The Five Freshwater Seas
The Healthy Headwaters Lab team members are from waters around that world that have come together and now call the Great Lakes home.
The time of the JEDI movement has arrived
To overcome the challenges we face today, we need to draw from a diversity of strengths, insights and lived experiences. Our institutions need to be re-evaluated and a commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion need to be top priorities moving forward.
Undergrads Start Research
It has been just over a year since the inception of the Healthy Headwaters Lab, and this fall we welcomed our first cohort of undergraduate researchers! Emily Browne, Dante Bresolin, and Shayenna Nolan have all started their thesis projects investigating key questions in stream ecology. Our undergrads were also recently featured in a commercial for the faculty of science, representing [...]
Water is life: HHL shares Indigenous perspectives with the International Joint Commission
The International Joint Commission (IJC) recently featured the Healthy Headwaters Lab in their monthly newsletter, the Great Lakes Connection.Dr. Catherine Febria explains:“Nibi (Ojibwe for water) is the life force that connects us all. As a new and growing research group at the University of Windsor’s Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, the Healthy Headwaters Lab is committed [...]
Invert Tuesdays 004: A Simuliidae Moustache you MUST see!
Today we will take a look at a type of Dipteran (the True Flies) that some of us may know quite well. You are probably more familiar with their adult life stage, but in their larvae stage they have a bizarre moustache-like structure!
Invert Tuesdays meets Paris Museum of Modern Art
Members of the order Trichoptera, the caddisflies, recently collaborated with French artist Hubert Duprat and created beautiful cases made from gold and opalescent gems that will be displayed in the Paris Museum of Modern Art in an exhibition this September.
Indigenous Day 2020 Giveaway Winner Announced
June was National Indigenous Month in Canada and we celebrated with a giveaway! View the winning post here.
Scientific conferences go virtual
What does science look like in a COVID-19 world? Collaboration and research meetings are both a big part of the scientific research process and the partnership driven research the Healthy Headwaters Lab does.
Honour diversity in science with Asian Canadian Heritage month
When it comes to healthy ecosystems, a diversity of species and functions are desired and needed to ensure vibrant, thriving communities. The same goes for science and science teams.
Invert Tuesdays
For today, we look at the Order Odonata, better known as the dragonflies and damselflies.