HHL News & Updates

At HHL we believe that wetlands are the underdogs of ecosystems! Check out this blog to read more about the need for conservation efforts around wetlands, and the value HHL researchers see in wetlands!

The beginning of the New calendar Year marks moments of reflection and renewed intentions. At HHL we reflected on the various seasons of HHL, and what each season means to us. Winter, Spring, Summer, & Fall, all symbolize different focus and goals for our research. When it comes to HHL’s seasons of research, everyone has a favourite season, what’s yours?

The Healthy Headwaters Lab and Bioline Corporation have partnered to provide a unique training and leadership opportunity for a Postdoctoral Associate focusing on carbon characterization of humic substances. The successful candidate will work jointly between the University of Windsor and Bioline to explore and characterize the properties of humic and fulvic acids used for application in agricultural settings. Check out the full position description and details on application procedure.

Our team is made up of 24 passionate and hardworking members. HHL values teamwork and collaboration however, each member plays a different part, and fulfills different responsibilities. Within our team, members take on 8 different roles. Check out this post to read about the different roles within HHL.

The art gallery isn’t where you’d expect to find an ecologist, but that’s where our very own Dante Bresolin spent three months doing a residency. Using art workshops, a guided art hike & a solo exhibition, Dante got people thinking about their relationship with land. Check out our blog for more.

Some of the most common questions we get in the Healthy Headwaters Lab (HHL) are: How do we do what we do? How do we effectively engage communities as part of our research? The impacts of our research are evident in the strength of the relationships we’ve fostered and the diverse ways in which our research translates to positive societal impacts. To help tell that story, we recently published a paper sharing insights into HHL’s formative years. This paper contributes to a growing area of academic scholarship: Pluralism in Environmental Governance.

Shayenna Nolan compares three biomonitoring techniques to detect human impact in Windsor-Essex streams.

Back on February 25 and 26, the Healthy Headwaters Lab hosted joint sessions with the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries at the Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research.

The theme of this year’s conference was: Aquatic Systems Stewardship: Crisis, Change, and Cooperation. The two sessions were titled Indigenous Management Systems: Leadership, Collaboration, and Agency organized by Andrea Reid and Aquatic Habitat Restoration & Partnerships organized by Catherine Febria.

The Healthy Headwaters Lab is recruiting for undergraduate, graduate, and staff positions!