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May 9th, 2025

A Citizen Science program will be taking place starting in May led by RAEON.   Citizens will be led on bi-weekly water collection events, and people will have the opportunity to learn about water quality and factors affecting the Great Lakes.  The data collected will add to da

May 9th, 2025

In the latest instalment of Great Lakes Moment, Dr. John Hartig discusses the potential ramifications of recent U.S.

Apr 9th, 2025

On the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, people aboard two boats, one carrying American Autoworkers and the other carrying Canadian Autoworkers held a wake to represent the death of the Detroit River due to pollution.  Today, members of the autoworkers' unions on both sides of the border ar

Apr 7th, 2025

This year's Graduate Showcase was a huge success.

Apr 7th, 2025

An awards ceremony was held after this year's Graduate Showcase. The donor-sponsored awards are given to graduate students in various disciplines who met the criterias.  GLIER director, Dr. McKay proudly giving these awards out to the following students below. 

Apr 4th, 2025

Please join us for the GLIER Graduate Showcase 2025 on April 4, 2025, starting at noon with a special podcast workshop with CBC journalist and podcaster Allison Devereaux.

Mar 26th, 2025

As ice thaws on Lake Erie, sediment is re-suspended and phytoplankton change, reflected in the swirling patterns and colours in NASA Earth Observatory's Image of the Day.  This image was taken on Marc

Mar 5th, 2025

Common Tern populations have declined greatly over the past few decades mainly due to habitat loss, human and natural factors such as predation and an increase in the ring-billed gull population.  Efforts have been made to increase the tern breeding population locally, including building sui