Projects
Active water and sanitation projects led by our co-chair institutions and their partners across India and Canada.
8 active projects
Partnering with Indigenous and northern communities to monitor freshwater quality and quantity, weaving local and traditional knowledge together with scientific data to guide water stewardship.
A long-term research and stewardship initiative on Lake Winnipeg and Manitoba's great lakes, addressing nutrient loading, harmful algal blooms and overall watershed health.
Developing compact aerobic granular sludge reactors to treat highly contaminated landfill leachate and protect groundwater and surface water from pollution.
Converting agricultural and industrial waste into low-cost functional aerogels that adsorb contaminants, enabling affordable and scalable water purification.
Advanced oxidation and membrane processes engineered to remove persistent organic pollutants and emerging contaminants from drinking and waste water.
Repurposing invasive water hyacinth into clean-burning charcoal briquettes — restoring choked waterways while creating sustainable rural livelihoods.
Supporting the Carcross/Tagish First Nation in building community-led water governance grounded in Indigenous rights, self-determination and stewardship.
A humanities-led inquiry into the social, cultural and political relationships that shape how communities live with, value and govern water.