolreza Research Professional Staff S. Razavi
Baron, Anthony Research Assistant C. Whitfield
Brannen, Rosa Field Technician A. Ireson
Carlson, Hayley Research Administrative Staff S. Razavi
Costa, Diogo Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Dyck, Lauren Research Assistant C. Whitfield
Elshamy, Mohamed Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Haghnegahdar, Amin IMPC Program Manager S. Razavi
Heavens, Robin Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Hosseini, Nasim Research Associate H. Wheater
Janzen, Kim Isotope Technician J. McDonnell
Karran, Dan Research Assistant C. Whitfield
Kehoe, Michael Research Associate H. Baulch
Kinar, Nicholas Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Kurian, Riya Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Langs, Lindsey Highly Qualified Personnel J. Pomeroy
Li, Zhenhua Research Associate Y. Li
Lopez Moreno, Juan Ignacio Visiting Researcher J. Pomeroy
MacPherson, Stephanie Summer Student M. Brinkmann
Nugent, Katy Research Technician H. Baulch
Peterson, Amber Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Pratt, Dyan Research Technician J. McDonnell
Ross, Amber Field Technician A. Ireson
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Shook, Kevin Research Scientist J. Pomeroy
Slaughter, Andrew Research Professional Staff S. Razavi
Stephanie Research Assistant C. Whitfield
Tozatti, Patricia Highly Qualified Personnel J. Pomeroy
Wallace, Alistair Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Wolfe, Jared Research Professional Staff C. Whitfield
Zdravkovic, Branko Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Zhao, Dong Scientific & Technical Staff J. Pomeroy
Postdoctoral Fellows
Asong, Elvis Postdoctoral Fellow S. Razavi/ J. Pomeroy
Befekadu, Tadesse Postdoctoral Fellow H. Baulch
Carr, Meghan Postdoctoral Fellow K. Lindenschmidt
Cuong Do, Nhu Postdoctoral Fellow S. Razavi
Fayad, Abbas Postdoctoral Fellow J. Pomeroy
Gaj, Marcel Postdoctoral Fellow J. McDonnell
Gharari, Shervan Postdoctoral Fellow S. Razavi/ J. Pomeroy
He, Zhihua Postdoctoral Fellow J. Pomeroy
Huo, Fei Postdoctoral Fellow Y. Li
Jameel, Y Postdoctoral Fellow J. McDonnell
Li, Lintao Postdoctoral Fellow Y. Li
Li, Xu Postdoctoral Fellow J. Famiglietti
Li, Zhaoqin Postdoctoral Fellow K. Lindenschmidt
Liu, Jian Postdoctoral Fellow H. Baulch/ J. Elliott
Mekonnen, Balew Postdoctoral Fellow J. Pomeroy
Morales Marin, Luis Postdoctoral Fellow K. Lindenschmidt
Pratt, Dyan Postdoctoral Fellow J. McDonnell
Rajulapati, Chandra Postdoctoral Fellow SM. Papalexiou/ J.
Pomeroy
Richard, Dominque Postdoctoral Fellow J. Pomeroy
Rodriguez, Nicolas Postdoctoral Fellow J. McDonnell
Tesemma, Zelalem Postdoctoral Fellow J. Pomeroy
Wong, Jeff Postdoctoral Fellow S. Razavi/ X. Zhang/ B.
Bonsal
Graduate Students
Abdelhamed, Mohamed Doctoral Student S. Razavi/ H. Wheater
Agyeman, Richard Doctoral Student Y. Li
Ahmadian, Mehdi Doctoral Student S. Razavi
Akomeah, Eric Doctoral Student K. Lindenschmidt
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Annand, Holly Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Aubry-Wake, Caroline Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Bertoncini, André Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Cavaliere, Emily Doctoral Student H. Baulch
Das, Apurba Doctoral Student K. Lindenschmidt
de Toledo, Mauro Doctoral Student H. Baulch
Eamen, Leila Doctoral Student S. Razavi/ R. Brouwer
Ghoreishi, Mohammad Doctoral Student S. Razavi/ A. Elshorbagy
Giering, Yohann Videla Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Huang, Ya Doctoral Student Y. Li
Hwang, Yunsung Doctoral Student Y. Li
Kamal, Mostofa Doctoral Student Y. Li
Khoshnoud, Sajad Doctoral Student S. Razavi/ A. Sadodin
Kim, J. Doctoral Student G. Ferguson
Kumar, Dinesh Doctoral Student S. Razavi/ C. T. Dhanya
Kurkute, Sopan Doctoral Student Y. Li
Lawford, Peter Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Li, Lin Doctoral Student K. Lindenschmidt
Liu, Ning Doctoral Student K. Lindenschmidt/ J. Kells
Ma, Xiao Doctoral Student Y. Li
Marsh, Chris Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Marza, M. Doctoral Student G. Ferguson
Mowat, A. Doctoral Student G. Ferguson
Müller, Anne-Kathrin Doctoral Student M. Brinkmann
Nehmey, Magali Doctoral Student J. McDonnell/ C. Laroque
Peskett, L. Doctoral Student J. McDonnell/ Kate Heal
Pradhananga, Dhiraj Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Rohanizadegan, Mina Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Rokaya, Prabin Doctoral Student K. Lindenschmidt/ H.
Wheater
Salmani, Ali Doctoral Student S. Razavi/ A. Bahremand
Sanchez-Rodriguez, Ines Doctoral Student A. Ireson
Scaff, Lucia Doctoral Student Y. Li
Sharp, Rosa Doctoral Student J. Pomeroy
Sheikholeslami, S. Razi Doctoral Student S. Razavi
Steeves, J. Doctoral Student G. Ferguson
Terry, Julie Doctoral Student K. Lindenschmidt
van Hoy, Diane Doctoral Student G. Ferguson
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Wauchope, Michelle Doctoral Student H. Baulch
White, Katie Doctoral Student C. Schuster-Wallace
Yassin, Faud Doctoral Student S. Razavi/ H. Wheater
Zaghoul, Mohanad Doctoral Student SM. Papalexiou
Zhang, Fan Doctoral Student K. Lindenschmidt
Zhang, Zhe Doctoral Student Y. Li
Ajani, Sadiq Masters Student A. Ireson
Ali, Mustakim Masters Student S. Razavi/ H. Wheater
Amankwah, Seth Masters Student A. Ireson
Anjum, Zoha Masters Student C. Schuster-Wallace
Armstrong, Maria Masters Student H. Baulch
Bouslama, R. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Boyer, Lisa Masters Student H. Baulch
Brauner, Haley Masters Student A. Ireson
Callopy, Paige Masters Student H. Baulch
Chad, S. Masters Student J. McDonnell/L. Barbour
Cook, Amy Masters Student K. Lindenschmidt/A. Ireson
Dell'Orro, A. Masters Student G. Ferguson
DeMars, Shelby Masters Student A. Ireson
Döring, Annika Mangold Masters Student M. Brinkmann
Dylla, Nick Masters Student H. Baulch/ C. Whitfield
Elliott, Carlie Masters Student H. Baulch/ C. Whitfield
Elrashidy, Menna Masters Student S. Razavi/ A. Ireson
Fatai, Rahman Masters Student C. Whitfield
Ferris, D. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Flemke, Jason Masters Student Y. Li
Gizzie, Liam Masters Student C. Whitfield
Grimard, Chelsea Masters Student M. Brinkmann
Guselle Masters Student J. McDonnell
Helmle, Richard Masters Student C. Whitfield
Hergott, Amy Masters Student H. Baulch/ C. Whitfield
Hewitt, K. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Hobbi, Salma Masters Student SM. Papalexiou
Jellicoe, K. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Keshavarz, Kasra Masters Student S. Razavi
Ledoux, Anita Masters Student H. Baulch
Lucier, Kayla Masters Student C. Schuster-Wallace
Marcoleta, Luis Masters Student J. Pomeroy
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McAleer, Esther Masters Student H. Baulch
McFarlan, Laura Masters Student C. Whitfield/ A. Bedard-
Haughn
Millar, Cody Masters Student J. McDonnell
Miranda, Tyrone Masters Student A. Ireson
Nasim, Amni Masters Student P. Lloyd-Smith
Nazarbakhsh, Mahtab Masters Student A. Ireson
Noyes, C. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Ogbogboyibo, Mercy Masters Student M. Brinkmann
Perra, Chris Masters Student G. Ferguson
Phillips, D. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Popick, Hayley Masters Student M. Brinkmann
Prajapati, Saurabh Masters Student M. Brinkmann
Rashadur, Rahman Masters Student P. Lloyd-Smith
Robichaud, Hailey Masters Student J. Pomeroy
Rodriguez, Pablo Masters Student K. Lindenschmidt/ A.
Ireson
Sahrawat, Ankita Masters Student M. Brinkmann
Salama, Faisal Masters Student C. Whitfield
Sharma, Shanta Masters Student C. Whitfield
Sheth, Sarth Masters Student A. Ireson
Smith, B. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Staines, Jacob Masters Student J. Pomeroy
Steele, C. Masters Student G. Ferguson
Winters, T. Masters Student G. Ferguson
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APPENDIX C – Students and Highly Qualified Personnel The following table provides information on students and highly qualified personnel funded and
supported by GIWS members. Our members funded 139 graduate students (PhD 54 and Masters
85) during the period 2018-19. In addition, our members supported and trained 85 highly
qualified personnel, including 2 lab assistants, 23 postdoctoral fellows, 29 research assistants, 3
research associates, 2 research scientists, 14 research technicians, 6 summer students, 5 visiting
scholars and 1 field technician.
Students
Glossary: MSc – Master of Science; PhD – Doctor of Philosophy; MSEM – Master in Sustainable
Environmental Management; MWS – Master of Water Security; MPP – Master of Public Policy;
MES – Master of Environment and Sustainability; MPH – Master of Public health; MPA – Master
of Public Administration; SENS – School of Environment and Sustainability; JSGS – Johnson
Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy; SPH – School of Public Health
Student Supervisor/ Co-
Supervisor
Degree Department Subject Area
Abdolahnezhad,
M.
M. Lindsay MSc Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Abirhire, O. J. Hudson PhD Biology Phycology
Adamian, Y. J. Soltan MSc Engineering Wastewater
Adene, Philip M. Lindsay PhD Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Agbovi, Henry L. Wilson PhD Chemistry
Al Rafi, Saif K. McPhedran MSc Engineering
Alam, S. B. Lee PhD Engineering Geoenvironment
Andrews, S. C. Laroque PhD SENS Forest Policy
Ankley, Philip J. Giesy MSc Toxicology Environmental
Toxicology
April, D. D. Janz MSc Toxicology Petroleum in Fish
Armoh, M. B. Lee MSc Engineering Geoenvironment
Asadi, Mohsen K. McPhedran PhD Engineering
Avila Vinueza, R. B. Si MSc Soil Science Ecohydrology
Ayanwale, D. J. Elliott MSc Soil Science
Baijius, Warrick R. Patrick PhD Geography
Bauer, J. A. Bedard-
Haughn/W.
Helgason
MSc Agriculture Irrigation
Management
Zones
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Beadle, Joel J. Hudson MSc Biology Limnology
Bendzsak, Mike K. van Rees PhD Agriculture Nutrient Cycling
Betancur, S. M. Reed MES SENS Indigenous
knowledge
Bettman, Nathan K. McPhedran MSc Engineering
Bianchini, Kristin C. Morrissey PhD Toxicology Avian
Ecotoxicology
Bryan, Tyler C. Morrissey MSc Biology Avian Ecology
Bunmi P. Jones PhD Toxicology Herbicide Safeners
Chad, S. B. Lee MSc Engineering Geoenvironment
Charchi-Aghdam,
N
J. Soltan PhD Engineering Catalytic Oxidation
Chemali, Camille I. Creed MSc Biology
(Western
University)
Toxicity of
Prymnesium
Parvum
Cosentino, Jess C. Morrissey MSc Biology Avian Ecology
Cowell, Mattea M. Lindsay MSc Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Cupe Flores, B K. Liber MSc Toxicology Water Quality
Dallosch, Michael I. Creed MSc Biology
(Western
University)
Algal Blooms
DeBofsky, Abigail J. Giesy PhD Toxicology Environmental
Toxicology
Dolatkhah, A. L. Wilson PhD Chemistry
Dong, Haibin I. Creed MSc Geography
(Western
University)
Stream
Biogeochemistry
Dutta, N. B. Noble MSc
Ekhlasina, Ali K. McPhedran MSc Engineering Water Treatment
Elgin, Andrew C. Morrissey MSc Biology Avian Ecology
Elliott, T. M. Reed MES SENS Post-disaster
Learning
Elrafihi, M. K. McPhedran MSc Engineering
England, K. C. Westbrook MSc Geography
Erratt, Kevin I. Creed PhD SENS Phytoplankton
Fathi Til , Roya L. Wilson PhD Chemistry
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Femi-Oloye, B. J. Giesy PhD Toxicology Environmental
Toxicology
Fendereski, F. I. Creed PhD SENS Algal Blooms
Francis, D. B. Lee MSc Geological
Science
Hydro-
geochemistry
Francis, Daniel M. Lindsay MSc Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Freeman, Erika I. Creed MSc Geography
(Western
University)
Nitrogen-fixing
cyanobacteria
Garvey, Kayla L. Bradford MWS SENS Risk Management
Assessment
Gerhart, A. D. Janz MSc Toxicology Selenium in Fishes
Ghavami-Lahiji,
M.
J. Soltan PhD Engineering Catalytic
Ozonation
Gill, Kimberly M. McKenzie MEd Education Ecojustice
Education
Gillio-Meina, E. K. Liber PhD Toxicology Water Quality
Godinho, C. B. Noble MSc
Graves, S. D. Janz PhD Toxicology Selenium in Boreal
Lakes
Hamilton, Ivanna B. Si MSc Soil Science Ecohydrology
Hargis, Kristen M. McKenzie PhD SENS Climate Change
Education
Howard, Renee I. Creed MSc Biology
(Western
University)
Wetland
Restoration
Howat, B. C. Laroque MSc Soil Science Dark Brown Soil
Zone
Hunter, Kristine J. Hudson MSc Biology Limnology
Imtiazy, Noim J. Hudson PhD Biology Aquatic
Biogeochemistry
James, Ashley I. Pickering PhD Toxicology Mercury in
Zebrafish
Jeirani, Zahra J. Soltan PhD Engineering Catalytic
Ozonation
Kemp, Jaylene C. Morrissey MSEM SENS Conservation
Science
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Khaledi, K. J. Soltan MSc Engineering Nanoparticle
Loaded Sorbents
Kiss, J. A. Bedard-
Haughn
MSc Agriculture Soil Mapping
Kong, Dexu L. Wilson PhD Chemistry
Koushik, J. M. Reed PhD SENS Place and
Sustainability
Kuzyk, T. B. Lee MSc Engineering Geochemistry
Lewallen, G. C. Westbrook PhD Geography &
Planning
Li, Yanyu M. McKenzie MEd Education Climate Change
Education
Lunny, Ella C. Morrissey MSc SENS Avian
Ecotoxicology
Mahmudul Huq,
M.
J. Soltan PhD Engineering Ozonation
Catalysts
Maillet, J. C. Laroque PhD SENS Carbon Accounting
in Tree
Maina, Naomi M. McKenzie PhD SENS Sustainability
Actors in Higher Ed
Maloney, Erin C. Morrissey/K.
Liber
PhD Toxicology Aquatic
Ecotoxicology
Marzouk, M. L. Wilson PhD Chemistry
Mayrinck, R. C. Laroque PhD SENS Carbon Budget
Modeling
Mendes, M.P. K. Liber PhD Toxicology Selenium Transfer
Mendoza,
Emerita
I. Pickering PhD Geological
Science
Selenoprotein
Inhibition
Mistry, Purbasha I. Creed PhD SENS Carbon-N-P
Sequestration
Moate, Ashley T. Jardine/ MSc Toxicology Aquatic Toxicology
Mohammadiazar
, Azza
G. Strickert MES SENS Harmonizing
Water Resource
Modeling
Mont’Alvern,
Renata
T. Jardine/ MES SENS Science/Policy
Interface
Mont'Alverne, R. T. Jardine MES SENS Science/Policy
Interface
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Montalverne, R. B. Noble MES
Morrison, A. B. Noble PhD
Mowat, Aidan M. Lindsay MSc Geological
Science
Hydro-
geochemistry
Murray, Jaylene M. McKenzie PhD SENS Sustainability
Education
Nehzati, Susan I. Pickering PhD Geological
Science
Mercury Custom
Chelators
Neil, Eric B. Si PhD Soil Science Ecohydrology
Nguyen, Tuan R. Spiteri MSc Computer
Science
Nijhum, F. B. Noble MSc
Nwanekezie, K B. Noble PhD
Oldach, M. D. Janz MSc Toxicology Selenium
Oliviera, Fabiano C. Morrissey MSEM SENS Conservation
Science
Paltsev, Aleksey I. Creed PhD Biology
(Western
University)
Lakes in
Temperate Forest
Person, Z. C. Laroque MES SENS Dendrochemical
Analysis
Prestie, Kate T. Jardine MSc Toxicology Fish Biomonitoring
Qi, Peng I. Pickering PhD Biomed
Engineering
Spectral K-edge
Subtraction
Raes, K. K. Liber MSc Toxicology Selenium Transfer
Ronnquist, A. C. Westbrook MSc Geography &
Planning
Sabzevari, Mina L. Wilson MSc Chemistry
Salisu, Kabir L. Bradford MWS SENS Water Quality
Sanchez, G. M. C. Westbrook PhD Geography
Schulte, James M. Lindsay MSc Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Schultz, D. D. Janz MSc Toxicology Aquatic Pollutants
Schultz, Juliane R. Patrick MA Geography
Sealey, Landon K. van Rees MSc Agriculture Soil Compaction
Senar, Oscar I. Creed PhD Geography
(Western
University)
Soil Carbon
Mobilization
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Shahab, Minaei J. Soltan/K.
McPhedran
PhD Engineering Wastewater
Treatment
Shahariar, S. A. Bedard-
Haughn
PhD Agriculture Land Management
Practice
Shulja, Irina A. Dalai MSc Chem Eng Catalysis
Sigda, R. B. Lee MSc Engineering
Smith, L. A. Bedard-
Haughn/C.
Laroque
MSc Agriculture Land Management
Zones
Srayko, Stephen T. Jardine/ PhD Biology Aquatic Ecology
Steiger, Bernd L. Wilson MSc Chemistry
Stoll, N-L C. Westbrook MSc Geography
Streich, S. C. Westbrook MSc Geography
Summers, Kelly I. Pickering PhD Chemistry Copper in Health &
Disease
Tang, Y. B. Lee MSc Engineering Geoenvironment
Tendler, Brett P. Jones MSc Toxicology Thallium
Thapa, Anuja G. Strickert MES SENS Flooding in FN
Communities
Tipman, J. B. Lee MSc Engineering Geoenvironment
Vafakish,
Bahareh
L. Wilson PhD Chemistry
Vessey, Colton M. Lindsay MSc Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Vien, Alex P. Jones MSc Toxicology Algal Toxins
Vogt, Linda I. Pickering MSc Geological
Science
Sulfur in Crude Oil
Wade, A. K. Liber/C.
Morrissey
MSc Toxicology Wetland
Contamination
Wang, Binben R. Spiteri MSc Computer
Science
Wang, H. B. Si PhD Soil Science Ecohydrology
Weber, Alana J. Giesy MSc Toxicology Environmental
Toxicology
Weng, Monica I. Pickering MSc Geological
Science
Code for
Spectroscopy
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Were, Jason I. Creed MSc Geography
(Western
University)
Community Health
Xue, Chen L. Wilson PhD Chemistry
Yalamanchili,
Dharma
L. Bradford MPH Public Health Agent-based
Model Creation
Yashmin, Anang C. Morrissey MSEM SENS Conservation
Science
Zanjani, H. J. Soltan MSc Engineering Water Treatment
Zehavi, Ednali J. Soltan MES SENS Environmental
Processes
Zoroufchi Benis,
K.
J. Soltan/K.
McPhedran
PhD Engineering Arsenic Removal
Highly Qualified Personnel
Glossary: Postdoctoral Fellow – PDF; Visiting Scholar – VS; Research Engineer – RE; Research
Assistant – RA; Research Associate – RAsso; Research Technician – RT; Summer Student – SS;
Research Scientist – RS; Field Technician – FT
Research
Personnel
Supervisor Position Department Subject Area
Agarwal, Twinkle A. Dalai SS Chem Eng Catalysis
Alabi, Wahab L. Wilson PDF Engineering
Aldred, David I. Creed RT
Ameli, Ali I. Creed PDF Biology
(Western
University)
Hydrologic
Connectivity
of Wetlands
Amichev, B. K. van Rees Rasso Agriculture
Belcher, Kurt L. Bradford RA Arts & Science Flooding in
Reserves
Berzins, Lisha C. Morrissey PDF Biology Avian Ecology
Blondin, Richard A. Dalai RT Chem Eng Catalysis
Boakye-
Danquah, John
M. Reed PDF SENS Social
Dimensions
Bull, Harrison D. McMartin RA Civil & Geo
Engineering
Cantin, Jenna J. Giesy RT Toxicology Environment
Toxicology
Carriere, Acagos T. Jardine SS SENS Field Assistance
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Chad, Spencer B. Lee RA Geological
Science
Geo-
Environment
Challis, Jon J. Giesy PDF Toxicology Environment
Toxicology
Champion, Emily M. Lindsay RA Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Chen, Jing M. Lindsay LA Geological
Science
Anlaytical
Geochemistry
Cotelesage,
Julien
I. Pickering RA Geological
Science
Biomolecule
Structure
Crawford,
Andrew
I. Pickering PDF Geological
Science
Advanced
Imaging
Damuchali, Ali C. Westbrook PDF Engineering
Dehabadi, Leila L. Wilson PDF Chemistry
Devi, Parmila A. Dalai PDF Chem Eng Catalysis
Dias, Allana Y. Li SS GIWS
Dolgova,
Natasha
I. Pickering RA Geological
Science
Selenium in
Zebrafish
Enanga, Eric
Mudoto
I. Creed PDF Biology
(Western
University)
Toxins
in Cyanobacteria
Eng, Margaret C. Morrissey PDF Toxicology Avian
Ecotoxicology
Engel, Tess D. Janz RT Toxicology
Engel, Tess T. Jardine/ RA Toxicology Lab Assistance
Eunike, Heli A. Dalai RT Chem Eng Catalysis
Fan, Rachel J. Hudson RA Biology Limnology of
Lake Diefenbaker
Fehr, Jessica C. Morrissey RA Biology
Fincham, Will T. Jardine RA Toxicology Field and Lab
Assistance
Galuschik, Noel M. Lindsay RT Geological
Sciences
Environmental
Geochemistry
Gareis, Jolie I. Creed PDF Biology
(Western
University)
Effects of
Brownification
Gill, Arshdeep L. Bradford RA Public Health FORMBLOOMS
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Gong, Yufeng J. Giesy PDF Toxicology Environment
Toxicology
Green, Kevin R. Spiteri RS Computer
Science
Guo, W. R. Spiteri RA Computer
Science
Hamilton, Daniel D. McMartin RA Civil & Geo
Engineering
Hassan, M. L. Wilson RT Chemistry
Hill, Harvey G. Strickert RS Agriculture and
Agri-Food
Canada
Application
Review
Hnatowich, Ian J. Hudson RA Biology Limnology of
Lake Diefenbaker
Hong, Shiao C. Morrissey VS Biology
Huang, Ya Y. Li VS GIWS
Kanfri, Nassima J. Soltan VS Engineering
Kapronczai,
Luciene
D. Janz RT Toxicology
Karoyo, Abdalla L. Wilson PDF Chemistry
Kuttenkueler,
Hayden
I. Creed RT
Lacey, Sean J. Hudson RA Biology Limnology of
Lake Diefenbaker
Lee, Aslan K. McPhedran PDF Engineering
Litt-Jukes, Jory J. Hudson RA Biology Limnology of
Lake Diefenbaker
MacPherson,
Stephanie
M. Brinkmann SS SENS Bioavailability
Studies
Malaj, Egina C. Morrissey/K.
Liber
PDF Toxicology Pesticide
Ecotoxicology
Meili, Drake M. Lindsay RA Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Mertins, Saskia M. Brinkmann VS Toxicology Transcriptional
Analysis
Miranda, Tyrone G. Strickert RA SENS DWS Application
Mohamed, M. L. Wilson RAsso Chemistry
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Morrison,
Alasdair
L. Bradford Rasso Geography &
Planning
Agent-Based
Modelling
Nenson, Stefan C. Westbrook RA Geography
Pomonarenko,
Olena
I. Pickering RA Geological
Science
Metals in Biology
Price, Lianne T. Jardine SS Toxicology Lab Assistance
Prokopishyn,
Rlee
A. Dalai RT Chem Eng Catalysis
Ronnquist, A. C. Westbrook RA Geography
Ruiz, Sonia C. Morrissey RA Biology
Schoepfer,
Valerie
M. Lindsay PDF Geological
Science
Environmental
Geochemistry
Schultz,
Matthew
T. Jardine SS SENS Lab Assistance
Senar, Oscar
Esbri
I. Creed PDF Biology
(Western
University)
Phytoplankton
Communities
Serran, J. I. Creed RT
Shu, Su J. Giesy PDF Toxicology Environment
Toxicology
Solgi, M. L. Wilson RT Chemistry
St. Yves, Anne J. Giesy LA Toxicology Environment
Toxicology
Stalwick, Jordyn C. Morrissey RA Biology
Stamatinos, M. B. Si RA Soil Science
Taranu, Zofia
Ecaterina
I. Creed PDF Biology
(Western
University)
Microcystin
Congeners
Thomas, Tina C. Morrissey RA Biology
Todoran, Irina I. Creed RT
Trick, Nico C. Morrissey RA Biology
Tsang, Maggie I. Creed RT
Udoetok , I. L. Wilson PDF Chemistry
Wang, Chao J. Giesy VS Toxicology Environment
Toxicology
Watts, Christena C. Morrissey RA Biology
Wilson, Abbey D. Janz PDF Toxicology Aquatic
Pollutants
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Xie, Yuwei J. Giesy PDF Toxicology Environment
Toxicology
Zachary, W. C. Westbrook FT Geography
Zee, Jenna T. Jardine/ RA Toxicology Environmental
DNA
Zhao, Xianming D. McMartin RA Engineering
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APPENDIX D – GRANTS 2018-2019 Following table shows the ongoing and new grants received by members of GIWS during the
period of 2018-19. The GIWS membership received a total funding of $18,476,333, of which core
GIWS faculty secured $5,486,475. Since March 2011, GIWS has secured a total funding of $282
million. To avoid double counting of the total grant value, we have listed amounts in Italics that
were either previously reported or co-led by investigators.
Baulch, Helen
$11,600 Moosimin Lake report, 2019. Saskatchewan Water Security Agency/Lower
Souris (PI)
$180,000 Nutrient cycling in eutrophic freshwaters. NSERC Discovery Grant (PI) (2019-
2024)
$300,000 ResNet. NSERC SNG (2019-2024). (PI: Elena Bennett, Co-Is: Baulch, H. and 26
others)
$1,650,000 NSERC CREATE for Water Security 2014-2021. (Co-I: CJ Westbrook, SK Carey, M
Hayashi, JJ McDonnell, BF Noble, RM Petrone, JW Pomeroy, HS Wheater , PA
Gober, RE Stewart.)
$400,000 Centennial Enhancement Chair, University of Saskatchewan
$1,700,000 Prairie Water, CFREF/Global Water Futures Grant (PI: McDonnell)
$1,498,700 Agricultural Water Futures, CFREF/Global Water Futures Grant (PI: Macrae)
$860,000 FormBloom, CFREF/Global Water Futures Grant
$186,000 Better BMPs – Budgeting and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions from
agricultural water bodies, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (PI: Whitfield)
$5,500,000 LakePulse Network, NSERC Strategic Network Grant (PI: Yannick Huot)
Bradford, Lori
$177,805 Indigenous Engagement on Lake Winnipeg Basin Nutrient Issues in Treaty 4, 5,
and 6, Saskatchewan. Environment Climate Change Canada’s Lake Winnipeg
Basin Program. Bradford, L. (PI), Jardine, T., Strickert, G. Bharadwaj, L.,
Pomeroy, J. (April 2019 – March 2022).
