HHL News & Updates

Post-doc opportunity available to lead a novel community/citizen science initiative bridging climate change, ecohydrology, and the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in STEM.

This year, we’ve decided to extend our celebration into a week – World Water Week – to engage in discussions about freshwater and its value to us. We will be connecting with our global community of freshwater scientists and taking initiative locally.

This year I have been reflecting on what it means to be a ‘woman in science’. I still think about the fact that even in 2021, simply being a woman in science is not the norm in many disciplines and therefore worth remarking on and celebrating.

Let’s break down the sections of a stream. In the Riffle-Pool-Run sequence, each habitat has unique properties that allow for a diversity of organisms to exist and thrive. 

JOIN US: two graduate student positions (MSc and PhD) are being offered to explore and understand the success of freshwater mussel translocation projects in Ontario.

ATTN: students in fisheries, aquatic science, ecology and conservation — you’ll want to take note of this. FishCAST is a NEW co-curricular training program designed by Canada’s leading experts to train graduate students and provide them with the connections and hands-on experience necessary for lasting career success.  

HHL leader Dr. Catherine Febria reconnected with New Zealand’s Biological Heritage National Science Challenge, a federal science program in Aotearoa New Zealand, and accepted the invitation to join their prestigious International Science Advisory Panel for a 5 year position.

HHL undergraduate thesis student Emily Browne is the recipient of the ERCA 2020 Youth Conservation Award! Emily is a kind, passionate, and dedicated individual that we are lucky to have on our team.

For our first #HHLPerspectives piece, meet Roland Eveleens, HHL’s inaugural Masters student from Aotearoa New Zealand. Roland moved to Canada in 2019 before the pandemic took hold of the world.