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Canada in dire need of revised water policies: experts say
OTTAWA – Water experts from across the country gathered in the nation’s capital for a forum on water security to discuss solutions to make communities and industries more resilient...
Putting research into active use: HYPE an international example of success
Global Water Futures (GWF) has developed a number of important international linkages, expanding its scientific activities to address water issues globally.
Global Water Futures gets U.N. recognition
USask-led Global Water Futures has been designated as one of only three Regional Hydroclimate Projects (RHP) in the world by the GEWEX (Global Energy and Water Exchanges) project o...
USask-led Global Water Futures launches six projects co-led with Indigenous partners
In a unique approach to improving water security through western science and Indigenous knowledge, the University of Saskatchewan-led Global Water Futures (GWF)—the world’s largest...
User engagement strategies for data challenges in the Integrated Modelling Program for Canada (IMPC)
Modelers are no strangers to data challenges. While reliable data is important for prediction and modelling work, researchers often cannot acquire information inputs that are quali...
USask study says more snow, earlier melt will challenge Arctic communities in future
University of Saskatchewan researchers with the Global Water Futures (GWF) program have provided the first detailed projections of major water challenges facing Western Arctic comm...
Top Canadian and Chinese water research programs sign MOU
Global Water Futures and Chinese Academy of Sciences hopes partnership will strengthen management of the world’s freshwater resources
Recent INARCH Activities and the 4th INARCH Workshop
Santiago and Portillo, Chile 24-26 October 2018
USask and NRCan sign MOU to advance national water security
OTTAWA – At a special ceremony today, the University of Saskatchewan (USask) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will str...
Knowledge Mobilization Lessons from the Inaugural GWF Annual Science Meeting
The inaugural GWF Annual Science Meeting provided a unique opportunity to build relationships for the co-creation of research methods and outcomes that are more responsive to water...
GWF project lead speaks to CBC on water issues in First Nations communities
Dawn Martin-Hill, Associate Professor at McMaster University, speaks to CBC on why so few people on Six Nations reserve have clean running water and how her GWF-funded project aims...
CFI funds high-tech tools at U of S for cancer, water and food security research
Five researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) have been awarded a total of $625,000 by the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) for state-of-the-art equipment that ...