Cool, clean water!
Sitting at the kitchen table sharing a cup of coffee or tea with a friend…it’s something that most of us take for granted. But not Rosie Sylliboy and some of the other full-time residents of Malagawatch. A boil water advisory has been in place since April 2011 when UINR began testing the wells in Malagawatch....
A day on a river
What better way to spend a summer day?! In hip waders and with pens and paper in hand, Mi’kmaq technicians and scientists from Eskasoni, Membertou and Potlotek received Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) training and certification by Environment Canada this summer. CABIN assesses the condition of rivers. It is a national program for determining the...
Water Reports
Eskasoni Water Report Membertou Water Report Potlotek Water Report Wagmatcook Water Report We’koqma’q Water Report
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
We have many neighbours: people, plants, animals and all the wonders that occupy the land and water. We share the earth’s resources (including water), often without any plan for the future that ensures our shared water resource is clean and available to all. A watershed plan focuses on water and is a tool that identifies...
Will Technology Make Our Water Resources Unlimited
UINR’s Intergovernmental Relations and Partnership Advisor Laurie Suitor was a presenter at Café Scientifique on the topic “Will Technology Make Our Water Resources Unlimited?” The panel discussion took place June 11 at the Just Us! Café, 5896 Spring Garden Road in Halifax. Laurie joined a small panel of experts who presented, discussed and conversed with...
The Water Lady!
We call her Lorraine but many people in Unama’ki know her simply as the “Water Lady.” Thanks to Lorraine’s hard work, we can rest assured that the water we are drinking is safe, clean, and pure. For the past six years, every week, Lorraine Marshall, Community Based Water Monitor, is on the road collecting drinking...
Monitoring efforts
UINR has teamed up with Natural Resource Officers (NROs) from Eskasoni, Waycobah, and Membertou to collect data on water temperature, salinity, oxygen, and secchi disk readings around the waters of Unama’ki this spring. These measurements will be taken from many different areas in the Lakes and the Mira River to address a number of concerns...
Water, water everywhere
A Science Forum on Water Resource Management was recently held at Cape Breton University, sponsored by NS Environment and Labour and CBU. Of special interest was Kim Paul’s presentation on Potlotek’s Source Water Protection Plan. In 1999, recognizing the importance of protecting the water source at Indian Lake, the Potlotek Watershed Protection Committee was formed....
What are we drinking?
Join our student news team as it explores where Unama’ki’s drinking water comes from and how it is monitored. The students interview community experts that work to ensure their drinking water is clean and safe. In this new educational DVD from UINR, we learn what safeguards are in place in Unama’ki Mi’kmaq communities–Eskasoni, Membertou, Potlotek,...
Whats up with our water?
Global warming and its impact on the Bras d’Or Lakes is the issue that led to a project that will see UINR’s Natural Resource Officers documenting salinity, temperature, and oxygen in the Lakes. The Hydrographic Monitoring Program is targeted at areas in the Lakes that are inhabited by oysters, but the project gives us useful...