Student studies dams to stop algal blooms
Raea Gooding is a former GIWS student member studying with assistant professor Helen Baulch of the School of Environment and Sustainability and GIWS.
Training future water innovators
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2015 edition of our newsletter Water News.
MOST facility prepares to open its doors
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2015 edition of our newsletter Water News
News Update November 2015
Water leadership, Canadian floods, GIWS findings on Lake Diefenbaker released, reversing Canadian 'brain drain' with Howard Wheater.
GIWS researchers explore health of Lake Diefenbaker
GIWS released findings in November 2015 on the health of Lake Diefenbaker that identify water flowing in from the South Saskatchewan River as the principal factor affecting the lake’s water quality.
News Update October 2015
Disintegrating Rockies, protecting the health of Alberta's Bow River, new master's program in water security, countering climate change by honouring Treaty rights.
Jeffrey McDonnell awarded J. W. George Ivany Award for Internationalization
GIWS associate director Jeff McDonnell received the J.W. George Ivany Internationalization Award during Fall Convocation on October 24, 2015.
Water security and the science agenda
For the 50th anniversary edition of the Water Resources Research Journal, Howard Wheater and Patricia Gober discuss the role of the water science community and the need to fully integrate the human dimension into research.
News Update September 2015
New Master of Water Security degree offered. Jeffrey McDonnell appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. PhD student Jaivime Evaristo publishes a paper in Nature.
U of S offers new master's of water security
The Master of Water Security will train students to examine concerns such as drought, climate change, flooding and water quality using a holistic approach that incorporates not only the sciences, but also the study of social dynamics and public policy.
Making a splash in Nature
A GIWS PhD student's findings in Nature lend new insight into the water cycle.
News Update August 2015
Jill Johnstone on how fire and insects are remaking the planet's vast boreal forest. GIWS congratulates India’s Rajendra Singh on the award of the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize.
$1.8 million awarded for new mine reclamation research facility
The Global Institute for Water Security has been awarded $1.8 million by Western Economic Diversification Canada to establish a research and testing facility to develop and commercialize innovative mine waste cover systems.
U of S launches training program in water security
A new U of S-led program that will train leaders to help solve Canada’s current and future water security problems has been awarded $1.65 million over six years through the Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program of the federal Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
2015 GIWS research awards
GIWS honoured the winners of the inaugural institute research awards during World Water Day celebrations on March 20, 2015.
World Water Day 2015 events
GIWS has planned a series of events to celebrate World Water Day and advances in water research at the U of S. The events are taking place March 20.
Solving global water problems with strategic, place-based science
Howard Wheater outlines the new holistic research approach needed to address pressing challenges of water security.
Predicting extreme events
Research profile of Yanping Li, assistant professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability and GIWS member.
The snow enthusiasts
Have you ever thought about how the snow depth changes outside your house over winter? For the second year in a row, a group of young scientists from GIWS are exploring the dynamics of snow conditions in the urban environment.