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Other Video Links
- Age-Friendly Speaker Series: Senior citizens as "citizen scientists": How participatory research can improve our understanding of lake health.
- Pickering Naturalists Presentation: The value of urban wetlands.
- Troubled Waters 5-Part Webinar Series. Andrea Kirkwood's presentation recording is available here.
- Soapbox Science 2019 Highlights video
- Limnoseminar: Society of Canadian Limnologists Virtual Seminar
- PIR Live Online Event with elementary students across Canada
- VROC Science Scoop (Gr 9-12 students)
- T-Wise Episode 29: Aquatic Invasive Species (Gr 7-12 students)
- UOIT Virtual Seminar Series
Media Archive
07-11-22 Ontario wetland scientists come together to create the Save Ontario Wetlands grass-roots initiative. Andrea Kirkwood, along with wetland scientists Courtney Robichaud and Rebecca Rooney, co-organized the Save Ontario Wetlands initiative in response to several policy and regulatory changes related to Bill 23 that will harm Ontario wetlands.
31-10-22 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for article on provincial changes to wetland evaluation and protection The article entitled: Paving wetlands for housing ignores Ontario’s history of floods emphasizes the detrimental impacts of unmitigated development on wetlands in Ontario.
28-10-22 Congratulations to Dr. Erin Smith for receiving the Graduate Student Leadership Award. Erin is a recent PhD graduate of the lab, and received this award in recognition of her leadership and service to Ontario Tech University and the broader community. Here is the news release.
07-09-22 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for a Toronto Star article on taste & odour-causing algae in drinking water. Article link here.
12-08-22 Major environmental project to clean up Port Perry Bay on Lake Scugog to begin this fall. Article link here.
13-05-22 Andrea Kirkwood first woman promoted to full professor in the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University An article providing context for this achievement is found here.
18-01-22 COVID Wastewater Monitoring at Ontario Tech University. With PCR-based clinical tests no longer being broadly available, more attention is focusing on COVID wastewater data. Here are some media stories related to our COVID wastewater monitoring from CBC News, Global News, and CTV News.
19-10-21 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for a feature article on proposed development in the Carruther's Creek headwaters: Hospital vs. headwaters: Ontario’s Durham Region battles over the future of Carruthers Creek
02-06-21 Emerging Environments Podcast Andrea Kirkwood and youth Activist Devin Mathura are featured guests discussing the fight to protect wetlands in southern Ontario. Find the episode on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
11-04-21 Failing all our Relations Andrea Kirkwood co-authored an op-ed article on the failure of Ontario planning policy to fulfill meaningful Indigenous engagement.
10-03-21 COVID case counts dropping locally, but more variant cases showing up in wastewater testing. Andrea Kirkwood discusses SARS-CoV-2 viral levels in Simcoe-Muskoka municipal wastewater. Here is the article link.
5-03-21 Residents and environmental groups angry as province continues to push through wetlands development. Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News in this segment covering Schedule 3 in Bill 257.
22-02-21 "Ploughing a highway through the green heart of Ontario" Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for this long-form article on controversial Green Belt development.
4-2-21 "Poster child for destruction": The fight to save the Duffins Creek wetland from developers Andrea Kirkwood featured in this article outlining the misuse of MZO to destroy a provincially significant wetland.
4-2-21 The fight to save the Duffins Creek wetland Andrea Kirkwood explaining the value of urban wetlands to The Agenda.
7-12-20 Urban wetlands and Conservation Authorities under threat Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News on the negative environmental consequences of Bill 229. You can view the last video in the online article here.
13-11-20 Andrea Kirkwood and colleagues from the University of Waterloo published an op-ed in the Toronto Star The article entitled "GTA's workhorse wetlands are under threat" can be found here.
2020-21 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by several media outlets on sewage surveillance studies in partnership with Durham Region, Cole Engineering, and Canadian Water Network. See links here, here, here, here, here and here.
3-7-20 Tyler Harrow-Lyle's Starry Stonewort research featured in article about community science monitoring in the Kawartha Lakes region. The link to the article is here.
29-6-20 COVID-19 sewage surveillance study involves a collaborative effort between the Kirkwood, Simmons, and DesSaulniers labs at Ontario Tech. Read press release here.
