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World Water Day is March 22, 2010.
The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in 1993 which designated this date for the annual international observance of World Water Day. The General Assembly also declared 2005-2015 as the “International Decade for Action-Celebrating Water for Life.”
In 2010, the focus of World Water Day is on raising awareness of water quality under the theme "Clean Water for a Healthy World."
For valuable information and resources on World Water Day and international water issues, visit the World Water Day web-site which is maintained by the International Water and Sanitation Centre.
The Canadian Rivers Institute recognizes water priorities throughout the world and focuses its research on societal demands for water resources while addressing the challenges of sustaining, healthy aquatic ecosystems. CRI's international water research projects can be located on the CRI Google map.
River Habitats and Hydraulics Field Course Offered in 2010
This full credit field course, offered August 14-21, 2010, will provide theoretical and practical understanding of the hydrology and ecology of natural river ecosystems; interdisciplinary focus of abiotic-biotic interactions via group and individual study. Topics to be covered include fluvial geomorphology, open-channel hydraulics, environmental perturbations, habitat survey and sampling design, benthic invertebrate identification and ecology; fish identification, habitat requirements and ecology; nutrient/trophic dynamics; impact assessment and river habitat restoration. The emphasis will be on the conservation of river environments as unique, complex ecosystems by using a catchment (landscape) perspective. The course site will be the Queen’s University Biological Station.
The instructors will be Dr. Robert Newbury, Newbury Hydraulics, Okanagan Centre, British Columbia and Dr. Richard A. Cunjak, Canadian Rivers Institute & Dept of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton., NB. For complete details and registration information, please consult the CRI Courses web-page.
CRI to Undertake Saint John Harbour Pilot Project
The CRI Welcomes Dr. Chris Martyniuk!
As of November 1, 2009, Dr. Chris Martyniuk, Canada Research Chair in molecular biology, is the newest researcher to join the CRI and the Biology Department on the UNBSJ campus. Chris has a science degree from Simon Fraser University, has a graduate degree from the University of Guelph, and has a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Ottawa.
Chris's research focuses on the effects of pesticides, herbicides and industrial waste on fish genetics. This leading edge research is critical to understanding the effects of these toxins on human health and fish health which will potentially impact future environmental policy.
Welcome aboard Chris!
Featured "Hot Paper on Ecology" for December Issue of TheScientist.com Written by Dr. Karen Kidd!
KA Kidd et al., “Collapse of a fish population after exposure to a synthetic estrogen,” Proc Natl Acad Sci, 104(21):8897–901, 2007. (Cited in 86 papers)
Dr. Kidd is a CRI Fellow and Professor at the Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department at the Saint John Campus of UNB. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Chemical Contamination of Food Webs.
Congratulations Karen!
