WatIF 2014 Program Brochure

MAY 4 - 6, 2014 • KINGSTON, ON • QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE STUDENT
CONFERENCE
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ABOUT THE WATER RESEARCH CENTRE (WRC)
WatIF was created by graduate students at
Queen’s University, under the Water
Research Centre.
Water-related issues are a driving force for
economic growth, social well-being and a
healthy population in Canada and around the
world. This critical interest is reflected in the diversity of water-related
research and education initiatives at Queen’s, RMC and its partner
organizations.
The Water Research Centre is an inter-disciplinary research Centre dedicated
to furthering these interests and is committed to fostering an environment
that encourages collaborative research spanning both traditional waterrelated disciplines, as well as non-traditional and emerging disciplines.
The Centre has Research, Education, External Collaboration and
International Partnerships as the key pillars on which it fosters and supports
activities under the following main themes:
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Water governance: climate, policy, etc.
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Water use: energy, sustainability, human water relations
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Water resources: lakes and rivers, watersheds, ecosystems,
biodiversity
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Water quality: health, ecotoxicology, biochemical parameters
We would like to thank the Water Research
Centre and Queen’s University for their
continued and overwhelming support. We could
not have done this without the guidance and
encouragement of the Directors of the WRC, our
Advisory Committee, and the wonderful staff at
Queen’s!
- WatIF 2014 Student Committee
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WatIF ADVISORS & WRC DIRECTORS
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY
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Dr. KENT NOVAKOWSKI
Director of the WRC
Professor and Head, Civil Engineering
Dr. Novakowski and his graduate students conduct
research in the areas of fluid flow and contaminant
migration in fractured rock. Recent work has
focused on the field measurement and numerical
simulation of aqueous phase contaminant transport
in large discrete fractures, which pervade the
dolostones and limestones common to the sedimentary basins of North
America. Dr. Novakowski also develops semi-analytical and analyticalelement models for the simulation of solute transport, the
interpretation of hydraulic tests, and the design of capture zones in
sparsely-fractured bedrock.
Recently, Dr. Novakowski has become involved in collaborative research
projects that are focused on understanding sustainable water supply
and regional groundwater flow in complex fractured rock
environments
Dr. GEOF HALL
Associate Director of the WRC
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
Fellow, Family Medicine
Dr. Hall is a multidisciplinary researcher spanning
the fields of biology, engineering and public health.
He holds degrees in both Biology and Civil Engineering from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Dr. Hall is the Associate Director of the Queen’s Water Research
Centre and Director of the Queen’s Water Initiative, where he develops
and supports water-related education, research and outreach opportunities.
Dr. Hall’s research interests include a holistic approach to the assessment of environmental factors affecting human health. These include
the modeling and movement of infectious, water-borne and zoonotic
diseases, along with heat-related illness effects at the community level.
Dr. Hall is a member of the Queen’s Public Health Informatics Group,
the Centre for Studies in Primary Care and the Departments of Civil
Engineering and Medicine.
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OUR VISION
Unite students across disciplines and geographical locations within
Canada.
Educate through the approach of students educating students in an
innovative manner that encourages collaboration.
Inspire the leaders of tomorrow to passionately pursue water-related
careers.
NOTE FROM THE CO-CHAIRS
“The WatIF is the result of a student initiative. As graduate students
ourselves we felt isolated to a small group of researchers in our
respective field of study. After organizing and hosting a local water
symposium with 100 students at Queen’s University, we experienced a
positive change in our spirits and witnessed the great effect it had on
collaborative research that came from bringing like-minded students
together. This conference has already changed both of our lives in ways
that we never even fathomed possible. We are truly grateful to be
apart of something so monumental, and we hope to bring this sense of
community, unity, and inspiration to other graduate students across
Canada.“
- Donya Danesh & Sarah Thompson
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WatIF STUDENT COMMITTEE
Donya Danesh
Co-Chair
Biology
Sarah Thompson
Co-Chair
Civil Engineering
Oxana Shibaeva
(Zaskoka)
Finance & Logistics
Lead
Chemical Engineering
Martin (Rudy)
Schueder
Media Lead
Civil Engineering
Alex Elias
Student Outreach Lead
Civil Engineering
Erin Murphy-Mills
Break-out Lead
Environmental Studies
Shawn Trimper
Program Lead
Civil Engineering
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Dan Lamhonwah
Program Lead
Geography
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WatIF STUDENT COMMITTEE
Gillian Mullan-Boudreu,
MacKenzie Waller
Chemical Engineering
Environmental Studies
Hilary Eatock
Joshua Goodfield
Policy Studies
Geography &
Environmental Studies
Maral Kiani Tari
Mitch Posluns
MPA, Policy Studies
Max Boreux
Nick Jewitt
Geography
Civil Engineering
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
KIM STURGESS
CEO and founder, Alberta WaterSMART
Kim Sturgess is the CEO and founder of Alberta
WaterSMART, a not-for-profit organization committed to
developing and improving the management of Alberta’s
water resources. Kim has had great success in leading a
cross-silo team of professionals, including engineers, researchers, facilitators,
communicators and policy advisors. Kim understands and appreciates the value of
combining an array of domain knowledge and skill sets. She is the driving force
behind innovative and collaborative water solutions, which have strongly influenced
policy development and improved water management practices and technologies.
Kim is an entrepreneur, a leader and inspirational change maker.