$34,367 Forum on Indigenous Agriculture in Saskatchewan: Sowing a way towards
revitalizing Indigenous agriculture in Treaty 4 and 6 Territories, SSHRC; Special
Call: Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation — Connection Grants
2018. Arcand, M., Worme, D., Bradford, L., Bear, K., Johnston, A., Wuttunee,
S., Natcher, D., Strickert, G., Watson-Daniels, K., Gamble, A. Shewfelt, D.,
(November 2, 2018 – March 2019).
$250,000 Access to safe drinking water in a changing Arctic. Tri-Council, New Frontiers in
Research Fund—Exploration: 2018. Comte, J., Laurion, I., Rodriguez, M., Dorea,
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C., Creed, I., Guillemette, F., Culley, A., Canário, J., Edge, T., Maranger, R.,
Lapierre JF., Bonilla, S., Bradford, L., Rautio, M., Larochelle, S.
Brinkmann, Markus
$12,500 NSERC Early Career Research Supplement, associated with NSERC Discovery
Grant “Understanding the impacts of environmental factors on uptake and
effects of ionizable organic chemicals in aquatic organisms” – 2019
$114,249 Cold Regions Exposure and Risk Assessment Modelling Laboratory (CERAS),
Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund, principal
investigator. 2019-2024. (Externally Assessed)
$471,600 Improving IVIVE extrapolation models to predict bioconcentration using in vitro
biotransformation rates for bioaccumulation assessment in fish, European
Chemicals Industry Council Long-range Research Initiative (CEFIC-LRI), co-
investigator, total funding: 471,600 CAD; amount received: 124,000 CAD. 2019-
2021. (Externally Assessed)
$140,000 Understanding the impacts of environmental factors on uptake and effects of
ionizable organic chemicals in aquatic organisms’, NSERC Discovery Grants
Program, principal investigator. 2019-2024. (Externally Assessed)
$50,200 Bioconcentration and bioaccumulation of organics from OSPW’, Canadian Oil
Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), co-principal investigator, total funding:
50,200 CAD; amount received: 30,000 CAD. 2019. (Externally Assessed) (PI:
Wiseman, S.)
$30,000 Brinkmann, M. (2018 – 2023). Faculty Recruitment and Retention Funds,
principal investigator, total funding: 30,000 CAD. (Internally Assessed)
$200,000 Jardine, T. & Brinkmann, M. (2019 - 2021). We Need More Than Just Water:
Assessing Sediment Limitation in a Large Freshwater Delta, Global Water
Futures, co-investigator, total funding: 200,000 CAD; amount received: 30,000
CAD. (Internally Assessed)
$150,000 Brinkmann, M. (2018 – 2023). Combined Hydrological, Exposure and Risk
Assessment Models in Support of Environmental Risk Assessment, Global
Water Futures and institutional startup funds, principal investigator, total
funding: 150,000 CAD. (Internally Assessed)
Bedard-Haughn, Angela
$199,996 miyo mâmawi atoskewin "All working together in a good way": Applying
Indigenous knowledge and Western science to discern historic and
contemporary agricultural land use. NFRF Exploration, 2019-2021. Arcand, M.,
Bedard-Haughn, A., Lambert, S. and Wheeler, W.
$205,284 SKSIS-2: Enhanced Saskatchewan Soil Information for Sustainable Land
Management, Phase 2. Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture – Agriculture
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Development Fund (50%) and Western Grains Research Foundation (50%),
2018-2020, (PI)
$1,700,000 PrairieWaterSAVE, Global Water Futures Grant (PI: McDonnell)
$160,000 Hydric Soils of the Prairie Pothole Region, $160,000. Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant; April 2017 – March
2022
$852,036 Understanding Resilience in Agroecosystems, $852,036. Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada Strategic Partnerships Grants for
Projects; September 2016 – August 2019 (Co-I: Arcand, Knight, Laroque, Peak,
Stewart, Walley, Belcher)
Creed, Irena
$390,000 NSERC Discovery Grant. Catchment-fueled cyanobacterial blooms. $390,000
($390,000). 2019-2024.
$250,000 Comte J, Laurion I, Rodriguez M, Canario J, Culley A, Dorea C, Guillemette F,
Creed IF. 2019-2021. NSERC New Frontiers in Research Fund – Exploration.
Access to safe drinking water in a changing Arctic. $250,000 ($50,000).
Clark, Martyn
$1,500,000 NASA (2018-2019), Climate risks in the water sector: Advancing the readiness
of emerging technologies in climate downscaling and hydrologic modeling (PI)
$150,000 Reclamation (2018-2019), Merging high-resolution airborne snowpack data
with existing long-term hydro-meteorological observations to improve water
supply forecasting (co-PI)
$339,244 NSF (2017-2021), Hydroshare 2.0: Advancing hydrologic knowledge through
collaborative integration of data, models and analysis (PI)
Dalai, Ajay
$60,000 Mitacs Accelerate funded project entitled “Investigation on processes for
removal chloramines from saturated sodium chloride brine solution” 2018-
2020
$20,000 Removal of heavy metals from groundwater and industrial effluents by
activated carbon prepared from waste agricultural biomass, Shastri
Institutional Collaborative Research Grant
Elliott, Jane
$225,000 The study of nutrient sources and transport in runoff from agricultural fields
which is a component of the assessment of the impacts of human activities on
the fate, effects and delivery of nutrients in tributaries in the Lake Winnipeg
Basin. Funding from ECCC is 225K over 5 years. (PI) (2018)
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$700,000 Co-investigator on a SK Agricultural Development Fund project “Field
application of cattle manure” with Schoenau (U of Saskatchewan). Total project
funding is 700K over 5 years (2018)
$69,000 Partner on the Nutrient App Project with Pomeroy, Costa and Baulch (U of
Saskatchewan). Total project funding is 69K over 2 years (2018)
$1,500,000 Is a principal investigator on a Global Water Futures Programme project,
Agricultural Water Futures with Macrae (U of Waterloo) and Helgason (U of
Saskatchewan). Total project funding is $1.5 million over 3 years.
Elshorbagy, Amin
$36,000 NSERC-DG (Five Years) (2018)
Famiglietti, James (Jay)
$7,000,000 Canada 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing
Ferguson, Grant
$20,469 Ireson, A., Pomeroy, J, Razavi, S. and Ferguson, G. MESH Modelling for
Simonette River Basin and Upper Portion of the Red Deer River Basin Alberta
Environment and Parks / Government of Alberta, 2018-2019, Year 1 of 1,
$20,469.
Giesy, John
$250,000 National Science and Engineering Research Council of (NSERC), Canada First
Research Excellence Fund (CFREF. “Global Waters Future Pillar 1”. “Omic’ and
chemical fingerprinting methodologies using ultrahigh-resolution mass
spectrometry for geochemistry and healthy waters”. May 2018-April 2021. P.D.
Jones (PI), J.P. Giesy (Co-I; $125,000)
$491,180 Emission, Diffusion and Environmental Effects of Emerging Pollutants from
Rapid Urbanization, National Science Foundation of China (Co-I: X. Zhang)
$1,400,000 Canada Research Chair Program
$530,000 Institutional Support from University of Saskatchewan for Canada Research
Chair
$77,840,000 Global Water Futures: Solutions to Water Threats in an Era of Global Change,
Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Tri-Agency 2016-2023 (PI: Wheater
plus 8 Co-PIs)
$224,250 Evaluating Effects of the Huskey Oil Spill on Fishes in the North Saskatchewan
River, National Contaminants Advisory Group, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (PI:
Jardine, Co-I: Jones)
$286,800 Potential Impacts of Modern Perfluorinated Chemicals on Fish, National
Contaminants Advisory Group, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (PI: Jones)
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$195,000 Novel Natural and Synthetic Brominated and Iodinated Compounds in the
Environment, Discovery grant, National Science and Engineering Research
Council of Canada 2017-2022
$502,000 Assessment of Occurrence of Synthetic Hormone [melengestrol Acetate
(MGA), Trenbolone Acetate (TBA)] and Beta-agonist (ractopamine) in Cattle
Operations and Associated Environments, Beef Cattle Research council of
Canada; 2018-2021 (PI: Larney, Co-I: Jones)
Hudson, Jeffrey
$95,000 Novel Biogeochemical Pathways, Patterns and Measurements of Nitrogen and
Phosphorus in Lakes and Reservoirs. NSERC Discovery Grant. (PI). 2017-2022
$3,993 Facility for Freshwater Research. Remaining fund. CFI infrastructure operating
fund. (PI) 2010-2019.
Ireson, Andrew
$18,000 Two contracts with the Government of the NWT to fund MWS summer
projects. $18,000 (CAD). (PI) (2019).
$155,000 Improved concepts and models for simulating infiltration and runoff in frozen
soils. NSERC Discovery Grant. (PI) (2018-2023).
$120,000 MESH Modelling for Simonette River Basin and Upper Portion of the Red Deer
River Basin. $120,000 (CAD). Short contract to apply and test hydrological
models developed by Environment Canada for forecasting streamflow in two
Alberta watersheds.
$85,000 Global Water Futures: Hydrological processes in frozen soils. $85,000 (CAD).
(PI) 2017-2019
$85,000 Global Water Futures: The impact of frozen soils on the water-carbon-energy
balance in forests. $85,000 (CAD). 2017-2019
$60,000 Global Institute for Water Security internal funding. $60,000 (CAD). 2017-2020
Janz, David
$616,622 Grizzly-PAW: Grizzly Population Assessment in yelloWhead: Integrated
Approaches Toward Conserving Grizzly Bears on a Human-Dominated
Landscape of Western Alberta. NSERC, Collaborative Research and
Development Grants Program. Total funding is $1.8 million
$725,070 Advancing environmental risk assessment of selenium (ERASe). NSERC
Strategic Project Grant (Co-PIs M. Hecker and K. Liber)
$124,000 Development of a fish biomonitoring program for northern Saskatchewan.
Environmental Damages Fund (Co-I: Jardine)
$115,404 Motivated for movement? Exercise and the gestation environment on sow
performance and welfare, Agriculture Development Fund, Government of
Saskatchewan
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$224,480 Bioaccumulation and effects of environmental contaminants in St. Lawrence
Estuary belugas and minke whales, National Contaminants Advisory Group,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (PI: Verreault; Co-I: Houde, Lesage, Helbing,
Brinkman)
$255,000 Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicity and Metabolic Disruption in Fishes
Exposed to Selenium, NSERC Discovery Grant. 2016-2021
$837,750 NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Swine Welfare, Industrial Research Chair,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. (Seddon,
Yolande (PI) & Heather Wilson, Andrew Van Kessel, Jennifer Brown)
$837,750 Industrial Research Chair Funding Agreement, Ontario Pork (Seddon, Yolande
(PI) & Heather Wilson, Andrew Van Kessel, Jennifer Brown)
Jardine, Tim
$177,805 Indigenous engagement on Lake Winnipeg basin nutrient issues in Treaty 4, 5,
and 6, Saskatchewan. Lake Winnipeg Basin Program, Environment Canada..
Bradford, L., Pomeroy, J., Jardine, T., Bharadwaj, L., and Strickert, G. 2019-
2022.
$140,000 Ecological benefits and toxicological consequences of flooding in river
ecosystems, NSERC Discovery Grant
$1,650,000 Integrated Modelling for Prediction and Management of Change in Canada’s
Major River Basins, Global Water Futures - Canada First Research Excellence
Fund, 2017-2020 (Co-Is: Pietroniro, Lindenschmidt, Elshorbagy, Li, Jardine,
Wheater, Pomeroy, Strickert, Gober, Gutwin, Stadnyk, Brouwer, Tolson,
Coulibaly)
Jones, Paul
$136,400 National First Nation Environmental Contaminants Program, Building Capacity
for Environmental Monitoring and Risk Communication with the Moosomin
First Nations. (Co-PI with others L. Bharadwaj, T. Jardine, L. Doig, Moosomin
First Nation) 2018-2021
$60,000 Benthic Invertebrate PAH Analysis, Saskatchewan Water Security Agency, (Co-
PI with T. Jardine) 2018-2019
$216,000 Disinfection by-products, CIHR, (Co-PI with J. Giesy, Hui Peng). 2019-2021
Kahan, Tara
$125,000 Canada Foundation for Innovation John R. Evans Leaders Fund: (2019)
$500,000 Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Environmental Analytical Chemistry: (2019 –
2024)
$180,000 NSERC Discovery Grant: “Chemistry of pollutants at air-ice interfaces”, (2019 –
2024)
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$708,055 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: “Indoor sources and sinks of gas-phase oxidants”,
(2018 – 2021)
Laroque, Colin
$250,371 The Shutagot’ine Cultural Landscape Project, Canadian Mountain Network
Li, Yanping
$110,000 Yanping Li, (PI), 2019-2020. Investigating fine-scale wetland features and
hydrological feedbacks in Prairie Canada. MITACS Elevate. Partner with Ducks
Unlimited Canada.
$45,000 Yanping Li, (PI), 2018-2019. Impact of Climate Change on Wetlands in Prairie
Canada. MITACS Accelerate. Partner with Ducks Unlimited Canada.
$5,000,000 Chaging Cold Regions network, Climate Change and Atmospheric Research,
NSERC (36 Canadian Scientists and 15 International Collaborators)
$298,000 Yanping Li, (PI), Francis Zwiers and Jean-Pierre St. Maurice (co-Is), 2017-2020.
Short-duration extreme precipitation in future climate. Global Water Futures.
Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).
$1,648,700 Canadian Agricultural Water Use: Current State and Prospects, Global Water
Futures (PI: Macrae), 2017-2020
$1,650,000 Integrated Modeling Network for Prediction and Management of Change in
Canada’s Major River Basins, Global Water Futures (PI: Razavi), 2017-2020
$1,100,000 Climate-Related Precipitation Extremes, Global Water Futures (Co-PIs:
Stewart/Ziwers), 2017-2020
$110,000 Warm season diurnal precipitation over the plains east of the Rockies, NSERC
Discovery Grant, 2017-2022
Liber, Karsten
$1,298,600 Development and implementation of advanced approaches (autonomous
sensor network and novel toxicity tests) to aqueous exposure and hazard
characterization for Suncor’s Demonstration Pit Lake. Suncor Energy Inc. 2019-
2024
$6,000 Mitacs Globalink Research Award Abroad. Maloney, M. (Ph.D. student). (PI)
2019.
$79,000 Using an autonomous sensor system for exposure and risk assessment of
selenium at the McClean Lake mine site. Orano Canada 2018-2021.
$1,800,000 (Co-PI) Sensors and sensing systems for water quality monitoring. Global Water
Futures program. Total: $1,800,000; Liber: $180,000. 2018-21.
$691,500 Tools and strategies for mitigating pesticide impacts on wetlands to improve
sustainable crop production. Sask. Ag. Development Fund. (Co-I: Morrissey, C.)
2017-2021
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$1,700,000 Prairie WATERSAVE (Co-I): Sustainable water management for civic and
provincial policy makers and urban, rural, and Indigenous communities. Global
Water Futures. Liber & Morrissey: $134,500; Total: $1,700,000. 2017-20.
$725,070 Advancing environmental risk assessment of selenium (ERASe). NSERC
Strategic Grant. $725,070. (Co-PI: M. Hecker and D. Janz). 2015-2019
Lindenschmidt, Karl-Eric
$1,650,000 Integrated Modelling for Prediction and Management of Change in Canada’s
Major River Basins, Global Water Futures - Canada First Research Excellence
Fund, 2017-2020 (Co-Is: Pietroniro, Lindenschmidt, Elshorbagy, Li, Jardine,
Wheater, Pomeroy, Strickert, Gober, Gutwin, Stadnyk, Brouwer, Tolson,
Coulibaly)
Lindsay, Matt
$1,143,696 NSERC/Syncrude Associate Industrial Research Chair in Mine Closure
Geochemistry, $1,143,696 (CAD). Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) Program,
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). (PI)
(2019 – 2024)
$1,143,696 NSERC/Syncrude Associate Industrial Research Chair in Mine Closure
Geochemistry, $1,143,696 (CAD). Research Agreement, Syncrude Canada
Limited. (PI) (2019 – 2024)
$150,000 NSERC/Syncrude Associate Industrial Research Chair in Mine Closure
Geochemistry, $150,000 (CAD). Student Support, University of Saskatchewan.
(PI) (2019 – 2024)
$125,000 Mine Waste Sample Preparation and Analysis Suite. John R. Evans Leaders Fund
- Partnerships, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). (PI) (2019 – 2024)
$542,403 Long-Term Biogeochemical Evolution of Coagulated-Flocculated Mature Fine
Tailings (cfMFT). Research Agreement, Suncor Energy Ltd. (PI) (2019 – 2023)
Lloyd-Smith, Patrick
$74,909 Assessing the economic value of restoring the Saskatchewan River Delta,
SSHRC-Insight Development Grant, 2019-2021 (PI). (Co-I: Belcher, K.)
$50,000 Wetland Conservation Economics: What we know, what we need to know, and
evaluating a novel market-based instrument, SSHRC-Economics and
Environmental Policy Research Network (EEPRN), 2019-2021 (PI). (Co-I:
Belcher, K., Boxall, P.)
$70,000 Measuring Environmental Externalities in Canadian Agriculture, Canadian Agri-
Food Policy Institute, 2018-2019 (Co-I). (PI: Skolrud, T.) (Other Co-I: Belcher, K.,
Slade, P., Weersink, A.)
$10,000 Who pays the piper—assessing the potential for pass-through of
environmental charges within maritime shipping, Sub-grant of a SSHRC
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Partnership Grant; Green shipping: governance and innovation for a
sustainable maritime supply chain, 2018-2019 (Co-I). (PI: Nolan, J.) (Other Co-
I: Lloyd-Smith, P., & Skolrud, T. D.)
McDonnell, Jeffrey
$570,000 Storage, mixing and release of water at the catchment scale (Principal
Investigator), Funded by NSERC Discovery Grant Research Accelerator, 2019-
2024
$643,700 GREEN facility - for green roof entrepreneurship, Western Economic
Diversification (2017-2020)
$425,000 Water storage and release (PI), Funded by NSERC Discovery Grant Research
Accelerator, 2014-2019
$120,000 Water storage and release (PI), Funded by NSERC Discovery Grant Research
Accelerator, 2014-2019
$208,512 Eucalyptus plantation impacts on catchment water balance, US Dept. of Energy
(2014-2019)
$1,846,000 The Mine Overlay Site Testing (MOST) Facility, Western Economic
Diversification (Co-I: Barbour, Hendry and Ireson) (2015-2018)
$77,840,000 Global Water Futures: Solutions to Water Threats in an Era of Global Change,
Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Tri-Agency 2016-2023 (PI: Wheater
plus 8 Co-PIs)
$200,000 Quantifying the Effects of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Mine Cover System Design
and Performance, NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grant with
O’Kane Consultants Inc as an industry partner.
McKenzie, Marcia
$280,000 Insight Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council ($280,000),
PI, 2018. Project: The development and mobilization of UN policy programs:
Mitigating climate change through education
$5,000 University Conference Fund ($5,000), PI, 2019. Project: EECOM 2019
Conference: Action on climate change through education
McPhedran, Kerry
$144,000 McPhedran, K.N. (co-PI; 72% of funding) and T. Fonstad, Muskeg Lake Cree
Nation: Community Centred Design Contract, $200,000 (2019-2021; $100,000
per year; $72,000 to KNM)
$40,860 Development of FSIN Drinking Water Regulations and Standards, (2019). (PI)
$60,000 Mitacs Accelerate Grant: Melville Water, (2019-2020)
$27,000 SaskWater: Melville Water Treatment Plant Contract, $30,000 (2018-2020;
$27,000 to KNM). McPhedran, K.N. (co-PI; 90% of funding) and T. Fonstad
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$39,325 G. Ferguson, and I.R. Fleming, NSERC Collaborative Research and Development
Grant, $472,000 (2018-2021; $157,300 per year; $39,325 to KNM). (co-
applicant; 25% of funding)
$63,000 Mitacs Accelerate Grant: Orano Canada, (2019-2020)
$300,000 Centennial Enhancement Chair in Water Security for Indigenous Communities
$180,000 Investigation of the role of organic matter in partitioning of chemicals in the
municipal wastewater treatment process, NSERC Discovery Grant; 2016-2021
Morrissey, Christy
$120,000 Conserving Nature: Canadian Prairie Agroecoystem Resilience. Environment
and Climate Change Canada Grants and Contributions. PI (Nov 2018-March
2021)
$691,000 Tools and strategies for mitigating pesticide impacts on wetlands to improve
sustainable crop production, SK Agricultural Development Fund (Co-Is K. Liber,
C. Willenborg, P. Badiou, J. Devries, J. Headley, C. Sheedy, T. Plews)
$45,000 Mitacs Accelerate Grant (Co-Is Berzins, L, Clark, RG)
$185,000 Contaminant induced impacts on avian migration: evaluating cue perception,
fuelling and orientation. NSERC Discovery Grant
$120,000 Contaminant induced impacts on avian migration: evaluating cue perception,
fuelling and orientation. NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
$56,000 Pesticide impacts on bird migration. Molson Foundation
$240,000 Operating funds for Facility for Applied Avian Research
$134,500 Prairie Water. Global Water Futures (Co-PI Spence, C. & Withfield, C.)
Noble, Bram
$2,500,000 SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2,500,000 + $6,300,000 cash & in-kind
contributions) Noble B (PI), Poelzer G (Co-Director) et al. 2019 – 2026.
Community appropriate energy security in northern and Indigenous
communities.
Papalexiou, Simon
$12,500 Advancing stochastic modeling and diagnostics of change for hydro-climatic
processes and extremes. Discovery Launch Supplement, NSERC, Canada. (PI)
(2019 - 2024)
$1,30,000 Advancing stochastic modeling and diagnostics of change for hydro-climatic
processes and extremes. Discovery Grant - Individual, NSERC, Canada. (PI)
(2019 - 2024)
$60,000 Faculty Recruitment and Retention Program, Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty
Relations (2018 - 2023).
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Patrick, Robert
$28,000 Patrick, R. 2018. SSHRC Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation—
Connection Grants.
$34,000 Patrick, R. 2019. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.
Climate Change Monitoring Stations for six First Nation communities.
$200,000 Co-Principal Investigator. We need more than just water: Assessing sediment
limitation in a large freshwater delta. Global Water Futures. Special Projects
fund. $200,000. 2018.
Pickering, Ingrid
$300,000 Sulfur and Oxygen Speciation Analysis of Crude Oils (contract), Chevron Energy
Technology Company, Richmond CA, USA, August 1, 2018–July 31, 2021. G. N.
George, (PI) & I. J. Pickering
$50,000 The role of auxin transporters in arsenic transport in plants. Global Innovation
Fund, Office of the Vice-President Research. G. N. George (PI) & I. J. Pickering,
K. Tanino (2018 - 2020)
$425,000 Canada Research Chair Operational Support, University of Saskatchewan
(OVPR, College, Department)
$305,000 Synchrotron studies of selenium environmental chemistry, Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grant
Pomeroy, John
$19,968 Stage 1: Monitoring and Evaluation of Climate Change Education (MECCE)
Partnership, 19968 (CAD). Partnership Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada. McKenzie, Marcia (PI) & Alexandra Wilson,
Chelsea Willness, Maureen Reed, John Pomeroy (2019 - 2020).
$305,000 Pomeroy, John (PI) (2019 - 2024). Changing Cold Regions Hydrology, Discovery
Grant - Individual, NSERC, Canada
$74,980 Pomeroy, John (PI) (2018 - 2019). Diagnosis of Historical and Future Flow
Regimes of the Bow River. Alberta Environment and Parks
$200,000 Pomeroy, John (PI) & Howard Wheater (2018 - 2020). Airborne Cold Regions
Observatory. John R. Evans Leaders Fund, Canada Foundation for Innovation.
$75,000 Indigenous Water and Health Research Reconciliation Network. Operating
Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research, Canadian
Institutes of Health Research. Bharadwaj, Lalita (PI) & Robert Patrick, Melissa
Arcand, Tim Jardine, Corinne Schuster-Wallace, John Pomeroy, Graham
Strickert (2018 - 2019).
$120,469 MESH Modelling for Simonette River Basin and Upper Portion of the Red Deer
River Basin, 120469 (CAD). Alberta Environment and Parks. (Ireson, Andrew (PI)
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& John Pomeroy, Saman Razavi, Grant Ferguson, Kevin Shook, Phani Adapa,
Mohamed Elshamy, Fuad Yassin, Zelalem Tesemma, Dominique Richard)
$139,000 Pomeroy, John (PI) (2018 - 2020). Transformative Sensor Technologies and
Smart Watersheds for Canadian Water Futures (PI: Duguay). University of
Waterloo.
$100,000 Hydrology study to assess impacts of Kaskawulsh Glacier / Slims River changes
to Kluane Lake levels, 100000 (CAD). Government of Yukon
$68,750 Preventing and Managing Water Pollution (2018 - 2020). Environment and
Climate Change Canada (Co-I Helen Baulch, Diogo Pinho da Costa)
$150,000 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program, Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada, Scholarship to Caroline Aubry-Wake
$74,980 Diagnosis of Historical and Future Flow Regimes of the Bow River at Calgary -
Using a Dynamically Downscaled Climate Model and a Physically Based Land
Surface Hydrological Model, 74980 (CAD) (2018-2020). Climate Change
Adaptation Program, Natural Resources Canada (Co-I: Howard Wheater,
Saman Razavi, Yanping Li)
$1,400,000 Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change
$224,000 Canada Research Chair Research Grant, Internal CRC Support – Research,
College of Arts and Science.
$42,000 Postgraduate Scholarship-Doctoral, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada, NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship for Holly Annand
$529,000 Pomeroy, John (PI) & Warren Helgason, Terry Fonstad, Yanping Li, Helen Baulch
(2017 - 2020). Project 5: Canadian Agricultural Water Use: Current State and
Prospects (Macrae): Agricultural Water Futures in Canada: Stressors and
Solutions (AWF). University of Waterloo.
$275,000 Pomeroy, John (PI) (2016 - 2019). Subcontract – Mountain Forest Management
for Water, 275000 (CAD). Spray Lake Sawmills. 275000 (CAD) to Pomeroy, John
$360,000 Snow Hydrology, Discovery Grant, NSERC (2014-2019)
$350,000 NSERC CREATE in Water Security
$77,840,000 Programme Director, Global Water Futures: Solutions to Water Threats in an
Era of Global Change, Canada First Research Excellence Fund, Tri-Agency 2016-
2023
$27,500,000 Programme Director, Global Water Futures: Solutions to Water Threats in an
Era of Global Change, University of Saskatchewan Contribution 2016-2023
$1,374,576 Autonomous and Airborne Cold Regions Innovation Facility, Western Economic
Diversification Grant 2017-2020
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Razavi, Saman
$75,000 Improving Hydrologic Modelling in the Bow River Basin under the Integrated
Modelling Program for Canada (IMPC) Framework, $75,000 (Direct Cash
Support to Razavi), Funding Source: City of Calgary, March 2018- August 2020.
Eligible for matching funds by NSERC Collaborative Research and Development
(CRD) Grants
$122,720 MESH Modelling for Simonette River Basin and Upper Portion of the Red Deer
River Basin, $122,720, Funding Source: Alberta Environment and Parks,
September 14, 2018 to February 1, 2019. Ireson, A., Razavi, S., and Pomeroy,
J., Fergusen, G.
$1,650,000 Integrated Modelling for Prediction and Management of Change in Canada’s
Major River Basins, Global Water Futures - Canada First Research Excellence
Fund, 2017-2020 (Co-Is: Pietroniro, Lindenschmidt, Elshorbagy, Li, Jardine,
Wheater, Pomeroy, Strickert, Gober, Gutwin, Stadnyk, Brouwer, Tolson,
Coulibaly)
$145,000 Development of a New Framework for Watershed Systems Analysis and
Modelling under Climate and Environmental Changes, NSERC Discovery Grant
Chaging Cold Regions network, Climate Change and Atmospheric Research,
NSERC (36 Canadian Scientists and 15 International Collaborators); $5,000,000;
2016-2021
Reed, Maureen
$10,000 Annotated Bibliography on the Interconnections between the Environment,
Gender and Other Identity Factors. Environment and Climate Change Canada.
