Media are invited to tour the facility and attend a Science Town Hall event. Panelists will discuss what climate change means for the Canadian Rockies and how the Global Water Futures program will improve the region’s resiliency to flooding and drought, increase the sustainability of water resources and place water protection tools and information in the public’s hands.
Friday, May 5
3–5:30 p.m.
Lab Tour
Global Water Futures Coldwater Laboratory
#116 – 1551 Sidney Street, Canmore
Media are invited to tour the facility and talk to researchers about projects such as drone 3D mapping of mountain snowpacks, real-time data development and access, and mountain snowpack and streamflow forecasting.
6–9:30 p.m.
Science Town Hall
Global Water Futures Coldwater Laboratory
Spring Creek Opera House
400 Spring Creek Drive, Canmore
Speakers will be available for interviews from 6–7 p.m.
- John Borrowman, Mayor of Canmore
- Cam Westhead, Member of Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Banff-Cochrane
- Howard Wheater, Canada Excellence Research Chair in water security, Director, Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan
- John Pomeroy, Canada Research Chair in water resources and climate change, Director, Coldwater Laboratory, University of Saskatchewan
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For more information, contact:
Meagan Hinther
Communications Specialist
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-1019 or (306) 222-2296
meagan.hinther@usask.ca