HHL News & Updates

Diversity is necessary for progress, this is why we celebrate Pride.

HHL wishes you all a happy Pride month! We celebrate Pride to bring awareness to the discrimination that 2SLGBTQ+ face in their daily lives, especially in the STEM fields, but it is also to celebrate 2SLGBTQ+ individuals achievements in STEM and other fields.

Streams and rivers are globally threatened ecosystems because of increasing levels of exploitation and habitat degradation. Human activities, like urbanization and increased agricultural production, have caused changes in how a lotic system flows and redistributes water so the needs of each individual are no longer met. Dr. Alfred Achieng et al. study these effects in Lake Victoria.

Dr. Isabelle Barrett explores an important theme in the Healthy Headwaters Lab: ecosystem restoration and the pursuit of research to test and develop theory while also mobilizing insights into practice.

On April 22nd, 2022 HHL launched our Ojibway Nature Centre Colouring Book illustrated by Mariah Alexander, an Indigenous artist from Bkejwanong. This project was a partnership between the Ojibway Nature Centre and HHL’s Ode’imin circle; to re-introduce Indigenous knowledge and art to the Ojibway Nature Centre.

The Healthy Headwaters Lab is headed to JASM 2022! Check out all our sessions and posters.

Happy International Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV)! On March 31st, we dedicate the day to celebrating trans folk and their contributions. While other holidays like Trans Day of Remembrance memorialize the lives lost to transphobia, this day was started by Rachel Crandall-Crocker in 2009 to celebrate trans joy and visibility.

The INCUBATOR Art Lab is housed at the University of Windsor, conceptualized and directed by Dr. Jennifer Willet, a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Art, Science and Ecology and Professor in the School of Creative Arts, and was the first bioart lab in Canada.

The Healthy Headwaters Lab won an ERCA 2022 Conservation Education Award for their multi-disciplinary students who, under the leadership of Dr. Catherine Febria, work closely with decision makers to restore freshwater ecosystems to full health and vitality. They focus on a variety of headwater ecosystems such as drains, wetlands, streams and interfaces between surface and groundwater, and align the values of science, society and holistic restoration through partnerships, research, Indigenous collaborations and role in the local community.

Stream ecologists study streams from multiple dimensions, investigating physical, chemical, and biological processes.