DR. JOHN SMOL
Professor at Queen’s University
Dr. John Smol is one of Canada’s most remarkable
scientists. Not only is he decorated with an outstanding
array of impressive accolades but he is also an outspoken
leader in the scientific community and influential change
maker. Dr. Smol is the CRC in Environmental Change and has recently been
appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. His research focus emphasizes the
importance of looking at long-term environmental changes to determine
anthropogenic and natural impacts and to predict their future implications. As an
international lecturer and media commentator, Dr. Smol has brought the
importance of multidisciplinary, collaborative research to the forefront of scientific
investigation.
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peers to tackle future water challenges?
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EXPERT PANEL
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ADELE HURLEY
Director of the Program on Water Issues at the Munk School
of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto
In the 1980’s, during the early days of the Reagan
Administration, Adèle Hurley moved to Washington and cofounded the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain. For several years
she worked on a successful campaign that brought about
amendments to the US Clean Air Act, as well as regulations that
reduced pollutants from large Canadian emitters. In the early 1990s she was
appointed to the Board of Ontario Hydro. In 1995, she was appointed by the
Prime Minister's Office to serve as Canadian Co-Chair of the International Joint
Commission which oversees Canada/US Boundary water issues according to the
Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. Adele has served as a member of the Canadian
Federal Government's International Trade Advisory Committee -task Force on
Environment and Trade Policy. She is a member of the advisory board of the
Columbia Basin Trust and, since 2006, has served on the board of directors of the
Ontario Power Authority.
SIMON COURTENAY
Canadian Water Network Scientific Director and Professor in
Environment and Resource Studies at the University of Waterloo
Before taking these positions up last fall he had been a Research
Scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada for 23 years in New
Brunswick. The last 9 of those years were spent in the Biology
Department of the University of New Brunswick where Simon
worked with the Canadian Rivers Institute. Simon is fascinated by the uses that
animals make of lakes, streams, rivers and estuaries and how human activities
impact that aquatic ecology.
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BRUCE PARDY
Professor of Environmental Law at Queen's University
Bruce Pardy has written extensively on environmental
governance, ecosystem management, water law, water rights,
climate change and environmental liability, and has taught
environmental law at law schools in Canada, the United States
and New Zealand. Professor Pardy practiced litigation at Borden Ladner Gervais
LLP in Toronto, and presently sits on the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal
as an adjudicator and mediator.
ROBERT SANDFORD
EPCOR Chair of the Canadian Partnership Initiative in support of the United Nations Water for Life Decade
This national partnership initiative aims to inform the public
on water issues and translate scientific research outcomes
into language decision-makers can use to craft timely and
meaningful public policy. Bob is also an associate of the
Centre for Hydrology which is part of the Global Water Institute at the University of
Saskatchewan and a Fellow of the Biogeoscience Institute at the University of Calgary. He sits on the Advisory Board of Living Lakes Canada, the Canadian Chapter of
Living Lakes International and is also a member of the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW), a national water policy research group centered in Toronto. Bob also
serves as Water Governance Adviser and Senior Policy Author for Simon Fraser University’s Adaptation to Climate Change Team. Bob is also senior advisor on water
issues for the Interaction Council, a global public policy forum composed of more
than thirty former Heads of State. In this capacity Bob works to bring broad international example to bear on Canadian water issues.
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KAREN KUN
Executive Director and Co-Founder, Waterlution
Karen founded Waterlution 10 years ago with the
purpose of inspiring pattern-making and pattern
breaking change toward a healthier relationship
with our water. It was during her time in South
Africa in 2002 where the idea emerged, that to solve complex water issues a
blended format of content and process was needed; one without the other
would lead only to partial results. Karen aims to push Waterlution's capacity to
be more creative and innovative and to inspire others to be the leaders and
mentors they are capable of being. Water complexities require us to have crosssector dialogue, through inter-generational learning and in pushing ourselves
and each other to think in ways we never thought possible.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS (MAY 4th)
Turning research and Innovation into a Viable Business
Facilitated by: Brian Mergelas, CEO WaterTAP Ontario
Turning research and innovation into a viable business can be a rewarding
challenge. But what does it take to commercialize an idea? What kinds of
decisions does an innovator have to make going from a bench-scale project to a
real-world application? This workshop will explore the stages of business
development, covering topics such as intellectual property, regulatory approvals,
finances and investment, leadership, and business strategy. Water technology
innovator and successful entrepreneur Dr. Brian Mergelas, CEO of Ontario’s
Water Technology Acceleration Project (WaterTAP), hosts this workshop.
Intersections between Health and Water
Facilitated by: Dr. Geof Hall, Assistant Professor Civil Engineering, Queen's
University
Water and human health are intimately linked. Sustainable communities and
healthy populations require safe, clean water to flourish, however the health of
water supplies across the country is at risk from a variety of sources. Protecting,
preserving and restoring the health of water supplies must be approached from a
holistic view, which incorporates the daily experience of all facets of life in
Canada. This module will explore human health issues associated with water and
will give participants the opportunity to engage in exciting dialogue on how to
move Canada forward in protecting its population and to nurture the deep
respect that Canada’s future leaders have for its water resources.
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Innovative ways to Create a Water Haven: How to Reduce your
Impact on the Blue, the Green, the Gray and the Virtual Water
Cycle
Dr. Hans Schreir, Emeritus Professor, Soil Science, University of British Columbia
The focus of this session is to reduce your water footprint and water contamination by innovative actions that reduce blue water use, capture green and gray
water, and consider the virtual water in your diet. We will discuss many easy
ways of reducing domestic water consumption, such as accounting for water,
minimizing flushing of blue water, and capturing green and grey water for reuse.
