News and Events

Canadian Water Network joins the Global Water Research Coalition

The Canadian Water Network has joined 12 other world-leading research organizations that have established an international water research alliance known as the Global Water Research Coalition.
“We’re honoured and enthusiastic to be members of the Global Water Research Coalition,” said CWN Scientific Director Kelly Munkittrick.
“The research agendas of the Canadian Water Network and GWRC share much [...]

Sarah Jane Payne, PhD candidate, Dalhousie University

My research focuses on drinking water biofilms and the use of molecular tools to characterize bacteria communities.

Become involved with CWN as a member of the Students and Young Professionals Committee

Meet interesting people, gain new skills, work with peers, build your network and have fun!

2012 Canadian Water Summit — The water-food-energy nexus

[ June 28, 2012; 8:30 am to 7:00 pm. ]
The 2012 Canadian Water Summit, hosted in Calgary, Alberta, will present opportunities for Canada to show its leadership within and across the energy, agricultural and municipal sectors.

As access to affordable and reliable supplies of water becomes a growing concern for the Canadian economy, the Summit will provide a timely window into innovation and smart water [...]

Water Institute seminar series (March 29, 2012): Dr. Jeffrey McDonnell

[ March 29, 2012; 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ]
Where does water go when it rains? Conceptualizing runoff processes in headwater catchments
Dr. Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Oregon State University
2011 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer

Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.
Physics Building, room 150
University of Waterloo

Streamflow generation concepts have remained largely unchanged since the First International Hydrological Decade (1965–74), despite numerous case studies from an ever-widening array of catchments. [...]

The Blue Bash

Nearly one billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, and a further 2.6 billion have no basic sanitation, whether toilets or latrines. This constitutes one of the most lethal, yet solvable, public health emergencies affecting the developing world today.
In October 2012, Water Canada is taking water awareness to new heights. Joined by [...]

Request for proposals: Improving drinking water quality in First Nations communities

An opportunity to improve drinking water quality for residents in First Nations communities
On July 6, 2011, the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Ontario Minister of the Environment and the Executive Director of the Ontario First Nations Technical Service Corporation announced a joint initiative to harness innovative and proven alternative drinking water [...]

CWN partnership with Genome BC, Genome Canada for better water and better health

CWN researchers awarded $3.2 million to fundamentally change how our source waters are tested

Canada Water Week: March 19–25, 2012

[ March 22, 2011; ]
Canada Water Week is a week-long celebration of water from coast-to-coast-to-coast, held annually in the third week of March to coincide with World Water Day. Individuals, organizations and governments across Canada are encouraged to get involved by organizing or participating in events to help raise the profile and understanding of water.

The theme of this year’s [...]

Climate change, freshwater management, and the role of science

[ March 13, 2012; 8:30 am to 11:30 am. ]
March 13, 2012
Reception: 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. EDT–
Panel discussion: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EDT

Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto

Climate change, freshwater management, and the role of science will examine the impacts of climate change on Canada’s freshwater resources. Panelists [...]