Canadian Water Network is hiring a Program Advisor / Senior Program Advisor
Are you passionate about water and connecting people and ideas? Canadian Water Network (CWN) is seeking a qualified Program Advisor or Senior Program Advisor. The role will help advance the purpose and goals of CWN and one of its central programs, the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium. Consider joining us if you are motivated by: Connecting people and ideas in [...]
Canadian Water Network unveils new strategic plan
Canadian Water Network (CWN) is unveiling a new strategic plan, Building Communities of the Future Through Water, for 2022-2027. The plan focuses on enabling water leaders to be central to achieving community goals through cross-sector collaboration aligned around water. Canada and the world are experiencing and managing the impacts of major challenges like the global pandemic, climate change, shifting [...]
Celebrating our progress and embracing our future
The year 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting one for CWN. In this update, we mark CWN’s 20th anniversary, announce the launch of our 2022-2027 strategic plan, and provide details about our search for a new CEO. Enjoy! Celebrating 20 years of collaboration, evolution and impact This past fall marked 20 years since Canadian Water Network (CWN) was established. We are [...]
New maps provide a snapshot of wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Canada
Researchers in Canada are monitoring SARS-CoV-2 (and variants of the virus) in community wastewater samples to increase our understanding of community spread during the third wave and as vaccinations increase. We need to understand where wastewater-based epidemiology is already underway and/or being applied in Canada. The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition has developed two maps that can serve as a stepping stone in building a more detailed national picture. [read more...]
Register now for two COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition webinars
Join us on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 for two complimentary webinars about the Canadian COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition. [read more...]
Presentation to the CanCOVID network (October 20, 2020)
Dr. Steve E. Hrudey, Chair of the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s national research advisory group, provided an update on wastewater surveillance in Canada for the CanCOVID Speaker Series on October 20, 2020. A recording of his presentation and slides are now available. [read more...]
Now available: Ethics and communications guidance for Canadian investigators
During a global pandemic, health surveillance activities have the potential to impact individual rights and create stigma when individuals or communities are identified. It is therefore critical that the highest ethical standards are observed. Download the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition's ethics and communications guidance for measuring and reporting signals of SARS-CoV-2 in community wastewater. [read more...]
OCWA provides support to establish an Ontario Hub of the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition
Canadian Water Network is pleased to announce the first regional hub (Ontario) of the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition and thanks the Ontario Clean Water Agency for their financial support. If your municipality, utility, research team or laboratory is interested in attending the Ontario Hub’s working group meetings, contact Sandra Cooke at Canadian Water Network. [read more...]
Moving forward: The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s phase 1 inter-lab pilot study
The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s Inter-Laboratory Study is the first phase of the national pilot and will characterize the inter- and intra-laboratory variability associated with results from testing of SARS-CoV-2 using RT-qPCR after extraction from a common wastewater matrix. Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory is the coordinating reference lab for the study; research labs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Windsor, Montréal and Halifax are participating. [read more...]
CWN appoints members to a public health advisory group for the Coalition
The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s Public Health Advisory Group includes eight leading Canadian leading experts. These advisors will address how data generated by wastewater surveillance is shared with public health authorities and provide guidance on ethics and communications. Collectively, the members bring a wide range of of expertise, experience and leadership in medical practice, public health, health sciences, research and ethics to this role. [read more...]
National research advisory group includes leading experts from coast-to-coast
The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s National Research Advisory Group includes twelve leading Canadian researchers whose expertise spans wastewater, public health protection, microbiology, toxicology, engineering and water quality protection. This group will provide technical and scientific guidance on the surveillance of SARS-CoV2 in wastewater and the Coalition’s national proof-of-concept pilot. [read more...]
Steve Hrudey appointed as Chair of the Coalition’s national research advisory group
Dr. Steve E. Hrudey, Professor Emeritus from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, will chair the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s national research advisory group. Dr. Hrudey has been engaged in environmental and public health risk research for 49 years. He's published more than 180 refereed journal articles and has served on numerous national and international expert panels. [read more...]
Canadian Water Network establishes a national COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition
As countries carefully restart their economies and ease community restrictions, a global research effort is underway to monitor the spread of the COVID-19 through wastewater surveillance. Canadian Water Network is initiating a national response to accelerate results and enable public health decision-makers to access the most complete information available regarding community transmission. [read more...]
