Water Security for Canadians
Annual Science Meeting
Inaugural Meeting (2018)
2019 Meeting
The second Annual Science Meeting was held May 15 - 17, 2019. It took place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at TCU Place, Wanuskewin Heritage Park, and the University of Saskatchewan.
Webinars
The Emerging Water Crisis in Canada: Issues and Solutions
January 17th, 2020
Part of the POLIS Water Sustainability Project's Creating a Blue Dialogue webinar series
In this video, John Pomeroy (Global Institute for Water Security), Merrell-Ann Phare (Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources), and Oliver M. Brandes (POLIS Project on Ecological Governance), discuss how the federal government can provide leadership and better exercise its jurisdiction to help prevent Canada's emerging water crisis.
Global Institute for Water Security Research Programs
Learn about our research programs and how GIWS has become a leader in water research here in Canada and around the globe.
Global Water Futures promo video
Working together to prepare for the future of our water
Our water is at risk. In Canada and globally, we are facing unprecedented water-related challenges. Canada has some of the world's highest rates of warming, which impacts infrastructure, institutions, ecosystems and human health. Global Water Futures is finding solutions to those water threats in an era of global change.
Global Water Futures Announcement
On September 6, 2016, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund awarded the University of Saskatchewan $77.8M in funding to promote water research in its Global Water Futures initiative.