Many cities strive to become green, which generally means planting more vegetation and using green energy. How about using the green water concept to help
reduce the flood risk and water pollution problem in cities? Food is one of the
pleasures in life and water is an essential component in its production. What are
innovative ways to account for the virtual water in your diet and reduce the impact on human and environmental health?
Community-Based and Participatory Approaches for
Water Management with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Dr. Heather Castleden, Associate Professor, Resource and Environmental
Studies, Dalhousie University
Water-related issues and water-related threats disproportionately burden
Indigenous communities in Canada; given these circumstances, there is growing
recognition concerning the importance of understanding how best to integrate
Indigenous and Western perspectives and methodologies to effectively address
these challenges. The goals of this conference workshop are two-fold: 1) to
introduce participants to the history of Indigenous-settler relations and to
explain why this historical context is needed to effectively and respectfully
approach the management of our shared water resources; and 2) to introduce
participants to community-based and participatory methods for engagement in
water-related research involving Indigenous peoples.
Defining Canadian Water Research Priorities: What does the
Future Hold?
Dr. Simon Courtenay, Scientific Director of the Canadian Water Network
Whether you work with energy, resource extraction, agriculture, municipalities
or any other sector of the economy water is an integral issue. The new reality
of increasing frequency and severity of meteorological events requires a whole
new way of thinking about how we manage our activities around water. This
makes water among the most necessary, exciting and challenging areas for
research right now whether you’re thinking about drinking water, wastewater
and stormwater or watershed management. In this plethora of potential research opportunities which are you going to address? Which are most important to Canadians and most tractable in the immediate future?
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS (MAY 5 )
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From Flat to Fabulous: How to Create Dynamic Maps that Tells
the Story of Transboundary Waters
Korice Moir, Director, Confluvium
Penny Beames, Executive Director, Confluvium
Gone are the days of flat, static maps. We yearn to engage and interact with
data. The next generation of open data and open source platforms provides
the water community with an opportunity to create powerful, dynamic maps
that peel back the layers of a river’s story. Join us as we discuss the role maps
can play in facilitating better transboundary water sharing. We will explore
mapping tools, trends and challenges, using an illustrative example, and share
tips on how you might get started in your own research. This session seeks out
ways to connect more deeply with our watersheds by creating and interacting
with fabulous maps.
Note: Delegates are recommended to bring a laptop to this session.
Perform at your Peak! Success for Today and Success for the
Future
Ryan Stoness, Manager Fit to Lead Program, School of Business, Queen's
University
Ryan Stoness, High Performance Coach with Queen’s School of Businesses Fit
to Lead Program will take you through an interactive workshop assessing and
discussing individual high performance strategies. Using health and wellness
practices such as movement, nutrition and mental skills individuals will learn
ways to make small adjustments in day-to-day living which have be shown to
impact performance measures such as time, energy, focus and
productivity. Concepts such Energy Management, Priority Setting and Using
your Stress will be discussed.
Science, so what? Engaging the Public and Mobilizing your
Research
Rachel Phan, Managing Editor of Water Canada
Terry Rees, Executive Director, Federation of Ontario's Cottagers Association
This workshop will address both why and how students should engage the
public with their research. By the end of the session, students will have learned
the importance of reaching out to the general public to garner understanding,
cooperation, and support for important water issues. Students will also take
away valuable lessons on how to approach media outlets, how to write for an
audience that doesn’t have a science background, and how to identify the
aspects of their research that will be the most appealing to the general public.
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Water and Hope: Hydro-Climatic Change and our Future
Robert Sandford, EPCOR Chair, Canadian Partnership Initiative for the UN Water
Decade for Life
Beyond population growth and its unanticipated effects, the greatest threat
humanity presently faces is a changing planetary climate. With rising mean
global temperatures our planet’s atmosphere holds more water vapour and
becomes more turbulent. Extreme weather events are becoming more common
everywhere. Droughts are becoming longer and deeper and more frequent and
intense rainfalls are causing extraordinary damage and great human suffering
around the world. People everywhere want to know whether we can turn these
problems around while they are still more or less linear and incremental; before
the world begins to change all at once. Many don’t believe it is possible to rescue our political systems from the influence of vested economic and ideological
interests and the self-referential focus of party politics in time to prevent collapse of important elements of the Earth system. Others worry about hope for
their children and the generations to come. Participants in this interactive discussion will explore how science can inform hope. Each participant will be challenged to collectively answer three questions: What can we be hopeful about?
What can give us further hope? How do we inspire hope in others?
Freshwater Legal Toolkit: Stories of Change
Nancy Goucher, Water Program Manager, Environmental Defence,
Dr. Anastasia Lintner, Economist and Lawyer, Ecojustice
When it comes to environmental policy, Canada consistently ranks near the
bottom among developed nations. The Conference Board of Canada gave Canada a “C” on our environmental performance and ranked us 15th out of 17 peer
countries. In a world where environmental performance is increasingly recognized as an indicator of future competitiveness, Canadians will need to figure
out how to improve our environmental policy. The question is how.
In many ways freshwater policymaking is both an art and a science.
This workshop will take you through the “science” of freshwater policymaking
by providing an overview of the Canadian policy framework, including policy
creation within the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.
We’ll also dive into the “art” of policymaking through real stories based on the
experiences and observations of the workshop hosts.
Participants will have an opportunity to practice what they’ve learned by working on freshwater policy change scenarios.