(PI) (2018-2019)
Schuster-Wallace, Corinne
$60,000 Schuster-Wallace, Corinne (PI) (2018 - 2023). Faculty Recruitment and
Retention, 60000 (CAD). Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations.
$200,000 Is our Water Good to Drink? - Water-related practices, perceptions, and TK
indicators for human health, 200000 (CAD). Global Water Futures Programme,
Global Institute for Water Security. Schuster-Wallace, Corinne (PI) (2018 -
2021).
$150,000 Global Water Futures Stat-Up Research Funds (Water-Health) 150000 (CAD).
Global Water Futures Program. 150000 (CAD) to Schuster-Wallace, Corinne.
Schuster-Wallace, Corinne (PI) (2018 - 2023).
Spiteri, Raymond
$150,000 Game-changing time integration of complex systems for the exaflop era, NSERC
Discovery Grant
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$170,000 Saskatoon Police Service and Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, Missing
Persons Project, Defence Research and Development Canada
$55,000 Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice, Remand Risk Assessment Tool
Whitfield, Colin
$79,000 Drainage and wetlands – options to help mitigate nutrient transport from
drainage networks. Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Lake Winnipeg
Basin Program. Baulch, H.M. (PI), A. Bedard-Haughn & C.J. Whitfield. (2019–
2022)
$15,000 Re-Evaluation of Critical Load Assessments. Environment and Climate Change
Canada. (PI) (2019–2020).
$12,500 Diverse regional drivers of aquatic greenhouse gas emission – management
and climate drivers. Discovery Launch Supplement, Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada. (PI) (2018–2023).
$25,000 Greenhouse gas mitigation through new wastewater treatment plant design,
25,000 (CAD). Engage, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of
Canada. (PI) (2018–2019).
Wilson, Lee
$10,000 NRCan Grant – “Selective extraction of NAFCs in treatment wetlands with
modified biopolymers and structurally modified forms for the characterization
of naphthenic acid fraction compounds from wetland treated process water”
Fund 2018-19 (NRCan), $10,000 (available to L. Wilson September 1, 2018 –
March 31, 2019)
$2,000 U of S International Travel Award “International Travel and Global Water
Security Outreach” Fund 2018-19 (University of Saskatchewan), $2,000
(available to L.
Wilson).
Xu, Li
$15,000 “Research of co-evolutionary mechanism and regime shifts of socio-
hydrological systems”, Open research funding, State Key Laboratory of
Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering of China. Li Xu, PI
(¥80,000), with Co-Is: Pei Xin (Hohai), Yongping Wei (UQ), Chengji Shen (Hohai),
Ke Zhang (CAS), Juqin Shen (Hohai).
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APPENDIX E – Publications, Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Journal Publications - 2019
Abirhire, O., K. Hunter, J. M. Davies, X. Guo, D. de Boer and J. Hudson. 2019. An examination of
the long-term relationship between hydrologic variables and summer algal biomass in a
large Prairie reservoir. Canadian Water Resources Journal. 44:79-89
Abu, R., Reed, M.G., & Jardine, T.D. 2019. Using two-eyed seeing to bridge Western science and
Indigenous knowledge systems and understand long-term change in the Saskatchewan River
Delta, Canada. International Journal of Water Resources Development. https://doi.org-
/10.1080/07900627.2018.1558050
Abu, R., Reed, M.G., and Jardine, T.D. Accepted. Demonstrating how to bridge science and
indigenous knowledge to understand change in the Saskatchewan River Delta. International
Journal of Water Resources Development. DOI: 10.1080/07900627.2018.1558050
Adamowicz, W, Calderon-Etter, L, Entem, A, Fenichel, E, Hall, J, Lloyd-Smith, P, Ogden, F, Rouhi
Rad, M, Stallard, R. (2019). “Assessing Ecological Infrastructure Investments”. Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (12) 5254-5261
Adhiambo R, Muyekho F, Shivoga W, Creed IF, Enanga EM, Obiri J, Trick CG. 2019. Managing the
invasion of guava trees to enhance carbon storage in tropical forests. Forest Ecology and
Management 432:623-630
Agbovi, H. K.; Wilson, L. D.* Optimization of orthophosphate and turbidity removal using
an amphoteric chitosan-based flocculant-ferric chloride coagulant system. Environmental
Chemistry, 2019, in press, pp. 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1071/EN19100 [Special Issue]
Ahadi, A.*; Rostamnia, S.; Panahi, P.; Wilson, L.D.; Kong, Q.; An, Z.; Shokouhimehr, M.
Palladium Comprising Dicationic Bipyridinium Supported Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica
(PMO): Pd@Bipy–PMO as an Efficient Hybrid Catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura Cross-Coupling
Reaction in Water. Catalysts 2019, 9, 140-149
Ajaero C, KM Peru, SA Hughes, H Chen, A McKenna, Y Corilo, McMartin DW*, JV Headley
(2019). Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance
Mass Spectrometry characterization of oil sand process-affected water in constructed
wetland treatment, Energy and Fuels, 33(5): 4420 - 4431
Akomeah, E., Lindenschmidt, K.-E. and Chapra, S. (2019) Comparison of aquatic ecosystem
functioning between eutrophic and hypereutrophic cold-region river-lake systems.
Ecological Modelling 393: 25-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2018.12.004 (IF =
2.507)
Al Naggar, Y., J.P. Giesy and S. El Kholy. 2019. Sublethal Effects of Chronic Exposure to
Chlorpyrifos or Imidacloprid Insecticides or their Binary Mixtures on Culex pipiens Mos-
quitoes. Physiol. Entomol. 44:123-132
Alam, R., McPhedran, K. Application of biological sulfate reduction for remediation of arsenic – A
review. (2019) Chemosphere 222:932-944
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Alam, S., Barbour, S.L., Huang, M. (2019). “Characterizing Uncertainty in the Hydraulic
Parameters of Oil Sands Mine Reclamation Covers and its Influence on Water Balance
Predictions”, Published online (June 12): Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESSD),
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2019-154
Ameli AA, Creed IF. Does wetland location matter when managing wetlands for watershed scale
flood and drought resilience? 2019. Journal of American Water Resources Association.
55:529-542
Ameli AA, Creed IF. Groundwaters at risk: Wetland loss reduces sources, lengthens pathways,
and decelerates rejuvenation of groundwater resources. 2019. Journal of American Water
Resources Association 55:294-306
Appiah, A, Adamowicz, W, Lloyd-Smith, P, Dupont D (2019). “Estimating the Economic Value of
Drinking Water Reliability in Alberta”. Water Economics and Policy. 1850020
Archer W.E., B. Gallardo-Lacourt, G. Perry, J. P. St.-Maurice, S. C., Buchert, E. Donovan, Steve: The
Optical Signature of intense Subauroral Ion Drifts, Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 6279–
6286. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082687
Arnold L, Hanna K, Noble B. 2019. Freshwater cumulative effects and environmental assessment
in the Mackenzie Valley, Northwest Territories: challenges and decision-maker needs.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal. https://doi.org/10.1080/14615517.2019.-
1596596
Azizian, S.*; Eris, S.; Wilson, L. D. Reply to “Comment on “Re-evaluation of the centuryold
Langmuir isotherm for modeling adsorption phenomena in solution””, published by
Salvestrini et al. [Chem. Phys. (2018)] Chemical Physics, 2019, 517, 272-273
Badibostan, B, J. Feizy, B. Daraei, S. Shoeibid, S. H. Rajabnejad, J. Asili, S.F. Taghizadeh, J.P. Giesy
and G Karimi. 2019. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Infant Formulae, Follow-on
Formulae and Baby Foods in Iran: An Assessment of Risk. Food Chem. Tox. 131: (On Line)
DOI.org/10.1016/j.fct.2019.110640
Bam, E. K. P., Brannen, R., Budhathoki, S., Ireson, A. M., Spence, C., & Kamp, G. van der. (2019).
Meteorological, soil moisture, surface water, and groundwater data from the St. Denis
National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan, Canada. Earth System Science Data, 11(2), 553–563.
doi:10.5194/essd-11-553-2019
Bam, E.K.P., R. Brannen, S. Budhathoki, A. M. Ireson, C. Spence, G. van der Kamp, 2019.
Meteorological, soil moisture, surface water, and groundwater data from the St Denis
National Wildlife Area, Saskatchewan, Canada. Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org-
/10.5194/essd-2018-125
Baulch, H., J. Elliott, H. Wilson, M. Cordeiro, D. Lobb and D. Flaten. 2019. Soil and water
management practices for agricultural nutrient mitigation in the Northern Great Plains.
Environmental Reviews. doi.org/10.1139/er-2018-0101
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Baulch, Helen M; Elliott, Jane A; Cordeiro, Marcos RC; Flaten, Don N; Lobb, David A; Wilson, Henry
F; 2019 Soil and water management practices: Opportunities to mitigate nutrient losses to
surface waters in the Northern Great Plains Environmental Reviews. In press. https://-
www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/er-2018-0101
Benettin, P., P. Queloz, M. Bensimon, J.J. McDonnell and A. Rinaldo, 2019. Velocities, residence
times, tracer breakthroughs in a vegetated lysimeter: a multitracer experiment. Water
Resources Research, DOI:10.1029/2018WR023894
Bennett, A., B. Nijssen, G. Ou, M. Clark, and G. Nearing, 2019: Quantifying Process Connectivity
With Transfer Entropy in Hydrologic Models. Water Resources Research, 55, 4613-4629, doi:
10.1029/2018WR024555
Berngardt O.I., Ruohoniemi J.M., St-Maurice J.-P., Marchaudon A., Kosch M.J., Yukimatu A.S.,
Nishitani N., Shepherd S.G., Marcucci M.F., Hu H., Nagatsuma T., and Lester M. Global
diagnostics of ionospheric absorption during X-ray solar flares based on 8-20MHz noise
measured by over-the-horizon radars, Space Weather, 17, 907–924. https://doi.org-
/10.1029/2018SW002130
Blöschl, G., M. Bierkens, A. Chambel, C. Cudennec, G. Destouni, A. Fiori, J. Kirchner, J.J.
McDonnell, H. Savenije, M. Sivapalan, C. Stumpp, E. Toth, E. Volpi, G. Carr, J. Salinas, B.
Széles, A. Viglione and 200 others, 2019. 23 unsolved problems in hydrology – a community
perspective. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64:10, 1141-1158, DOI:10.1080/02626667-
.2019.1620507
Boakye-Danquah, J., Reed, M.G., 2019. The participation of non-industrial private forest owners
in forest certification programs: the role and effectiveness of intermediary organizations.
Forest Policy and Economics. 100:154-163
Botha, T.L., E.E. Elemike, S. Horn, D.C. Onwudiwe, J.P Giesy, and V. Wepener. 2019. Cytotoxicity
of Ag, Au and Ag-Au Bimetallic Nanoparticles Prepared Using Golden Rod (Solidago
canadensis) Plant Extract. Sci. Rep. 9:4169:1-8
Bradford, L., Chun, Kwok P., Bonli, R., Strickert, G.* (2019). Does engagement build empathy for
shared water resources? Results from the use of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index during a
mobile water allocation experimental decision laboratory. Water (accepted May 20th,
2019). Impact factor: 2.250
Brinkmann, M., Barz, B., Carrière, D., Velki, M., Smith, K., Meyer-Alert, H., Müller, Y., Thalmann,
B., Bluhm, K., Schiwy, S. (2019) Bioactivation of quinolines in a recombinant estrogen
receptor transactivation assay is catalyzed by N-methyltransferases. Chemical Research in
Toxicology 32: 698-707
Brinkmann, M., Schneider, A.L., Bluhm, K., Schiwy, S., Lehmann, G., Deutschmann, B., Müller, A.,
Tiehm, A., Hollert, H. (2019) Ecotoxicity of NSO-heterocycles (NSO-HET) and short-chained
alkyl phenols (SCAP) commonly detected in contaminated groundwater. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 38: 1343-1355
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Bulmer, D., J. Hamilton, G. Kar, Dhillon, Gurbir, Si, B.C., Peak, Derek. 2019. Effects of citrate on
the rates and mechanisms of phosphate adsorption and desorption on a calcareous soil. Soil
Science Society of America Journal. 83:332-338
Cavallaro, M., Liber, KL, Philips, ID, Headley, JV, Peru, KM, C.A. Morrissey* (2019). Neonicotinoids
and other agricultural stressors collectively modify aquatic insect communities.
Chemosphere 226:955-965
Cavallaro, M.C., A. Main, K. Liber, I.D. Phillips, J.V. Headley, K.M. Peru and C.A. Morrissey. 2019.
Neonicotinoids and other agricultural stressors collectively modify emergent aquatic insect
communities. Chemosphere 226: 945-955
Chakraborty, S.; Kahan, T. F. (2019, invited, cover) Emerging investigator series: spatial
distribution of dissolved organic matter in ice and at air-ice interfaces. Environmental
Science Processes and Impacts 21: 1076 – 1084. DOI: 10.1039/c9em00190e
Chará-Serna, A.; Epele, L., Morrissey, C.A. Richardson, J.* (2019). Nutrients and sediment modify
the impacts of a neonicotinoid insecticide on freshwater community structure and
ecosystem functioning. Science of the Total Environment
Cheeseman, A., Wright, T., Murray, J., & McKenzie, M. (2019). Taking stock of sustainability in
higher education policy: A review of the policy literature. Environmental Education
Research, 1-16
Chen, Q.-C. X.-X. Wang, H.-Y. Tan, W. Shi, X.-W. Zhang, S. Wei, J.P. Giesy and H.-X. Yu. 2019.
Molecular Initiating Events of Bisphenols on AR-Mediated Pathways Provide Guidelines for
in Silico Screening and Design of Substitute Compounds. Envir. Sci. Technol. Let. 6:205−210.
Chen, W., Liu, N., Lindenschmidt, K.-E. and Swallow, C. (2019) Feasibility of using continuous, stiff
materials for reinforcing freshwater ice covers to increase safe bearing capacity. SN Applied
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Clermont, H.J.K., Dale, A., Reed, M.G., and King, L. 2019. Sense of Place as a Source of Tension in
Canada’s West Coast Energy Conflicts, Coastal Management. DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2019.-
1564953
Contosta AR, Casson NJ, Garlick S, Nelson SJ, Ayres MP, Burakowski EA, Campbell J, Creed IF,
Eimers, C, Evans C, Fernandez I, Fuss C, Huntington T, Patel K, Sanders-DeMott R, Son K,
Templer P, Thornbrugh C. 2019. Northern forest winters have lost cold, snowy conditions
that are important for ecosystems and human communities. Ecological Applications e01974
Coogan SCP, Coops NC, Janz DM, Cattet MRL, Kearney SP, Stenhouse GB, Nielsen SE, (2019).
Towards grizzly bear population recovery in a modern landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology,
56: 93-99
Costa D*, Pomeroy JW (2019). Preferential meltwater flowpaths as a driver of preferential elution
of chemicals from melting snowpacks, Science of the Total Environment, 662: 110 - 120, DOI:
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.091
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Costa, D., J. Pomeroy, H. Baulch, J. Elliott and H. Wheater. 2019. Investigating the dominant
climate, soil, and human controls on snowmelt nutrient export in agricultural regions:
development and testing of an inverse modelling approach with equifinality control.
Hydrological Processes doi:10.1002/hyp.13463
Costa, D., Pomeroy, J. (2019). "Preferential meltwater flowpaths as a driver of preferential elution
of chemicals from melting snowpacks", Science of the Total Environment, April, 2019
Costa, Diogo; Pomeroy, John; Baulch, Helen; Elliott, Jane; Wheater, Howard; 2019 Using an
inverse modelling approach with equifinality control to investigate the dominant controls on
snowmelt nutrient export. Hydrological Processes. Accepted. https://onlinelibrary.-
wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hyp.13463
Crill C, Janz DM, Kusch JM, Santymire RM, Heyer GP, Shury TK, Lane JE, (2019). Investigation of
the utility of feces and hair as non-invasive measures of glucocorticoids in wild black-tailed
prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 275: 15-24
Crini G.*, Torri G, Lichtfouse É, Kyzas G. Z., Wilson L. D., Morin-Crini N. Cross-Linked
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Cruz-Hernández, P., Carrero, S., Pérez-López, R., Fernandez-Martinez, A., Lindsay, M.B.J.,
Dejoie, C., & Nieto, J.M. (2019). Impact of As(V) on precipitation and transformation of
schwertmannite in acid mine drainage-impacted waters. European Journal of Mineralogy 31:
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D Costa, J Liu, J Roste, J Elliott. "Temporal Dynamics of Snowmelt Nutrient Release from Snow–
Plant Residue Mixtures: An Experimental Analysis and Mathematical Model Development",
Journal of Environ mental Quality, May, 2019
D Costa, J Pomeroy, H Baulch, J Elliott, H Wheater. "Using an inverse modelling approach with
equifinality control to investigate the dominant controls on snowmelt nutrient export",
Hydrological Processes, March, 2019
Danquah, M.; Wang, S.; Wang, Q.; Wang, B.; Wilson, L. D.* A porous β-cyclodextrinbased
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David, C. H., J. M. Hobbs, M. J. Turmon, C. M. Emery, J. T. Reager and J. S. Famiglietti, Analytical
Propagation of Runoff Uncertainty into Discharge Uncertainty through a Large River
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Deutschmann, B., Müller, A.K., Hollert, H., Brinkmann, M. (2019) Assessing the fate of brown
trout (Salmo trutta) environmental DNA in a natural stream using a sensitive and specific
dual-labelled probe. Science of the Total Environment 655: 321-327
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Diodato N., Büntgen U., Bellocchi G., 2019. Mediterranean winter snowfall variability over the
past Millennium. International Journal of Climatology 39, 384-394. https://rmets.online-
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Diodato N., Lelys Bravo De Guenni, Mariangel Garcia, Gianni Bellocchi, 2019. Decadal Oscillation
in the Predictability of Palmer Drought Severity Index in California. Climate 7(1), 6.
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Diodato N., Ljungqvist F.C., Bellocchi G., 2019. A millennium-long reconstruction of damaging
hydrological events across Italy. Scientific Reports 9: 9963 https://www.nature.com-
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DiPelino, S., *Schuster-Wallace, C.J., Dickson-Anderson, S.E., Hynds, P.D., and Majury, A. (2019).
A Coupled Systems Framework for Managing Microbial Risk in Private Drinking Water Wells.
Canadian Water Resources Journal/Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 1-11
Dodds, W., and H. Baulch. 2019. Consensus report for IJC on RESPEC 2016 report “The
development of a stressor-response model for the Red River of the North”
Drouillard, K.G., Qian, Y., Lafontaine, J., Ismail, N., McPhedran, K., Szalinska, E., Grgicak-Mannion,
A. (2019) Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediments of the Huron-Erie Corridor.
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 102(4):450-456
Du X, Creed IF, Sorichetti RJ, Trick CG. Cyanobacteria biomass in shallow eutrophic lakes is linked
to the presence of iron-binding ligands. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
999:1-12
Duijns, S.* and 22 others including C.A. Morrissey (2019). Long-distance migratory shorebirds
travel faster towards their breeding grounds, but fly faster post-breeding. Scientific Reports
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provisioning ecosystem services as a driver of change in the Canadian boreal zone.
Environmental Reviews 27:166-184
Evaristo, J., M. Kim, J. van Haren, L. Pangle, C. Harman, P. Troch and J.J. McDonnell, 2019.
Characterizing the fluxes and age distribution of soil water, plant water, and deep
percolation in a model tropical ecosystem. Water Resources Research,
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Fan, Y, M. Clark, D. Lawrence, S. Swenson, L. Band, S. Brantley, P. Brooks, W.E. Dietrich, A. Flores,
G. Grant, J. Kirchner, D. Mackay, J.J. McDonnell, P. Milly, P. Sullivan, C. Tague, H. Ajami, N.
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Freund, T. Wagener, X. Zeng, E. Beighley, J. Buzan, M Huang, B. Livneh, B. Mohanty, B.
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functions of hillslope hydrology with relevance to Earth System Modeling: Syntheses and
testable hypotheses. Water Resources Research, DOI:10.1029/2018WR023903
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Fan, Y., M. Clark, D. M. Lawrence, S. Swenson, L. E. Band, S. L. Brantley, . . . D. Yamazaki, 2019:
Hillslope Hydrology in Global Change Research and Earth System Modeling. Water Resources
Research, 55, 1737-1772, doi: 10.1029/2018WR023903
Fang X, Pomeroy JW, DeBeer C., Harder P., Siemens E (2019). Hydrometeorological data from
Marmot Creek Research Basin, Canadian Rockies, Earth System Science Data, 11(2): 455 -
471, DOI: 10.5194/essd-11-455-2019
Ferguson, G. and McIntosh, J.C. 2019. Comment on “Groundwater Pumping Is a Significant
Unrecognized Contributor to Global Anthropogenic Element Cycles”. Groundwater. 57: 82-
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Ferguson, G., McIntosh, J.C., Perrone, D. and Jasechko, S. 2018. The Shrinking Window of Low
Salinity Groundwater. Environmental Research Letters. IOP., doi.org/10.1088/1748-
9326/aae6d8
Freese, M., Rizzo, L., Pohlmann, J.-D., Marohn, L., Witten, P.E., Gremse, F. Rütten, S., Güvener,
N., Michael, S., Wysujack, K., Lammers, T., Kiessling, F., Hollert, H., Hanel, R., Brinkmann, M.
(2019) Bone resorption and body reorganization during maturation induce maternal transfer
of toxic metals in anguillid eels. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of America
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Wang, J., C. Song, J. T. Reager, F. Yao, J. S. Famiglietti, Y. Sheng, G. M. MacDonald, F. Brun, R. A.
Marston and Y. Wada, Recent Global Decline in Endorheic Basin Water Storage, Nature
Geoscience, 11(12), 926-932.
Wang, X., Shaw, E., Westbrook, C., and Bedard-Haughn, A. 2018. Beaver dams induce hyporheic
and biogeochemical changes in riparian areas in a mountain peatland. Wetlands 38: 1017-
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Wang, Y., X.-H. Sun, L.-Y. Fang, K.-Q. Li, P. Yang, L.-Q. Du, K.-H. Ji, J.-H. Wang, Q. Liu, C. Xu, G. Li,
J.P. Giesy and M. Hecker. 2018. Genomic Instability in Adult Men Involved in Processing
Electronic Waste in Northern China. Environ. Internat. 17:69-81
Wang, Y.C., X.F. Wang, H.W. Chau, B.C. Si, N. Yao. Y. Li. 2018. Water movement and finger flow
characterization in homogeneous water-repellent soils. Vadose Zone Journal. 17:1 (IF=3.63)
White, K.B. and K. Liber. 2018. Early chemical and toxicological risk characterization of inorganic
constituents in surface water from the Canadian oil sands first large-scale end pit lake.
Chemosphere 211: 745-757
Xu, L., and Kajikawa, Y. (2018). An integrated framework for resilience research: a systematic
review based on citation network analysis. Sustainability Science, 13(1), 235-254. https://-
doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0487-4
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Xu, L., Gober, P., Wheater, H. S., and Kajikawa, Y. (2018). Reframing socio-hydrological research
to include a social science perspective. Journal of Hydrology. 563, 76-83. https://doi.org/-
10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.05.061
Yeung ACY, Paltsev A, Daigle A, Duinker PN, Creed IF. 2018. Atmospheric change as a driver of
change in the Canadian boreal zone. Environmental Reviews 999:1-31
Zamberletti P, Zaffaroni M, Accatino F, Creed IF, De Michele C. 2018. Connectivity among
wetlands matters for vulnerable amphibian populations in wetlandscapes. Ecological
Modelling 384:119-127
Zhang, C., W.-Y. Feng, H.-Y. Cheng, Y.-R. Zhu, F.-C. Wu, J.P. Giesy, Z.-Q. He, H. Wang and F.-H. Sun.
2018. Characterization and Sources of Dissolved and Particulate Phosphorus in 10
Freshwater Lakes with Different Trophic Statuses in China by Solution 31P Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopy Ecol. Res. 34:106–118
Zhang, R. X.-X. Wang, X.-S. Zhang, J.-J. Zhang, X.-W. Zhang, X. Shi, D. Crump, R.J. Letcher, J.P. Giesy
and C.-S. Liu. 2018. Down-Regulation of hspb9 and hspb11 Contributes to Wavy Notochord
in Zebrafish Embryos Following Exposure to Polychlorinated Diphenylsulfides. Environ. Sci.
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Zhe Zhang, Yanping Li*, Fei Chen, Michael Barlage, Zhenhua Li, 2018: Evaluation of convection-
permitting WRF CONUS simulation on the relationship between soil moisture and
heatwaves, Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4508-5
Zhenhua Li, Yanping Li*, Barrie Bonsal, Alan Manson, Lucia Scaff, 2018: Combined Impacts of
ENSO and MJO on the 2015 Growing Season Drought over the Canadian Prairies, Hydrol.
Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 5057–5067
Zhu, Y.-R., W.-Y. Feng, S. Liu, Z.-Q. He, X.-L. Zhao, Y. Liu, J.-Y. Guo, J.P. Giesy, F.-C. Wu. 2018.
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Conference Proceedings and Presentations - 2019
A.H. Karoyo, J. Yang, and L.D. Wilson. Cyclodextrin-Based Polymer-Supported Bacterium for
the Adsorption and in-situ Biodegradation of Phenolic Contaminants Global Water Futures
Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada. [Poster]
A.H. Karoyo, L. Dehabadi, and L. D. Wilson. Renewable Starch Carriers with Switchable
Adsorption Properties, World Water Day 2019, GIWS Symposium, Saskatoon, SK. [Poster]
Al Masum, A., McPhedran, K.N. (2019) Impacts of City of Saskatoon’s stormwater runoff into the
South Saskatchewan River. Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2019 Annual Conference,
Laval, QC
Al Rafi, S., Dumachali, A., Alam, R., Lee, A., Chang, W., McPhedran, K.N. (2019) Arsenic
bioremediation: Importance of sample preparation for environmental arsenic species
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identification. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering 2019 Annual
Conference, Laval, QC
Alcaraz, A., Green, D., Bluhm, K., Potesil, D., Park, B., Burbridge, C., Mikulášek, K., Lane, T.,
Brinkmann, M., Zdrahal, Z., Schneider, D., Crump, D., Basu, N., Hogan, N., Hecker, M. (2019)
Trans-omics investigations to predict adverse outcomes of 17α-ethinylestradiol in early life
stage fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). SETAC Europe Annual Meeting 2019, Helsinki,
Finland
Ali, M.*, Razavi, S., (2019), Integrated Water Resources Planning and Management of the
Complex, Transboundary Saskatchewan River Basin in Canada (Oral Presentation)
April DJ, Janz DM, Palace VP, Weber LP, (2019). Exposure to diluted bitumen affects metabolism
and swim endurance in fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Prairie Northern SETAC
Regional Meeting, Lethbridge, AB
Asong ZE*, Razavi S, Pomeroy J, Pietroniro A, Mohamed E (2019). Rethinking how we interpret
the ‘cascade of uncertainty’ in scenario-led hydrological impacts assessment to climate
change. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada,
May 15, 2019
Aubry-Wake C*, Pradhananga D*, Pomeroy J (2019). Linking hydrological processes to
streamflow variability in an headwater alpine glacierized catchment. Global Water Futures
Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
B. Vafakish, L. D. Wilson Cu (II) Uptake by Tweezer-like biopolymer (March 2019) GIWS World
Water Day Symposium, U of S, Saskatoon [Poster]
Boakye-Danquah, J. and Reed, M.G. 2019. Linking forest values, ecosystem services and human
well-being through a capabilities approach: evidence from model forests in Japan and
Canada. Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, May 27-31,
2019. May 28
Bonsal, B and E Wheaton. 2019 Feb. Canadian Prairie Droughts: Impacts and Implications. Invited
Presentation to the Drainage and Drought Workshop, CWRA Saskatchewan Branch, Feb 1,
Regina, SK. 39 slides
Bradford, L. (2019). Researcher Profile. A Meeting of the Minds 2. Innovation Place, Saskatoon,
March 11th 2019
Bradford, L., Bharadwaj, L. (2019). FSIN Environmental Health Working Group. Results sharing
from scoping review and environmental scan of Indigenized Health Services for CIHR
Development Grant on CIHR NHEIR May 3rd 2019
Bradford, L., Bharadwaj, L., Arcand, M., Schuster-Wallace, C., Dickson, S. Invited talk to FSIN
Environmental Health Working Group on Indigenous Health Services models. May 2nd 2019.
