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Nov 4th, 2021

GLIER Visting Scholar Dr. John Hartig has published his latest blog about restoration of habitat in the Detroit and St. Clair Rivers is having positive effects on fish populations, including a small endangered catfish.

Oct 29th, 2021

The community group Windsor Essex Sewing Force was honoured at Windsor City Hall for their work researching and producing 64,000 fabric masks which were donated to the community.  Their research was funded by WeSpark, the University of Windsor, and much of the materials and space were donate

Oct 27th, 2021

Ressearch assistant Lydia Paulic in the lab of Aaron Fisk is studying the endangered Northern Madtom, a small catfish in the Detroit River near Peche Island.  The Island and it's surrounding waters is undergoing restoration efforts to prevent erosion and increase habitat for fish and other w

Oct 27th, 2021

Dr. Ken Drouillard, researcher in the School of Environment and GLIER was interviewed on the radio about his research into the efficacy of cloth masks relative to medical masks, and the results were surprising!

Oct 13th, 2021

In collaboarative research funded by the WeSpark Health Institute, Dr. Ken Drouillard studied the efficacy of 2 ply homemade masks made by the Windsor Essex Sewing Force compared to medical masks.  He presented a talk hosted by the WeSpark Health Institute on Oct.

Oct 7th, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep 29th, 2021

A new publication in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution by lead author, Dr. Jordan Matley, a former post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Aaron Fisk’s lab now working as a professor of aquatic resources at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, GLIER researcher Dr.

Sep 29th, 2021

GLIER and Department of Integrative biology researcher Dr. Christina Semeniuk was named one of two inagural Faculty of Science Research Chairs, along with Dr. Drew Marquardt in Chemistry and biochemistry.  Dr.

Sep 28th, 2021
Congratulations to Mariam Ageli, who earned first place in student oral presentations at the 2021 International Diatom Symposium.  Well done!  the GLIER community is proud of you.  Mariam is supervised by Dr. Doug Haffner.