Kerry is the editor of Water Canada. She is also the associate editor of ReNew Canada.
Contact the AuthorInterview: Peter Holmes
January 20, 2012 - 10:17 am
Vancouver-based photographer Peter Holmes was doing his political science undergrad at the University of British Columbia when he concluded that academic research was having very little influence on policy. At the time, he was enrolled in an environmental politics class and a modern art history class...
Tags: Bertold Brecht, Peter Holmes, University of British Columbia, Water Portraits
Video: Restoring the Lifeblood Highlights
January 17, 2012 - 8:52 am
Conceived to engage funders in a discussion on key challenges and opportunities with respect to fresh water and First Nations communities, last October's Restoring the Lifeblood: Water, First Nations, and Opportunities for Change featured talks from the topic's heavy hitters, including François Paulette...
Tags: AFN, Assembly of First Nations, Centre for Indigenous Environment Resources, First Nations, François Paulette, Helen Fallding, Irving Leblanc, Merrell-Ann Phare, Restoring the Lifeblood, Tim Morris, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, water challenges
Water's Next in the News
January 16, 2012 - 2:03 pm
We've had great response to last week's release of our second annual Water's Next publication, which celebrates some of Canada's best and brightest in the water sector. From blog posts to newspaper articles to TV spots, the good word is officially out there. Check out this short profile on Terry Rees...
Tags: FOCA, Terry Rees, Water's Next
Groundbreakers: Speedy Samples
January 4, 2012 - 10:50 am
Although the technologies involved in water analysis are complex, they’re vital to ensuring the world’s supply of safe drinking water sources. Recognizing the need for faster, more accurate data, Canadian lab Maxxam Analytics and University of Waterloo’s Dr. Janusz Pawliszyn have partnered to develop...
Tags: Bryan Chubb, contaminants, Gerstel, in-vivo analysis, Janusz Pawliszyn, Maxxam Analytics, Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation, organic solvents, PAS Technologies, samples, solid phase microextraction, SPME, Supelco Analytical, Terry Obal, University of Waterloo
Interview: Steven Renzetti
December 19, 2011 - 9:54 am
What’s our water worth? It’s a big question. Depending on whom you ask, the answer might not be able to be quantified in dollars. Even if you’re talking to economists, valuing water is a challenging proposition. But that hasn’t stopped one team from tackling the question. To find the answer...
Tags: Andrew Muller, Brock University, Canadian Water Network, Chris Wood, Diane P. Dupont, McMaster University, RBC’s Blue Water Project, Running Through Our Fingers: How Canada Fails to Capture the Full Value of its Top Asset, Steven Renzetti, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation
Book Giveaway: Ethical Water
December 2, 2011 - 12:09 pm
This new book by Bob Sandford and Merrell-Ann Phare, two of Canada's most authoritative experts on water issues, redefines our relationship with fresh water and outlines the steps society will have to take to ensure the sustainability of our supply for future generations. In ten years, what will be...
Interview: Sarah Dickin
November 28, 2011 - 5:54 pm
Sarah Dickin is a graduate student in the school of geography and earth sciences at McMaster University, and part of the Water Without Borders student program at the United Nations University (UNU). Her research involves developing a tool to assess vulnerability to water-related hazards based on environmental...
Tags: Dengue fever, Dirk Janssen, International Water Week Amsterdam, IWW, Josanne Derks, McMaster University, Royal Haskoning, schistosomiasis, Stephen Nyende-Byakika, UNU-INWEH, Vaal University of Technology, Water Without Borders, West-Nile virus, World Water Forum
S-11 Redux
November 21, 2011 - 7:52 am
It looks like the feds may revive the recently failed First Nations Drinking Water Safety Act proposal (also known as S-11). According to CBC News, last week interim Liberal leader Bob Rae put forward an opposition day motion asking for the need for safe drinking water to be addressed "on an urgent...
Tags: Bob Rae, First Nations Drinking Water Safety Act, John Duncan
Deconstructing "Deleterious"
November 14, 2011 - 8:45 am
Located near the mouth of Rivers Inlet, north of Port Hardy on the central coast of British Columbia, the floating Rivers Lodge is one of several that host sports fishing vacations. For six weeks each year, Pat Ardley and her two kids run the lodge, but it’s not an easy business. The economic downturn...
Tags: British Columbia, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, deleterious substances, Environment Canada, Fisheries Act, John Rowse, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, LC50 trout assay, Mark Mattson, microfiltration, Pat Ardley, regulations, Rivers Inlet, Rivers Lodge, sewage, sport fishing, wastewater
As Seen From Space
November 9, 2011 - 1:17 pm
“This is considered the worst bloom in decades," says Richard Stumpf, an oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who measured 50 times more microcystin in Lake Erie in the summer of 2011 than the World Health Organization recommends for safe recreation. The reasons...
Tags: algae, algal blooms, Great Lakes, Lake Erie
