Join fellow University of Windsor students for an evening of public talks highlighting the work of leading freshwater monitoring and community science organizations DataStream, Water Rangers and the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS). This event offers a unique opportunity to hear directly from practitioners who are shaping how water quality data is collected, managed, and shared across the Great Lakes and beyond.
This event is a chance to understand what environmental science careers look like beyond the classroom, to see how data skills translate into applied work, and to build connections with people working in freshwater monitoring, data stewardship, and science communication. Students interested in ecology, water quality, data science, environmental management, or graduate research will find this especially relevant.
If you are curious about career pathways in ecology, freshwater science, open data, or community based research, this is a unique opportunity to meet and learn from national leaders and expand your professional network.
Where: Seminar room, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER)
When: Thursday, February 12th, 6-8pm
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/demystifying-the-data-diving-into-great-lakes-water-quality-platforms-tickets-1981583788454?aff=oddtdtcreator
Featuring talks from:
Meghan McLeod, DataStream:
DataStream: Bringing People and Data Together
DataStream is an open-access platform for sharing water quality data. As a Data Specialist, Meghan works across sectors to support monitoring groups that want to publish their data on DataStream, she also supports data users and leads the development of integrations between DataStream and other systems.
Gabrielle Parent-Doliner & Kiersten Garside, Water Rangers
Data-driven action: Recognizing the value of Community-Based Water Monitoring data
This talk explores how Lake Erie Rangers’ community-based water monitoring data is collected, validated, and actually used to inform action and decisions. We’ll introduce Water Rangers’ new data platform, highlighting quality assurance tools, data interpretation, and how a weight-of-evidence approach turns community data into actionable insight.
Dr. Aaron Fisk, Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Vice Chair of Board of Directors, GLOS
Continuous and Real-Time Data from the Great Lakes: GLOS & RAEON
This talk highlights the Great Lakes Observing System’s user-friendly Seagull platform, a powerful and accessible gateway to real-time data, connecting users to live data streams, including from the Real-Time Aquatic Ecosystem Observation Network (RAEON)’s offshore buoy network.