Whether your future job is policy analyst, water resources engineer, aquatic
biologist, environmental lawyer, or something else entirely, you can be an
“agent of change.”
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3:00 - 7:00 pm
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Registration
Delegates will arrive at Leonard Hall and register between
3:00 - 7:00 pm. Students can then explore Kingston.
SUNDAY MAY 4, 2014
7:00 - 8:00 am
Breakfast
Bioscience Atrium
8:00 - 8:30 am
Bioscience 1101
8:30 - 11:45 am
Bioscience Atrium
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Opening Remarks
Dr. Steven Liss, VP Research & Chemical Engineering and
Environmental Studies Professor, Queen’s University
Dr. Kent Novakowski, Water Research Centre Director &
Civil Engineering Professor and Head, Queen’s University
Donya Danesh & Sarah Thompson, WatIF Co-Chairs
Waterlution Facilitated Journey
Students will be encouraged to push themselves, act
creatively and connect in new ways.
Lunch
Leonard Dinning Hall
1:15 - 2:15 pm
205 Walter Light Hall
2:30 - 3:30 pm
3:50 - 4:50 pm
Keynote
Our Water Future: Global Issues, Local Solutions
Kim Sturgess, CEO and Founder, Alberta WaterSMART
Break-Out Session 1
Break-Out Session 2
Delegates will participate in two of five break-out sessions
BioSci 3110
1. Turning Research and Innovation into a Viable Business
Facilitator: Dr. Brian Mergelas, CEO, WaterTAP Ontario
BioSci 3112
2. Intersections between and Health and Water
Facilitator: Dr. Geof Hall, Assistant Professor, Queen’s
University
BioSci 2109
3. Innovative ways to Create a Water Haven: How to
Reduce your Impact on the Blue, the Green, the Gray, and
the Virtual Water Cycle
Facilitator: Dr. Hans Schreier, Emeritus Professor, UBC
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SATURDAY MAY 3, 2014
BioSci 2112
BioSci 2111
5:00 - 9:00 pm
Grad Club
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4. Community-Based and Participatory Approaches for
Water Management with Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Facilitator: Dr. Heather Castleden, Associate Professor,
Dalhousie University
5. Defining Canadian Water Research Priorities: What does
the Future Hold?
Facilitator: Dr. Simon Courtenay, Scientific Director,
Canadian Water Network (CWN) & Professor, University of
Waterloo
Social - Blue Drinks and Water Trivia
Trivia starts at 6:30
MONDAY MAY 5, 2014
8:30 - 9:30 am
Breakfast
Bioscience Atrium
9:30 - 11:30 am
205 Walter Light Hall
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Expert Panel Discussion
Connections between Economy and Water: Current
Challenges and Future Opportunities
Robert Sandford, EPCOR Chair, Canadian Partnership
Initiative
Adele Hurley, Director, Program on Water Issues at the
University of Toronto
Dr. Bruce Pardy, Professor, Queen’s University
Dr. Simon Courtenay, Scientific Director CWN & Professor,
University of Waterloo
Lunch
Leonard Dinning Hall
1:15 - 1:40 pm
Networking and Group Photos
Bioscience Atrium
1:40 - 3:10 pm
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Break-Out Session 1
Break-Out Session 2
Delegates will participate in two of five break-out sessions
BioSci 3312
1. From Flat to Fabulous: How to Create Dynamic Maps
that Tell the Story of Transboundry Waters
Facilitators: Korice Moir and Penny Beames (Confluvium)
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SUNDAY MAY 4, 2014
BioSci 1120
BioSci 2109
BioSci 2111
BioSci 2112
5:30 - 9:00 pm
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2. Perform at your Peak: Success for Today and Success for
the Future
Facilitator: Ryan Stoness, High Performance Coach,
Queen’s University School of Business
3. Science: so what? Engaging the Public and Mobilizing
your Research
Facilitators: Terry Rees, Executive Director, Federation of
Ontario Cottager’s Association; and,
Rachel Phan, Managing Editor, Water Canada
4. Water and Hope: Hydro-Climatic Change and our Future
Facilitator: Robert Sandford, EPCOR Chair, Canadian
Partnership Initiative
5. Freshwater Legal Toolkit: Stories of Change
Facilitators: Nancy Goucher, Water Program Manager,
Environmental Defence; and,
Dr. Anastasia Lintner, Economist & Lawyer, Ecojustice
Expert Evening / Poster Hour
The poster session will run from 5:30 - 6:30 followed by a
facilitated networking session.
TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
Student Concurrent Session Themes:
Making Waves, Changing Currents: Evolving Water Management and
Governance
Exploring the role of stakeholders in the decision-making process, as well as
evolving water policies in the face of new challenges and solutions. Topics will
range from water licensing to aboriginal values on water to citizen science.
Chairs: Wren Montgomery, Queen’s University, Business
Jeff Blair, Dalhousie University, Resource and Environmental Studies
Our Water Planet: Earth as a Physical and Natural System
Exploring water and Earth’s systems ranging from the complexities of water and
ecosystems to aspects of the water cycle. This session will bring together
research from the physical and natural sciences.
Chairs: Daniel Lamhonwah, Queen’s University, Geography
Jana Tondu, University of Waterloo, Biology
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Urban Waterscapes: The Interactions between Humans and Water in a Growing
Nation
Exploring how our need for water has shaped human environments and how our
activities have impacted this resource. Early leaders will examine our urban
waterscapes from the perspective of infrastructure development, source water
management, drinking and wastewater treatment and conservation.
