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Wolf Creek research basin (pictured above) is one of the 60 observatories situated within the Global Water Futures program.

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...

Project co-leader Gary Carriere (boat driver) of the Cumberland House Fishermen’s Co-operative and USask assistant professor Lori Bradford (passenger) examining sediment and water levels on the Cumberland House Delta in northern Saskatchewan. Photo by Graham Strickert

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...

Authors John Pomeroy (left) and Sebastian Krogh (right)

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...

Dr. Tandong Yao and Dr. John Pomeroy sign a five-year MOU

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

INARCH 4th Annual workshop participants standing along the shore of Laguna del Inca at Portillo, Chile.

Recent INARCH Activities and the 4th INARCH Workshop

Santiago and Portillo, Chile 24-26 October 2018

From left: Katarina Pintar, director, Research Coordination and Integration Division (CFS) Daniel Lebel, director general, Geological Survey of Canada (LMS) Prashant Shukle, director general, Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) and John Pomeroy, director, Global Water Futures

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...

John Pomeroy, GWF Director, and Phani Adapa, Director of Operations talk to Elan Henhawk, Elder of the Six Nations of the Grand River.

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...

Dawn Martin-Hill speaks with Out in the Open's Piya Chattopadhyay. (CBC)

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 ...

GWF welcomes Canada 150 Chair Jay Famiglietti

World-leading U.S. water scientist recruited to U of S

New science is forecasting the future in the changing climate of Western Canada

Changing Cold Regions Network ends five-year study