Research

Studies & research

Améliorer la compréhension et les potentialités des systèmes de prévision hydrologique d'ensemble à court-moyen terme

Amount :
310 000 - Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG) (Découvertes)
Start date :
April 2020
End date :
March 2025
Associated axes :
  • Axis Water Availability
    Theme 2: Hydrometeorological regime under climate
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
Reasearchers involved :
François Anctil, François Anctil

Approches de séquençage du SRAS-CoV-2 dans les eaux usées pour optimiser la surveillance au niveau de la population et améliorer l'épidémiologie du COVID-19

Amount :
300000 - McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (Mi4 Emergency COVID-19 Research Funding)
Start date :
September 2020
End date :
April 2021
Associated axes :
  • Axis Water Availability
    Theme 1: Integrated quantity and quality simulations
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
Reasearchers involved :
Dominic Frigon, Robert Delatolla, Sarah Dorner, Sarah Dorner, Dominic Frigon

Bond2.0 - Deploying light-based sensing technologies to monitor climate active gases in a mutating Arctic

Amount :
674 900 - Sentinelle Nord
Start date :
June 2021
End date :
October 2023
Associated axis :
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
Reasearchers involved :
Warwick Vincent, Daniel Nadeau, , Warwick Vincent, Daniel Nadeau

COVID-19 wastewater-based epidemiology back calculation using hybrid modelling methods

Amount :
50000 - Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) (Alliance Grants)
Start date :
August 2020
End date :
July 2021
Associated axes :
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 3: Governance objectives and tools
Reasearchers involved :
Peter Vanrolleghem, Peter Vanrolleghem

Canada Research Chair in Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements

Amount :
1000000 - Chaires de recherche du Canada (CRC) (Chaires de recherche du Canada (niveau II))
Start date :
June 2011
End date :
May 2016
Associated axes :
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
  • Axis Uses of water
    Theme 1: Water needs and uses of cities
  • Axis Uses of water
    Theme 2: Water uses for primary production
  • Axis Uses of water
    Theme 3: Water use in secondary production
Reasearcher involved :
Claude Fortin
Description :
The rules that govern environmental protection evolve continuously as we acquire new knowledge through research. Many human activities introduce contaminants like metals into aquatic ecosystems—for example, mining and recycling. To evaluate the ecological risks linked to these activities, we need to characterize the ways in which these contaminants are introduced into the environment and how indigenous organisms are exposed to them. We also need to evaluate their impact. Dr. Claude Fortin, Canada Research Chair in Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, is working on understanding and predicting how metals accumulate in our waters. Fortin’s research has three goals: developing analytical techniques that accurately measure trace metals in an ecosystem (such as a lake or river); defining the links between the chemical forms of trace metals (speciation) and the composition of the receiving environment, as well as their accumulation within the indigenous organisms; and gaining a better understanding of what happens to these metals after they are absorbed into the ecosystem. Fortin and his research team have adopted an integrated approach to the extracellular/intracellular continuum, starting from the moment aquatic organisms are exposed to trace metal contamination. For this reason, their research focuses on microscopic algae (phytoplankton). This research will lead to better tools to predict the impact metals can have on waterways. These tools will play an essential role in the work of environmental managers in the public and private sectors who are responsible for ensuring our waterways are adequately protected. They will also lead to more effective environmental protection standards.

Canada Research Chair in Environmental Contaminants and Population Health

Amount :
600000 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada Research Chairs)
Start date :
October 2019
End date :
September 2024
Associated axes :
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
  • Axis Uses of water
    Theme 1: Water needs and uses of cities
Reasearchers involved :
Maryse Bouchard,
Description :
The research carried out within the framework of this Chair aims to better understand the risks associated with the presence of pollutants in the air, water, food and certain common consumer products,

Canada Research Chair in Measuring the impact of human activities on climate change

Amount :
600000 - Canada Research Chairs (Canada Research Chair)
Start date :
September 2020
End date :
August 2025
Associated axes :
  • Axis Water Availability
    Theme 2: Hydrometeorological regime under climate
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
Reasearcher involved :
Annie Levasseur