Chairs: Martin (Rudy) Schueder, Queen’s University, Civil Engineering
Valérie Gravel, Queen’s University, Concordia University, Geography,
Planning & Environment
Our Livelihood, Our Legacy: Balancing Resource-Based Needs and their Water
Impacts
Assessing the relationship between agricultural and industrial activities, and their
impacts on water quality and quantity. Environmental policy, hydrogeology,
engineering and the natural sciences come together to assess Canada’s past and
the future of our resource-based livelihood.
Chairs: Mikhail Smilovic, McGill University, Civil Engineering
Kristian Hermann, University of Saskatchewan, Geological Sciences
8:00 - 9:00 am
Breakfast
BioScience Atrium
9:00 - 10:15 am
BioSci 1102
Concurrent
Session 1:
Urban
Waterscapes
Flood Management
9:00 Flood Mapping and Loss Estimation in Canada: an
Assessment of Hazus-MH
Heather McGrath, University of New Brunswick, Geodesy
and Geomatics Engineering
9:15 Planning Coastal Areas for Resilience; A Look at the
Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood
Protection Project (DMNP) Case Study
Valérie Gravel, Concordia University, Geography,
Planning & Environment
9:30 Assessment of Environmental Degradation due to
Water-Logging and Flooding in the Kapatakha River
Floodplain of Bangladesh
Md Saifuzzaman, Queen's University, Environmental
Studies
9:45 The Nonlinear Aspect in Regional Flood Frequency
Analysis
Ouali Dhouha, L’Université INRS, Eau Terre
Environnement
10:00 Flooding Discourse: Perceptions and Practices of
the 2013 Flood Management in High River, Alberta
Eva A. Bogdan, University of Alberta, Sociology
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
9:00 - 10:15 am
BioSci 3110
Concurrent
Session 2:
Our Water
Planet
9:00 - 10:15 am
BioSci 1120
Concurrent
Session 3:
Making Waves,
Changing
Currents
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Multiple Stressors
9:00 Long-term Declines in Spring Phosphorus Delivery to
Lakes: Implications for Phytoplankton
Lillian Knopf, University of Waterloo, Biology
9:15 Influence of Declining Calcium Concentrations on
Zooplankton Communities of Soft-Water Lakes
Alexander John Ross, Queen's University, Biology
9:30 The Potential Impact of Harvesting on Critical
Calcium Levels in Lakes of the Muskoka River Watershed
Carolyn Reid, Trent University, Environmental and
Resource Studies
9:45 Development of a Bioassessment Index for the
Detection of Ecological Response to Cumulative Effects
using Nearshore Periphyton Communities within the
Muskoka River Watershed
Mark J. MacDougall, University of Waterloo, Biology
10:00 Application of a Synoptic-Scale Predictive Water
Quality Modelling and Lake Classification Tool for Aquatic
Ecosystem Management in the Muskoka River
Watershed, Ontario, Canada
Rachel Plewes, Carleton University, Geography and
Environmental Studies
Community Involvement in Water Management
9:00 Local Water Governance and Community-based
Monitoring Groups: A Case Study of the Oak Ridges
Moraine, Ontario, Canada
Erin Murphy-Mills Queen's University, Environmental
Studies
9:15 Understanding Connections in Nova Scotia
Community-Based Water Monitoring Programs
Jeff Blair, Dalhousie University, Resource and
Environmental Studies
9:30 Assessing Aquatic Ecosystem Health: Does
Community Based Monitoring Contribute to Health
Benefits Within the Ecosystems it Monitors?
Chris Garda, Dalhousie University, Resource and
Environmental Studies
9:45 Community-Based Water Monitoring: Linking Citizen
Science Knowledge with Government Decision-Making
Amy Buckland-Nicks, Dalhousie University, Resource and
Environmental Studies
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
9:00 - 10:15 am
BioSci 1120
Concurrent
Session 3
9:00 - 10:15 am
BioSci 1103
Concurrent
Session 4:
Our Livelihood,
Our Legacy
10:30 - 11:45 am
BioSci 1102
Concurrent
Session 1:
Urban
Waterscapes
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Community Involvement in Water Management
10:00 Exploring the Relationship between Citizen Science
and Systemic Environmental Change in Relation to Water
Quality in South Africa
Andrea Kolbe, Queen's University, Environmental Studies
The Underworld
9:00 Surface Interactions of Aromatic Organoarsenicals
with Hematite Nanoparticles Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy
Md. Abdus Sabur, Wilfrid Laurier University, Chemistry
9:15 Determination of Optimum Conditions for
Carboxymethyl Cellulose Stabilized Nano-scale Zero Valent
Iron Transport in Porous Media through Experimental and
Modelling Study
Paul D. Furbacher and Ertiana Rrokaj, University of
Toronto, Civil Engineering
9:30 Thermal Enhancement of Enhanced In Situ
Bioremediation (EISB) for Remediation of Groundwater
Impacted by Chlorinated Solvents
Sean Bryck, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
9:45 Electrical Resistance Heating in Heterogeneous
Systems for Remediation of Groundwater Impacted by
Chlorinated Solvents
Jonah Munholland, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
10:00 Development of a Diffusion under Confined
Conditions Experimental Procedure and an Application to
Dolomite Samples from the Lockport Formation, Ontario,