Saskatoon, FSIN Head Office
Brinkmann, M., Freese, M., Pohlmann, J.D., Doering, J., Damerau, M., Marohn, L., Hanel, R.,
Hecker, M. (2019) The missing piece in the eel puzzle? New evidence indicates dioxin-like
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compounds might be responsible for recruitment failure in European eels. SETAC PNC
Annual Meeting 2019, Lethbridge, Canada
Brinkmann, M., Mangold-Döring, A., Grimard, C., Hollert, H., Hecker, M. (2019) A Novel Multi-
Species Physiology-Based Toxicokinetic Modelling Approach in Support of Ecological Risk
Assessment. Global Water Futures 2nd Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon Canada
Canez, T., McIntosh, J.C. and Ferguson, G. 2019. Fresh and brackish groundwater to inform better
management of decreasing groundwater levels in the Willcox Basin, SE Arizona. El Día del
Agua y la Atmósfera - The Annual Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Research
Symposium, Tucson, AZ. March 25, 2019
Canning, C.M., Richards, L., Fischer, F., Roth-Brown, A., Marie-Kyplain, H., Howat, B., Laroque,
C.P., Walker, T., and Person, Z. Tracing Arsenic in Tree Rings. Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Association of Geographers. Winnipeg, MB. May 27-31, 2019
Casavant, T., Fleming, I., McPhedran, K.N. (2019) Characterisation of landfilled waste using
continuous core samples. Proceedings of the Geo-Environmental Engineering 2019 Annual
Conference, Montreal, QC
Chad, S.J., Barbour, S.L., McDonnell, J.J. (2019). “Controls on the evolution of the stable isotopes
of oil sands mine site waters”, COSIA 2019 – Innovation Summit, June 3-4, Calgary, AB,
POSTER
Chakraborty, S.; Kahan, T. F. Oral, Chemistry Graduate Student Symposium, University of
Saskatchewan: “Raman microscopy of ice in the presence of salt and humic acid” (May 2019)
Chakraborty, S.; Kahan, T. F. Oral, Prairie Environmental Chemistry Colloquium, Edmonton, AB:
“Raman microscopy of ice in the presence of salt and humic acid” (May 2019)
Chegoonian, A.M., K. Zolfaghari, K. Nugent, H.M. Baulch, C.R. Duguay. Remote sensing of lakes
to detect and map harmful algal blooms: first steps toward an early warning system for small
inland water bodies. Global Water Futures Annual Meeting. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. May
2019
Clark MP, Pomeroy JW (2019). Canmore as the new global centre for water and climate research.
World Water Day, Canmore, Canada, March 22, 2019
Costa D*, Pomeroy J (2019). Hydrodynamic modelling of snowmelt flooding events and nutrient
transport in the Canadian Prairies using the FLUXOS model. Global Water Futures Second
Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
D Costa, J Pomeroy. "Hydrodynamic modelling of snowmelt flooding events and nutrient
transport in the Canadian Prairies using the FLUXOS model", Global Water Futures Annual
Science Meeting, Saskatoon, June, 2019
D Costa, J Pomeroy. "Preferential meltwater flowpaths as a driver of preferential elution of
chemicals from melting snowpacks", Annual Assembly of IUGG (International Union of
Geodesy and Geophysics), Montreal, July, 2019
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D Costa, U Aziz, R Kurian, J Elliott, H Baulch, J Pomeroy. "The Nutrient App", Lake Winnipeg Basin
Symposium, Winnipeg, March, 2019
D Costa, U Aziz, R Kurian, J Elliott, H Baulch, J Pomeroy. "The Nutrient App: Promoting beneficial
management practices acceptance through on-farm instantaneous community-based
nutrient sampling", Agriculture-Water Research Expo, GWF, Saskatoon, June, 2019
de Boer, J. D., Noël, J.-M. A., and St.-Maurice, J.-P.: On the convection of ionospheric density
Pasha Ponomarenko, Kathryn McWilliams and Jean-Pierre St.-Maurice, Validation of the
SuperDARN range-finding algorithms in the polar cap, International SuperDARN workshop,
Fujiyoshida, Japan, June 2019
de Toledo, M., H. Baulch. Diffusive phosphorus fluxes at the sediment-water interface from
Eastern Canadian lakes. Global Water Futures Annual Meeting. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
May 2019
Dell’Oro, A.P., *Kim, J., Ferguson, G. and McIntosh, J. 2019. Extent of salt dissolution and brine
flushing to the Dolores River in the Paradox Valley, Colorado. El Día del Agua y la Atmósfera
- The Annual Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Research Symposium, Tucson, AZ. March
25, 2019
Devin Huyghebaert, Glenn Hussey, Draven Galeschuk, J.P. St-Maurice, and Kathryn McWilliams,
An investigation into high spatio-temporal resolution E-region irregularity measurements
from the ICEBEAR radar, DASP workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
Devin Huyghebaert, Glenn Hussey, Juha Vierinen, Kathryn McWilliams, and J.P. St-Maurice, The
ICEBEAR Radar: A coded continuous-wave VHF radar for E-region plasma irregularity
measurements, DASP workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
Draven Galeschuk, Glenn Hussey, Devin Huyghebaert, Kathryn McWilliams, Jean-Pierre St.-
Maurice, Juha Vierinen, Optimization of ICEBEAR analysis and interferometry, DASP
workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
E. Cavaliere. Hergott, A., H. Baulch, N. Basu. Using land-use, catchment classifications and
nutrient regimes to understand nutrient retention in prairie wetlands. Global Water Futures
Annual Meeting. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. May 2019
Eamen, L.*, Razavi, S., and Brouwer, R., (2019), The Economic Response to Water Availability due
to Climate and Policy Change in the Saskatchewan River Basin, Global Water Futures 2nd
Annual Open Science Meeting, May 15-17, 2019, Saskatoon, Canada (Oral Presentation)
Elgin, A.S., Clark, R.G., and Morrissey, C.A. Retaining Prairie Ponds to Offset Agricultural Impacts
on Aerial Insectivores: An Assessment of Tree Swallow Foraging Habitat. Prairie
Conservation and Endangered Species Conference. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. February
2019 (oral presentation)
Elgin, A.S., Morrissey, C.A., and Clark, R.G. GPS-tracking Reveals Selection for Prairie Ponds by
Tree Swallows in Cropland-Dominated Landscapes. AOS 2019, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, June
2019 (oral presentation)
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Elshamy M, Pietroniro A, Wheater H, Pomeroy J, Asong ZE* (2019). Mapping permafrost in the
Mackenzie River Basin. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting,
Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Eng, M.L., Stutchbury, B.J., and Morrissey, C.A. Effect of neonicotinoid insecticides on fueling and
behaviour in seed-eating birds. 12th Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species
Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. February 2019 (oral presentation)
Eric Neil and Bing Cheng Si. 2019. Decadal variability of groundwater recharge at a semi-arid
agricultural site. Joint international conference of Soil Science Society of America, Canadian
Society of Soil Science and Mexican Society of Soil Science. Jan. 6-9, 2019. San Diego, USA
Famiglietti, J. S., The Global Groundwater Crisis as Revealed from Space: Implications for Human
Security, AGU Chapman Conference, Valencia, Spain
Famiglietti, J. S., Global Change Impacts on Freshwater Availability from the Global to Regional
Scales, Prairie Water Summit, Regina, SK, June 24, 2019
Famiglietti, J. S., A Map of the Future of Water, National Academies of Science, Engineering and
Medicine, Water Science and Technology Board, Washington, DC, USA, June 17, 2019
Famiglietti, J. S., Challenges for Global Water Futures, Integrated Modeling for Prediction and
Management of Change, Global Water Futures Program, University of Sasksatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK, Canada, June 12, 2019
Famiglietti, J. S., A Map of the Future of Water, 10X Water Summit, Phoenix, AZ, March 27, 2019
Famiglietti, J. S., A Map of the Future of Water, National Academies of Science, Engineering and
Medicine, March 22, Washington, DC
Fang X*, Pomeroy J (2019). Simulations of forest disturbances on streamflow in Bow River Basin
above Calgary. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon,
Canada, May 15, 2019
Fayad A*, Pomeroy J (2019). Assessing the Canadian land surface scheme in simulating snowpack
in mountains. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon,
Canada, May 15, 2019
Francis, D.J., Barbour, S.L., & Lindsay, M.B.J. (2019). Methane dynamics in fluid fine tailings in
an oil sands end pit lake. Joint Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada,
Mineralogical Association of Canada, and Canadian National Chapter of the International
Association of Hydrogeologists, May 12 – 15, Quebec City, Canada.
Francis, D.J., Barbour, S.L., Lindsay, M.B.J. (2019). “Methane dynamics in fluid fine tailings in an
oil sands end pit lake”, GAC-MAC-IAH 2019 conference, Session: Energy, Sustainable
Development and Environment (SS-RE2), Quebec City, Quebec, May 12-15 (Oral).
Francis, D.J., Lindsay, M.B.J., Barbour, S.L. (2019). “Examining the influence of methane ebullition
on chemical mass transport across the tailings-water interface in Base Mine Lake”, COSIA
2019 – Innovation Summit, June 3-4, Calgary, AB, POSTER
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Fuchylo, U., Alharbi, H., Jones, P., Hecker, M., Brinkmann, M. (2019) Inflammation of gill epithelia
in fish causes increased permeation of polar organic chemicals via disruption of tight
junctions. Global Water Futures 2nd Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon Canada
Fuchylo, U., Brinkmann, M., Alharbi, H., Hecker, M. (2019) Inflammation of gill epithelia in fish
causes increased permeation of polar organic chemicals via disruption of tight junctions.
SETAC PNC Annual Meeting 2019, Lethbridge, Canada
Green, D., Janz, D., Liber, K., Brinkmann, M., Hecker, M. (2019) Cross-species compartmental
modeling of selenium in fishes exposed to selenomethionine via ingestion. Global Water
Futures 2nd Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon Canada
Green, D., Janz, D., Liber, K., Hogan, N., Alcaraz, A., Lane, T., Raes, K., Bluhm, K., Brinkmann, M.,
Crump, D., Basu, N., and Hecker, M. (2019) Predicting selenomethionine toxicity in the
fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) using semi-quantitative modeling. SETAC PNC
Annual Meeting 2019, Lethbridge, Canada
Grimard, C., Mangold-Döring, A., Schmitz, M., Alharbi, H., Jones, P., Giesy, J., Brinkmann, M.,
Hecker, M. (2019) In vitro-in vivo and cross-life stage extrapolation of uptake and
biotransformation of benzo[a]pyrene in the fathead minnow. SETAC PNC Annual Meeting
2019, Lethbridge, Canada
Grimard, C., Mangold-Döring, A., Schmitz, M., Hecker, M., Brinkmann, M. (2019) In vitro-in vivo
and cross-life stage extrapolation of uptake and biotransformation of benzo[a]pyrene in the
fathead minnow. Global Water Futures 2nd Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon
Canada
H. K. Agbovi, L. D. Wilson (March 2019). “Flocculation optimization of orthophosphate with FeCl3
and alginate using the Box-Behnken response surface methodology” World Water Day 2019,
GIWS Symposium, Saskatoon, SK. [Poster]
H. K. Agbovi, L. D. Wilson (May 2019). “Design of amphoteric chitosan flocculants for phosphate
and turbidity removal in wastewater” Department of Chemistry Graduate Student
Symposium, University of Saskatchewan. [Poster]
Harder P*, Helgason W, Hunter A, Johnson B, Pomeroy J. (2019). Observation of crop, climate,
and hydrology interactions on the Canadian Prairies. Global Water Futures Second Annual
Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Harder P*, Pomeroy J, Helgason W, Staines C* (2019). Mapping sub-canopy snow depth:
Challenges and opportunities with unmanned aerial vehicles. Global Water Futures Second
Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
He Z*, Pomeroy JW, Fang X*, Peterson A* (2019). Hydrological responses in a boreal forest basin
to climate and land cover change. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science
Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
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Hergott, A. E. Cavaliere, C.J. Whitfield, & H.M. Baulch. The Rate and Controls of Nitrogen
Biogeochemistry in Prairie Potholes, Canada. Global Water Futures Annual Science Meeting.
Saskatoon, SK, Canada. May 2019. (Poster)
Hergott, A., E. Cavaliere, C. Whitfield, H. Baulch. The rate and controls of nitrogen
biogeochemistry in prairie potholes, Canada. Global Water Futures Annual Meeting.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. May 2019
Howell, J.E., McKellar, A.E., Espie, R.H.M., Bianchini, K., and Morrissey, C.A. Population-level
importance and migratory connectivity of a shorebird staging site in the Midcontinental
Flyway. American Ornithological Society Meeting 2019. Anchorage, Alaska, USA. June 2019.
(oral presentation)
I. A. Udoetok, L. D. Wilson, (March 2019) Modified Chitosan Beads for the Removal of Phosphate
from Aqueous Solution. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting,
Saskatoon, Canada. [Poster]
I. A. Udoetok, L. D. Wilson, J. V. Headley (February 2019) Sustainable Hybrid Zipper-Like
Biopolymer Sorbents with Tunable Anion Sorption Properties. SSSC U of S Open House,
Saskatoon, SK. [Poster]
I. A. Udoetok, L. D. Wilson, J. V. Headley (March 2019) (Sustainable Hybrid Zipper-Like
Biopolymer Sorbents with Tunable Anion Sorption Properties. World Water Day 2019, GIWS
Symposium, Saskatoon, SK. [Poster]
Ivanov G, Trevor D, Pomeroy JW (2019). Transitions – Climate Change [Artistic Exhibition].
Norwich Cathedral. Norwich, England
Jellicoe, K., Ferguson, G. and McIntosh. J.C. 2019. Quantifying Produced and Injected Waters in
Southeastern Saskatchewan. 2019 GWF Annual Science Meeting, Saskatoon, SK, May 2019
J-P St-Maurice, L. Goodwin and A. Reimer, New types of E region studies facilitated by AMISR
radars, DASP workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
Kehoe, M., H. Baulch, B. Ingalls, J. J. Venkiteswaran. Forecasting cyanobacteria blooms using high
frequency lake data. Global Water Futures Annual Meeting. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. May
2019
Ken C.J. Van Rees, Beyhan Y. Amichev, Thuan V. Ha, Colin P. Laroque. 2019. Shelterbelts in
Canada: century-old agroforestry systems for climate adaptation. Agroforestry Congress,
Montpellier, France, May 2019
Kennedy EKC, Kapronczai L, Wilson AE, Janz DM, (2019). A hairy tale: Comparison of cortisol,
testosterone and progesterone concentrations in northern elephant seal pup hair and
whiskers. Prairie Northern SETAC Regional Meeting, Lethbridge, AB
Keshavarz, K.*, and Razavi, S., (2019), Assessing the viability of transboundary waters agreements
under future climate change scenarios – A case study of the Saskatchewan River Basin (Oral
Presentation)
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Kinar NJ*, Pomeroy JW. (2019). Hydrological observations and smart water sensors. Global Water
Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Kroft, E., K. Oleson, N.J. Casson, H.M. Baulch, L.T. Dyck, R.E.J. Helmle, R.L. North, J.J.
Venkiteswaran, C.J. Whitfield, & C. Williams. Bubbling from Beneath: Exploring Greenhouse
Gas Ebullition in Water Bodies Near Urban Areas. 2019 Prairie University Biology
Symposium, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. February 2019
L. Dehabadi and L. D. Wilson Development of biopolymers and their modified forms as
sustainable sorbent materials. World Water Day 2019, GIWS Symposium, Saskatoon, SK.
[Invited Talk]
L. Dehabadi, A. H. Karoyo, L. D. Wilson Spectroscopic and Thermodynamic Study of Biopolymer
Adsorption Phenomena in Heterogeneous Solid-Liquid Systems. World Water Day 2019,
GIWS Symposium, Saskatoon, SK. [Poster]
L. V. Goodwin, JP St.-Maurice, P Richards, Unexpected summer mid-latitude troughs and ion
temperature "spikes" during quiet geomagnetic conditions: A new substorm effect? DASP
workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
Laroque, C.P, Howat, B., Davis, E., and Amichev, B. Predicting future radial growth of shelterbelts
across the Brown, Dark Brown, and Black soil zones of southern Saskatchewan. Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Winnipeg, MB. May 27-31, 2019.
(National)
Larsen, M.L., H.M. Baulch, S.M. Schiff, D.F. Simon, S. Sauve. Extreme midsummer rainfall event
induces early onset cyanobacterial bloom. Global Water Futures Annual Meeting.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. May 2019
Larsen, M.L., J. Venkitewaran, H.M. Baulch, S.M. Schiff, S.N. Higgins. Changing cyanobacteria
blooms despite constant nutrient loads. Global Water Futures Annual Meeting. Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. May 2019
Leroux N*, Pomeroy J (2019). Simulation of preferential flow in snow with a 2D non-equilibrium
Richards equation. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon,
Canada, May 15, 2019
Lindgren, A., Robson, J. and Reed, M.G. 2019. Process makes perfect? Evaluating the
effectiveness of Canadian forest advisory committees for advancing sustainability. Annual
General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, May 27-31, 2019. May 29
Liu J., H.M. Baulch, J.A. Elliott, H.F. Wilson, and M.L. Macrae. 2019. Agricultural Water Quality in
Cold Climates: Processes and Management Options. Global Water Futures 2nd Annual Open
Science Meeting. May 14-17, 2019, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Talk)
Liu J., H.M. Baulch, J.A. Elliott, H.F. Wilson. 2019. How can we manage phosphorus in soil to
improve water quality without compromising crop yields? Agriculture – Water Research
Expo. Jun. 14, 2019, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Poster)
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Liu J., J.A. Elliott, M.L. Macrae, H.M. Baulch, H.F. Wilson, and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2019. Impacts of
cover crops and crop residues on phosphorus losses in cold climates: A review. Soils and
Crops conference. Mar. 5-6, 2019. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. (Invited)
Liu J., M.L. Macrae, J.A. Elliott, H.M. Baulch, H.F. Wilson, and P.J.A. Kleinman. 2019. Impacts of
cover crops and crop residues on phosphorus losses in cold climates: A review. Red River
Basin/Cold Climate Agricultural Nutrients BMP Workshop. Apr. 16-17, 2019, Crookston,
Minnesota, USA. (Invited)
Liu, G, R Stewart, B Bonsal, A Howard, E Wheaton. 2019 March. Drought Evolution. Presentation
to the Precipitation Extremes Project Meeting, Global Water Futures, March 26, Regina, SK.
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. 12 slides
Lloyd-Smith, P. (2019). Comprehensive Recreation Demand Modelling with Nonlinear Marginal
Utility of Trips: The Case of Outdoor Recreation in Canada, Association of Environmental and
Resource Economists Summer Conference, Lake Tahoe, May 30-31, 2019
Lloyd-Smith, P. (2019). Economic Value of Water-based Recreation in Canada, Global Water
Futures 2nd Annual Science Meeting, Saskatoon, May 14, 2019
Lloyd-Smith, P. (2019). Who Benefits from Ecosystem Services? Woman and Water Lecture
series, Saskatoon, March 1, 2019
Loukili Y*, Pomeroy J (2019). Forensic glacial hydrology of the Slims River piracy and the fate of
Yukon's Kluane Lake levels. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting,
Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Lubiniecki, T., Pearson, Z., Sove, T., Skjeie, C., Laroque, C.P., Muir, D., Walker, T., and Boechler,
A. The TransCanadian Research and Environmental Education (TREE) Program: Two labs,
one educational goal. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of
Geographers. Winnipeg, MB. May 27-31, 2019
Lucas, B.T., K. Liber and L.E. Doig. 2019. Using the past to understand the present: Reconstructing
background conditions in historically-impacted lakes. Battelle Sediment Conference 2019
(International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments),
New Orleans, LA, USA, February 11-14, 2019
Luijendijk, E., von Hagke, C., Köhler, S., *Winter, T. and Ferguson, G. Using thermal springs to
quantify deep fluid flow and its thermal footprint in the Alp. European Geosciencees Union
General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April 2019
Lunny E., Morrissey C., Gurney K. The Interactive Effects of Incubation Temperature and Organic
Contaminants on Early Development in Shorebirds. Alaska Bird Conference (ABC).
Anchorage, Alaska. March 2019 (oral presentation, Best student paper award)
Lv, Z*, Fang X*, Pomeroy J (2019). Assimilation of snow interception information into a cold
regions hydrological model. 76th Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Fairlee, United States,
June 4, 2019
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M Kompanizare, M Macrae, D Costa, R Petrone, J Pomeroy. "Simulation of Tile Flow with the Cold
Regions Hydrological Model in a Temperate Region: an Ontario case study", Global Water
Futures Annual Science Meeting, Saskatoon, June, 2019
M Kompanizare, M Macrae, D Costa, R Petrone, J Pomeroy. "Simulation of tile flow with the Cold
Regions. Hydrological Model in a temperate region: an Ontario case study", Annual Assembly
of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics), Montreal, July, 2019
M. Hecker, G. Timm, A.-M. Vinggaard, C. Nelleman, Y. Akahori, R. Cooper, H. Hollert, S-Y. Han, M.
B. Murphy and J. L. Newsted. 7. “The H295R Steroidogenesis Assay to Evaluate Toxicant-
Induced Effects on Sex Steroid Hormone Production”. Shell external Animal Welfare Panel
Meeting, May 9, 2019, Shell Offices, The Hague, The Netherlands
M. Mahmudul Huq, E. Zehavi, and J Soltan, 2019, Destruction of emerging contaminants in water:
Promises and challenges of catalytic ozonation technology, EnviroTech 2019, Calgary, AB,
April 23-25
M. Mahmudul Huq, J. Soltan, 2019, Destruction of emerging pollutants by catalytic ozonation:
the role of surface chemistry of carbon catalyst, Global Water Futures 2nd Annual Open
Science Meeting, Saskatoon, SK, May 14–17
M. Sabzevari, D. E. Cree, L. D. Wilson. Graphene Oxide−Chitosan Composite Material for
Treatment of a Model Dye Effluent. World Water Day 2019, GIWS Symposium, Saskatoon,
SK. [Poster]
MacPherson, S., DeBofsky, A., Brinkmann, M. (2019) Simultaneous in vitro assessment of the
bioavailability and hepatic CYP1A induction of dioxin-like chemicals in rainbow trout. SETAC
PNC Annual Meeting 2019, Lethbridge, Canada
Macrae M, Costa D*, Petrone R, Pomeroy J (2019). Simulation of tile flow with the cold regions
hydrological model in a temperate region: an Ontario case study. Global Water Futures
Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Maillet, J., Mood, B.J., and Laroque C.P. Cross-Scale Applications of Dendrochronology in Forest
Carbon Research. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Winnipeg,
MB. May 27-31, 2019
Maillet, J., Laroque C.P. Building Sustainable Lifestyles: An Overview of ENVS 401 Sustainability
in Action. International Association of Universities Cluster on Sustainable Development Goal
#12. Regina, SK. May 6-7, 2019
Maloney, E.M., C.A. Morrissey, K.M. Peru, J.V. Headley and K. Liber. From individuals to
populations: evaluation of laboratory-based predictions for toxicity of neonicotinoids and
their mixtures to sensitive aquatic insects. Society of Environmental Toxicology and
Chemistry Europe 29thAnnual Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, May 26-30, 2019
Mangold-Döring, A., Grimard, C., Green, D., Hogan, N., Weber, L., Hollert, H., Hecker, M.,
Brinkmann, M. (2019) A Novel Multi-Species Physiologically-Based Toxicokinetic Modelling
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Approach in Support of Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemicals. SETAC Young
Environmental Scientists Meeting, Ghent, Belgium
Mayrinck, R., and Laroque C.P. Dendrochronological techniques applied to retrieve tree size
through time. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Winnipeg, MB.
May 27-31, 2019
McDonnell, J. 10th Annual Catchment Science Summer School (5-days), University of
Birmingham, UK
McDonnell, J. Hillslope Hydrology: Past, Present and Future, University of Luxembourg, Belval
McDonnell, J. International Symposium on Water Security and Climate Change, SUSTech,
Shenzhen, China
McDonnell, J. IUGG-IAHS, Session on How to write and publish a paper in hydrology, Montreal
McKenzie, M., Stahelin, N., & Reid, A. (May, 2019). Policy networking: Examining the role of
meetings in the global governance of environmental and sustainability education (ESE).
Comparative and International Education Conference, San Francisco, California
Mekonnen BA*, Pomeroy J, Spence C, Shook KR*,Whitfield CJ (2019). A virtual basin modelling
approach to understand the roles of wetlands and climate on Prairie streamflow. Global
Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Mekonnen, B.A., J. Pomeroy, C. Spence, K.R. Shook & C.J. Whitfield. A virtual basin modelling
approach to understand the roles of wetlands and climate on Prairie streamflow. Global
Water Futures Annual Science Meeting. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. May 2019. (Poster)
Molot, L.A., S.L. Schiff, J.J. Venkiteswaran, H.M. Baulch, S.N. Higgins, A. Zastepa, M.J. Verschoor
and D. Walters. 2018 Guiding principles for preventing cyanobacteria blooms: Integrating
nutrient limitation and sediment redox science into watershed management”. Presented at
2019 Canadian Society of Limnologists annual conference, London, ON
Mowat, A.C., Francis, D.J. Ferguson, G., McIntosh, J.C., Eglington, B.M. and Lindsay, M.B.J. 2019.