Canada Research Chair in Microbial Contaminant Dynamics in Source Waters

Amount :
1000000 - Chaires de recherche du Canada (CRC) (Chaires de recherche du Canada (CRC))
Start date :
September 2007
End date :
November 2018
Associated axes :
  • Axis Uses of water
    Theme 1: Water needs and uses of cities
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
Reasearchers involved :
Sarah Dorner, Sarah Dorner
Description :
Le traitement de l'eau potable a permis de considérablement réduire le nombre de maladies d'origine hydrique dans les pays développés. Pourtant, plusieurs grandes épidémies se sont toutefois répandues et toutes étaient liées aux sources municipales d'alimentation en eau potable. Qui plus est, plusieurs d'entre elles ont suivi de fortes périodes de précipitation. On a lié aux conditions environnementales la présence d'entéropathogènes (c. à d. de bactéries pathogènes dans l'intestin) et d'autres contaminants microbiens dans l'eau. En effet, des bactéries photosynthétiques appelées « cyanobactéries » ont été observées en nombre croissant dans les eaux de surface et l'exposition à leurs toxines a entraîné la mort chez les animaux et l'être humain. À titre de titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la dynamique des contaminants microbiens dans les sources d'approvisionnement en eau, Sarah Dorner travaille à la mise au point de modèles informatiques afin de comprendre les processus fondamentaux servant à expliquer le transport et le devenir des contaminants microbiens présents dans l'eau, et ce, dans des conditions environnementales changeantes. À l'aide d'instruments de pointe, elle mesure ces contaminants et cherche à comprendre comment les conditions météorologiques et l'activité humaine affectent la qualité de l'eau contenue dans les bassins d'alimentation. Par sa recherche, Mme Dorner contribuera à mieux faire comprendre les procédés qui entraînent la contamination microbienne des sources d'approvisionnement en eau. Elle développera également de nouveaux modèles pour aider à protéger les réserves d'eau potable.

CentrEau-COVID

Amount :
1 700 000 - Fonds de recherche du Québec Fondation familiale Trottier Fondation Molson
Start date :
January 2021
End date :
June 2021
Associated axes :
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
  • Axis Uses of water
    Theme 1: Water needs and uses of cities
Reasearchers involved :
Dominic Frigon, Peter Vanrolleghem, Sarah Dorner, Marc-André Labelle, Françoise Bichai, Karine Lemarchand, Marc-Denis Rioux, Jean-François Lemay, Richard Villemur, Stephanie Loeb, Alain Létourneau, François Guillemette, Jean-François Lemay, Richard Villemur, Alain Létourneau, Peter Vanrolleghem, Sarah Dorner, Françoise Bichai, Stephanie Loeb, Dominic Frigon
Description :
Cette recherche d'une durée de six mois a pour principal objectif d'analyser les eaux usées de grands centres urbains et de plus petites municipalités du Québec afin d'y détecter la présence du coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, responsable de la COVID-19. Inclure la vigie des eaux usées dans la gestion de la crise permet une détection précoce et géolocalisée de la présence du virus, aidant ainsi à briser les chaînes de transmission et à éviter les éclosions. Les terrains à l'étude sont Montréal, Québec et Laval, ainsi que le Bas-Saint-Laurent et la Mauricie-Centre-du-Québec. Les analyses réalisées sur les échantillons d'eaux usées seront à la base du modèle prédictif que les chercheurs entendent développer afin de fournir des préavis fiables et rapides aux autorités gouvernementales en charge de lutter contre le virus. Des stratégies pour déployer la vigie des eaux usées à l'ensemble du territoire québécois seront également proposées. Cet outil de vigie par les eaux usées pourrait être utilisé pour d'autres problèmes, soit la surveillance de l'influenza, la résistance aux antibiotiques ou les zoonoses dans les élevages.

CentrEau-COVID : Screening of COVID-19 in wastewater as a monitoring and management tool

Amount :
20000 - CentrEau (CentrEau Seed Money)
Start date :
June 2020
End date :
January 2021
Associated axes :
  • Transversal axis: Governance and management
    Theme 2: Risks and disrupters of governance
  • Axis Uses of water
    Theme 1: Water needs and uses of cities
Reasearchers involved :
Dominic Frigon, Peter Vanrolleghem, Marc-André Labelle, Céline Vaneeckhaute, Richard Villemur, Viviane Yargeau, Sarah Dorner, Alain Létourneau, Stephanie Loeb, Stephanie Loeb
Description :
The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted several scientific questions related to water. The urgency to deliver the necessary answers and the complexity of the studies to obtain them require a concerted effort from all stakeholders. Central to the scientific questions is the quantification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (the etiologic agent of COVID-19) in order to develop a surveillance network for future outbreaks. In an effort to coordinate, the Canadian Water Network has created a Wastewater Research Coalition on COVID-19 to bring together the work of researchers and strengthen links with public health authorities. Four of CentrEau's members (Dorner, Frigon, Vanrolleghem, and Yargeau) are on the coalition's advisory committee. However, we believe that our action in Quebec could be more effective if we were better supported locally in pooling our projects, seeking funding, and sharing results. The project CentrEau-COVID was created because of this seed money and obtained $1,7M for further research.
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