Notice Board

The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) presents a session with University of Lethbridge's Dr. Dena McMartin as she discusses the challenges of water management in southern Alberta.

Water Competition and Conflict

Thursday, January 20, 2022 from 12 to 1 p.m. MST

YouTube Live link:  https://youtu.be/Oa__EcGql7Y

Many regions in the Canadian Prairies and American Midwest are managing declining water resources, lower snowfall volumes and less predictable precipitation events. With the impacts of changing climate beginning to become more evident and impactful on our behaviours, livelihoods, and economic development and sustainability, what are some of the innovations and research activities at the University of Lethbridge that are helping to improve resource awareness, management and conservation? Through this presentation, we seek a discussion about the challenges, constraints and competing interests that are making water management increasingly difficult and important for southern Alberta.

Speaker: Dr. Dena McMartin

Dena McMartin is an environmental and agricultural engineer (PEng, PAg), faculty member, and Vice-President (Research) at the University of Lethbridge. She is a leading researcher focused on rural, agricultural and industrial water resources management and treatment, as well as impacts of freshwater climate extremes on communities and economies. Dena joined the U of L in summer 2021, having previously served in academic leadership and faculty roles at both University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina. She is an enthusiastic advocate for research, innovation, scholarship and creative activities and also deeply involved with diversity and inclusion work in academia and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

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Link to SACPA’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFUQ5mUHv1gfmMFVr8d9dNA.

For further information on the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs, visit the SACPA website.