Characterizing Devonian brines in the Williston Basin using multiple isotope systems. GAC
MAC IAH Joint Meeting, Quebec City, QC, May 2019
Mowat, A.C., Francis, D.J., Ferguson, G.A.G., McIntosh, J.C., Eglington, B.M. & Lindsay,
M.B.J. (2019). Characterizing Devonian brines of the Williston Basin with multiple isotope
systems. Joint Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada, Mineralogical Association
of Canada, and Canadian National Chapter of the International Association of
Hydrogeologists, May 12 – 15, Quebec City, Canada
Müller, A., Markert, N., Leser, K., Crawford, S.E., Schüttrumpf, H., Segner, H., Brinkmann, M.,
Hollert, H. (2019) Toxic floods - Impacts of remobilized endocrine disruptors from sediments
in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). SETAC Europe Annual Meeting 2019, Helsinki,
Finland
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N Leroux, D Costa, J Pomeroy. "Simulation of preferential flow in snow with a 2D non-equilibrium
Richards equation and comparison to laboratory data", Annual Assembly of IUGG
(International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics), Montreal, July, 2019
N Leroux, D Costa, J Pomeroy. "Simulation of preferential flow in snow with a 2D non-equilibrium
Richards equation", Global Water Futures Annual Science Meeting, Saskatoon, June 2019
N. Charchi, E. Zehavi, and J Soltan, 2019, Catalytic ozonation: A promising technology for removal
of VOC from air, EnviroTech 2019, Calgary, AB, April 23-25
Neapetung, M. Marion, B. Belcher, K. Bharadwaj, L. Bradford, L. (2019). A Social Psychology of
Flooding on reserves in Saskatchewan. Second Annual Meeting of the Global Water Futures
Programs. Saskatoon, May 14-17th 2019
Neapetung, M., Marion, B., Bradford, L., Bharadwaj, L.A., Strickert, G., Belcher, K., McDonald, W.,
Waldner, C. Osgood, N. and SSRL, University of Saskatchewan (2019). Proof of concept:
agent based modeling as a tool to investigate indigenous health impacts of flooding. Poster
presented GWF Operations Committee Meeting, January 22-23rd, 2019. Saskatoon, SK
Nehemy, M. F., Millar, C., Janzen, K., Gaj, M., Pratt, D. L., Laroque, C. P. and McDonnell, J.J. Triple
Isotopes Analysis able to detect co-extracted organics in vapor analysis of plant isotope
signatures. World Water Day 2019, Global Institute for Water Security, University of
Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 2019
Nehemy, M.F., Benettin, P., McDonnell, J.J., Rinaldo, A. and Laroque, C.P. Tracing plant water
source: Insights from a controled lysimeter experiment. School of Environment and
Sustainability Symposium, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, 2019
North, R., J. Graham, D. Obrecht, H. Baulch, J. Hudson, P. Dillon, R. Smith and J. Jones. 2019. Light
in cold lakes. Is it low? Is it changing? Annual conference for the Association for the Science
of Limnology and Oceanography. February 23 to March 2. San Juan, Puerto Rico
North, R., J. Graham, D. Obrecht, H. Baulch, J. Hudson, P. Dillon, R. Smith, J. Jones. Light in cold
lakes – is it low? Is it changing? Association for the Sciences of Limnology and
Oceanography. San Juan Puerto Rico. February 2019
Noyes, C., Ferguson, G., Person, M. and McIntosh, J. 2019. Geochemical and isotopic assessment
of regional groundwater flow and aquifer connectivity in the Lisbon Valley, Utah. El Día del
Agua y la Atmósfera - The Annual Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences Research
Symposium, Tucson, AZ. March 25, 2019
Oldach MD, Janz DM, (2019) Factors influencing selenium uptake by periphyton in boreal lake
ecosystems. Prairie Northern SETAC Regional Meeting, Lethbridge, AB
P. Ponamarenko, J-P St-Maurice and K. McWilliams, A calibration of SuperDARN elevation angles
based on ionospheric E region echoes. DASP workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
Papalexiou SM (2019). Time series modeling in hydroclimatic processes. Workshop. Seminars
in Hydrology, Prague, April 15, 2019
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Papalexiou SM, Markonis Y, AghaKouchak A, Dogulu NTime series modeling in
hydroclimatic processes: From precipitation to temperature. Workshop. European
Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, April 7, 2019
Papalexiou SM, Markonis Y, Lombardo F, AghaKouchak A, Foufoula-Georgiou E DiPMaC:
Disaggregation Preserving Marginals and Correlations.. 12th International Precipitation
Conference (IPC12) and the Soroosh Sorooshian Hydrometeorology Symposium, Irvine,
California, June 19, 2019
Papalexiou, S (2019). CoSMoS R-package. Innovative and successful scientific software that
was globally recognized in social media, counting more 1,500 downloads in less than 2
months. College of Engineering
Pasha Ponomarenko, Kathryn McWilliams and Jean-Pierre St.-Maurice, Advantages and
limitations of IQ-based SuperDARN interferometry, International SuperDARN workshop,
Fujiyoshida, Japan, June 2019
Perra, C., Ferguson, G. and McIntosh. J.C. 2019. Historical Oil and Gas Well Integrity: Insights from
the Early to Mid-1900s. 2019 GWF Annual Science Meeting, Saskatoon, SK, May 2019
Person, Z., Laroque, C., Muir, D., Brinkmann, M. (2019) Heavy metal calibrations in tree rings
using synchrotron technologies. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of
Geographers, Winnipeg, Canada
Person, Z., Laroque, C., Muir, D., and Brinkmann, M. Heavy metal calibrations in tree rings using
synchrotron technologies. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of
Geographers. Winnipeg, MB. May 27-31, 2019
Pomeroy J (2019). Learning from Hydrological Processes Observed in Instrumented Research
Catchments to Develop Multi-Scale Hydrological Models. Catchment Science: Interactions of
Hydrology, Biology and Geochemistry, Andover, June 23, 2019
Pomeroy J (2019). Rocky Mountain Water Supply Resilience and Vulnerability Evaluation,
Progress Report. Alberta Innovates Water Innovation Program (WIP) Forum, Edmonton,
Canada, May 22, 2019
Pomeroy J, Pietroniro A, Davison B, Princz D (2019). Global Water Futures and the MESH
Modelling System for Water Forecasting & Prediction. Regional Environmental Centre for
Central Asia (CAREC) Regional Round Table, Almaty, Kazakhstan, May 27, 2019
Pomeroy J.W., (2019). Global Water Futures: modelling progress, and new opportunities for
international modelling and prediction. Integrated Modelling Program for Canada,
Saskatoon, Canada, June 12, 2019
Pomeroy J.W., (2019). Improving large scale models through representation of cold regions
processes: advances and next steps (A2). Integrated Modelling Program for Canada,
Saskatoon, Canada, June 12, 2019
Pomeroy JW (2019). Lake Diefenbaker: Hydrology, Modelling and Management. Prairie Water
Summit, Regina, June 24, 2019
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Pradhananga D*, Pomeroy JW (2019). Estimation of shortwave irradiance from temperature and
humidity records in cold region and mountain environments. Global Water Futures Second
Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Prajapati, S., Beal, M., Brinkmann, M. (2019) Qualitative and quantitative analysis of microplastic
contamination in the treatment process and in effluents of the City of Saskatoon
Wastewater Treatment Plant. Global Water Futures 2nd Annual Open Science Meeting,
Saskatoon Canada
Prajapati, S., Brinkmann, M., Beal, M. (2019) Qualitative and quantitative analysis of microplastic
contamination in the treatment process and in effluents of the City of Saskatoon
Wastewater Treatment Plant. SETAC PNC Annual Meeting 2019, Lethbridge, Canada
R. G. Gillies, R. Varney, K. A. McWilliams, A. V. Koustov, J.-P. St.-Maurice, and E. Donovan,
Examination of ionospheric convection and HF propagation in the polar cap using the
PolarDARN and RISR radars, DASP workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
Rajulapati C, Papalexiou SM, Pomeroy J, How well do global precipitation datasets represent
extremes? Global Water Futures (GWF) Annual Open Science Meeting 2019, Saskatoon, May
15, 2019
Rajulapati CR*, Papalexiou SM, Pomeroy J (2019). How good are the gridded precipitation
datasets in representing the extremes?. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science
Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Rasouli K*, Pomeroy J (2019). Impacts of climate, vegetation, and soil changes on hydrological
processes in Wolf Creek Research Basin, Yukon Territory, Canada. Arctic Science Summit
Week 2019 Climate Change and Development of the Arctic Population, Arkhangelsk, Russia,
May 22, 2019
Read, S., McPhedran, K.N. (2019) The Meewasin Northeast Swale: Using Natural Capital Asset
Valuation to value Saskatoon’s natural resources. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of
Civil Engineering 2019 Annual Conference, Laval, QC (Winner of Best Environmental Paper
Award)
Reed, M.G., Walker, H. and Thiessen, B. 2019. Gender and diversity analysis in impact
assessment. Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers, May 27-
31, 2019. May 28
Schmitz, M., Müller, A.K., Crawford, S., Ganal, C., Brinkmann, M., Schüttrumpf, H., Hollert, H.
(2019) Impact of endocrine disruptors from sediment during a simulated flood like event on
rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). SETAC Young Environmental Scientists Meeting,
Ghent, Belgium
Schultz DR, Alcaraz AJ, Tang S, Miller C, Gagnon D, Janz DM, Hecker M, (2019) A multi-life stage
comparison of silver nanoparticle toxicity on the early development of three Canadian fish
species. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe, Helsinki, FI.
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Schuster-Wallace, C.J., Giroux, D., and Bharadwaj, L. Is Our Water Good to Drink?, GWF Strategic
Management Meeting, Saskatoon, February 2019
Schuster-Wallace, C.J., Women and Water, CFREF site visit, Global Water Futures, May 20, 2019
Shen R, Yu H, Noble B, Zeng W, Gersher S, Phung T, Westbrook C, Belcher K, Nijhum F, Weger A,
Alary R, Rutley S, Bell S. 2019. A GIS-model of ecosystem services for the Northeast Swale in
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Spatial Knowledge and Information Canada 7: 7
Shen R, Yu Hm Noble B, Zheng W, Gersher S, Phung P, Westbrook C, Belcher K, Nijhum F, Weger
A, Alary R, Rutley S, Bell S. 2019. A GIS-based model of ecosystem services for the Northeast
Swale in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Proceedings of the Spatial Knowledge Information
Canada, Banff AB
Shook K*, Pomeroy J, Wong J, Xu L (2019). Effects of resolution on modelled Prairie depressional
storage. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada,
May 15, 2019
Smith, L.A.R., Bedard-Haughn, A., and Laroque, C.P. Delineating Functional Land Management
Zones in Annual and Perennial Landscapes using Drone Technology. Annual Meeting of the
Canadian Association of Geographers. Winnipeg, MB. May 27-31, 2019
Spence, C., B. Mekonnen, J.W. Pomeroy, K. Shook, C.J. Whitfield, & J.D. Wolfe. Assessing the Role
of Climate and Land Management on Runoff from Prairie Watersheds. Saskatchewan
Association of Watersheds Annual Conference, Moosomin, SK, Canada. April 17 2019.
(Invited)
Staines C, Pomeroy JW (2019). Airborne LiDAR for measuring snow interception in forests. 76th
Annual Eastern Snow Conference, Fairlee, United States, June 4, 2019
Steiger, B.; Wilson, L.D. (February 2019) A Study of Chitosan-Based Adsorbents for the Uptake of
Sulphate in Aqueous Media. SSSC – U of S Open House, Saskatoon, SK. [Poster]
Steiger, B.; Wilson, L.D. (March 2019) A Study of Chitosan-Based Adsorbents for the Uptake of
Sulphate in Aqueous Media. World Water Day 2019, GIWS Symposium, Saskatoon, SK.
[Poster]
Strickert, G., Jain, T. and Deters, R., (2019) Presentation to Environment Canada Special Projects
Coordinator
Stubbs, A. D.; Kahan, T. F. Oral, Prairie Environmental Chemistry Colloquium, Edmonton, AB:
“Effects of sodium chloride on anthracene photolysis at ice surfaces” (May 2019)
Thériault J, Déry S, Pomeroy J, Stewart R, Almonte J (2019). Storms and Precipitation Across the
Continental Divide Experiment (SPADE): Overview of the current field project. Global Water
Futures Second Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Vafakish, Bahareh and Wilson, Lee .Cu (II) Uptake by Tweezer-like biopolymer (February 2019)
SSSC Open house U of S, Saskatoon [Poster]
van Hoy, D, Ferguson, G. and McIntosh. J.C. 2019. The Water-Energy Nexus in the Subsurface,
Saskatoon, SK, May 2019
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Vionnet V*, Marsh C*, Menounos B, Shea J, Pomeroy JW (2019). Multi-scale snowdrift-resolving
modelling of mountain snowpack evolution. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open
Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
W. Archer, B. Gallardo-Lacourt, J.P. St.-Maurice, S. C. Buchert, E. Donovan, Steve: The optical
signature of subauroral ion drifts, DASP workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
W. Archer, L. Goodwin and J-P St-Maurice, Anisotropic and toroidal ion velocity distribution study
using RISR-N, DASP workshop in Saskatoon, Feb 2019
W. Merrett, P. Ponomarenko and J-P St-Maurice, SuperDARN radar echoes observed at ranges
less than 400 km and the questions they raise
Walker, H., Fletcher, A., and Reed, M.G. 2019. Wildfire in Saskatchewan: Picturing our
experiences to learn for the future. SUSPLACE (Sustainable Place Shaping) Final Event,
Exploring places & practices through transformative methods”, Tampere, Finland. May 7-10,
2019. May 8
Webb, J., K. Finlay, P. Leavitt, H. Baulch, G. Simpson, H. Haig, K. Hodder. Greenhouse gas
dynamics in small agricultural water bodies in the northern Great Plains. Association for the
Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. San Juan Puerto Rico. February 2019
Wheaton, E, J Fraser, M Greenwood, M Krohn. 2019 March. Linking the Precipitation Extremes
Project of Global Water Futures with CCME (Canadian Council of Ministers of the
Environment). Presentation to the Precipitation Extremes Project Meeting, Global Water
Futures, March 26, Regina, SK. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. 7 slides
Whitfield C.J., H.M. Baulch, J.J. Venkiteswaran, N.J. Casson, & R.L. North. Incorporating
collaborative research training into undergraduate curricula without spinning your wheels:
the LUGNuts model. Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Winnipeg, MB,
Canada. May 2019
Whitfield P*, Pomeroy J (2019). Examining the pluvial to nival river regime spectrum across North
America using nonlinear methods. 2019 Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA)
National Conference, Blue Mountain Resort, Ontario, Canada, May 26, 2019
Whitfield, C.J., C. Spence, & J.D. Wolfe. Streamflow response to landscape-scale anthropogenic
change in Prairie watersheds. North Saskatchewan River Basin Council Annual General
Meeting, Cochin, SK, Canada. June 12 2019. (Invited)
Whitfield, C.J., C. Spence, & J.D. Wolfe. Streamflow response to landscape-scale human change
in Prairie landscapes. Information Evening on the Agriculture Water management Strategy:
Draining 101 (SK Water Security Agency Workshop), Blaine Lake, SK, Canada. June 13 2019.
(Invited)
Whitfield, C.J., R.E.J. Helmle & N. Kinar. The importance of ebullition in small, shallow agricultural
reservoirs. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography 2019 Aquatic
Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico. February 2019
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Whitfield, C.J., S. Mills, H.M. Baulch, N.J. Casson, R.L. North, & J.J. Venkiteswaran. Rethinking
undergraduate research training: a model for engaging students in collaborative science.
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference: From teaching to research publication,
the fundamentals of doing SoTL, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada. May 2
2019
Williams, C., D. Condrad, D. Kothawala, H. Baulch. Changing aquatic dissolved organic matter
pools threaten drinking water resources. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and
Oceanography. San Juan Puerto Rico. February 2019
Woldegiorgis, B., H. Baulch, H. Wheater. Towards reduced prediction uncertainty for
hydrobiogeochemical modelling – an evaluation of the HYPE model for nutrient simulation
and management in Canada. Global Water Futures Annual Meeting. Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan. May 2019
Wolfe JD, Whitfield CJ, Spence C, Pomeroy J, et al (2019). Building an integrated virtual Prairie
watershed to support decision-making. Global Water Futures Second Annual Open Science
Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Wolfe, J.D., B.A. Mekonnen, K.R. Shook, E. Asare, H.M. Baulch, K. Belcher, R.G. Clark, M. Hayashi,
J. Pomeroy, E. Cavaliere, C. Spence & C.J. Whitfield. 2019. Building an integrated virtual
Prairie watershed to support decision-making. Global Water Futures Annual Science
Meeting. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. May 2019. (Poster)
Wolfe, J.D., K.R. Shook, C. Spence & C.J. Whitfield. 2019. Watershed Classification of the Canadian
Prairies. Global Water Futures Annual Science Meeting. Saskatoon, SK, Canada. May 2019.
(Poster)
Xue, Chen; Wilson, Lee (February 2019) A Structural study of Self-Assembled Chitosan Sponge
Materials. SSSC Open house U of S, Saskatoon [Poster]
Xue, Chen; Wilson, Lee (May 2019) A Structural study of Self-Assembled Chitosan Sponge
Materials. 3rd Graduate Student Symposium, U of S, Saskatoon [Poster]
Zaghloul M, Papalexiou SM, Elshorbagy A, A seasonal streamflow marginal distribution for
Canada. Global Water Futures (GWF) Annual Open Science Meeting 2019, Saskatoon, May
15, 2019
Zaghloul M, Papalexiou SM, Elshorbagy A, Does one distribution fit all? Proof of concept on
streamflow across Canada. Global Water Futures (GWF) Annual Open Science Meeting 2019,
Saskatoon, May 15, 2019
Zhao D*, Harder P*, Pomeroy J. (2019). UAV-based hyperspectral remote sensing for hydrological
application: a comprehensive workflow for data processing. Global Water Futures Second
Annual Open Science Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, May 15, 2019
Zhou, S.; Kahan, T. F. Oral, Chinese Environmental Scholars Forum, Rice University: “Indoor
oxidant levels in an occupied residence: impact of human activity and indoor light
conditions” (June 2019)
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Conference Proceedings and Presentations - 2018
A. DeBofsky, Y. Xie. “Shifts of Microbiota in Fish Guts Following Dietary Exposure to
Benzo[a]pyrene”, 39th Annual SETAC North America, Sacramento, CA, November 4-8, 2018
Abu, R. and Reed, M.G., 2018. Employing bricolage as a lens to understand diverse experiences
of social and ecological change in the Saskatchewan River Delta. Annual General Meeting of
the Canadian Association of Geographers and the Regional Meeting of the International
Geographical Union. Aug 6-10, 2018; August 9
Ajaero C, KM Peru, M Simair, V Friesen, G O’Sullivan, SA Hughes, McMartin DW, JV Headley Fate
and Behavior of Oil Sands Naphthenic Acids in a Pilot-Scale Treatment Wetland as
Characterized by Negative-Ion Electrospray Ionization Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry. 22nd
International Mass Spectrometry Conference, Florence, August 26, 2018
Ajaero C, KM Peru, M Simair, V Friesen, SA Hughes, H Chen, AM McKenna, S Rowland, D Smith, R
Rogers, J Putman, McMartin DW, JV Headley Preliminary LC FT-ICR MS Evidence for
Aggregate Formation of Athabasca Oil Sands Naphthenic Acids in Treatment Wetlands. 31st
Annual Tandem Mass Spectrometry Workshop, Lake Louise, November 28, 2018
Alam, S. Barbour, S.L., Huang, M. (2018). “An evaluation of the impact of parameter uncertainty
on the hydrologic performance of oil sands reclamation covers”, GeoEdmonton 2018,
Edmonton, AB, Session: ‘Mining, Energy Development and Groundwater I, September 24
(Oral)
Ali Shah, S. M.*, Razavi, S., Slaughter, A., Wheater, H. (2018), Investigating the vulnerability of
irrigated agriculture across the Saskatchewan River Basin under different future scenarios,
International Conference of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 12–17
August 2018, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
April DJ, Janz DM, Palace VP, Weber LP, (2018). Sublethal cardiac effects of diluted bitumen on
sub-adult fathead minnows. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
Sacramento, CA
Asong ZE*, Wheater HS, Pomeroy JW, Pietroniro A, Elshamy M (2018). Regional scenarios of
change over western Canada: future climate projections. American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Annual Meeting, Washington D.C, United States, December 10, 2018
Aubry-Wake C*, Pomeroy JW (2018). Influences of glacier retreat, summer weather and winter
snowpack on the increased variability in runoff composition in a quickly changing glacierized
catchment. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Washington D.C, United
States, December 10, 2018
Baldwin, N., Alcaraz, A.J., Brinkmann, M., Masse, A., Crump, D., Basu, N., Hecker, M., Hogan, N.
(2018) Linking transcriptomic responses to apical outcomes of chronic chlorpyrifos exposure
in Xenopus laevis. SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Baldwin, N., Brinkmann, M., Masse, A., Crump, D., Basu, N., Hecker, M., Hogan, N. (2018)
Comparing apical responses and molecular toxicity pathways in two amphibian species
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following chronic exposure to ethinyl estradiol and chlorpyrifos. SETAC North America
Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Boakye-Danquah, J. and Reed, M.G., 2018. The participation of non-industrial private forest
owners in forest certification programs. The role and effectiveness of intermediary
organizations. Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers and the
Regional Meeting of the International Geographical Union. Aug 6-10, 2018; August 7
Bragg, J., J. Newson, H. Amjad, L.T. Dyck, S. Komarevich, C.J. Whitfield, H.M. Baulch, J.J.
Venkiteswaran, N.J. Casson, & R.L. North. Quantifying greenhouse gas flux across varying
sediment types and water temperatures in wetland ecosystems. Great Plains Limnology
2018 Meeting, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. October 2018. (Poster)
Brinkmann, M., Alharbi, H., Wiseman, S., Sura, S., Morandi, G., Peng, H., Giesy, J., Jones, P.,
Hecker, M. (2018) In vitro assessment of pH-dependent uptake and toxicity of ionizable
organic chemicals in fish SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Brinkmann, M., Freese, M., Pohlmann, J.-D., Doering, J., Damerau, M., Marohn, L., Hanel, R.,
Hecker, M. (2018) A combined PBTK and qAOP-modeling approach to assess the impact of
DLC-induced embryotoxicity on recruitment failure in European eels. SETAC North America
Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Brinkmann, M., Mangold-Döring, A., Grimard, C., Green, D., Hogan, N., Weber, L., Hollert, H.,
Hecker, M. (2018) A Novel Multi-Species Physiology-Based Toxicokinetic Modelling Approach
in Support of Ecological Risk Assessment. AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington D.C., USA
Colville, C., Malala Irugal Bandaralage, S., Fuchylo, U., Alcaraz, A.J., Grimard, C., Wood, S.,
Brinkmann, M., Masse, A., Crump, D., Basu, N., Hogan, N., Hecker, M. (2018) Characterizing
changes in molecular toxicity pathways to predict adverse outcomes of fluoxetine in adult
fathead minnows. SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
D. Huyghebaert, G. Hussey, J. Vierinen, J-P St-Maurice, And K. Mcwilliams, A New Auroral Vhf
Radar For E-Region Ionosphere Studies: First Results, COSPAR general Assembly, Pasadena,
July 2018
DeBeer CM*, Wheater HS, Pomeroy JW, Stewart RE, Carey S (2018). Improved understanding,
diagnosis and prediction of earth system change in western Canada: The achievements and
legacy of the Changing Cold Regions Network. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual
Meeting, Washington D.C, United States, December 10, 2018
Do, N.*, Razavi, S., (2018), Variogram-based global sensitivity analysis of environmental models
with dependent variables, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington DC.
December 10-14, 2018 (Oral)
Doering, J., Schroeder, A., Brinkmann, M., Currie, Z., Hecker, M. (2018) A quantitative AOP for
activation of the Ah Receptor leading to early life stage mortality in amphibians and reptiles.
SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
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Eamen, L.*, Razavi, S., Brouwer, R., Tollefson, L., (2018), An Evaluation of Current and Future
Water Allocation Strategies in the Saskatchewan River Basin, Canada, International
Conference of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 12–17 August 2018,
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Egunyu, F., Reed, M.G., Sinclair, J., and Robson, J. 2018. Public engagement in sustainable forest
management: Whose values are represented in advisory committees and decision making
forums? Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographers and the
Regional Meeting of the International Geographical Union. Aug 6-10, 2018; August 7
Elshamy M, Asong ZE*, Wheater HS, Pietroniro A, Pomeroy JW (2018). Regional scenarios of
change over the Mackenzie River Basin: future hydrological projections and challenges with
observational uncertainty. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Washington
D.C, United States, December 10, 2018
Eng, M.L., Stutchbury, B.J., and Morrissey, C.A. Tracking the effects of a neonicotinoid insecticide
in migratory birds. 27th International Ornithological Congress, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
August 2018 (oral presentation)
Famiglietti, J. S. P.-W. Liu, A. McEvoy, D. N. Wiese, J. T. Reager, A. J. Purdy, M. Rodell and C. H.
David, Food Grows where Groundwater Flows: California Grapples with Chronic Water
Scarcity, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, DC
Famiglietti, J. S., M. Rodell, J. T. Reager, C. H. David, D. Stampoulis, M. H. Lo, Y. Wada, H.
Beaudoing, D. N. Wiese and F. W. Landerer, How Can GRACE and GRACE-FO Global Hydrology
Inform Land Surface Model Development and Evaluation? AGU Fall Meeting, Washington,
DC
Fazlul I. Laskar, Jorge L. Chau, J-P. St-Maurice, Gunter Stober, Chris Hall, Masaki Tsutsumi, Peter
Hoffmann, And Josef Höffner, “Vertical Velocity In The High-Latitude Upper Mesosphere:
Energetics And Dynamics”, COSPAR general Assembly, Pasadena, July 2018
Ferguson, G., *Mowat, A.C., *Phillips, D, *Tipton, K., Eglington, B.M., Lindsay, M.B.J. and
McIntosh, J.C. 2018. Lessons learned from development of the Williston Basin. Use of the
deep subsurface in the UK Workshop (hosted by British Geological Survey/International
Association of Hydrogeologists). London, UK, July 2018
Ferris, D. and Ferguson, G. 2018. Variability of hydraulic conductivity in clayey glacial till aquitards
in Saskatchewan, Canada. GeoEdmonton2018, Edmonton, AB, October 2018
Fuchylo, U., Bandaralage, S., Colville, C., Grimard, C., Alcaraz, A.J., Brinkmann, M., Masse, A.,
Crump, D., Basu, N., Hogan, N., Hecker, M. (2018) Effects of 17β-trenbolone on adult fathead
minnow (Pimephales promelas). Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop Meeting 2018, Vancouver,
Canada
Fuchylo, U., Brinkmann, M., Alharbi, H., Hecker, M. (2018) Does inflammation facilitate
permeation of organic chemicals through gill epithelia? Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop
Meeting 2018, Playle Award Acceptance Lecture, Vancouver, Canada
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Fuchylo, U., Brinkmann, M., Alharbi, H., Hecker, M. (2018) Inflammation of gill epithelia in fish
causes increased permeation of polar organic chemicals via disruption of tight junctions
SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Gerhart A, Janz DM, (2018). Toxicity of aqueous L-selenomethionine exposure to early life-stages
of zebrafish. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Sacramento, CA
Gharari, S.*, Razavi, S., Wong, J., Pietroniro, A., Wheater, H., (2018), Estimating near-surface soil
moisture under climate change using an improved configuration of the Variable Infiltration
Capacity (VIC) model based on Grouped Response Units (GRU), International Conference of
the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 12–17 August 2018, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada
Ghoreishi, M.*, Razavi, S., Elshorbagy, A., Improving Resilience of Water Resources Systems
through Public Awareness: The Key Role of Media in Affecting Agricultural Water Use,
International Conference of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 12–17
August 2018, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Graves SD, Liber K, Palace V, Hecker M, Doig LE, Janz DM, (2018). Characterization of selenium
trophic transfer in a boreal lake food web using a whole ecosystem approach. Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Sacramento, CA
Graves SD, Liber K, Palace V, Hecker M, Doig LE, Janz DM, (2018). Ecosystem level characterization
of selenium exposure and trophic transfer in a representative boreal lakes food web
(Platform). Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC
Graves, S., K. Liber, V. Palace, M. Hecker, L. Doig and D. Janz. 2018. Characterization of selenium
trophic transfer in a boreal lake food web using a whole ecosystem approach. Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39thAnnual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA,
November 4-8, 2018
Graves, S., K. Liber, V. Palace, M. Hecker, L. Doig and D. Janz. 2018. Ecosystem level
characterization of selenium exposure and trophic transfer in a representative boreal lake
food web. 45thannual Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC, September 30 –
October 3, 2018
Green D, Janz DM, Liber K, Brinkmann M, Hecker M, (2018). Cross-species compartmental
modeling of selenium in fishes exposed to selenomethionine via ingestion. Society of
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Sacramento, CA
Green D, Janz DM, Liber K, Hogan N, Alcaraz AJ, Lane T, Bluhm K, Brinkmann M, Hecker M, (2018).
Predicting adverse outcomes of selenomethionine exposure to embryonic white sturgeon
(Acipenser transmontanus) using in-ovo microinjection. Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop,
Vancouver, BC
Green D, Janz DM, Liber K, Hogan N, Alcaraz AJ, Lane T, Bluhm K, Brinkmann M, Hecker M, (2018).
