Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) is a federal program which aims to place Canada at the forefront of global research that is of economic benefit to Canada.

In September 2016, the University of Saskatchewan was awarded $77.84 million over seven years from CFREF to establish the CFREF project “Global Water Futures: Solutions to Water Threats in an Era of Global Change”.  GWF has grown to a total funding package of $143.67 million through linked contributions from the University of Saskatchewan ($17.5 million), University of Waterloo ($15 million), McMaster University ($12.14 million), and Wilfrid Laurier University ($10.58 million) and various industrial partners

John Giesy

UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN

John P. Giesy (PI)  Canada Research Chair in Environmental Toxicology, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, john.giesy@usask.ca  (molecular toxicology, eco-genomics, monitoring, ultra-high resolution mass spec)        

Paul D. Jones (Co-I)  Northern Ecosystem Toxicology Initiative Chair, School of Environment and Sustainability and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, paul.jones@usask.ca (analytical chemistry, fish ecology, ecogenomics)     

Markus Hecker (Co-I) Canada Research Chair in Predictive Aquatic Toxicology, School of Environment and Sustainability and Toxicology Centre, University of
Saskatchewan, markus.hecker@usask.ca (environmental omics, eDNA, sequencing, fish biology)

Timothy Jardine (Co-I) Assistant Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, tim.jardine@usask.ca (ecology, ecosystem structure and function)

Bram Noble (Co-I)  Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability, University
of Saskatchewan, b.noble@usask.ca (environmental planning, assessment and policy)

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

Mark R. Servos (Co-I)  Canada Research Chair in Water Quality Protection, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, mservos@uwaterloo.ca (ecotoxicology, biomonitoring)

Paul Craig (Co-I) Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, pcraig@uwaterloo.ca (epigenetics, fish physiology, toxico-genomics)

Barb Katzenback (Co-I) Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, bkatzenback@uwaterloo.ca (environmental immunology, environmental stressor
interactions)

Andrew Doxey (Co-I) Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, acdoxey@uwaterloo.ca (bioinformatics, genomics)

Vince Palace (Collaborator) ISD-Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), vpalace@iisd-ela.org (mesocosms, studies at ELA)

Xiaowei Zhang (Collaborator) State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China (world expert in the area of DNA-barcoding for environmental Assessment and is directing the Jiangsu Provincial program of monitoring aquatic systems in China) Zhangxw@nju.edu.cn



For more information about Global Water Futures research program, visit globalwaterfutures.ca