15-6-20 Article Why Community Science is Essential for Managing Lake Health in the Kawartha Lakes written by Andrea Kirkwood for the KLSA 2019 Annual Lake Water Quality Report is available here.
24-9-20 Andrea Kirkwood presented at the Scugog Lake Stewards Annual General Meeting. The presentation entitled: State of the Lake: Summary of OTF findings can be viewed here.
04-02-20 Ontario Tech Lab Spotlight: Article featuring an interview with Andrea Kirkwood on the topics of research, EDI, and decolonization
1-5-20 Andrea's departmental seminar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) was recorded and is now available online. Click here to access the entire line-up of seminar speakers.
10-09-19 Andrea Kirkwood and Dean Peter Stoett among group of international experts pressing for enforceable action on environmental crime and biosecurity. Read press release here and Nature Sustainability article here.
5-08-19 What's science saying about Lake Scugog and climate change? Kirkwood Lab members Tyler Harrow-Lyle and Erin Smith featured in this news article about the research we are doing in Lake Scugog.
16-07-19 Kirkwood Lab member Alex Johnston's Master's research on stormwater ponds featured in the City of Oshawa's 'Teaching City' Annual Report Read the report here.
30-01-19 Article on the Kirkwood Lab's participation in the global CELLDEX study and recent publication in Science Advances: Social media links researchers in 50 countries to one global study of the world's streams
24-2-2019 Residents can help walleye conservation in Lake Scugog This is a story about the Kirkwood Lab's research partnership with Scugog Lake Stewards and Kawartha Conservation to understand walleye population health in Lake Scugog.
2-10-18 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for article: Why Ontario is struggling to fight Lake Erie's toxic green goo. Read the article here.
9-10-18 Andrea Kirkwood gave a public presentation entitled: It's where we live: Understanding the ecotoxicology of urban waterways and why it matters as part of Laurentian SETAC's GTA pub series. More details here.
30-5-18 Kirkwood Lab Featured as an Inaugural TeachingCity Project in Partnership with the City of Oshawa This news release summarizes the goals of our stormwater management pond study, which is also a TeachingCity project.
26-1-18 Lake Scugog Research Coverage Online article summarizing the Ontario Trillium Foundation funded research in Lake Scugog, featuring graduate student Tyler Harrow-Lyle.
27-9-17 Durham Region Watershed Festival Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for a sound byte on Global News to talk about the importance of freshwater in Durham Region.
2017-present Kirkwood Lab research frequently featured on the Scugog Lake Stewards Facebook page The Scugog Lake Stewards are highly engaged with social media, communicating their stewardship activities as well as the research activities of the Kirkwood Lab on Lake Scugog.
21-7-17 Exploring Canada’s environmental past and future: UOIT hosts Laurentian SETAC annual general meeting Andrea Kirkwood and other members of the local organizing committee at UOIT were part of a very successful meeting that showcased environmental science research across Ontario.
22-3-17 Andrea Kirkwood featured on Global News Durham on World Water Day This was a fun, spur of the moment piece celebrating the important role of water in Durham Region.
23-11-16 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed about the Consortium Watercourse Monitoring Program This article in the Oshawa Express details the successful collaboration between the Kirkwood Lab, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority and the City of Oshawa in monitoring water quality and ecosystem health of Oshawa Creek and tributaries.
6-6-16 Kirkwood Lab and Scugog Lake Stewards project makes the front page of the Port Perry Star Summer students Chantelle Forbes and Claire Gibbs were featured in this news article about the invasive macrophyte study we are conducting in partnership with the Scugog Lake Stewards.
28-3-16 Andrea Kirkwood appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission Andrea Kirkwood was recently appointed to serve on the Science Priority Committee of the IJC's Scientific Advisory Board. A brief news release is here and news article here.
5-1-16 News Coverage of CELLDEX Participation After successfully deploying cotton strips and data loggers for the CELLDEX study in early October, 2015, lab members retrieved the strips and loggers in early November, 2015. Please check out photos in our website photo gallery and this news article.
2-3-16 Profile of UOIT involvement with the SOWC The Kirkwood lab, in addition to several other research labs at UOIT, are part of the Southern Ontario Water Consortium. Here is a profile from SOWC on our involvement in the industry-research consortium.
