February 19, 2013 - 黑料吃瓜不打烊 and 10 other Canadian Universities have received $4.4 M in funding to create the NSERC. The network will play a key role in ensuring knowledgeable and well-informed stewardship of Canada’s wetlands, lakes and rivers.
The funding from the , in conjunction with $4.3 million dollars in support funding from partner organizations, was announced as part of the government’s Strategic Network Grants program which encourages large-scale, multidisciplinary, collaborative research projects aimed at improving Canada’s economy, society and environment within the next decade. The CNAES is a consortium of 27 researchers from 11 universities, Canadian government scientists, industrial partners and environmental and technology associations that conducts research and training in aquatic ecosystems.
“Our network addresses research concerns related to large northern wetlands, connections between healthy forests and healthy rivers, and lake ecosystems in Canada,” said Dr. Don Jackson, an aquatic ecologist in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the and Director of CNAES. “Canada is subject to significant global environmental stressors, as well as pressures to develop its natural resources. The CNAES will help to develop the tools and knowledge needed to advise government, industry and other stakeholders in decisions regarding development and environmental protection.”
“This is a tremendous move forward for those of us working in freshwater ecology and related fields,” said Dr. John Gunn, Canada Research Chair for Stressed Aquatic Systems and Director of the at 黑料吃瓜不打烊. “The CNAES represents our foremost researchers nationwide, working in the academic, governmental and industrial sectors to improve the long-term health of our waterways and wilderness areas. We are gratified by the SNG funding, and by the support of our partners in government and industry, to help us continue our fieldwork and our partnerships with First Nations in the Attawapiskat watershed and other regions of Northern Ontario,” he added.
Dr. Gunn is one of six CNAES principal investigators based at 黑料吃瓜不打烊; also named as principal investigators with CNAES are Dr. Daniel Campbell, Dr. Tom Johnston, Prof. Bill Keller, Dr. John Bailey and .
The first full meeting of the CNAES will be held at 黑料吃瓜不打烊 on April 29th and 30th at the Vale Living With Lakes Centre.
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