Predicting adverse outcomes of selenomethionine exposure to embryonic white sturgeon
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(Acipenser transmontanus) using in-ovo microinjection. Society of Environmental Toxicology
and Chemistry, Sacramento, CA
Green D, Janz DM, Liber K, Hogan N, Alcaraz AJ, Lane TL, Raes KA, Bluhm K, Brinkmann M, Crump
D, Basu N, Hecker M, (2018). Selenomethionine induced molecular toxicity in the fathead
minnow (Pimephales promelas). Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver BC
Green D, Janz DM, Liber K, Hogan N, Alcaraz AJ, Lane TL, Raes KA, Bluhm K, Brinkmann M, Crump
D, Basu N, Hecker M, (2018). Selenomethionine induced molecular toxicity in the fathead
minnow (Pimephales promelas). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
Sacramento, CA
Green, D., A. Mangold-Döring, D. Janz, K. Liber, M. Brinkmann, and M. Hecker. 2018. Cross-
species compartmental modeling of fishes exposed to selenomethionine via ingestion.
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39thAnnual Meeting, Sacramento, CA,
USA, November 4-8, 2018
Green, D., D. Janz, K. Liber, N. Hogan, A.J. Alcaraz, T. Lane, K. Bluhm, M. Brinkmann and Hecker,
M. 2018. Predicting adverse outcomes of selenomethionine exposure in embryonic white
sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) using in-ovo microinjections. 45thannual Canadian
Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC, September 30 – October 3, 2018
Green, D., D. Janz, K. Liber, N. Hogan, A.J. Alcaraz, T.L. Lane, K. Bluhm, M. Brinkmann and M.
Hecker. 2018. Predicting adverse outcomes of exposure of white sturgeon (Acipenser
transmontanus) to selenomethionine in-ovo using microinjection as an analogue for
maternal transfer. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39thAnnual Meeting,
Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Green, D., D. Janz, K. Liber, N. Hogan, A.J. Alcaraz, T.L. Lane, K. Raes, K. Bluhm, M. Brinkmann, D.
Crump, N. Basu, and M. Hecker. 2018. Selenomethionine induced molecular toxicity in the
fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
39thAnnual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Green, D., D. Janz, K. Liber, N. Hogan, A.J. Alcaraz, T.L. Lane, K. Raes, K. Bluhm, M. Brinkmann, D.
Crump, N. Basu, M. and Hecker. 2018. Selenomethionine induced molecular toxicity in the
fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). 45thannual Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop,
Vancouver, BC, September 30 – October 3, 2018
Green, D., Janz, D., Liber, K., Brinkmann, M., Hecker, M. (2018) Cross-species compartmental
modeling of selenium in fishes exposed to selenomethionine via ingestion. SETAC North
America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Green, D., Janz, D., Liber, K., Hogan, N., Alcaraz, A.J., Lane, T., Bluhm, K., Brinkmann, M., Hecker,
M. (2018) Predicting adverse outcomes of selenomethionine exposure to embryonic white
sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) using in-ovo microinjection. Canadian Ecotoxicity
Workshop Meeting 2018, Vancouver, Canada
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Green, D., Janz, D., Liber, K., Hogan, N., Alcaraz, A.J., Lane, T., Bluhm, K., Brinkmann, M., Hecker,
M. (2018) Predicting adverse outcomes of selenomethionine exposure to embryonic white
sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) using in-ovo microinjection. SETAC North America
Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Green, D., Janz, D., Liber, K., Hogan, N., Alcaraz, A.J., Lane, T., Raes, K., Bluhm, K., Brinkmann, M.,
Hecker, M. (2018) Selenomethionine induced molecular toxicity in the fathead minnow
(Pimephales promelas). Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop Meeting 2018, Vancouver, Canada
Green, D., Janz, D., Liber, K., Hogan, N., Alcaraz, A.J., Lane, T., Raes, K., Bluhm, K., Brinkmann, M.,
Hecker, M. (2018) Selenomethionine induced molecular toxicity in the fathead minnow
(Pimephales promelas). SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Grimard, C., Mangold-Döring, A., Schmitz, M., Alharbi, H., Jones, P., Giesy, J., Brinkmann, M.,
Hecker, M. (2018) In vitro-in vivo and cross-life stage extrapolation of uptake and
biotransformation of benzo[a]pyrene in the fathead minnow. SETAC North America Annual
Meeting, Sacramento, USA
H. Ikert, M. Lynch, P. Marjan, A. Doxey, M. Servos, B. Katzenback, P. Craig. “Alteration of Secreted
miRNA from Stressed Rainbow Trout Identified via High Throughput Sequencing”, 45th
Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC, September 30 – October 3, 2018
Haghnegahdar, A.*, Razavi, S., (2018), Towards Improved Subsurface Representation in Land
Surface-Hydrology Models, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington
DC. December 10-14, 2018
Hogan, N., Baldwin, N., Alcaraz, A.J., Brinkmann, M., Masse, A., Crump, D., Basu, N., Hecker, M.
(2018) Relating Molecular Toxicity Pathways to Apical Outcomes of Chronic Ethinyl Estradiol
Exposure in Xenopus Laevis. Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop Meeting 2018, Vancouver,
Canada
J. Soltan, 2018. Technologies for treatment of indoor air, The Canadian Centre for Health and
Safety in Agriculture (CCHSA), The University of Saskatchewan, November 6, 2018
Janz DM, Pettem CM, Thomas JK, Weber LP, (2018). Cardiometabolic responses of adult zebrafish
to elevated dietary selenium exposure. International Congress of the Biology of Fish, Calgary,
AB
J-P St-Maurice And Jorge Chau, Recent Development On E Region Irregularities Induced By The
Farley-Buneman Instability, COSPAR general Assembly, Pasadena, July 2018
J-P St-Maurice, L. V. Goodwin, and A.S. Reimer, A Novel Approach For The Determination Of
Electric Field Vectors And Its Use For The Calibration Of Electron Temperatures At 110 Km
During Strong Electric Field Events. COSPAR general Assembly, Pasadena, July 2018
K. White, A. Siam, K. McDermott, S. Dickson-Anderson, C. Schuster-Wallace, P. Hynds, W. El
Dakhakhni, A. Majury Seasonal Risk of Microbiological Contamination in Private Wells in
Ontario: Towards Development of the WELLness Tool 2018 CIPHI Ontario Educational
Conference, London, Canada, Sept. 30-Oct 3, 2018
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Kambeitz, A., K. Wells, C. Rees and K. Liber. 2018. Estimated fish mortality caused by the Canadian
Metal Mining EEM lethal fish population surveys and an evaluation of the non-lethal
alternatives. 45thannual Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC, September 30 –
October 3, 2018
Kambeitz, A., K. Wells, C. Rees and K. Liber. 2018. Is there an environmental cost to lethal fish
sampling under the Canadian Metal Mining Environmental Effects Monitoring Program?
Saskatchewan Environmental Forum, Saskatoon, October 17-18, 2018
Keshavarz, K.*, Razavi, S., Slaughter, A., (2018), An Evaluation of the Apportionment Agreements
of the Transboundary Rivers of the Saskatchewan River Basin under Future Climate Change
Scenarios, International Conference of the International Commission on Irrigation and
Drainage, 12–17 August 2018, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Kroft, E., K. Oleson, N. Casson, H. Baulch, L. Dyck, R. Hemle, R. North, J. Venkiteswaran, C.
Whitfield, C. Williams. Bubbling from beneath: exploring greenhouse gas ebullition in water
bodies near urban areas. Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers. Hecla,
Manitoba. September 2018
Kroft, E., K. Oleson, N.J. Casson, H.M. Baulch, L.T. Dyck, R.E.J. Helmle, R.L. North, J.J.
Venkiteswaran, C.J. Whitfield, & C. Williams. Bubbling from beneath: Exploring greenhouse
gas ebullition in water bodies near urban areas. 2018 Prairie Division of the Canadian
Association of Geographers, Hecla, MB, Canada. September 2018
Kulshreshtha, S.N. (presenter), B.Y. Amichev, C.P. Laroque, K.W. Belcher, M.J. Bentham, and K.C.J.
Van Rees. 2018. Farmer-oriented Management Support Toolbox for Shelterbelt Systems in
Saskatchewan. AGGP workshop at the International Conference and 69th Council Meeting
of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) (12-17 August, 2018,
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Lane T, Green D, Raes KA, Bluhm K, Janz DM, Liber K, Doig LE, Hecker M, (2018). Reproductive
effects of selenium in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry, Sacramento, CA
Lane, T., D. Green, K. Raes, D. Janz, K. Liber, L. Doig and M. Hecker. 2018. Reproductive effects of
selenium in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 39thAnnual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Lane, T., K. Raes, D. Green, K. Bluhm, D. Janz, K. Liber, L. Doig and M. Hecker. 2018. Reproductive
effects of selenium in the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). 45thannual Canadian
Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC, September 30 – October 3, 2018
Leroux NR*, Pomeroy JW (2018). Improving the simulation of capillary pressure in snow with a
non-equilibrium Richards equation model. International Symposium on Snow and
Avalanche, Niseko, Japan, December 7, 2018
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Leroux NR*, Pomeroy JW, Helgason WD (2018). Impact of Heat Convection Induced by
Topography-Driven Air Ventilation on Snow Surface Temperature. Paper presented at
Proceedings of the 75th Annual Eastern Snow Conference (pp.20-26)
Lindenschmidt, Karl-Erich; Akomeah, Eric; Baulch, Helen; Boyer, Lisa; Davies, John-Mark;
Hassanzadeh, Elmira; Marin, Luis Morales; Strickert, Graham; Wauchope, Michelle; 2018
Interfacing Stakeholder Involvement into a Surface Water-Quality Modelling System for
Water Management and Policy Development International Conference on Urban Drainage
Modelling 312-316
Lloyd-Smith, P. (2018). Can Stated Measures of Willingness-to-Accept be Valid? Evidence from
Laboratory Experiments, International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Vancouver,
July 28 - August 2, 2018
Lloyd-Smith, P. (2018). Do attribute cut-offs make a difference? The effects of eliciting and
incorporating cut-off values in choice models, Canadian Resource and Environmental
Economics Study Group, Montreal, September 28-30, 2018
Lloyd-Smith, P. (2018). Valuing the Non-Market Impacts of Energy Infrastructure. Measuring The
Impacts of Energy Infrastructure, Ottawa, December 7, 2018
Loukili Y*, Pomeroy JW (2018). Lhù'ààn Män - Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, the impending
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Meeting, Washington D.C, United States, December 10, 2018
M. Brinkmann, M. Hecker T. Bagatim, G. Codling, S. Hanson, N. Hogan, A. Hontela, P. Jones H.
Peng H, B. Sarauer, K. Steeves, S. Wiseman and J.P. Giesy. 1. “A Toolbox for Aquatic Impact
Assessment of Municipal Wastewater Effluents (AIME)”, 13th International Congress on the
Biology of Fish of the Physiology Section of the American Fisheries Society. Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, July 15-19, 2018
M. Ghavami and J. Soltan*, 2018. Alumina supported Manganese oxides catalyst prepared by
polyol process for ozonation of toluene from the air. XXIX Interamerican Congress of
Chemical Engineering Incorporating the 68th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference,
Toronto, ON, October 28-31
M. Ghavami, M. Aghbolaghy and J. Soltan*, 2018. Room temperature oxidation of acetone by
ozone over alumina supported manganese and cobalt mixed oxides. XXIX Interamerican
Congress of Chemical Engineering Incorporating the 68th Canadian Chemical Engineering
Conference, Toronto, ON, October 28-31
Mai, J., Tolson, B., Shen, H., Gaborit, E., Fortin, V., Dimitrijevic, M. , Gasset, N., Durnford, D., Shin,
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K., Sampson, K., Hamlet, A., Seglenieks, F., Gharari, S., Razavi, S., Haghnegahdar, A., Princz,
D., Pietroniro., A., (2018), The Great Lakes Runoff Inter-comparison Project for Lake Erie
(GRIP-E), American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington DC. December 10-
14, 2018
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Maillet, J., Barr, A., Laroque C.P. Insights from Twenty Years of Carbon Dynamics in Boreal Aspen
and Jack Pine Stands. International Geographical Union Regional Conference – Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Association of Geographer – Annual Conference for the National
Council for Geographic Education. Quebec, QC. August 6-10, 2018
Malaj, E., K. Liber and C. Morrissey. 2018. Pesticide distribution trends in the Canadian Prairie
Pothole Region. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39thAnnual Meeting,
Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Malaj, E., K. Liber, P. Badiou, C. Sheedy, J. Headley, K. Peru and C. Morrissey. 2018. Large-scale
risk assessment of pesticides in Canadian prairie wetlands. Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry 39thAnnual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Malaj, E., Liber, K., and Morrissey C.A. Pesticide distribution trends in the Canadian Prairie
Pothole Region. SETAC North America 39th Annual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA.
November 2018 (Poster Presentation)
Malaj, E., Liber, K., Badiou, P., Sheedy, C., Headley, J., Peru, K., and Morrissey C.A. Large-scale risk
assessment of pesticides in Canadian Prairie wetlands. SETAC North America 39th Annual
Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA. November 2018 (Oral Presentation)
Malala Irugal Bandaralage, S., Colville, C., Grimard, G., Alcaraz, A.J., Brinkmann, M., Masse, A.
Crump, D., Basu, N., Hogan, N., Hecker, M. (2018) Characterizing changes in molecular
toxicity pathways to Predict adverse outcomes of 17β-trenbolone in adult fathead minnows
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Maloney, E., Morrissey, C., Brinkmann, M., Peru, K., Headley, J., Liber, K. (2018) Composition and
function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in Chironomus dilutus exposed to neonicotinoid
mixtures. SETAC North America Annual Meeting, Sacramento, USA
Maloney, E.M., C.A. Morrissey, J.V. Headley, K.M. Peru and K. Liber. 2018. Neonicotinoid
insecticide mixtures: Validation of laboratory-based toxicity predictions under semi-
controlled field settings. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 39thAnnual
Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Mangold-Döring, A., Grimard, C., Green, D., Hogan, N., Weber, L., Hollert, H., Hecker, M.,
Brinkmann, M. (2018) Multi-Species Approach in Physiologically Based Toxicokinetic (PBTK)
Modelling in Support of Ecological Risk Assessment. SETAC North America Annual Meeting,
Sacramento, USA
McDonnell, J. McMaster University, GWF Early Career Mentoring Event, Hamilton
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Moderator of keynote panel on New horizons in EE research. North American Educational
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McKenzie, M., Hargis, K., Reid, A., Li, Y., & Monroe, M. (October, 2018). Trajectories in climate
change education and research. North American Educational Research Association Research
Symposium, Spokane, Washington
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Molot L, Schiff SL, Venkiteswaran JJ, Verschoor M, Baulch H and S Higgins (2018). Hierarchy of
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ON, 18-22 June
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N. Harper, P. Marjan, M. Lynch, A. Doxey, M. Servos, P. Craig, B. Katzenback. “Validating
Environmental DNA Metabarcoding Methods via Conventional Taxonomic Identification in
Ontario's Grand River Watershed”, 45th Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC,
September 30 – October 3, 2018
Nehemy, M. F., Millar, C., Janzen, K., Gaj, M., Pratt, D. L., Laroque, C. P. and McDonnell, J.J.
Assessment of isotopic composition of tree water using three different extraction
methods. Savannah River Site Summer Meeting, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA,
2018
Nehemy, M.F., Millar, C., Janzen, K., Pratt, D. L., Pappas, C., Benettin, P., Laroque, C. P. and
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North, R., J. Graham, D. Obrecht, H. Baulch, J. Hudson, O. Abirhire, P. Dillon, R. Smith, A. Thorpe
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Society of Limnology (ISL). August 19-24. Nanjing, China
Oldach MD, Janz DM, (2018) Factors influencing selenium uptake by periphyton in boreal lake
ecosystems. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Sacramento, CA
Oleson, K. E. Kroft, N. Casson, H. Baulch, L. Dyck, R. Hemle, R. North, J. Venkiteswaran, C.
Whitfield, C. Williams. Environmental controls on the rates of ebullition from freshwater
ponds near Winnipeg Manitoba. Prairie Division of the Canadian Association of
Geographers. Hecla, Manitoba. September 2018
Oleson, K., E. Kroft, N.J. Casson, H.M. Baulch, L.T. Dyck, R.E.J. Helmle, R.L. North, J.J.
Venkiteswaran, C.J. Whitfield, & C. Williams. Environmental controls on the rates of
ebullition from freshwater ponds near Winnipeg, Manitoba. 2018 Prairie Division of the
Canadian Association of Geographers, Hecla, MB, Canada. September 2018
P. Marjan, B. Katzenback, A. Doxey, P. Craig, M. Servos. “From Challenges to Recommendations
for Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Environmental DNA (eDNA) Method Development”,
45th Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC, September 30 – October 3, 2018
P. Marjan, B. Katzenback, A. Doxey, P. Craig, H. Dhiyebi, M. Servos. “Temporal Changes in Brook
Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Environmental DNA (eDNA) Detection Rates in a Grand River
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Sub-Watershed, Ontario: Washington Creek Case Study” 45th Canadian Ecotoxicity
Workshop, Vancouver, BC, September 30 – October 3, 2018
P. R. Gupta, A. Dolatkhah, L. D. Wilson (July 2018) Supported Silver Nanoparticles for Catalytic
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P. R. Gupta, A. Dolatkhah, L. D. Wilson. (August 2018 Supported Silver Nanoparticles for
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Research Conclave (UGRC), IITGn, India. [Poster]
Papalexiou SMUnified stochastic modeling with applications in hydrosphere and beyond.
American Geoscience Union Fall Meeting 2018, Washington D.C., December 10, 2018
Peltz N, Hanna K, Noble B 2018. Gaps in marine baseline data and the role of local and Inuit
knowledge in the Nunavut Environmental Assessment Process. ACUNS
Pietroniro A, Pomeroy JW, Razavi S, Wheater HS (2018). The Global Water Futures core modelling
strategy. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Washington D.C, United
States, December 10, 2018
Pietroniro, A.*, Pomeroy, J., Razavi, S., Wheater, H., (2018), The Global Water Futures Core
Modelling Strategy, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington DC.
December 10-14, 2018
Pomeroy J (2018). Global Water Futures for Alberta. Agri-Environmental Partnership of Alberta
(AEPA) Advisory Committee Meeting, Edmonton, Canada, October 17, 2018
Pomeroy J (2018). Global Water Futures: Year one progress. Integrated Modelling Program for
Canada (IMPC) First Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, July 18, 2018
Pomeroy J (2018). Global water scarcity and climate change concerns. Action Canada Fellowship:
Study Tour, Saskatoon, Canada, September 9, 2018
Pomeroy J (2018). Impact of meteorological forcing data on snowpack and streamflow
simulations in the Canadian Rockies. 4th Annual International Network for Alpine Research
Catchment Hydrology (INARCH) Workshop, Portillo, Chile, October 25, 2018
Pomeroy J (2018). Improving hydrologic process representations. Integrated Modelling Program
for Canada (IMPC) First Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Canada, July 18, 2018
Pomeroy J (2018). International Conference Plenary session: Agricultural Water Futures in an era
of changing agriculture and climate. International Conference and 69th International
Executive Council Meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage,
Saskatoon, Canada, August 12, 2018
Pomeroy J (2018). International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH).
4th Annual International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH)
Workshop, Santiago and Portillo, Chile, October 24, 2018
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Pomeroy J (2018). The Great Thaw: The crisis of Canada's changing waters. Royal Society of
Canada's Celebration of Excellence and Engagement (COEE), Halifax, Canada, November 15,
2018
Pomeroy JW, Wheater HS, Baltzer JL, Baulch HM, Carey SK, Gober P, Martz LW, Pietroniro A,
Rudolph DL, Stewart RE, Van Cappellen P, DeBeer CM (2018). Global Water Futures –
Translation of transdisciplinary observations, science, and predictions into societal action for
water and climate imperatives in cold regions. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual
Meeting, Washington D.C, United States, December 10, 2018
Pomeroy, JW; Wheater, HS; Baltzer, JL; Baulch, HM; Carey, SK; Gober, P; Martz, LW; Pietroniro,
A; Rudolph, DL; Stewart, RE; 2018 Global Water Futures-Translation of Transdisciplinary
Observations, Science, and Predictions into Societal Action for Water and Climate
Imperatives in Cold Regions AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
Pradhananga D*, Pomeroy JW (2018). Hydrological Response of Two Mountain Glaciers in the
Canadian Rockies to Warming Climate and Change in Glacier Configurations. American
Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting, Washington, United States, December 10, 2018
Raes KA, Doig LE, Liber K, Janz DM, Markwart B, Hecker M, (2018). Trophic considerations:
Assessing the trophic transfer of selenium to an amphipod (Hyalella azteca) through a diet
of field-collected biofilm communities. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry,
Sacramento, CA
Raes, K., L. Doig, K. Liber, D. Janz, B. Markwart and M. Hecker. 2018. Trophic considerations:
Assessing the trophic transfer of selenium to an amphipod (H. azteca) through a diet of field-
collected biofilm communities. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
39thAnnual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Raes, K., L. Doig, K. Liber, D. Janz, T. Lane, D. Green, K. Bluhm and M. Hecker. 2018. Using a
laboratory food chain to assess the trophic transfer of inorganic selenium into a secondary
consumer Pimephales promelas. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
39thAnnual Meeting, Sacramento, CA, USA, November 4-8, 2018
Rasouli K*, Negm A, Pavlovskii I, Pomeroy JW, Hayashi M (2018). Surficial geology- based mapping
of the future changes in groundwater recharge in a semi-arid watershed in the Canadian
Prairies with climate warming. American Geophysical Union (AGU) Annual Meeting,
Washington D.C, United States, December 10, 2018
Razavi, S. (2018), how can hydro-economic models help policy making?, 2018 International
Conference and 69th IEC Meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and
Drainage, side event organized by FAO on Hydroeconomic modelling for transboundary river
basin management – Towards more integrated approaches. August 15, 2018, Saskatoon,
Canada
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Razavi, S.*, Sheikholeslami, R., Gupta, H., Haghnegahdar, A., (2018), VARS-TOOL: A Novel Toolbox
for Comprehensive and Efficient Global Sensitivity Analysis, American Geophysical Union
(AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington DC. December 10-14, 2018
Reed, M.G. and Abernethy, P., 2018. Collaborative and social learning across a multi-level
national network: Working with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Annual General Meeting of
the Canadian Association of Geographers and the Regional Meeting of the International
Geographical Union. Aug 6-10, 2018; August 7
Reed, M.G., and Abernethy, P. 2018. Collaborative and social learning across a multi-level
national network: Working with UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Annual General Meeting of
the Canadian Association of Geographers and the Regional Meeting of the International
Geographical Union. Aug 6-10, 2018; August 7
S. Lavallee, C.J. Schuster-Wallace, P. D. Hynds, S. Brown, S. E. Dickson-Anderson, S. DiPelino, T.
Latchmore, A. Majury Exploring the knowledge, attitudes and practices of current well water
stewardship in rural Ontario communities: Implications for drinking water vulnerability and
public health risks 2018 CIPHI Ontario Educational Conference, London, Canada, Sept. 30-
Oct 3, 2018
Schuster-Wallace, C.J. Beyond the Water Associated Disease Index? Plenary Session, WaSH and
NTDs Meeting, International Society for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Natural History
Museum, London UK, November 2018
Schuster-Wallace, C.J., DiPelino, S., Dylan Hynds, P. Dickson-Anderson, S.E., and Majury, A. A
Coupled Systems Framework for Managing Microbial Risk in Private Drinking Water Wells,
National Canadian Institute for Public Health Inspectors Conference, Saskatoon, September
17-19, 2018
Sheikholeslami, R., Haghnegahdar, A.*, Razavi, S., (2018), Strategies for Handling Simulation
Model Crashes in Global Sensitivity Analysis, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall
Meeting, Washington DC. December 10-14, 2018
Siemens, R., and Schuster-Wallace, C.J., Climate Change and Maternal Health, CCGHR Webinar,
Saskatoon, November 2018
Slaughter, A.*, Razavi, S., Keshavarz, K., Ali Shah, S. M., (2018), Water resources management
modelling for achieving equitable sharing of water within the Saskatchewan River Basin,
International Conference of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, 12–17
August 2018, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Slaughter, A.*, Razavi, S., Princz, D., (2018), Integration of a water resource management model
with large-scale land surface modelling for integrated management of Canadian large river
basins, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington DC. December 10-14,
2018
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Stathis, A. A.; Kahan, T. F. Poster, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.:
“Effects of sodium chloride on anthracene photolysis kinetics in aqueous, organic and mixed
aqueous-organic phases” (Dec. 2018)
Steeves, J. and Ferguson, G. 2018. Characterizing Hydrogeological Change From Oil And Gas
Development In The Western Canada Sedimentary Basin. GeoEdmonton2018, Edmonton,
AB, October 2018
Steiger, B.; Wilson, L.D. (October 2018) Investigation of Chitosan-Based Polyelectrolyte
Complexes for Uptake of Sulphate Ions in Aqueous Solution. 5th George Guilbault
Symposium, Cork, Ireland. [Poster + Presentation]
Strickert, G. E.; Bradford, L. E.; Jardine, T. (2018). Connecting human dimensions and hydrological
models. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #H44B-07
Stubbs, A. D.; Kahan, T. F. Poster, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C.:
“Anthracene photolysis kinetics in salty water and ice” (Dec. 2018)
T. Latchmore, P. Hynds, C. Schuster-Wallace, S. Dickson- Anderson, A. Majury The WELLness
Project: Development of a Consumer Susceptibility Model for private drinking water users in
rural and remote Ontario 2018 CIPHI Ontario Educational Conference, London, Canada, Sept.
30-Oct 3, 2018
Thiessen B. Noble B, Hanna K. 2018. Understanding Arctic marine shipping impacts and
mitigation: Impact assessment as a tool for knowledge brokerage. ACUNS
Walker, H., Reed, M.G. and Fletcher, A., 2018. Climate extremes and forest-based communities:
Experiences and responses in northern Saskatchewan. Annual General Meeting of the
Canadian Association of Geographers and the Regional Meeting of the International
Geographical Union. Aug 6-10, 2018; August 7
Walker, H., Reed, M.G. and Fletcher, A., 2018. Climate extremes and forest-based communities:
Experiences and responses in northern Saskatchewan. Annual General Meeting of the
Canadian Association of Geographers and the Regional Meeting of the International
Geographical Union. Aug 6-10, 2018; August 7
Westbrook CJ, Ronnquist A, Bedard-Haughn A. Dynamic beaver pond levels in mountain
peatlands provide transient floodwater storage. International Beaver Symposium, Denmark,
September 17 – 20, 2018
Wittrock, V, R Halliday, D Corkal, M Johnston, E Wheaton. J Lettvenuk, I Stewart, B Bonsal, M
Geremia. 2018 August 16. Saskatchewan Flood and Natural Hazard Risk Assessment, Risks of
Saskatchewan’s Natural Hazards: Are We Prepared? Invited presentation to the
Saskatchewan Disaster Mitigation Strategy Working Group. Regina, SK. Saskatchewan
Research Council, Saskatoon, SK. SRC 14113-5D18. 82 slides
Wittrock, V, R Halliday, D Corkal, M Johnston, E Wheaton. J Lettvenuk, I Stewart, B Bonsal, M
Geremia. 2018 August 24. Risks of Saskatchewan’s Natural Hazards: Are We Prepared?
Invited presentation to Senior Government Representatives, Government of Saskatchewan
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August 24, Regina, SK. Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon, SK. SRC 14113-6D18. 39
slides
Yassin, F., Elshamy, M., Razavi, S., Wheater, H., (2018), Towards an Improved Parameterization
of Reservoir Operation for Large-Scale Hydrological Modeling, American Geophysical Union
(AGU) Fall Meeting, Washington DC. December 10-14, 2018
Zhou, S.; Kahan, T. F. Poster, Sloan Chemistry of Indoor Environments Science Meeting, Boulder,
CO: “Spectrally resolved actinic fluxes and photolysis kinetics of key species in the UTest
house during HOMEChem” (Oct. 2018)
Books and Book Chapters - 2019
McKenzie, M. (2019). Affect theory and mobility: Challenges and possibilities for critical policy
research. In K. Gulson & C. Symes (Eds.), Education and the mobility turn (pp. 63-80) (journal
special issue to book). London: Routledge
Nouvet E, Hunt H, Krishnaraj G, Schuster-Wallace C, Bernard C, Elit L, De Laat S, Schwartz L.
