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When you think of a getaway, what landscapes come to mind? Are they remote or close to home? This year, I have challenged myself to apply wanderlust to my own backyard. By train across Canada or car across Ontario, I have set on a mission to explore our nature, people, and culture. With…
DetailsWaterlution’s Executive Director and Co-Founder, Karen Kun, shares her Top 5 Lessons from Water Innovation Labs (WILs). MIXING Combining unknown ingredients can create something unprecedented. Bringing in participants and resource guests* with the “less obvious” water connection takes a lot of time, energy and personal attention yet it is worth it! Innovation comes from people asking…
DetailsSo what can these tools look like? In my first blog, Art as a Tool for Social Engagement and Energizing Communities Towards a Sustainable, Collaborative Future, I touched on my belief in the strength of these tools. Here, I’m addressing in brief, truly what these tools can look like. In the Spring, during our Great…
DetailsWetlands have received a lot of favourable press lately. In the past year, the Ontario government released a draft strategy for managing and growing our estimated 30 million hectares of wetlands from Lake Erie to Hudson Bay, a report that was finalized this month. Meanwhile, recent research from the University of Waterloo’s Intact Centre on…
DetailsI met my husband while filming a short-lived Discovery Channel ID show called “Paranormal Home Inspectors.” I was Research. Filmed in Ontario, people were encouraged to call in with their paranormal experiences. If the tale was enough to make your skin crawl, we’d go to your spot and provide a “ghost inspection.” The show…
DetailsI’ve known Maricor for more than 10 years. We were in the same class in environmental engineering and both stayed in the Waterloo area after graduation. She has completed a master’s degree and is nearing the finishing line for her PhD, where she’s specializing in drinking water treatment technologies for emerging contaminants. I’ve been working…
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