Canada
Issam Bou Jaoude, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
Water and Wastewater Treatment
10:30 Wastewater Treatment in Canada’s Far North: The
Impact of Climate on Biogeochemistry of Arctic
Wastewater Stabilization Ponds
Colin Ragush, Dalhousie University, Process Engineering
and Applied Science
10:45 Modelling a Waste Stabilization Pond in the
Canadian High Arctic
Rami Maassarani, Queen’s University, Civil Engineering
11:00 Phosphorus Removal from Greenhouse Wastewater
using Calcium-Based Materials
C. Siobhan Dunets, University of Guelph, Environmental
Sciences
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
10:30 - 11:45 am
BioSci 1102
Concurrent
Session 1
10:30 - 11:45 am
BioSci 3110
Concurrent
Session 2:
Our Water
Planet
10:30 - 11:45 am
BioSci 1120
Concurrent
Session 3:
Making Waves,
Changing
Currents
unite • educate • inspire
Water and Wastewater Treatment
11:15 Binding Characterization of Organic
Microcontaminants to CTABr Micelles to Predict MicellarEnhanced Ultrafiltration Treatment of Wastewater
Ashish K. Sarker, Queen's University, Chemistry
Hydrology and Hydrogeology
10:30 Uncertainty and Intuition in Groundwater
Mark Ranjram, McGill University, Civil Engineering
10:45 Estimation of Matrix Compressibility from
Barometric Efficiency in the Paskapoo Formation Aquifer
System
Natasha Augustine, University of Calgary, Geoscience
11:00 Seasonal Evolution of Active Layer Depth and the
Influence on Stream Water Chemistry in a High Arctic
Watershed, Cape Bounty, Nunavut
Daniel Lamhonwah, Queen's University, Geography
11:15 Using Water Isotopes to Develop the Hydrological
Component of a Long-Term Aquatic Ecosystem Monitoring
Program for a Northern Lake-Rich Landscape
Jana M.E. Tondu, University of Waterloo, Biology
11:30 Multivariate and Regional Trend Analysis of Drought
Ali Sarhadi, University of Waterloo, Civil & Environmental
Engineering
Policies and Regulations: Moving Forward
10:30 The Current State of Wetland Reclamation Policy in
Alberta’s Oil Sands
Jennifer M. Dubon, University of Calgary, Environmental
Design
10:45 Community Stakeholder Driven Improvements in
Sanitation Habitude and Water Source Protection: Case of
Buea, Cameroon
Angela Huston, McGill University, Civil Engineering
11:00 Review of Existing Water Quality Guidelines for
Transboundary Waters in North America
Elisa Cheng, McGill University, Bioresource Engineering:
Integrated Water Resource Management
11:15 Efficiency Gains from Water License Transferability in
Western Canada
Gregory Lane, University of Alberta, Law
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
10:30 - 11:45 am
BioSci 1103
Concurrent
Session 4:
Our Livelihood,
Our Legacy
12:00 - 1:00 pm
unite • educate • inspire
Agriculture and Water Security
10:30 Understanding how Farmers Value Wetlands in Nova
Scotia: Gauging Private Land Conservation Potential
Simon Greenland-Smith, Dalhousie University,
Environmental Studies
10:45 Water Variability, Livelihoods, and Adaptation
Strategies: A Case Study in the Angat River Basin
Sameer H. Shah, University of British Columbia, Resources,
Environment, and Sustainability
11:00 The World Without Groundwater
Mikhail Smilovic, McGill University, Civil Engineering
11:15 Development and Validation of an Estimation Model
for Veterinary Antimicrobials in an Urban Watershed
Nathanael Couperus, University of Waterloo, Civil/
Environmental Engineering
Lunch
Leonard Dinning Hall
Sponsored by OCWA
1:15 - 2:15
205 Walter Light Hall
Sponsored by:
2:30 - 3:30 pm
BioSci 1102
Concurrent
Session 1:
Urban
Waterscapes
Keynote
Using the past to help plan the future: It is as clear as mud!
Dr. John Smol, Professor, Queen’s University
Drinking Water
2:30 Waterborne Pathogen Detection: Using ELISA in
Combination with Solid Phase Microextraction in Modified
Polysiloxanes
Gillian Mackey, Queen's University, Chemistry
2:45 Discovery of Potential Natural Antibiotics in
Groundwater in Ontario
Jadwiga Lyczko, University of Guelph, Chemistry
3:00 Exploring Solutions for Rural Newfoundland and
Labrador Drinking Water Systems
Sarah Minnes, Memorial University, Environmental Policy
3:15 Assessing the Current and Potential Vulnerabilities
Associated with Water Security in Nova Scotia's Rural
Coastal Tourism Communities and Capacity for Governance
to Shape Climate-Change Adaptation Strategies
Saveena Patara, University of Waterloo, Geography and
Environmental Management
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
2:30 - 3:30 pm
BioSci 3110
Concurrent
Session 2:
Our Water
Planet
2:30 - 3:30 pm
BioSci 1120
Concurrent
Session 3:
Making Waves,
Changing
Currents
2:30 - 3:30 pm
BioSci 1103
Concurrent
Session 4:
Our Livelihood,
Our Legacy
unite • educate • inspire
Sediment Transport
2:30 Investigation into the Origin of Large and Very Large
Sand Dunes along the Floodplains of the Ottawa River
Patrick Grover, Queens University, Civil Engineering
2:45 Flow and Turbulence Characteristics over Dunes
Kenneth Lockwood, Queens University, Civil Engineering
3:00 The Role of Force Impulse on Sediment Transport in
Riffle Pools with Varying Bed Slopes
Scott Dilling, University of Waterloo, Civil & Environmental