Additional Outreach Links
07-11-22 Ontario wetland scientists come together to create the Save Ontario Wetlands grass-roots initiative. Andrea Kirkwood, along with wetland scientists Courtney Robichaud and Rebecca Rooney, co-organized the Save Ontario Wetlands initiative in response to several policy and regulatory changes related to Bill 23 that will harm Ontario wetlands.
31-10-22 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for article on provincial changes to wetland evaluation and protection The article entitled: Paving wetlands for housing ignores Ontario’s history of floods emphasizes the detrimental impacts of unmitigated development on wetlands in Ontario.
28-10-22 Congratulations to Dr. Erin Smith for receiving the Graduate Student Leadership Award. Erin is a recent PhD graduate of the lab, and received this award in recognition of her leadership and service to Ontario Tech University and the broader community. Here is the news release.
07-09-22 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for a Toronto Star article on taste & odour-causing algae in drinking water. Article link here.
12-08-22 Major environmental project to clean up Port Perry Bay on Lake Scugog to begin this fall. Article link here.
13-05-22 Andrea Kirkwood first woman promoted to full professor in the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University An article providing context for this achievement is found here.
18-01-22 COVID Wastewater Monitoring at Ontario Tech University. With PCR-based clinical tests no longer being broadly available, more attention is focusing on COVID wastewater data. Here are some media stories related to our COVID wastewater monitoring from CBC News, Global News, and CTV News.
19-10-21 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for a feature article on proposed development in the Carruther's Creek headwaters: Hospital vs. headwaters: Ontario’s Durham Region battles over the future of Carruthers Creek
02-06-21 Emerging Environments Podcast Andrea Kirkwood and youth Activist Devin Mathura are featured guests discussing the fight to protect wetlands in southern Ontario. Find the episode on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
11-04-21 Failing all our Relations Andrea Kirkwood co-authored an op-ed article on the failure of Ontario planning policy to fulfill meaningful Indigenous engagement.
10-03-21 COVID case counts dropping locally, but more variant cases showing up in wastewater testing. Andrea Kirkwood discusses SARS-CoV-2 viral levels in Simcoe-Muskoka municipal wastewater. Here is the article link.
5-03-21 Residents and environmental groups angry as province continues to push through wetlands development. Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News in this segment covering Schedule 3 in Bill 257.
22-02-21 "Ploughing a highway through the green heart of Ontario" Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for this long-form article on controversial Green Belt development.
4-2-21 "Poster child for destruction": The fight to save the Duffins Creek wetland from developers Andrea Kirkwood featured in this article outlining the misuse of MZO to destroy a provincially significant wetland.
4-2-21 The fight to save the Duffins Creek wetland Andrea Kirkwood explaining the value of urban wetlands to The Agenda.
7-12-20 Urban wetlands and Conservation Authorities under threat Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News on the negative environmental consequences of Bill 229. You can view the last video in the online article here.
13-11-20 Andrea Kirkwood and colleagues from the University of Waterloo published an op-ed in the Toronto Star The article entitled "GTA's workhorse wetlands are under threat" can be found here.
2020-21 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by several media outlets on sewage surveillance studies in partnership with Durham Region, Cole Engineering, and Canadian Water Network. See links here, here, here, here, here and here.
3-7-20 Tyler Harrow-Lyle's Starry Stonewort research featured in article about community science monitoring in the Kawartha Lakes region. The link to the article is here.
29-6-20 COVID-19 sewage surveillance study involves a collaborative effort between the Kirkwood, Simmons, and DesSaulniers labs at Ontario Tech. Read press release here.
15-6-20 Article Why Community Science is Essential for Managing Lake Health in the Kawartha Lakes written by Andrea Kirkwood for the KLSA 2019 Annual Lake Water Quality Report is available here.
24-9-20 Andrea Kirkwood presented at the Scugog Lake Stewards Annual General Meeting. The presentation entitled: State of the Lake: Summary of OTF findings can be viewed here.
04-02-20 Ontario Tech Lab Spotlight: Article featuring an interview with Andrea Kirkwood on the topics of research, EDI, and decolonization
1-5-20 Andrea's departmental seminar at the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) was recorded and is now available online. Click here to access the entire line-up of seminar speakers.
10-09-19 Andrea Kirkwood and Dean Peter Stoett among group of international experts pressing for enforceable action on environmental crime and biosecurity. Read press release here and Nature Sustainability article here.
