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

Academic Institutions

IISD-Experimental Lakes Area (ELA)

Vince Palace
vpalace@iisd-ela.org

Southern Ontario Water Consortium
(analytical and ecotox nodes)

Brenda Lucas
brenda@sowc.ca

International Institutions

Tai Lake riverine pollution prevention and management office,
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, China

Hongxia Yu
yuhx@nju.edu.cn

Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Xiaowei Zhang
zhangxw@nju.edu.cn

Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment,
Masaryk University,
Brno, Czech Republic

Klára Hilscherová, Ph.D.
hilscherova@recetox.muni.cz

Industrial

Orano Canada Inc.
(AREVA Resources Canada Inc.)

Arden Rosaasen
arden.rosaasen@areva.ca

Provincial Government

Alberta Environment and Parks’ Environmental Monitoring and Science Division
(AEP; EMSD)

Frederick J. Wrona
Fred.Wrona@gov.ab.ca

Saskatchewan Ministry of the Environment: Fish and Wildlife Branch

Ron Hlasny
Ron.Hlasny@gov.sk.ca

Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change
(OMECC)

Sonya Kleywegt
Sonya.Kleywegt@ontario.ca

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
(OMNRF)

Ken Cornelisse
ken.cornelisse@ontario.ca

Federal Government

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Allan Howard
allan.howard@agr.gc.ca

Aboriginal Communities / Governments

Six Nations of the Grand River Wildlife Management Office

Paul General
pgeneral@sixnations.ca

Delta N90 Traooers

Denise MacKenzie
chip.denise@gmail.com

City of Saskatoon

Twyla Yobb
twyla.yobb@saskatoon.ca

Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA)

Crystal Allan
callan@grandriver.ca

Trout Unlimited National

Jack Imhof
jimhof@tucanada.org

Middle Grand Chapter of Trout Unlimited Canada

Larry Halyk
lhalyk1837@gmail.com

Friends of the Grand River

Larry McGratton
fogrpresident@hotmail.com

Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters

Tom Brooke
tom_brooke@ofah.org

Ontario Rivers Alliance

Linda Heron
linda.heron@rogers.com

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