UW-NUPH Website Launch!
Exciting news! The University of Windsor National Urban Park Hub (UW-NUPH) website has launched!
Building a Kinder and More Just Research System
Meet Dr. Aisling Rayne! Aisling (she/her) is Pākehā (European-descended Settler in Aotearoa New Zealand) and an early career researcher based at the Cawthron Institute in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her work broadly explores how environmental knowledge can support nurturing relationships between people and place. An important part of her journey has involved the Kindness in Science initiative - a collective focused on leading a culture shift in the science community.
Ecological Research “In a Good Way”
Ecological research ‘in a good way’ means ethical and equitable relationships with Indigenous Peoples and Lands
by Andrea Reid, Deb McGregor, Ally Menzies, Lauren Eckert, Catherine Febria & Jesse Popp
To aid scientists in conducting research ‘in a good way’, we offer key insights and guidance that are rooted in our own scientific training and communities of practice.
Cultivating Connections at EFAO 2023
Connecting with community and cultivating connections is essential to our science. HHL has centered local farming perspectives through our Farm Advisory Board (FAB) and broader Farm + Freshwater Ecology Research Network (FERN) as we believe that conversations lead to impactful collaborations, which we have formalized into HHL’s knowledge co-production process. That's why we are extending a warm invitation to all those attending EFAO 2023 to come join us at our booth and connect! We are committed to creating a space where we can share ideas, experiences, and connections.
UWindsor National Urban Park Hub Announcement
19 July 2023: In collaboration with our UWindsor campus partners the new Science Indigenous Knowledge Keepers Table and the Centre for Cities, the Healthy Headwaters Lab is thrilled to announce the launch of the UWindsor National Urban Park Hub (UW-NUPH), supported by a $1.2 million, 2-year contribution agreement from Parks Canada.
ICYMI: Science Meets Parliament 2023
On May 1st and 2nd, Dr. Catherine Febria headed to Ottawa to attend the 2023 Science Meets Parliament event making her the first Canada Research Chair (CRC) from the University of Windsor to do so!
ICYMI: Harnessing Diversity in Freshwater Restoration Ecology
On May 17th, 2023, as part of Asian Heritage Month, HHL’s Dr. Catherine Febria delivered an invited lecture exploring how diversity and inclusion are key pieces in accelerating inclusive and innovative solutions for global freshwater sustainability.
Why Do Birds Bring Us So Much Happiness?
Why Do Birds Bring Us So Much Happiness?
We hear their songs with the rising sun that let us know we have all made it to the beginning of a new day. We feed them, watch them, and enjoy their colourful presence on a daily basis. We do this because we love the Bird Nation.
Happy International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day 2023!
Each year we celebrate UN Holiday honouring and celebrating women! We proudly reflect on the incredible role that women play in our lives and in our science. One way we choose to celebrate is by gathering Dept of Integrative Biology and GLIER communities together to share a lunch and dialogue exchange on barriers and facilitators to science and full participation by all. It’s hard to believe that this will be our fifth year of holding an IWD event!
HHL Celebrates World Wildlife Day!
Today we celebrate World Wildlife Day! World Wildlife Day is a UN holiday that celebrates the world’s plants and animals! This year’s theme is “Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation” and this theme could not be more relevant to the work of our team and lab values. Our work – and the work of conservation and restoration - is simply not possible without help of partners!
Art as a tool for ecological restoration
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.
Pluralism in Research: HHL
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.
A Letter for Trans Day of Visibility
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.
We won an ERCA award!
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.
Pride in STEM
Pride honours the LGBTQ2I+ community, who has made great contributions to science and society as a whole.
Indigenous People’s Day 2021
Since HHL launched in 2019, we committed to continually growing beyond Indigenous land acknowledgements, and made a commitment to centre Indigenous knowledge in all we do.
EVERY CHILD MATTERS
With heavy hearts, we are reflecting on the tragedies suffered by Indigenous children across the country. At this time we will point towards resources for those beginning to learn, but personally we are grieving.
Lives, land, and generations lost.
Ways of Knowing: The Diversity of Knowledge
Successful freshwater restoration has to be inclusive of people, and so we acknowledge the many diverse ways of knowing our world.
UN World Water Day 2021
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.
FishCAST: A radical new training program for early career researchers
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.