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WATER 

In May 2011, the NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) funded a new program aptly called "Watershed and Aquatics Training in Environmental Research" or the 'WATER' program.  The funding is worth $1.65 million over 6 years (2011-2017), with just over 80% of the funding directed at undergraduate, graduate (Masters, PhD - science and non-science students), and post-doctoral scholarships/stipends.

Our plan is to motivate and produce highly qualified researchers and environmental practitioners in aquatic and watershed sciences to meet the global demand for the evolving field of environmental research sector employees.

The four main training components of the CREATE WATER program will be:

• Field Techniques Certificate - field safety, field equipment operation and maintenance, abiotic and biotic collection methods, and other specialized courses
• Professional Science Certificate - professional skills courses and workshops including topics like project and time management, effective communication, data analysis and interpretation, and report and proposal writing
• Integrated Forum - 'Applied Solutions to Environmental Crises' - a collaborative problem-based learning forum where participants will be challenged with a current environmental crisis, or issue, and work in teams spanning the WATER institutions and formulate solutions utilizing and applying many of the technical knowledge and professional skills they will learn in the certificate programs), and
• Research and Skills Exchange - these will be available to WATER scholarship recipients and will involve 1-4 week exchanges amongst academic, government, and industry collaborators/partners.

Through the development and delivery of the NSERC CREATE WATER program, we will meet immediate science needs by developing applied projects with partners that are focused on developing solutions to real world problems using environmental technologies in aquatic ecology, hydrology, ecotoxicology, and environmental chemistry. We strive to deliver a new cohort of aquatic and environmental scientists, possessing remarkable interdisciplinary knowledge and experience, with the tools and understanding needed to solve the environmental challenges and crises related to global water resources.

The proposed WATER program objective is to create highly qualified personnel (HQP) in environmental science and technologies, who possess both a strong background in research and professional science skills to excel in applied science. Key industrial collaborators on the WATER team will represent the environmental consulting industry and the forest industry, both key future employers for WATER graduates.