In a unique approach to improving water security through western science and Indigenous knowledge, the University of Saskatchewan-led Global Water Futures (GWF)—the world’s largest university-led freshwater research program—has launched six new co-led projects across Canada to address urgent and growing water quality issues for Indigenous communities.
Dr. Graham Strickert will use community-engaged scholarship to help address water security threats in his new SENS faculty position.
A short film showcasing a unique course at the University of Saskatchewan will soon be reaching international audiences.
According to the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities, the U of S is number one in Canada, number six in North America and number 18 in the world for water resources.
Global Water Futures (GWF), the world’s largest university-led freshwater research program, has announced 21 new projects across Canada—valued at over $10 million in total—to address critical water security challenges, from the melt of mountain glaciers and the thaw of northern permafrost, to prairie food production, river basin prediction and the health of the Great Lakes.
A 15-minute documentary film directed by Ian Toews (291 Film Co) during a collaborative, interdisciplinary course offered by SENS professor Graham Strickert and Art History professor Susan Shantz in May 2017 is now available online.
Co-led by SENS faculty Graham Strickert, the course Becoming Water bridges the worlds of art and science, traditional and local knowledge and featured field trips to the Saskatchewan River Delta at Cumberland House, the Gardiner Dam & Mistaseni Rock, and the Saskatoon Water Treatment Plant. The student art exhibition takes place at the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Thursday, June 1 from 4 - 7 p.m.
Amid a number of river delta community members and leaders, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fielded a question on developing a national water strategy during a packed town hall meeting in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
The Delta Days exhibit will engage and educate people on the challenges faced by river deltas and nearby communities.
A traveling interactive, multi-media art exhibit that aims to raise awareness about the health of Canadian inland deltas and the people who live in them will be touring throughout Western Canada in 2017.
