Research & Activities

The Canadian Water Network catalyzes and supports multidisciplinary research and related initiatives that address key challenges in water management across three areas — protecting Canada’s watersheds and ecosystems, protecting the health of Canadians, and ensuring that Canada has sustainable water infrastructure.

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Opportunities

The Canadian Water Network is your source for opportunities in the water sector — new research grant competitions, partnership and consortia development, student scholarships and exchange programs, career opportunities, contracts, internship placements, and more.

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What we do

The Canadian Water Network is the conduit that connects researchers with water practitioners, implementers and policy-makers, pooling their resources and uniting expertise to respond to water challenges and contribute to a prosperous and healthy future for generations of Canadians.

The essence of CWN is to bring water research to life.

We do this by establishing and supporting multidisciplinary communities of practice that address key challenges in water management across three broad areas — protecting Canada’s watersheds and ecosystems, protecting the health of Canadians, and ensuring that Canada has sustainable water infrastructure.

Development of our research programs begins by articulating the needs of end-users, so our research is relevant and outcomes are implemented. Our work influences the national debate on water and our network’s expertise is sought to inform water policy and improve water management and stewardship across Canada.

Our initiatives engage more than 100 researchers and 200 students across 37 Canadian universities and connect them with more than 100 partners from industry, government and non-governmental organizations.

If you’d like to learn more about what we do, please contact us.