Canadian Water Network is hiring a Program Advisor / Senior Program Advisor
Are you passionate about water and connecting people and ideas? Canadian Water Network (CWN) is seeking a qualified Program Advisor or Senior Program Advisor. The role will help advance the purpose and goals of CWN and one of its central programs, the Canadian Municipal Water Consortium. Consider joining us if you are motivated by: Connecting people and ideas in [...]
Canadian Water Network unveils new strategic plan
Canadian Water Network (CWN) is unveiling a new strategic plan, Building Communities of the Future Through Water, for 2022-2027. The plan focuses on enabling water leaders to be central to achieving community goals through cross-sector collaboration aligned around water. Canada and the world are experiencing and managing the impacts of major challenges like the global pandemic, climate change, shifting [...]
Celebrating our progress and embracing our future
The year 2022 is shaping up to be an exciting one for CWN. In this update, we mark CWN’s 20th anniversary, announce the launch of our 2022-2027 strategic plan, and provide details about our search for a new CEO. Enjoy! Celebrating 20 years of collaboration, evolution and impact This past fall marked 20 years since Canadian Water Network (CWN) was established. We are [...]
New maps provide a snapshot of wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Canada
Researchers in Canada are monitoring SARS-CoV-2 (and variants of the virus) in community wastewater samples to increase our understanding of community spread during the third wave and as vaccinations increase. We need to understand where wastewater-based epidemiology is already underway and/or being applied in Canada. The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition has developed two maps that can serve as a stepping stone in building a more detailed national picture. [read more...]
Register now for two COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition webinars
Join us on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 for two complimentary webinars about the Canadian COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition. [read more...]
Presentation to the CanCOVID network (October 20, 2020)
Dr. Steve E. Hrudey, Chair of the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s national research advisory group, provided an update on wastewater surveillance in Canada for the CanCOVID Speaker Series on October 20, 2020. A recording of his presentation and slides are now available. [read more...]
Now available: Ethics and communications guidance for Canadian investigators
During a global pandemic, health surveillance activities have the potential to impact individual rights and create stigma when individuals or communities are identified. It is therefore critical that the highest ethical standards are observed. Download the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition's ethics and communications guidance for measuring and reporting signals of SARS-CoV-2 in community wastewater. [read more...]
OCWA provides support to establish an Ontario Hub of the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition
Canadian Water Network is pleased to announce the first regional hub (Ontario) of the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition and thanks the Ontario Clean Water Agency for their financial support. If your municipality, utility, research team or laboratory is interested in attending the Ontario Hub’s working group meetings, contact Sandra Cooke at Canadian Water Network. [read more...]
Moving forward: The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s phase 1 inter-lab pilot study
The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s Inter-Laboratory Study is the first phase of the national pilot and will characterize the inter- and intra-laboratory variability associated with results from testing of SARS-CoV-2 using RT-qPCR after extraction from a common wastewater matrix. Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory is the coordinating reference lab for the study; research labs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Windsor, Montréal and Halifax are participating. [read more...]
CWN appoints members to a public health advisory group for the Coalition
The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s Public Health Advisory Group includes eight leading Canadian leading experts. These advisors will address how data generated by wastewater surveillance is shared with public health authorities and provide guidance on ethics and communications. Collectively, the members bring a wide range of of expertise, experience and leadership in medical practice, public health, health sciences, research and ethics to this role. [read more...]
National research advisory group includes leading experts from coast-to-coast
The COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s National Research Advisory Group includes twelve leading Canadian researchers whose expertise spans wastewater, public health protection, microbiology, toxicology, engineering and water quality protection. This group will provide technical and scientific guidance on the surveillance of SARS-CoV2 in wastewater and the Coalition’s national proof-of-concept pilot. [read more...]
Steve Hrudey appointed as Chair of the Coalition’s national research advisory group
Dr. Steve E. Hrudey, Professor Emeritus from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, will chair the COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition’s national research advisory group. Dr. Hrudey has been engaged in environmental and public health risk research for 49 years. He's published more than 180 refereed journal articles and has served on numerous national and international expert panels. [read more...]
Canadian Water Network establishes a national COVID-19 Wastewater Coalition
As countries carefully restart their economies and ease community restrictions, a global research effort is underway to monitor the spread of the COVID-19 through wastewater surveillance. Canadian Water Network is initiating a national response to accelerate results and enable public health decision-makers to access the most complete information available regarding community transmission. [read more...]