HHL News & Updates

  • Published On: November 2, 2020Categories: Our Work

    Teamwork got us through a covid farm fieldwork season

    Covid may have thrown a spanner in Lauren Weller’s plans but we were able to pivot, and when research resumed so did fieldwork! It was a race to finish before the crops came off but the HHL team sprang into action to help and we got it done. 

  • Published On: October 30, 2020Categories: Our Community

    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.

  • Published On: October 28, 2020Categories: Our Work

    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 [...]

  • Published On: August 11, 2020Categories: Invert Tuesdays

    Invert Tuesdays: Bloodworms

    These non-biting midges, sometimes called bloodworms, can be an eye-catching red or even pink colour. They have a high hemoglobin-like substance that allows them to survive in low oxygen environments.

  • Published On: August 4, 2020Categories: Invert Tuesdays

    Invert Tuesdays: Tipulidae

    This leathery skinned animal may look like it’s staring at you, but the head is actually on the other end!

  • Published On: July 24, 2020Categories: Our Community

    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 [...]

  • Published On: July 21, 2020Categories: Invert Tuesdays

    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!

  • Published On: July 14, 2020Categories: Invert Tuesdays

    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.

  • Published On: July 6, 2020Categories: Our Community

    Indigenous Day 2020 Giveaway Winner Announced

    June was National Indigenous Month in Canada and we celebrated with a giveaway! View the winning post here.