Unpacking the “oughtness” of palliative care in humanitarian crises: moral logics and what
is at stake? Submitted to: End-of-life care - ethical issues during missions, Daniel Messelken
and David Winkler (Eds.). Series: Military and Humanitarian Medical Ethics. Springer
International, Dordrecht, Netherlands. Wrote section on survey data and provided overall
edits
Reed, M.G. 2019. (In Press). Conceptual Origins and First-Generation Biosphere Reserves. Pp. 13-
28 In: Reed, M.G. and Price, M.F., (eds.) UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Supporting Biocultural
Diversity, Sustainability and Society. Earthscan/Routledge
Reed, M.G., and Price, M. 2019 In Press. (eds.) UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Supporting
Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability and Society. Earthscan/Routledge. (25 chapters) 352 pp
Reed, M.G., 2019. (In Press). Sharing in Governance for Sustainability: Experiences of Indigenous
Peoples and Canadian Biosphere Reserves. [Guest statement] In: P. Dearden, B. Mitchell and
E. O'Connell, Environmental Change and Challenge, (6th ed.) Don Mills, ON: Oxford
University Press
Reed, M.G., and Price, M.F. 2019. (In Press). Introducing UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. Pp. 1-10
In: Reed, M.G. and Price, M.F., (eds.) UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Supporting Biocultural
Diversity, Sustainability and Society. Earthscan/Routledge
Reed, M.G., and Price, M.F. 2019. (In Press). Unfinished Business: The Present and Future
Contributions of Biosphere Reserves to Sustainability Science. Pp. 321-332 In Reed, M.G. and
Price, M.F., (eds.) UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Supporting Biocultural Diversity,
Sustainability and Society. Earthscan/Routledge
Schuster-Wallace, C.J., Watt, M.S., Neufeld, V., Lui, J., Janes, C, and Charron, D. Maternal,
Newborn, And Child Health in a Changing Climate: A Socio-Ecological Framing. In: Maternal
Global Institute for Water Security Progress Report July 2018 – June 2019175
Health: Global Perspectives, Challenges and Issues. Nova Publishers, New York. Wrote
chapter; developed initial framework and pathway diagrams
Shaw, P., Shore, M., Haine-Bennett, E. and Reed, M.G. 2019. (In Press). Perspectives on Growth
and Change in Canada's 18 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Canada. Pp. 76-88 In: Reed, M.G.
and Price, M.F., (eds.) UNESCO Biosphere Reserves: Supporting Biocultural Diversity,
Sustainability and Society. Earthscan/Routledge
Books and Book Chapters - 2018
Hansen AM, Larsen SV, Noble BF. 2018. Social and environmental impact assessments in the
Arctic. In M Nuttall et al. (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of the Polar Regions. Routledge
Ken Van Rees and Symeon van Donkelaar. 2018. Lessons from Emma Lake: A metamorphosis of
science and art in landscape. P 515-526 in A. Toland, J. Noller and G. Wessolek (eds) Field to
Palette: Dialogues on Soil and Art in the Anthropocene. CRC Press Baton Raton
Noble BF, Hanna K, Blakley J. 2018. Northern environmental assessment. In Resources and
Sustainable Development in the Arctic. C Southcott et al. (eds.). Taylor and Francis.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351019101
Noble BF. 2018. Uncertainty in environmental impact assessment: out of sight, out of mind?
Guest Statement, in Resource and Environmental Management, 3rd edition. B. Mitchell (ed.)
Oxford University Press
Reed, M.G. and Wilson, S.J. 2018. Management Options for Dealing with Changing Forest-water
Relations. Pp. 121-147 in Creed, I.F. and van Noordwijk, M. (eds.), 2018. Forest and Water
on a Changing Planet: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Governance Opportunities. A Global
Assessment Report. IUFRO World Series Volume 38. Vienna. 192 p
Reed, M.G., and Abernethy, P. 2019. Social Learning Mobilized by Collaboration in the Canadian
network of UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. In: Sato, T., and Chabay, I. (eds.) Transformations
of Social-Ecological Systems: Studies in co-creating integrated knowledge toward
sustainable futures. Springer: Japan
Reid, A., & McKenzie, M. (Eds.). Studies in Education and Environment.London: Palgrave
MacMillan. Three new books edited and released in 2018/2019
Xu, L., Guo, X., Gollagher, M. and Marinova, D. (2018). Social networks, community resilience and
bonding relationships, Chapter 6 in Guo, X. and Marinova, D. (eds) Sustainability and
Development in Asia and the Pacific: Emerging Policy Issues, World Scientific, Singapore,
pp103-123
Plenary, Key Note and Invited Lectures - 2019
Barbour, L. Invited Presentation - “SCL BML Annual Technical meeting”, UofS participants: Matt
Lindsay, Julie Zettl, Daniel Francis, Barbour did not attend due to time conflicts; however, he
is still part of the BML research & edited the presentations, etc (April 10-11, 2019,
Edmonton, AB)
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Barbour, L. Invited workshop presenter: "Geotechnical modeling using SLOPE/W, SEEP/W,
SIGMA/W", GeoSlope International Geotechnical Modeling Workshop (Feb.11-13, 2019),
Phoenix, Arizona
Barbour, L. Invited workshop presenter: "Geotechnical modeling using SLOPE/W, SEEP/W,
SIGMA/W", GeoSlope International Geotechnical Modeling Workshop (March 26-28, 2019),
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Barbour, L. Invited workshop presenter: "Geotechnical modeling using SLOPE/W, SEEP/W,
SIGMA/W", GeoSlope International Geotechnical Modeling Workshop (May 13-15, 2019),
London, UK
Baulch, H. Guest Lecture on Water Quality, ~20 students, Biology 410 for Dr. Iain Philips, March
2019
Baulch, H.M. 2019. Water for the Prairies. Public lecture as a part of the Global Water Futures
Meeting in Saskatoon – held at the Roxy Theater
Bedard-Haughn, A. 2019. Demands on Soil: the Soil, Air, Water Nexus. Summit on Canadian Soil
Health: Setting the Course for the Future, Soil Conservation Council of Canada. Oak
Hammock Marsh, MB
Bedard-Haughn, A. 2019. Predictive Soil Mapping – the SK experience (and the role of SKSIS).
InnoTech Alberta Predictive Soil Mapping Workshop. Edmonton, AB
Bedard-Haughn, A. 2019. Water Gone Wild! Working with what we have got in Prairie soil
landscapes. Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists Annual Convention. Regina, SK
D Costa. "Advances in modelling and prediction of hydro-biogeochemical processes in Canada",
Polytechnique Montréal, July, 2019
Famiglietti, J. Keynote at the Inter-American Development Bank session at World Water Week in
Stockholm, August, 2019
Famiglietti, J. NovCare 2019 International Conference, Keynote, Waterloo, ON, Canada, May 29,
2019
Famiglietti, J. IAEA International Symposium on Isotope Hydrology: Advancing the Understanding
of Water Cycle Processes, May 21, 2019, Vienna, Austria
Famiglietti, J. Keynote at the Canadian Water Network Blue Cities conference in Toronto, Canada,
May 8, 2019
Famiglietti, J. Tansley Lecture, Johnson Shoyama School of Public Policy, University of Regina,
Regina, SK, April 11, 2019
Famiglietti, J. Spent first 2 weeks of March as a “Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Invitational Fellow” at University of Tokyo. Gave university and public lectures and discussed
collaborations with JAXA, the Japanese space agency
Famiglietti, J. Wrote public article for Pew’s Trend magazine and participate in panel at the U.S.
National Academy of Science on World Water Day
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Famiglietti, J. Presented the Tansley Lecture in Regina, the annual JSGSPP distinguished policy
lecture.
Famiglietti, J. Connected with City of Saskatoon on Climate Adaptation Plan
Famiglietti, J. Keynote at the ‘Localizing California Waters’ meeting in Ojai, CA, 2019
Famiglietti, J. 2nd International Workshop, Impact of Groundwater in Earth System Models,
March 18, 2019
Famiglietti, J. AgBio Challenge, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of
Saskatchewan, January 24, 2019
Ferguson, G. Bottom up Groundwater Depletion. University of Texas, Jackson School of
Geosciences, Austin, Texas. April 12, 2019
Giesy, J. “Next Generation Aquatic Chemistry”. With P.D. Jones. To: Global Water Futures 2nd
Annual Open Science Meeting, May 14–17, 2019, Saskatoon, SK. Invited
Gray, R. Alberta Federation of Agriculture – “Crop Research Funding Models: International
Experience Implications for Canada”. January 17, 2019. Edmonton
Gray, R. Hungarian Market Price Information System Conference – Keynote Speaker:
“Observations on Canada’s Grain Supply Chain”. January 23, 2019. Budapest
Gray, R. Farming for Profit – “Crop Research Funding Models”. June 24 , 2019. Moose Jaw
Gray, R. Sask Agriculture: “Crop Research Funding Models”. April 2, 2019. Regina
Gray, R. SaskFlax- “The Australian Experience in EPR’s”. March 14, 2019. Regina
Janz DM, (2019). Development and application of physiological stress markers in hair and skin of
brown (grizzly) bears. Invited seminar, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb,
Zagreb, Croatia
Janz DM, (2019). Development and application of physiological stress markers in hair and skin of
brown (grizzly) bears. Invited seminar, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of
Sciences, Krakow, Poland
Janz, DM. Conservation Medicine in the Anthropocene: Applications of Modern 21stCentury
Technologies to the Assessment of Wildlife Health. One-day workshop delivered to the
Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, PL, 2019
Jones, P. (2019) Next Generation Aquatic Chemistry. GWF Annual Science Meeting, Saskatoon,
SK, May 15-17 2019
Jones, P. (2019) The Impact of Ultra-high Resolution Mass Spectrometry on Environmental
Chemistry. (INVITED) 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE 2019),
Quebec City, QC, June 3-7, 2019
Jones, P. (2019) The Impact of Ultra-high Resolution Mass Spectrometry on Environmental
Chemistry. (INVITED) 54th Canadian Trace Organics Workshop, Edmonton AB May 13-14,
2019
J-P St-Maurice, E region irregularities: the What and the How, Tutorial presentation at Virginia
Tech, March 2019
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Kahan, T. Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition: “Salt, fat, water, heat: Effects of phase
and state on pollutant photolysis kinetics in atmospheric condensed phases” (June 2019)
Kahan, T. University of Regina: “Warm and cold: Atmospheric chemistry in houses and snow”
(Jan. 2019)
Li Xu, invited presentation, by the Social Network Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan.
February 27, 2019. Presentation topic: “Using social network analysis to map scientific
knowledge: examples of water and resilience research”
Li Xu, invited visit, by Resilience and Transformation Centre in China at Nanjing Institute of
Geography and Limnology in the Chinese Academy of Sciences. June 21-22, 2019.
Presentation topic: “Conceptualizing cascading effects of resilience in human-water
systems”
Li Xu, multiple invited visits to Chinese universities (Ningxia University, Westlake University, and
Hohai University). June 8-20, 2019. Presentation topic: “the status quo of socio-hydrology
and its observed phenomena in Canadian Prairies”
Lloyd-Smith, P. Guest Lecturer on Non-market valuation (1.5 hours), Energy and Environmental
Policy (PPOL 611), University of Calgary, Jennifer Winter
McDonnell, J. Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
McDonnell, J. Grand Ducal Institute, Academy of Sciences of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
McDonnell, J. University of Virginia, Water Resilience Program, Dept. Environmental Science
McKenzie, M. (April, 2019). Plenary panel: ‘Environmental education’ and ‘Education for
sustainability:’ Historical and critical perspectives. Comparative& International Education
Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
McKenzie, M. (June 17, 2019). Country progress on climate change: A comparative analysis of
366 national submissions to the UNFCCC. 7th Dialogue on Action for Climate Empowerment,
UN, Bonn, Germany
Morrissey, C. American Ornithologist Union, Anchorage, Special Symposium on Migratory bird
declines, Alaska, June 2019
Morrissey, C. American Ornithologist Union, Anchorage, Special Symposium on NA Shorebird
populations, Alaska, June 2019
Morrissey, C. B.C. Stewardship Roundtable, Birds and Agriculture, Vancouver, BC, Aug 2018
Morrissey, C. Canola Council of Canada AGM, Banff, AB, Oct 2018
Morrissey, C. International Ornithologists Congress, Avian Ecotoxicology Symposia, Vancouver,
BC, Aug 2018
Morrissey, C. Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference, Plenary speaker.
Winnipeg, MB, Feb 2019
Morrissey, C. University of Alberta, Biology departmental seminar, Edmonton, AB, Jan 2019
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Noble BF. 2019. Environmental assessment and negotiated agreements: The front lines of conflict
and reconciliation. Helsinki, Finland, May 27-29. How mining law and institutional practices
shape Indigenous community consultations
Patrick, R. 2019. “Indigenous Water Security”. American Association of Geographers (AAG).
Washington, DC. USA. April 3-7, 2019
Patrick, R. 2019. Kikawinaw Askiy: Reconciling with Indigenous Sacred Ecology. Assembly of First
Nations 2nd Annual Water Symposium and Tradeshow. Niagara, ON. February 26-28, 2019
Patrick, R. 2019. Kikawinaw Askiy: Reconciling with Indigenous Sacred Ecology. Global Water
Futures Second Annual Science meeting. Saskatoon, SK. May 12-14, 2019
Patrick, R. Canadian Water Resources Association. Source Water Protection Planning with First
Nations on the Prairies. January 8, 2019
Razavi, S., (2019), Integrated Modelling and Sensitivity Analysis, Environment and Climate
Change Canada Workshop on Flow Forecasting, Simon Fraser University, Feb 20-21, 2019
Reed, M.G. (with support from Walker, H., and Fletcher, A.) 2019. Invited to speak to the Standing
Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources in support of Section
22 of Bill C-69 “An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy
Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential
amendments to other Acts” that requires the consideration of “the intersection of sex and
gender with other identity factors” in impact assessments. April 11 2019
Reed, M.G. 2019. Actions, strategies and indicators linking biological and cultural diversity. For
the North American Dialogue on Biocultural Diversity, Montreal QC, Canada. May 5-8, 2019.
May 7
Reed, M.G. 2019. Canada and the World Network of Biosphere Reserves: Contributions to
conservation, sustainability, and society. Presentation invited for the Canadian International
Council, Saskatoon Branch, Saskatoon Club, Saskatoon, April 29 2019
Reed, M.G. 2019. Growing an academic career. For University Staff Doctorate Programme (USDP)
Year 1 Summer School: “Climate risk, resilience and sustainable development”, University of
Cape Town, Cape Town, 28 January – 1 February 2019, January 28
Reed, M.G. 2019. The Gender of impacts, adaptation, and environmental decision making in a
changing (northern) climate. For Women and Water, Climate Change and Society Speaker
Series, Feb 11 2019
Reed, M.G., (With help from Heather McWhinney, Writing Support Specialist) 2019. Writing
Literature Reviews: Synthesizing ideas from multiple sources. For University Staff Doctorate
Programme (USDP) Year 1 Summer School: “Climate risk, resilience and sustainable
development”, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 28 January – 1 February 2019, January
29
Reed, M.G., 2019. Decolonizing Environmental Practice and Research: Experiences from Canada,
Public Lecture, University of Cape Town, February 6 2019
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Reed, M.G., Facilitating co-production of transdisciplinary knowledge with sustainability
practitioners. For University Staff Doctorate Programme (USDP) Year 1 Summer School:
“Climate risk, resilience and sustainable development”, University of Cape Town, Cape
Town, 28 January – 1 February 2019, January 29
Reed, M.G., Walker, H., and Thiessen, B. 2019. Invited Presentation to the Canadian
Environmental Assessment Agency, Gender and Diversity Analysis in Impact Assessment.
January 18
Schuster-Wallace, C.J., Water and Women in East Africa, Saskatoon, September 2019 (Women
and Water lecture)
Van Rees, K. Written report or visual artwork: application to a soil science field course. European
Geophysical Union, Vienna, Austria April 11-15, 2019
Whitfield, C.J. Prairie Water: using virtual basins to investigate response to change. Canadian
Water Resource Association, Saskatchewan Branch Webinar Series. March 13 2019. (Invited,
Webinar)
Wilson, L. D. Biopolymers with tunable properties for controlled removal of environmentally
relevant anions in water treatment. 18th International Conference on Industrial Chemistry
& Water Treatment, Vancouver, BC. (April 2019). [Plenary]
Wilson, L. D. Hydration and Adsorption Phenomena of Biopolymers in Heterogeneous Solid-
Liquid Systems. 2019 Spring Conference on Engineering and Technology (2019-SCET),
Xiamen, China (April 2019). [Invited Keynote]
Wilson, L. D. Starch-based carrier systems with tunable properties. Industry Talk by Zyus (Larry
Halbrook, zyus.com), Saskatoon, SK. (May 2019). [Invited]
Plenary, Key Note and Invited Lectures - 2018
Barbour, L. Invited lecture/seminar presenter: “Water Security - A Primer” (Sept.10-20) for
Master of Water Security program (MWS, UofS; requested by Dr. Andrew Ireson); Barbour
specifically presented Sep.19 (9-12noon): ‘The Changing Colour of Environmental and Mine
Closure Research … the journey from Green to Blue’; Rm 1261, NHRC Bldg; (6 hrs total = 3
hrs lecture + 3 hrs prep)
Barbour, L. Invited Meetings/Presentation – Barbour/SCL Research: "Syncrude Cda Ltd Base Mine
Lake R&D Team meetings”, Edmonton AB, Nov. 15-16, 2018
Barbour, L. Invited Presentation/Meetings - "IRC (Barbour) Research: Annual Syncrude Cda Ltd
seminar/mtgs/discussions: for Barbour & his students/research staff (including Associate
Chair Matt Lindsay and his students) to give presentations/updates on their IRC
work/projects, Edmonton AB, Dec. 10/18 (with students: Spencer Chad, Matthew Armoh,
Shahab Alam)
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Barbour, L. Invited seminar presenter: “Reclaiming Oil Sands Mines in Northern Canada –
Environmental challenges and solutions”, Swedish Geotechnical Society (North) (Svenska
Geotekniska Foreningen) Fall Seminar, (Oct.22, 2018), Luleå, Sweden
Barbour, L. Invited workshop presenter: "Geotechnical modeling using SLOPE/W, SEEP/W,
SIGMA/W", GeoSlope International Geotechnical Modeling Workshop (Oct.23-25, 2018),
Luleå, Sweden
Barbour, L. Invited workshop presenter: "Geotechnical modeling using SLOPE/W, SEEP/W,
SIGMA/W", GeoSlope International Geotechnical Modeling Workshop (Sept. 13-15, 2018),
Pretoria, S. Africa
Bedard-Haughn, A. 2018. Global Water Futures: Prairie Water. Agriculture Producers Association
of Saskatchewan Policy Priorities for Agriculture Conference. Saskatoon, SK
Bedard-Haughn, A. 2018. Not Your Grandpa’s Soil Surveys: Soil Info in the Information Age.
Dalhousie University Visiting Speaker Series. Truro, NS
Bradford, L. (2018). Flooding and Health Risks in Yellow Quill First Nation. Invited Presentation
for the IISC’s Prairies Regional Adaptation Collaborative, Natural Resources Canada and the
Governments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. November 22nd 2018
Clark, M. Co-taught SUMMA/hydroShare clinic (2018), The University of Sopron, Hungary
Famiglietti, J. American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, Centennial Keynote, December
14, 2018
Famiglietti, J. Urban Water Institute, Annual Water Conference, San Diego, CA, Keynote Address,
August 22, 2018
Ferguson, G. Fluid Production for Geothermal Energy. Geothermal Forum. Yellowknife, NWT.
November 25, 2018
Ferguson, G. The Groundwater-Energy Nexus in Sedimentary Basins. University of Illinois,
Champaign, Illinois. November 2, 2018
Gray, R. Action Canada – “The Future of Food”. Sept. 10, 2018. Saskatoon
Gray, R. CAPI fellowship –“Economics of Water for Prairie Agriculture”. Sept. 5, 2018. Saskatoon
Gray, R. International Ag Economics Triennial meetings- “The Economics of Regulated Royalty
Rates in Plant Breeding”. July 30, 2018. Vancouver
Gray, R. OECD Invited Workshop – Presentation –“The Role of Producer Controlled Research
Organizations (in Making Science Useful to Agriculture)”. November 26-29, 2018. Adelaide,
Australia
Ireson, A.M. (2018). The hydrology of the Canadian Prairies. Presentation to faculty and students
at the Freiberg University, Germany, June 2018
Ireson, A.M. (2018). The hydrology of the Canadian Prairies. Presentation to faculty and students
at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, June 2018
Ireson, A.M. (2018). The hydrology of the Canadian Prairies. Presentation to faculty and students
at the School of Geography, University of Leeds, June 2018
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Janz, DM. Aquatic Ecotoxicology of Selenium. One-day short course delivered to Environment
and Climate Change Canada, Edmonton, AB, 2018
J-P St-Maurice, The aurora borealis: more than meets the eyes, invited colloquium presentation
at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Western Ontario, Sept 2018
Kahan, T. Sloan Chemistry of Indoor Environments Science Meeting, Boulder, CO: “Ozone and
other oxidants indoors” (Oct. 2018)
Liber, K. 2018. Autonomous sensor systems for real-time monitoring of water quality at remote
field locations. Institute of Loess Plateau, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, P.R. China,
August 2, 2018. (Invited lecture)
McDonnell, J. Adjunct Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast, Tropical Forests and People
Research Centre. 2018
McDonnell, J. Beijing Normal University, Beijing China
McDonnell, J. Distinguished Visiting Professor, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. 2018-
2023
McDonnell, J. Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ludong University, Yantai, China. 2018-2023
McDonnell, J. Honorary Professor, University of Aberdeen UK
McDonnell, J. Lawrence Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA
McDonnell, J. Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, Yangling China
McDonnell, J. Tsinghua University, Dept of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, Beijing China
McDonnell, J. University of Alabama, Dept of Geography, Tuscaloosa
McDonnell, J. University of Nevada, Reno, Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno
McDonnell, J. US DOE Watershed Collaboration Workshop, Crested Butte, CO (via Skype)
McDonnell, J. Visiting Professor, Luxembourg Institute for Science and Technology
McKenzie, M. (August, 2018). Precarity, competition, care: Registers of affect in education policy
mobilities. Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Australia
McKenzie, M. (October, 2018). Highlights from the research symposium. North American
Educational Research Association, Spokane, Washington
McKenzie, M., Reid, A., & Hart, P. (October, 2018). Editors panel: What and where to publish.
North American Educational Research Association Research Symposium, Spokane,
Washington
Noble BF, Hanna K, Arnold L, Wong L. 2018. Assessing regulator’s information needs to make
decisions regarding cumulative effects under the Mackenzie Valley Resource Management
Act. NWT Environmental Research and Monitoring Results Workshop. Yellowknife, NWT
Noble BF, Hanna K. 2018. Advancing the state of CE monitoring and data to support decision
maker needs. NWT Cumulative Impact Monitoring program. Yellowknife, NWT
Noble BF. 2018. Negotiating the IBA-EA relationship. Lulea University of Technology, Lulea,
Sweden
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Noble BF. 2018. Regional strategic assessment: Foundations and principles for advancing a NWT
model. Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board. Yellowknife, NWT
Noble BF. 2018. Water quality data to support cumulative effects monitoring and decision
making. Ontario Association for Impact Assessment. Toronto ON, October
Noble, BF. 2018. Careers in renewables. Education panel chair First Nations Power Authority
Indigenous Green Energy Forum. Saskatoon, SK, 21 November
Patrick, R. 2018. University of California Santa Barbara. Source Water Protection Planning with
First Nations in Canada. Guest lecture presented to graduate students of Prof. Robert
Wilkinson, UCSB Bren School of the Environment
Patrick, R. 2018. University of California Santa Barbara. Water Realities in Canada. Guest lecture
presented to graduate students of Prof. Robert Wilkinson, UCSB Bren School of the
Environment
Patrick, R. 2018. Water Security and Indigenous Communities. Prairie Division of the Canadian
Association of Geographers. Hecla, MB. Sept 28-30
Pomeroy, J. Hydrological modelling instruction on the Cold Regions Hydrological Model (CRHM),
Canmore, Canada - 8 hours, February 2018
Razavi, S., (2018), Integrated Modelling and Management of Watershed Systems Under
Uncertainty, Canadian Water Science Workshop, November 27-28, 2018 in Ottawa, Ontario
Reed, M.G., 2018. Preparing for Periodic Review. Invited Webinar for the Canadian Biosphere
Reserves Association. October 25
Wheaton, E. 2018 Nov. Concerns about a Changing Climate and Some Solutions. Invited
presentation to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of
Saskatchewan, 5 November, Saskatoon, SK. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
40+slides
Wheaton, E. 2018 Nov. Saskatchewan in a Warming World. Invited presentation to the Water
Security Agency of Saskatchewan, 29 Nov, Moose Jaw, SK. University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SK. 47 slides
Wilson L. D. (August 2018). Development of responsive biopolymer materials: Investigation of
their structure and adsorption properties. 30th International Conference on Materials
Chemistry & Science (MCS-2018), Toronto, ON (August 2018). [Invited]
Wilson LD (July 2018). Biopolymer Polymer Materials for Controlled Adsorption of
Environmental Contaminants. China University of Petroleum, Department of Chemistry,
Beijing, China [Invited, Professor Yangchuan Ke]
Wilson LD. (December 2018). Starch Biopolymers as Alternative Desiccant Coatings for Harvesting
Sustainable Energy. 2018 International Conference on Sustainable Innovations in Green
chemistry & New Technological Developments (ICSIG-2018), Kottayam, India. [Invited
Plenary]
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Wilson LD. (July 2018). Biopolymer Composites for Catalytic Reduction Processes. 2018 World
Congress & Expo on Chemical Engineering & Catalysis (WCECEC 2018), Osaka, Japan.
[Invited]
Wilson LD. (September 2018). Starch Biopolymers as Alternative Desiccant Coatings for Energy
Wheels. 2018 International Tropical Renewable Energy (i-TREC 2018), Bali, Indonesia.
[Invited Keynote]
Wilson, L. D. (December 2018). Biopolymer Hydration and Adsorption Phenomena in
Heterogeneous Solid-Liquid Systems. Mahatma Gandhi University - ICNP-2018, Kerala, India.
[Invited]
Wilson, L. D. (December 2018). Biopolymers with Tunable Properties for Controlled Removal of
Oxyanions in Advanced Water Treatment. Mahatma Gandhi University - ICW-2018, Kerala,
India. [Invited]
Editorial Boards
Baulch, Helen
Guest Editor, special issue on agricultural water quality under cold conditions, Journal of
Environmental Quality
Review of report for the International Joint Commission on water quality targets in the
Red River (with Walter Dodds, Kansas)
Barbour, Lee
Reviewer for ‘Environmental Reviews’, July 4, 2018; 3 hrs
Review of an NSERC CRD proposal, Ap.15, 2019 (1 hr)
Brinkmann, Markus
Guest Editor – Special Issue on “Contaminant Effects on Zebrafish Embryos” in MDPI
Toxics, 2018-2019
Clark, Martyn
Editor-in-Chief, Water Resources Research, 2017-present
Creed, Irena
Associate Editor, Hydrological Processes (2010-present)
Famiglietti, James
Editorial Board Member, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Scientific Reports, Nature
Publishing Group (2017-2019)
Giesy, John
Editor in Chief, J. Environmental Science Research. Chinese Research Academy of Science,
Beijing, China. 2015-Present
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Associate Editor Environmental Development – The Transdisciplinary Journal of Scientific
Committee for Pollution in the Environment (SCOPE) of United Nations, 2011-Present
Editorial Board. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. Published by Ecological Society of
America and Ecological Society of China. 2013-Present
Editorial Board Geochemistry and Environmental Health. 2006-Present
Editorial Board Environmental Bioindicators. 2007-Present
Editorial Advisory Board: Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry. Gordon and
Breach/Scientific Publishers. London. 1989‑Present
Editorial Board: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 2006-Present
Guest Editor: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA. 2007-Present
Editorial Board: Environmental Research: 2014-Present
Editorial Board: Environmental Reviews. 2014-Present
Advisory Board The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry series. Springer - Verlag. 2004-
Present
Editorial Board Handbook of Ecotoxicology, Lewis Publishers /CRC Press. 1992-Present
Ireson, Andrew
Associate Editor for Hydrological Processes, dealing with the 2018/19 Special Issue for the
Canadian Geophysical Union.
