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Water advisories lifted in two McGill buildings

webfull — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 17:23:00 +0000

Dear members of the McGill community,

Following a new round of testing since our previous message about water advisories being issued for six McGill buildings, two of the water advisories that had been put in place have been lifted.

It is now safe to drink the water in the following buildings:

Published: 10 August 2023

Working on Water-Related Research? Become a member of the Brace Water Centre.

webfull — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 18:49:15 +0000

The Brace Water Centre (Brace) welcomes members from the McGill research community who are working on water-related issues. Membership is open to faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, research associates and graduate students.

Published: 10 March 2023

Seawater: memory keeper, energy source, and pollution tracking

webfull — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 16:46:19 +0000

Sampling seawater just below the surface of a seagrass bed in Quatsino Sound, British Columbia. Credit: Mike McDermid

What can a bottle of seawater tell you about the fish living below?

Published: 21 October 2022

Government of Canada funds McGill research on contaminants in aquatic ecosystems

webfull — Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:18:28 +0000

Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic that are microscopic and up to 5 millimetres in size. McGill research project aims to provide an understanding of how these contaminants end up in Canadian aquatic environments and what impacts they have.

Published: 29 March 2021

Rural Alaskans struggle to access and afford water

webfull — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:08:01 +0000

Water scarcity in rural Alaska is not a new problem, but the situation is getting worse with climate change. Lasting solutions must encourage the use of alternative water supplies like rainwater catchment and grey water recycling. They must also address the affordability of water related to household income, say researchers from �㽶��Ƶ.

Published: 25 March 2021

McGill researchers garner over $7M in SSHRC funding

webfull — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:13:47 +0000

20 McGill researchers receive funding from SSHRC through Partnership Program Grants, Partnership Development Grants, and Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) recently unveiled the recipients of its fall 2019 round of Partnership Grants, including two McGill-led projects, totalling $5 million. SSHRC also unveiled the recipients of the round’s Partnership Development Grants and Postdoctoral Fellowships, in which 18 McGill applicants received over $2 million in funding.

Published: 10 June 2020

ISID Policy Paper. Preparing for a Looming Water Crisis: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa Countries

webfull — Wed, 06 May 2020 14:17:51 +0000

The challenge of water security is growing globally. Achieving and sustaining water security, in both developed and developing countries, is likely to increase in complexity and priority as climate change intensifies, but also as the demands of economic growth increase. For most MENA countries that were already facing water security and major social, health and economic challenges before COVID-19, this additional pressure is particularly excruciating. Like COVID-19 and climate change, water scarcity in MENA is a global problem that requires collective action.

Published: 6 May 2020

New ISID policy brief. Water: a Key Driver for Sustainable Growth

webfull — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 19:24:02 +0000

Why is access to water a crucial issue in the Middle East and North Africa? Because water matters for people, water matters for the economy, water matters for the environment, and water matters for equality. In ISID's most recent policy brief, Professor of Practice Jamal Saghir discusses this issue from a water-security perspective. Read it online now!

Published: 3 January 2020

Climate Change threatens crops, water for billions around the globe

webfull — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 20:50:54 +0000

Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world’s poorest people are at risk.

The results, published Thursday in the journal Science, raise troubling questions about who will be able to adapt in a shifting, less dependable world.

“There’s a great potential for the problems to occur where people have the least ability to cope with it,” said Elena Bennett [NRS], who studies ecological systems at �㽶��Ƶ and is one of the paper’s 21 co-authors.

Published: 17 October 2019

Gare à la transmission de maladies par l’eau

webfull — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 14:38:33 +0000

Lorsqu’une contamination bactérienne se déclare à proximité d’une ferme, il faut cibler le plus rapidement possible les élevages problématiques puisque certaines souches peuvent parfois infecter l’homme. L’objectif est de mettre en place des barrières naturelles qui empêcheront les ruissellements provenant de ces fermes de se retrouver dans l’eau potable environnante.

Published: 9 October 2019