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A groundbreaking art project from York and Queen's Universities is using virtual reality to explore the invisible depths of water through Anishinaabe philosophy. Emerging from the Water invites viewers into a microscopic world of water, shedding light on environmental stewardship and Indigenous knowledge. This immersive experience, featured globally including at the UN 2023 Water Conference, challenges us to rethink our relationship with water. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eCMGXK4g *** Un projet artistique novateur des universités York et Queen's utilise la réalité virtuelle pour explorer les profondeurs invisibles de l’eau à travers la philosophie anishinaabe. Emerging from the Water invite les spectateurs à pénétrer dans le monde microscopique de l’eau, en mettant en lumière la gestion de l’environnement et le savoir autochtone. Cette expérience immersive, présentée dans le monde entier, notamment lors de la conférence des Nations unies sur l’eau 2023, nous incite à repenser notre relation avec l’eau. Lire l’article intégral : https://lnkd.in/eCMGXK4g

Last week, we were in Ottawa at the Nunavut Sivuniksavut #TreatySimulation! Students split up into three teams representing the Government of Nunavut, the Government of Canada, and Qikiqtani Inuit Association to discuss a management plan for a fictitious caribou heard. The discussions were lively, thank you to all participants and advisors for contributing to this amazing learning experience!

The deadline to purchase tickets for Watersheds Canada's National Conference has been EXTENDED to April 16th, 2025! 📢 Head over to our website to secure your ticket today: 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekh-GUgR 👈. At this link, you can also find a NEW conference program with a detailed schedule and information about all the speakers and their presentations! Big thank you to our fantastic sponsors for this event: the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ontario Phragmites Action, SePRO Corporation, Haliburton Highlands, Co-operators, DataStream, Grounded Garden, FOCA - Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations, Wildlife Habitat Canada, and Water Canada. Special thanks to the Haliburton County Development Corporation (HCDC). Big thank you to our fantastic speakers as well: Mark Mattson from Swim Drink Fish Canada, Chloe Lajoie, chantal lefevre, Melissa Dakers, Mark Cullen, Joel Zhang, Dr. Norman Yan from Friends of the Muskoka Watershed, Barbara Elliot, Gabrielle Parent-Doliner from Water Rangers, Kathy Jones from Birds Canada, Robert Pye, CAE, and Monica S.. Looking forward to seeing you all at the conference! #nationalconference #freshwater #freshwaterconservation #HabitatProtection #waterfrontliving

📣 Remember that there are only a few days left before the call for applications closes on April 10, 2025 for EcoAction Stream 2 and the protection of the Fraser River. Send in your project idea! Apply now: https://ow.ly/WkT050VslgT

Do you know how it’s flowing? 💧🎉 Play our Watershed Reports Bingo for a chance to win a 'How’s it flowing?'t-shirt! Download your card, fill out all of the boxes as you explore the reports, and submit it by our webinar on April 16. Dive into the data! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dS3Y9XHt #WatershedReports2025 #FreshwaterFun

🚨 Join us for our second Watershed Reports webinar! 🚨 It’s been a week since the launch of Watershed Reports, and we know you have questions! 🌊💬 This webinar will provide an overview of the reports, dive into how the scores were calculated, and highlight key insights. 📅 Date: Wednesday, April 16 🕑 Time: 10:00 AM EST 🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/exAW6eJS Before joining, explore www.watershedreports.ca and bring your questions! See you there! 💧 #WatershedReports #CleanWater #EnvironmentalInsights #OpenData #FreshwaterMatters

Is salmon success linked to forest management? Do forests even matter if the oceans salmon swim in are getting too warm? These may seem like silly questions, but they're pretty hard to test, especially at scale. It's why I'm deeply impressed by this new research by The Nature Conservancy in Washington postdoc Michele Buonanduci, PhD and colleagues at TNC and Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. By comparing years of hard-won data in three watersheds in Washington's outer coast, Dr. Buonanduci and colleagues show that chum salmon extinction risk due to ocean warming is substantially reduced by watershed-scale forest restoration. Salmon population changes are shaped by ocean warming, invasive species, and watershed-scale forest management: but compared to industrial timber operations, ecological forest management offers fish a swimming chance. 🐟 🌲 #conservation #biodiversity Link in comments

The 2025 Watershed Reports have officially launched! 🌎💧Last week, we came together in Ottawa to celebrate this huge milestone with just some of the incredible people who helped make it happen. These reports reflect the dedication and hard work of so many who are committed to protecting freshwater across Canada. A huge shoutout to our Watershed Reports team— Kat Kavanagh, Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Kiersten McCutcheon, David Zilkey, Paige Lipczynski, Emily Lorra Hines, Nikolas MacLean, Praise O., and Laura Gilbert. Your dedication brought this vision to life! To WWF-Canada for laying the groundwork for these reports and to Catherine Paquette for your invaluable guidance—thank you. To AquaAction our exclusive funder, your belief in this work made it possible. Special thanks to Soula Chronopoulos for your ongoing support! We’re also incredibly grateful to the scientific advisors, data managers, and agencies who have collected and stewarded water data—some for over a century! A special thank you to DataStream, whose datasets accounted for 78% of the 24M+ water quality data points analyzed. To our external team from the Living Data Project and Entremission—your expertise helped bring these reports to life. And to Meghan Callon, your beautiful illustrations of freshwater species add so much to this work. Finally, a big thank you to Impact Hub Ottawa for providing such a welcoming and beautiful space to mark this launch! This was a true collective effort, and we’re so grateful to everyone who contributed, shared knowledge, and championed this project. Together, we’re making waves for freshwater health! 💙 #WatershedReports #FreshwaterHealth #WaterRangers

On National Indigenous Languages Day, read Michelle Cyca's article on the movement to bring back Indigenous languages, also available to read in Cree with translation by Dorothy Thunder: https://lnkd.in/gbk7xaQc The Walrus

Are you going to be in the Ottawa area May 11th 2025? Interested in groundwater? Consider participating in a one-day fieldtrip to be run on "Groundwater methodologies and approaches from synoptic to pore scale" as deployed by the Geological Survey of Canada and NRCan colleagues. This daylong fieldtrip in the Ottawa area will include methodological presentations at University of Ottawa campus and field visits to downhole geophysics, passive (HVSR) and reflection seismic, hydrogeology and sedimentology sites. The methodological presentations will cover Earth Observation (GRACE, etc), geological modelling and Canada1Water. Looking for additional info contact hazen.russell@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca Conference website: https://lnkd.in/eTdghQzK Fieldtrip participation is open to conference registrants and non-conference attendees for the low price of $75.00, lunch and beverages included. Eric Boisvert Laura Cervoni (she/her) Sara Ryan Cynthia N. McClain, PhD