HHL is Headed to JASM 2022!
The Healthy Headwaters Lab is headed to JASM 2022! Check out all our sessions and posters.
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.
The INCUBATOR Art Lab: Reimagining Research
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.
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.
What is Stream Ecology?
Stream ecologists study streams from multiple dimensions, investigating physical, chemical, and biological processes.
CALLING ALL UNDERGRADS:
ATTENTION UNDERGRADS: we’re recruiting! Outstanding scholars, thesis students, and Indigenous students ⚠️
Pride in STEM
Pride honours the LGBTQ2I+ community, who has made great contributions to science and society as a whole.
Lentic and Lotic Systems
Learn about the differences between 2 types of inland freshwater ecosystems: Lentic and Lotic!
A Leaf Becomes a Bird
How a leaf becomes a bird is an illustrative series by Dante Bresolin that highlights the importance of forested streams for supporting several species at risk in Ontario.
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.
What is a watershed?
A watershed is a spatial area where all water and precipation that falls within its bounds eventually join together in a single lake or river.
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.
IAGLR 2021: BRIDGING KNOWLEDGES, SEVEN GENERATIONS, AND LAND TO LAKE
The Healthy Headwaters Lab has a full lineup of presentations at this year’s IAGLR conference. Register for #IAGLR2021 and we’ll see you there! (see our abstracts below)
Postdoctoral Opportunity Available in Climate Change and Citizen Science
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.
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.
Perspectives: International Women’s Day 2021
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.
Stream Habitats: Riffles, Pools, and Runs
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.
Call for Graduate Student Applicants (Fall 2021 & Winter 2022)
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.
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.