Engineering
3:15 Long Term Downstream Patterns of Suspended
Sediment Transport in a High Arctic River
Elena A. Favaro, Queen's University, Geography
Actor and System Dynamics
2:30 Water Wars and the Rules of the Game: A Field
Change Perspective on the International Water Crisis
Wren Montgomery, Queen's University, Business
2:45 A Comparative Study of Institution-Actor Dynamics in
the context of Legislative Change in the Water Sector
Matthew Retallack, Carleton University, Public Policy
3:00 Power, Natural Resource Industries and Water
Governance: Assessing Collaboration in the Face of
Unequal Influence
Marie Claire Brisbois, University of Waterloo, Environment
and Resource Studies
3:15 Fixing Land Use Planning in the Yukon Before It Really
Breaks: A Case Study of the Peel Watershed
Kiri Staples, University of Saskatchewan, Environment and
Sustainability
Water and the Oil and Gas Industry
2:30 Water-Energy Nexus in the Canadian SAGD/In-situ
Facilities
Zainab Dadashi Forshomi, University of Calgary, Chemical
Engineering
2:45 The Advection of a Nominal Crude Oil Spill with Sea Ice
and Ocean Currents in the Arctic Ocean using MITgcm
Hauke Blanken, McGill University, Civil Engineering and
Applied Mechanics
3:00 Direct-Push Electrical Conductivity Profiling for
Measuring and Mapping Groundwater Salinity
Kristian J. Hermann, University of Saskatchewan,
Geological Sciences
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
2:30 - 3:30 pm
BioSci 1103
unite • educate • inspire
Water and the Oil and Gas Industry
Concurrent
Session 4
3:15 Recovering Water and Residual Bitumen from Oil
Sands Mature Fine Tailings by means of Wet Air Oxidation
Muhammad Faizan Khan, University of Alberta, Civil and
Environmental Engineering
3:45 - 4:45 pm
Conservation and Sustainable Water Management
BioSci 1102
Concurrent
Session 1:
Urban
Waterscapes
3:45 - 4:45 pm
BioSci 3110
Concurrent
Session 2:
Our Water
Planet
3:45 Institutional Barriers to Implementing Environmental
Flows in a Watershed in the St Lawrence Lowlands of
Quebec
Kate Reilly, McGill University, Bioresource Engineering
4:00 Integrated Resource Management Strategy for UBC
Point Grey Campus, Using a Water Lens
Ghazal Ebrahim, University of British Columbia, Resources,
Environment and Sustainability
4:15 Evaluating Sustainable Urban Stormwater
Management in Windsor, Ontario Using SUSTAIN
Kyle Eckart, University of Windsor, Civil and Environmental
Engineering
4:30 A Feasibility Analysis of Site-Level Stormwater Reuse
for Commercial Developments in Canada
Michael G. Nanos, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
Toxicity
3:45 Implications of using Members of the Hyalella Azteca
Species Complex in Copper and Nickel Toxicity Tests
Jessica Leung, University of Waterloo, Biology
4:00 Toxicity Assessment of the Antimicrobial Triclocarban
using Sub-Lethal Behaviour and Reproduction Endpoints
Melanie Raby, Ryerson University, Chemistry and Biology
4:15 The Effects of Goitrogen Exposure on Androgen and
Thyroid Hormone Signaling in the Frog Silurana Tropicalis
Diana E. K. Flood, Queen's University, Royal Military
College of Canada, Biology
4:30 The Effects of the Human Pharmaceutical Finasteride
in Frog Testes
Sonja Bissegger, Royal Military College of Canada,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
3:45 - 4:45 pm
BioSci 1120
Concurrent
Session 3:
Making Waves,
Changing
Currents
3:45 - 4:45 pm
BioSci 1103
Concurrent
Session 3:
Our Livelihood,
Our Legacy
6:00 - 12:00 pm
Ban Righ Dinning Hall
unite • educate • inspire
Values and Water Management
3:45 What’s the Fracking Point? The Disenchantment of
Meaningful First Nations Engagement in the Horn River
Basin
Rosanna Breiddal, University of Victoria, Geography
4:00 A Fine Balance: Navigating Indigenous Water
Infrastructure Management
Jo-Anne Lawless, Wilfrid Laurier University, Cultural
Analysis and Social Theory
4:15 An Interactive Decision Support Platform for
Sustainable Solutions
Sanjana Bajracharya, University of British Columbia,
Computer Science
4:30 The Role of Conservation in Health Promotion:
Investigating Mental Well-Being in the Credit River
Watershed
Alexandra Belaskie, York University, Environmental Studies
Les Poisson, Les Poisson
3:45 Modelling Flow and Contaminant Dispersal through
Salmonid Spawning Beds in Rivers of Western Canada
Christopher Fruetel, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
4:00 Numerical Investigation of Hyporheic Flows in Rivers
Seyed Hessam Seyed Mirzaei, Queen's University, Civil
Engineering
4:15 Understanding the Dynamics of a Mussel Shell
Bioreactor: The Stockton Coal Mine, New Zealand
Zach DiLoreto, University of Windsor, GLIER
4:45 A Metal Oxide Sorbent Study for use at a Land-Based
Fishery to Reach Protective Phosphorus Discharge Limits
Nick Jewitt, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
Gala
Dinner
Next Steps Champion– Karen Kun, Executive Director and
Co-Founder, Waterlution
Entertainment
WEDNESDAY MAY 7, 2014
7:30 - 3:00 pm
Breakfast (7:30) and
pick-up (8:00) at
Leggett Hall
Optional Field Trip
Ravensview wastewater treatment
tour by Utilities Kingston, Fort Henry,
lunch and winery tour.
