1. Investments in Natural Infrastructure Have Significant Economic Returns: Report Canada’s built, or ‘grey,’ infrastructure requires an estimated investment of $5.3 billion per year in order to keep…
The Municipal Natural Assets Initiative (MNAI) has launched a project that will help approximately 30 Canadian local governments determine how to deliver services—such as providing…
Engineering and design firm WSP Global Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Golder Associates, an engineering and consulting firm with more than 60…
Canada is an ocean nation with the longest coastline in the world. Canadians rely on healthy, marine ecosystems to sustain our economy, our food supply,…
While most Canadians have reliable access to clean drinking water, many First Nation communities still face pressing water issues; something that has been further exacerbated…
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has announced a new innovation ecosystem project called Blue Futures Pathways Project. The project is focused on building capabilities and the development…
Municipalities across Canada face a familiar list of stormwater management challenges: aging and inadequate stormwater infrastructure, the threat of increasing flood damages, climate change, and…
The creation of an interdisciplinary Task Force on Flood Insurance and Relocation has been announced by the Government of Canada. “Flooding in Canada has devastating…
The health of our marine and freshwater environments and the wildlife they sustain are critical to our country’s culture, well-being, and economies. Yet some of…
The Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation (Intact Centre) at the University of Waterloo and the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) have joined forces to develop…
To help Canadians adapt to climate change and build more resilient communities, Intact Financial Corporation is committing more than $1.3 million to five Canadian partners. These partners…
The Government of Canada is providing $2,256,554 to 16 science-based research projects to learn more about the impacts of plastic pollution on our natural environment.…
Everyone is dependent on clean, safe drinking water and fully operational wastewater treatment facilities. To guarantee this, Public Safety Canada deemed you essential workers: “Employees…
Carleton University’s Global Water Institute has received a $230,000, 1.5-year grant from Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Funding Initiative. The grant will…
Approximately $4 million in federal funding has been announced to support 53 new projects under the EcoAction Community Funding Program. All of the projects focus…
The Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre (Foresight) has announced the formation of the waterNEXT Advisory Board. A group of scientific and business leaders in the water…
Marc Miller, minister of Indigenous services, congratulated Éric Sioui, the 2020 recipient of the National First Nations Water Leadership Award. “Water operators are essential to…
A number of important conversations have occurred in the Canadian water industry since March 2020, which was when the initial COVID-19 outbreak started affecting communities…
Ehren Cory has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB). Cory was selected by the Board of Directors…
The Global Water Futures (GWF) program, led by the University of Saskatchewan (USask), is investing $2.5-million in 12 projects that will advance water security across…
Faster detection of food-borne illness outbreaks by combining wastewater monitoring and social media technologies is the goal of a new $6.5-million project led by University…
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC) announced that Anthony Karakatsanis (P.Eng.) has been named as the chair of the ACEC Board of…
Though the world was turned upside down with the arrival of the pandemic this spring, we took the opportunity to reflect on ourselves as a…
WWF-Canada’s 2020 Watershed Reports raise questions about how freshwater ecosystems are faring in response to threats from human activities. The results underline a need for consistent water…