Editor for the Geological Society of London’s Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology
and Hydrogeology, QJEGH (2010-2018)
Janz, D. M.
Editorial Board Member for journal Aquatic Toxicology, 1998-present
Senior Editor for journal Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2016-
present
Jones, Paul
Editorial board of “Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry” 2017-2020
Laroque, Colin
Physical Geography Editor, Canadian Geographer, June 2012 – present
Li, Yanping
Special issue editor of "Hydrology and Earth System Sciences" (HESS), European
Geosciences Union journal, 2017-2019
McDonnell, Jeff
Editorial Board, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Editorial Board, MASKANA (the multidisciplinary journal of the University of Cuenca)
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Editorial Board, Rhyzosphere, Elsevier
Editorial Board, Sustainable Water Developments (Book Series), CRC Press
Editorial Board, Wires Water, John Wiley and Sons
Editorial Board, Hydro-Science and Engineering, Nanjing Hydraulic Res.
Institute, China
Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, Open access journal
Editorial Board, Asian Journal of Geosciences, Hindawi Publishers
Editorial Board, Journal of Hydrogeology and Hydrologic Engineering, Sci-Technol
Editorial Board, Water, MDPI Publishers, Switzerland
Editorial Board, Advances in Water Science (China), UNESCO
Editorial Board, International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology Inderscience
Enterprises Ltd (UK)
Editorial Board, Ecohydrology, John Wiley and Sons
Editorial Advisory Board, Forest Science and Technology, Taylor and Francis Ltd
Senior Advisory Editor, Encyclopedia of Hydrology, John Wiley and Sons
McKenzie, Marcia
Associate Editor, Environmental Education Research
Editorial Board Member, Research in Education
Editorial Board Member, Policy Futures in Education
Editorial Board Member, Environmental Education Research
Advisory Editor, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
Editorial Board Member, Australian Journal of Environmental Education
Editorial Board Member, Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives
Noble, Bram
Associate Editor, Environmental Management
Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy & Management
Editorial Board, Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Editorial Board, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
Papalexiou, Simon-Michael
Associate Editor at Water Resources Research Journal, Associate Editor, American
Geophysical Union, December 2018 to present
Managing Guest Editor in Advances Water Resources Journal. Virtual Special Issue
Hydroclimatic extremes: from statistical and physically based diagnostics to prediction
and adaptation, Managing Guest Editor, Elsevier Limited, April 2018 to present
Patrick, Robert
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Special Editor. Special Issue: Water (journal). Topic: Water Security 2018/2019.
Editorial Board. The International Indigenous Policy Journal
Editorial Board. Indigenous Policy Journal
Secretary Treasurer. Prairie Division Canadian Association of Geographer.
Razavi, Saman
Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier, Jan, 2016 – present
Editorial Board Member and Manuscript Editor, Environmental Modelling & Software,
Elsevier, May, 2015 – present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Water and Soil Conservation, Jan, 2019 – present
Reed, Maureen
Guest Editor, Forests, April-June 2019. Redefining Forests and Communities for
Sustainability: New Frameworks and Applications
Soltan, Jafar
Member of Editorial Advisory Board, Current Catalysis, September 2017-date
Spiteri, Raymond
Co-founding Editor-in-Chief for the journal Mathematics in Science and Industry
Associate Editor for Applied Numerical Mathematics
Westbrook, Cherie
Member, Editorial Board, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Physical
Geography and Environmental Sciences section (Feb 2017 - Dec 2020)
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APPENDIX F – Collaborations and Outreach Barbour, Lee
Member, Geotechnical Review Board, Teck Coal Ltd. 2017-present
Specialist Advisor (Mbr of TAG group) to Teck Coal Ltd, ‘NO3 release model from Waste
Rock (Waste Rk Hydrology & Source Term Characterization)’, 2016 to present
Member of Technical Advisory Group to Teck Coal Ltd on ‘Use of Saturated Fills for
Selenium attenuation’, 2015-present
Advisor to Syncrude Canada Limited on the 'Base Mine Lake - End Pit Lake Trial',
Edmonton, July 2010 onwards.
Board of Directors, Geo-Slope International, Calgary, 2008 - present
Technical Advisor, Geo-Slope International, Calgary, 1995 - present
Article on Shahabul Alam and Dr. Barbour’s research with water balance computer
models including climate change projections for oil sands reclamation, Saskatoon Star
Phoenix – ‘Young Innovators: Water predictions help restore oil sands’, by Federica
Giannelli. March 11, 2019
MOU for Rhonda Sigda (MSc-elect) with Nutrien Ltd (formally PotashCorp), signed
May10/18 (effective: Sep1/17-Aug31/19)
International collaboration with Dr. Kevin Briggs (Univ. of Bath) - project led by Newcastle
Univ. entitled: 'Measuring evaporation and cracking in moisture-limited soils'; relates to
work at Queens University Belfast (SVAT and hydrogeological responses within glacial till
drumlins); NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) funded, includes in-kind
collaboration with OKC/GeoSlope/Enviro.Cda/GIWS, July 2015 visit to UofS/Saskatoon
sites; 2014 – present
Baulch, Helen
Strategic Management Committee – Global Water Futures
Invited Panelist – Water Security for Canadians. Rideau Club Ottawa. May 2019
Bedard-Haughn, Angela
Speaker, TEDx University of Saskatchewan re: “Soils Tell Stories”. 9/2019
Interview with Neil Billinger for CJWW radio re: “The Power of Knowing Your Soil”.
11/2018
Interviewed for three articles re: Enhanced Saskatchewan Soil Data for Sustainable Land
Management published in Country Guide, Canola Digest, and Agknowledge in fall 2018
Bram, Noble
SSHRC – Insight Grant National Adjudication Committee, 2018-19
Council of Canadian Academies – Expert Panel Member, Integrated Natural Resource
Management in Canada, 2017-2019
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Brinkmann, Markus
Member – Selection Committee for the SETAC North America Recent Graduate Travel
Award, 2019
Member – Selection Committee for Short Courses to be delivered at the SETAC North
America Annual Meeting in Toronto, 2019
Member – American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2018-present
Member – Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI) Bioaccumulation
Committee, Fish sub-team, 2018-present
Media coverage resulting from above press release: Online and print coverage in: Daily
Excelsior, Environmental News Network, Farm Table, Inside Ecology, Mail Today, Science
Daily, The New Indian Express, among others; June 6th – 8th, 2019
TV coverage, ‘RWTH Aachen: Aale in unseren Flüssen durch Schwermetalle gefährdet’,
WDR Lokalzeit Aachen, May 14th, 2019
Official Thünen Institute press release, ‘Maturing eels break down their skeleton to fuel
reproduction’ (English), https://www.thuenen.de/en/info-desk/press-releases/press-
releases-2019/maturing-eels-break-down-their-skeleton-to-fuel-reproduction/, May
2019
English language media coverage resulting from above press release: Online and print
stories, title ‘Poison for Eggs: Heavy metals can endanger the reproduction of the eels’,
Time Online, May 14th, 2019
Creed, Irena
Panel Member of the Science Advisory Panel, Minister of Environment and Parks,
Government of Alberta, Jan 22, 2019 for four years.
Deputy Coordinator, Forest Operations, International Union of Forest Research
Organizations (IUFRO), 2006-present
Member Forests and Water, International Union of Forest Research Organizations
(IUFRO), 2017-present
Member Forests and Water Interactions in a Changing Environment, International Union
of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), 2019-present
Science Advisory Panel, Government of Alberta. Alberta Environment and Parks.
Edmonton, Alberta, 2019 – present
Member, IUFRO Task Force on Forests, Water, and Soil. 2017-present
Conference Organizer, International Union of Forest Research Organizations. 5th
Conference on Forests and Water in a Changing Environment. November 5-9, 2018,
Valdivia, Chile.
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Conference Organizer, International Association of Great Lakes Research. 61st
Conference on Great Lakes Research: Great Science for Tomorrows Solution. June 18-22,
2018, Toronto, ON.
Elshorbagy, Amin
Associate Editor of Water Resources Research
Reviewer for NSERC and International Journal manuscripts
Convener of sessions in the European Geoscience Union annual assembly
Served as a chair of the Scientific Committee of the 69th International Conference and
Executive Council Meeting of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage
(ICID).
Selected as a member of NSERC Site Visit Committee to travel to BC and evaluate a major
NSERC-Industrial Research Chair application.
Famiglietti, James
Facilitated a discussion with the Canadian Ambassador to Israel, H.E. Deborah A. Lyons to
discuss water security issues in the region and Canada's role in water diplomacy,
November 2019
Gave an opening keynote at the WATEC Conference 2019 in Tel Aviv, where the audience
included state legislators, directors, and academic professionals, November 2019
Presented global groundwater water security situation and Canada's challenges in the
board of director's meeting of SaskWater, a crown corporation, November 2019
Visited the Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan to advance research and collaboration
on Agricultural water security and water-food sustainability, November 2019
Met with the Bangladeshi Ambassador H.E. Mizanur Rahman twice to promote USask led
research and capacity development in the field of water security in Bangladesh. The
Bangladeshi delegation has been hosted by Global Institute for Food Security, October
2019
Visited the Water Security Agency and met with high officials to promote bilateral
collaboration on research and practical solutions, capacity development and knowledge
mobilization, September 2019
Met with ADMs and DMs from NRCan, NRC, Statistics Canada, Global Affairs Canada,
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Employ-
ment and Social Development Canada, Office of Chief Science Advisor, September 2019
o Met and discussed Canadian water security issues with Canadian Chief Science
Advisor, Mona Nemer and formed the plan to establish 'Water Day on the Hill' in
March 2020
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o Discussed with Natural Resource Canada on how GIWS can support with hazards
mapping and how GIWS can help catalyze interactions and help coordinate
university and agency work on groundwater across Canada
o StatsCan expressed their interest in deeper collaboration with GIWS, on climate
change, river basin indicators, SDG reporting, use of satellite data
o GIWS and ECCC meeting raised the possibility of GIWS role in helping define
Canada’s Earth Observing (satellite) strategy and precisely, in water
o GIWS proposed to ESD that GIWS can play a pivotal role in SDG 6
Reached out to the City of Saskatoon and Education Districts of Saskatoon to collaborate
on Water Film Prize and Saskatoon Water week 2020. These conversations have been
followed by support from the City and Education Boards for an excited Saskatoon Water
Week in June 2020 (August 2019)
Invited to speak in sessions with the Inter America Development and World Bank Group
at the World Water Week, represented Usask and GIWS, August 2019
Facilitated engagement with regional policy-makers at the Pacific Northwest Economic
Region (PNWER), July 2019
Advisory Board, Blue Legacy, 2012-present
Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Academy of Engineering, 2017-
2020
Planet Texas 2050, Technical Advisory Council, University of Texas at Austin, 2018-present
Advisory Council, Water Deeply, 2018-present
Briefing on sustainability and the Global Institute for Water Security, University of
Saskatchewan to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, 2018
Briefing on freshwater security research and training at the University of Saskatchewan
to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Coast Guard, Jonathan Wilkinson, and MP
Francis Scarpaleggia, September 11
Presentation on climate change impacts on water availability to the Minister of
Infrastructure Ralph Goodale and Office of Western Economic Diversification, Regina, SK,
June 24
Famiglietti, J., A Map of the Future of Water, Trend Magazine, The Pew Charitable Trusts,
March, 2019
NASA, Terrestrial Hydrology Program, Surface Water Working Group, 2002-present
NASA, Terrestrial Hydrology Program, Soil Moisture Working Group, 1999-present
NCAR Climate System Model Land Working Group, 1996-present
Giesy, John
Chair Advisory Council, Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment Centre
(RECETOX), Faculty of Science, Masaryk University. Chair, Scientific Board/international
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Advisory Committee for Large Infrastructure Program, Ministry of Education, Youth and
Sports. 2016-Present
Canada Institute for Health Research (CIHR) – Member College of Reviewers, 2018
Health Canada – Member Chemical Management Plan Science Committee, 2017-2020
Ireson, Andrew
Vice-president of the Hydrology Section of the Canadian Geophysical Union, 2018-2020.
Before served as secretary (2014-2018)
Janz, David
Session Chair, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Sacramento, CA, 2018
Session Chair, Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Vancouver, BC, 2018
Chair (Scholarships and Fellowships), Committee on Discovery Research, Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2019-2022
Chair, Evolution and Ecology Scholarships and Fellowships Selection Committee (169),
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, 2016-2019
Member, Selenium Technical Subcommittee, Lake Koocanusa Monitoring and Research
Working Group, 2016-present
Member, North American Metals Council, Selenium Working Group, 2008-present
Ken, van Rees
Co-Chair (with Angela Bedard-Haughn) Canadian Society Soil Science Annual Meeting
Saskatoon July 9-13, 2019
Member, Rhizosphere Local Organizing Committee
Member, Association of Saskatchewan Forestry Professionals, Membership Committee,
2005-19
Member, Association of Saskatchewan Forestry Professionals, 2005-19
Member, Canadian Institute of Forestry, 2016-19
Member, Canadian Institute of Forestry - Saskatchewan Section, 2016-19
Member, American Society of Agronomy, 2016-19
Member, Canadian Society of Soil Science, 2016 - 19
Member, Organizing Committee for 13th North American Forest Soils Conference, 2013-
2019
Member, CSSS Soil Education Working group 2016-2019
Li, Yanping
Member Representative of University of Saskatchewan at UCAR. 2018- present
Member at the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Congress
Committee, Saskatchewan representative, 2019-present
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Member at the Atmosphere-Related Research in Canadian Universities (ARRCU) Advisory
board, 2019- present
Member at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA)’s Earth System Science Advisory Committee
(ESSAC), 2017-present
Scientific Program Committee/conference organizer for CMOS (Canadian Meteorology
and Oceanography Society) annual meeting to be held in Saskatoon in 2022. This is a joint
CGU (Canadian Geophysical Union) and CMOS meeting. 2019-2022
Liber, Karsten
Member, expert scientific review panel, Applied Biological Sciences Panel, Research
Foundation Flanders (FWO), Brussels, Belgium. 2019-present.
Chair, Advisory Committee to the Board of Directors, Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop
(formerly Canadian Aquatic Toxicity Workshop), Saint John, NB, Canada. 2017 - present.
Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Eco-Toxicological and Environmental Services Inc.
(CETES), Saskatoon, SK. 2010 - present
Member, Sediment Advisory Group and Metals Advisory Group, Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Pensacola, FL, USA. 2009- present.
Member, Board of Directors and Treasurer (and co-founder), Society of Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Prairie Northern Regional Chapter, Saskatoon, SK.
Member, Pest Management Advisory Council, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON (longest
serving academic member). This committee oversees the activities of the federal Pest
Management Regulatory Agency and reports to the federal Minister of Health. 2002 -
Present
Member, Coke Closure Landform Risk Assessment team, Syncrude Canada Ltd.,
Edmonton, AB. 2015 - 2018
Member, Advisory Board, SETAC Europe Certification of Environmental Risk Assessors
program, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry – Europe, Brussels, Belgium.
2015 - 2018
Chair, ad hoc committee on environmental toxicology and chemistry certification, Society
of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) – North America, Pensacola, FL, USA.
2014 – 2018
Lindenschmidt, Karl-Erich
Short course on `River ice processes` at Beijing Normal University in January 2019
Organized a workshop on the “Developing an ice-jam flood forecasting system for the
Oder River”, held in Wroclaw, Poland in November 2018, where German and Polish
scientists and water managers met with K. Lindenschmidt to determine steps forward to
develop an ice-jam flood forecasting system for the lower Oder River, the stretch along
the German/Polish border (Lindenschmidt et al., 2019b).
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Lloyd-Smith, Patrick
Member, Economics & Environmental Policy Research Network, Canada, 2019-
Co-Applicant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership
Grant, Greening Growth Partnership: Connecting Research with Policy for an Innovative,
Sustainable Economy, 2019-
Contributed to the writing of the Global Water Future’s submission to the Federal Flood
Risk Mapping Committee, October 2018
Interview with Radio-Canada’s Pascale Langlois on potash mining and water, April 1, 2019
Recreation demand model presentation and discussion with Director, Policy and Business
(Nancy MacDonald), Alberta Environment and Parks, May 2, 2019
Panel member for public event titled Water security for the prairies: A public lecture and
panel discussion. Saskatoon, May 14, 2019
McDonnell, Jeff
Advisory Board Member, Earth 4D - Subsurface Science and Exploration. 2019 -
International Advisor Board, The “Lancang-Mekong Watershed Project”, Climate and
Water Resources Change in Mainland Southeast Asia. 2019 -
Chair, AGU Hydrology Section Nominations Committee
Reviewer, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers (Environmental Program),
Leipzig
Scientific Advisory Board, TERENO (Terrestrial Environmental Observatories), Helmholtz
UFZ, Germany
Science Advisory Group, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Prediction in
Ungauged Basin (PUB) Initiative
External Reviewer, IUFRO "Forests and Water" by the Global Forest Expert Panel. 2018
McKenzie, Marcia
Chair, North American Association for Environmental Education Research Symposium,
planning in 2018/2019 for conference in fall 2019
Member at World Environmental Education Congress Scientific Committee
Co-Convener, Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication
(EECOM) National Conference, Action on Climate Change Through Education, May 9-11,
2019
McMartin, Dena
Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board (CEAB) Member, Engineers Canada, April 2019
to present
Committee Member, ACEC-SK Awards Committee, Association of Consulting Engineering
Companies - Saskatchewan, June 2018 to November 2018
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CSCE National Conference Organizing Committee, 2020 CSCE Annual Conference, July
2018 to June 2020
Research Development and Demonstration Panel (RD&D), International Minerals
Innovation Institute, July 2018 to June 2019
Morrissey, Christy
Co-chair, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Wildlife toxicology
IG Steering Committee. 2016- present
Papalexiou, Simon-Michael
Affiliation: Department of Water Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, May
2019 to present
Convener, Time series modeling in hydroclimatic processes: From precipitation to
temperature. Short course at EGU General Assembly 2019 SC1.33/HS12.4/NH10.4.,
Workshop, European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, April 2019
Text Interview. National Broadcasting Company, June 2019. Heavy rains are on the rise
around the world. Here's why. New study shows torrential downpours are increasingly
common — and experts say the trend might intensify
Text Interview. Eco-Business, June 2019. Very heavy rain bouts are on the way
Text Interview. IOP Publishing, June 2019. Very heavy rain bouts are on the way
Text Interview. Homeland Security News Wire, June 2019 More frequent downpours of
torrential rain with global warming.
Text Interview. True Viral News, June 2019. Downpours of torrential rain more frequent
with global warming
Text Interview. Environmental News Network, June 2019. Downpours Of Torrential Rain
More Frequent With Global Warming
Text Interview. Greenreport, June 2019. Negli ultimi 50 anni le piogge estreme sono
aumentate in modo costante a livello globale.
Text Interview. Science X, June 2019. Downpours of torrential rain more frequent with
global warming.
Text Interview. American Association for the Advancement of Science, June 2019.
Downpours of torrential rain more frequent with global warming
Text Interview. ScienceDaily, June 2019. Downpours of torrential rain more frequent with
global warming
Broadcast Interview. CBC News, to present. Torrential rain more frequent with global
warming
Pickering, Ingrid
Chair of the Board, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), June 2018-June 2021.
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Rotating Chair, Proposal Review Panel (PRP), Environmental and Earth Sciences (EES)
subpanel, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL), Menlo Park, California, USA
Vice Chair, Science Advisory Committee, National Synchrotron Light Source-II (NSLS-II),
September 2017-present
Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy
(XRM2018), to be held summer 2018 in Saskatoon, SK
BioXAS Beam Team co-Leader, Canadian Light Source (2007-). Scientific co-lead with
Graham George
Member, American Chemical Society, 2000-
Pomeroy, John
Print and Social Media - Pomeroy J., DeBeer C., Adapa P., Merrill S. (2019). How Canada
can solve its emerging water crisis (Newspaper Article). In The Conversation, National Post
and Royal Society of Canada.
Print and Social Media - Pomeroy JW, McPhee J, DeBeer C* (2018). Recent INARCH
Activities and the 4th INARCH Workshop, Santiago and Portillo, Chile, 24-26 October 2018
(Newsletter Article). In Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) News. 29(Nov 2018),
17-19.
Lead Organizer, Global Water Futures Second Annual Science Meeting, May 2019
Co-chairperson, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) High Mountain Summit,
December 2018 to October 2019
Primary Convener and Chair, session: Observing, Modeling, Diagnosing, and Predicting
Hydrological and Earth System Change in Cold Regions, American Geophysical Union
(AGU) Annual Meeting, December 2018
Chair, 4th Annual International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology
(INARCH) Workshop, October 2018
International Programme Committee Member, Future Earth Conference 'Towards a
Sustainable Water Future', October 2018 to September 2019
Panel Member, International Conference Plenary Session, International Conference and
69th International Executive Council Meeting of the International Commission on
Irrigation and Drainage, August 2018
Other Activity - A river ran through it, Text Interview. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd, June
2019
Other Activity - Spring snowpack a tale of two worlds, Text Interview. Rocky Mountain
Outlook, June 2019
Other Activity - Dry weather, low river: South Saskatchewan water levels unlikely to
increase this summer, Text Interview. Saskatoon StarPhoenix, June 2019
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Other Activity - Quebeckers’ postdeluge dilemma: Stay in harm’s way, or bear the high
cost of leaving, Text Interview. The Globe and Mail, June 2019
Other Activity - Researchers studying spring storm events across the Continental Divide,
Text Interview. Rocky Mountain Outlook, May 2019
Other Activity - Global Water Futures restoring the Saskatchewan Delta, Text Interview.
WaterToday, May 2019
Other Activity - Water expert warns of crop trouble after driest April ever, Broadcast
Interview. News Talk 650 CKOM, May 2019
Other Activity - Canada’s lack of a nationwide flood forecasting system, Broadcast
Interview. Global News, May 2019
Other Activity - Tree rings show human effect on climate goes back more than a century,
Text Interview. The Globe and Mail, May 2019
Other Activity - Canada is the only G7 country without a national flood forecasting system.
Experts say there's a cost to that, Broadcast Interview. Global News, April 2019
Other Activity - Dry winter drops risk of flooding posed by snowpack melt to low levels,
Broadcast Interview. CBC News, April 2019
Other Activity - Weather system becoming 'unhinged' due to climate change, U of S expert
says, Broadcast Interview. CTV News, April 2019
Other Activity - $1M to develop climate change strategy helps quench thirst for long-term
Prairie water management plan, Broadcast Interview. CBC News, March 2019
Other Activity - As Calgarians eye melting rivers, experts say there are no big signs of flood,
Text Interview. CBC Calgary, March 2019
Other Activity - Inuvik infrastructure may not be ready for climate change, says study,
Broadcast Interview. CBC News, January 2019
Other Activity - Fortified Arctic infrastructure needed in face of climate change, says
study, Text Interview. The Canadian Press / La Presse, January 2019
Other Activity - The Drilldown: Indigenous bid for Trans Mountain project gets industry
support, Text Interview. iPolitics, January 2019
Other Activity - Wildfire soot darkening glaciers could speed up melt rate, scientists fear,
Text Interview. CBC Calgary, January 2019
Other Activity - U of S & Natural Resources Canada Sign 5-Year MOU, Text Interview.
Golden West Broadcasting Ltd, December 2018
Other Activity - Politicians need to understand climate change has big local costs, Text
Interview. Saskatoon StarPhoenix, October 2018
Other Activity - Wildfire season: Is this the new normal?, Phys.org - Canadian Science
Publishing, Text Interview. NRC Research Press, September 2018
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Other Activity - Canadian water laws due for revision: expert, Text Interview. Western
Producer, September 2018
Affiliated with the Institute of British Geographers, Royal Geographical Society
Affiliated with the International Association of Hydrological Sciences
Affiliated with the Canadian Geophysical Union
Affiliated with the American Geophysical Union
Affiliated with the Canadian Water Resources Association
Razavi, Saman
Co-instructor, University of Waterloo, International Summer School on Climate Change
and Water Security in Urbanized Watersheds: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, June 2-12,
2019
Ran a 2-day IMPC First Annual General Meetings with ~90 participant in July 18-19, 2018
Ran a 2-day IMPC Second Annual General Meetings with ~90 participant in June 12-13,
2019
Chair of Hydrologic Uncertainty Technical Committee of American Geophysical Union
(AGU), Jan 2019 – present
Co-chair, Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU)-Hydrology Section Committee on Large
Scale Watershed Modelling and Analysis, 2017 - present
Member of Hydrologic Uncertainty Technical Committee of American Geophysical Union
(AGU), 2016 – present
Scientific Committee Member, SAMO (Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output) International
Conference. (Feb 2018 – present). Next conference is happening October 27th to
November 1st in Barcelona, Spain
Co-convener and Chair, American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2018 Fall Meeting session on
“Diagnostics, Sensitivity, and Uncertainty Analysis of Earth and Environmental Models”,
Co-conveners: Juliane Mai, Mary Hill, Matthias Cuntz, Washington DC. December 10-14,
2018
Reed, Maureen
External Assessor for the UNESCO Chairs Program, UNESCO Chair nomination, April 2019
External Assessor for the Canada Research Chairs Program, Canada Research Chair Tier
11 renewal, January 2019
Hosted Global Ambassador, Dr. Sheona Shackleton, to the University, August 27-
September 07 2018
Launched the UNESCO Chair in Biocultural Diversity, Sustainability, Reconciliation and
Renewal, August 27-30, 2018 with practitioners, community and Indigenous
representatives, and academics from Mexico, South Africa, Canada, and Argentina
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Participated in Future of Forest Work, August 20-21, 2019 with international
practitioners, community and Indigenous representatives, and academics
Schuster-Wallace, Corinne
Panelist: Water Security for Canadians, Ottawa, Global Water Futures, April, 2019
Co-Chair, Planetary Health- One Health- Environmental Health Working Group,
Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Consortium of Universities for Global
Health, March 2019 to present
Co-Chair Climate Change Working Group, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research,
October 2018 to present
Women and Water lecture series, Women and Water Lecture Series, December 2018 to
present
Community Engagement: Schuster-Wallace, C.J., (2019), Drinking Water Challenges in
Indigenous Communities, May 20, 2019, A Pint of Science, Saskatoon, Canada.
Community engagement: Visit to Mistawasis to introduce colleague and discuss GEOG
464 opportunities for collaboration with community High School
Si, Bing
Board Member, Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Member, America Geophysical Union
Member, Chinese Soil Physics conference, 2013-present
Member, Canadian Society of Soil Science
Member, Soil Science Society of America
Soltan, Jafar
Saskatchewan Polytechnic (former SIAST Kelsey) Chemical Technology Program Advisory
Committee, July 2014-date
Westbrook, Cherie
Session co-chair, ‘Beavers and Society’, International Beaver Symposium, Denmark,
September 17-20, 2018.
Member, Saskatchewan Index of Wellbeing Advisory Committee (May 2016 – present),
continuing
Scientific Advisor, City of Calgary Watershed Health workshop, March 19th 2019 at the
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Scientific Advisor, Urban Wildlife Information Network for Saskatoon, Saskatoon, SK, May
2019
Scientific Advisor, Wetland hydrology, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation (Dec 2018 –
February 2019)
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Judge, Don Gray Doctoral Scholarship, Canadian Geophysical Union – Hydrology Section
(Dec 2018 – Jan 2019), new
Judge, Don Gray Best Student Paper Award (May 2019), Canadian Geophysical Union –
Hydrology Section, new
Whitfield, Colin
Member at large, Biogeosciences Section Executive, Canadian Geophysical Union, 2017–
2019