Canadian Rivers Institute (CR) researchers make significant contributions to advancing aquatic sciences, forging industrial partnerships and government collaborations, and building the infrastructure to train and deliver the next generation of water resource scientists in Canada and beyond.
Read our 15 years of impact reportCRI's high-impact research has had significant policy, regulatory and management outcomes for river ecosystems, and the professional development of current and future water resource specialists
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The objective of the CRI is to build a network of researchers with common interests in aquatic science across universities, government, and industry. The CRI uses a multidisciplinary and cross-sector approach to focus its research on societal demands for water resources while addressing the challenges of sustaining, healthy aquatic ecosystems. This innovative model merges academic ideas-based and applied needs-based science and promotes the rapid transfer of new knowledge to regulatory agencies to create effective public policy for improving society and the quality of life in Canada and abroad.
Learn more about CRI and our goalsIn 2002, the CRI initiated its annual lecture series by conferring of an Honorary Doctoral Degree to Dr. H.B.N. Hynes.
Dr. H.B. Noel Hynes is the world’s most renowned freshwater biologist and a Distinguished Emeritus Professor at the University of Waterloo. Referred to as "the father of running water ecology", he has published extensively, including his definitive textbook on river ecology, The Ecology of Running Waters.
More about Hynes LecturesThe CRI delivers undergraduate and graduate training in river sciences, and field-based, training opportunities for students and professionals in areas of benthic invertebrate sampling, electrofishing, watershed management, river restoration, ecosystem sciences, and ecotoxicology.
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The Canadian Rivers Institute is releasing a report today highlighting its first 15 years of achievements since its founding in 2001, in anticipation of World Rivers Day on September 25.
Read moreA PhD position is available at the Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department, University of New Brunswick Saint John to assess landscape-level, cumulative impacts of forestry on stream ecosystems.
Read moreThe new MSc student will compare biodiversity and abundance of benthic invertebrates and fishes colonizing cobble-filled bio-collectors deployed at cobble sites near and away from aquaculture cages, as well as at reference sites.
Read moreDr. Michelle Gray Commentary, originally published in the Telegraph Journal July 4, 2016
Read moreReporting to the Technical Manager and Lab Manager, the Isotope Lab Technician II will be responsible for the technical operation and maintenance of equipment in the Stable Isotopes in Nature Laboratory (SINLAB).
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