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TUESDAY MAY 6, 2014
unite • educate • inspire
Using the Morphological Method to Better Understand Sediment Transport in
Gravel-Bed Rivers
Sarah Peirce, Western University, Geography
H2Geo - Fault Zone Hydrogeology of the Champlain Thrust at Lone Rock Point
Erin Mundy, Concordia University, Geography, Planning and the Environment
Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services in the Grand River Watershed
Tariq Aziz, University of Waterloo, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Aqueous Lead and Mercury Sensing on Miniaturized Optical Platforms
John E. Saunders, Queen's University, Chemistry
Neebee (Water) Ethics and Education: How Indigenous Youth Perspectives can
Contribute to Water Education and Water Relationships in Canada
Kristy Franks, Concordia University, Individualized Graduate Program
Treatment of Surface Waters using a Multi-Stage Filtration System in Cold
Temperature Conditions
Celia Charron and Sahil Dhawan, Carleton University, Environmental Engineering
Evaluation of a Reverse Auction Approach to Conserve Wetlands in the Turtle
Mountain Conservation District
Stephanie Woltman, University of Manitoba, Environment, Earth and Resources
Sustainable Management of Contaminated Sediments: Reducing Energy Demand,
Climate Impact and Water Pollution in Coastal Cities
Manuel Colombo, University of British Columbia, Resources, Environment and
Sustainability
Evaluating the Efficacy of Capacitive Deionization for the Concentration of
Bacteria and Viruses from Water
Rebecca Gordon., University of Guelph, Environmental Science
Biogas Production from Wastewater
Arianne Duchesne, McGill University, Chemical Engineering
Developing a Hydroecological Monitoring program for Shallow Subarctic Lakes in
Wapusk National Park, Northern Manitoba
Stephanie J. Roy, Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography
Toxicity of Diluted Bitumen (Dilbit) to the Fish, Japanese Medaka (Oryzias Latipes)
Hongkang Lin, Royal Military College of Canada, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Water Systems Review of Ontario’s First Nation Communities
Fatih Sekercioglu, Western University, Geography
The Great Lakes: The Diversion Issue and Review of Related Policies
Jillian Hicks, Queen’s University, Civil Engineering
The Photochemistry of Crystalline and Amorphous Ice: A Molecular Dynamics
Study of Photoexcitation Outcomes at Low Temperatures
Jeff Crouse, Queen's University, Chemistry
Wetland Design for the Treatment of High pH Domestic Wastewater
Martin R. Schueder, Queen’s University, Civil Engineering
Nanosilver Particles in Water Filtration: Physical, Chemical and Biological
Characteristics Affecting the Performance of nAg-enhanced Membranes
Jennifer Rocard, McGill University, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Laboratory Study Evaluating Trichloroethene Transport through Previously
Contaminated Soil
Andrew Logan, Queen’s University, Civil Engineering
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Poster Presentations (Monday May 5, 5:30—6:30)
unite • educate • inspire
Stormwater Management Techniques and Policy Considerations in Urban Settings
Dalia Al-Ali, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
Euphotic Depth as an Indication of Disinfection Performance in Arctic Wastewater
Stabilization Ponds
Sarah Thompson, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
Photoreaction Dynamics of NO2-Water Ices using Velocity Map Imaging
Stephen Walker, Queen's University, Chemistry
Co-cultivation of Microalgae in Wastewater Treatment Facilities for the Removal
of Nutrients and Metals
Ana Ramos, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Pristine Old Growth Forested
Watersheds with Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition
Christopher Amyot, McGill University, Geography
Impact of Urban Water Conservation Policies using System Dynamics for the City
of Edmonton
Marie-Ève Jean, University of Alberta, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Economic Approaches to Improve Surface Water Quality by Focusing on the
Waste Water Treatment and Disposal in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Tula Ngasala, Michigan State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Climate Impacts to Freshwater Lakes in Northwest Ontario over the Last Ten
Thousand Years; an Analogue for the Future?
Donya Danesh, Queen’s University, Biology
Characterizing the Influence of Hydrological Processes and Climate Change on
Shallow Lakes in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba
Hilary White, Farquharson, Wilfrid Laurier University, Geography and
Environmental Studies
Kinetics of Lead Dissolution in Drinking Water
Maryam Mohammadzadeh, Carleton University, Civil, Environmental Engineering
Modifying Water-Soluble Acrylamide/Acrylic Acid Copolymers for Waste Water
Treatment
Marzieh Riahinezhad, University of Waterloo, Chemical Engineering
Predicting the Occurrence of Nuisance Algal Blooms (Cyanobacteria) in the Lake
St. Francis Area of the St. Lawrence River through the Study of Watershed and
Limnological Features
MacKenzie Waller, Queen's University, Environmental Studies
Linking Groundwater Use and Stress to Specific Crops using the Groundwater
Footprint in the Central Valley and High Plains Aquifer Systems, USA
Laurent Esnault, McGill University, Civil Engineering
Considering Environmental Impacts of Water Distribution Systems
Christopher Heysel, Queen's University, Civil Engineering
Small-Scale Spatial Variability Lake Water Chemistry in an Esker Outwash
Complex in Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Boreux, M.P, Queen's University, Geography
Modeling the Effect of Stream Channel Restoration on Nutrient Retention in the
Grand River Watershed: Assessing the Benefit of Restoring Flow Paths
Aslam Hanief, Ryerson University, Environmental Applied Science, Management
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