5-08-19 What's science saying about Lake Scugog and climate change? Kirkwood Lab members Tyler Harrow-Lyle and Erin Smith featured in this news article about the research we are doing in Lake Scugog.
16-07-19 Kirkwood Lab member Alex Johnston's Master's research on stormwater ponds featured in the City of Oshawa's 'Teaching City' Annual Report Read the report here.
30-01-19 Article on the Kirkwood Lab's participation in the global CELLDEX study and recent publication in Science Advances: Social media links researchers in 50 countries to one global study of the world's streams
24-2-2019 Residents can help walleye conservation in Lake Scugog This is a story about the Kirkwood Lab's research partnership with Scugog Lake Stewards and Kawartha Conservation to understand walleye population health in Lake Scugog.
2-10-18 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for article: Why Ontario is struggling to fight Lake Erie's toxic green goo. Read the article here.
9-10-18 Andrea Kirkwood gave a public presentation entitled: It's where we live: Understanding the ecotoxicology of urban waterways and why it matters as part of Laurentian SETAC's GTA pub series. More details here.
30-5-18 Kirkwood Lab Featured as an Inaugural TeachingCity Project in Partnership with the City of Oshawa This news release summarizes the goals of our stormwater management pond study, which is also a TeachingCity project.
26-1-18 Lake Scugog Research Coverage Online article summarizing the Ontario Trillium Foundation funded research in Lake Scugog, featuring graduate student Tyler Harrow-Lyle.
27-9-17 Durham Region Watershed Festival Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for a sound byte on Global News to talk about the importance of freshwater in Durham Region.
2017-present Kirkwood Lab research frequently featured on the Scugog Lake Stewards Facebook page The Scugog Lake Stewards are highly engaged with social media, communicating their stewardship activities as well as the research activities of the Kirkwood Lab on Lake Scugog.
21-7-17 Exploring Canada’s environmental past and future: UOIT hosts Laurentian SETAC annual general meeting Andrea Kirkwood and other members of the local organizing committee at UOIT were part of a very successful meeting that showcased environmental science research across Ontario.
22-3-17 Andrea Kirkwood featured on Global News Durham on World Water Day This was a fun, spur of the moment piece celebrating the important role of water in Durham Region.
23-11-16 Andrea Kirkwood interviewed about the Consortium Watercourse Monitoring Program This article in the Oshawa Express details the successful collaboration between the Kirkwood Lab, Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority and the City of Oshawa in monitoring water quality and ecosystem health of Oshawa Creek and tributaries.
6-6-16 Kirkwood Lab and Scugog Lake Stewards project makes the front page of the Port Perry Star Summer students Chantelle Forbes and Claire Gibbs were featured in this news article about the invasive macrophyte study we are conducting in partnership with the Scugog Lake Stewards.
28-3-16 Andrea Kirkwood appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission Andrea Kirkwood was recently appointed to serve on the Science Priority Committee of the IJC's Scientific Advisory Board. A brief news release is here and news article here.
5-1-16 News Coverage of CELLDEX Participation After successfully deploying cotton strips and data loggers for the CELLDEX study in early October, 2015, lab members retrieved the strips and loggers in early November, 2015. Please check out photos in our website photo gallery and this news article.
2-3-16 Profile of UOIT involvement with the SOWC The Kirkwood lab, in addition to several other research labs at UOIT, are part of the Southern Ontario Water Consortium. Here is a profile from SOWC on our involvement in the industry-research consortium.
Additional Outreach Links
- Invited presentation at the Scugog Lake Stewards Annual General Meeting (2016)
- Canadian Society of Microbiologists Meet the Microbiologist series
- Member of ExpertWomen.ca science media database
- Member of the Science Media Centre of Canada experts database
- Contributer to Virtual Researcher on Call (VROC)
- Featured profile in Canadian Science Publishing's Women in Science Series
- Guest blog post on Small Pond Science
- Interviewed by Cottage Life magazine to provide insight on algal blooms near Sudbury (Summer 2013)
- Lead a public Earth Day urban creek walk sponsored by the City of Oshawa (2012 & 2013)
- Article about the Land Between for Lakeline Magazine (2012)
- Article on biodiversity and ecosystem health for “The Skink” newsletter
- Rock snot interview for the Living on Earth Series on National Public Radio (NPR)