Scholarship Winners Since 2000

Year

Name

Institution and Department

Field of Study

2007

Jaime Lynn Hood
Dillon Scholarship

University of Calgary
Department of Geology and Geophysics

Improved understanding and parametrization of groundwater flow and storage in alpine headwaters.

 

Heather Mustard
Ken Thomson Scholarship

University of Waterloo
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Modeling and uncertainty in the design of an early warning source water monitoring station.

 

Erin Cullen

University of Western Ontario
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Modeling nanoparticles transport for groundwater remediation

 

Jennifer Ings

University of Waterloo
Department of Biology

Rainbow trout and human pharmaceuticals in the environment

 

Mark John Lee

University of Manitoba
Department of Civil Engineering

Climate change in water resources management in the Prairies

2006

Edwin Cey
Dillon Scholarship

University of Waterloo
Department of Earth Sciences

Groundwater Recharge

 

Anurani Persaud
Ken Thomson Scholarship
 

Trent University
Watershed Ecosystem Program
Department of Environmental and Resource Studies (ERS)

The effect of varying DOC concentration on zooplankton trophic dynamics in temperate freshwater lakes

 

Carol Maas

University of Waterloo
Department of Chemical Engineering

Modeling solids mass transfer in biological wastewater treatment

 

Kelly Ann Ross

University of British Columbia
Department of Microbiology

The Hyporheic Zone

 

Sarah Mouneimne

University of Calgary
Department of Geology and Geophysics

Stable Isotopes

2005

Radha Rajagopalan
Ken Thomson Scholarship

University Of Toronto, Department Of Geography, Program In Planning

Study of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products In Canadian Waters

 

Kela Weber

University Of Waterloo, Chemical Engineering

Evaluation of Constructed Wetlands as a Passive Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage

 

Caroline Smith

University Of Waterloo, Environment and Resources Studies

Impact of Waterfowl on Water Quality of Stormwater Management Ponds under Different Vegetation Strategies

 

Arelia Werner

University of Victoria, Department of Geography

Impact of Climate Change on the Sooke Lake Reservoir

2004

Shawn Cleary
Ken Thomson Scholarship

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment of High Turbidity Surface Water with Multistage Filtration

 

Sylvain Jutras

Foresterie et de geomatique, Department des sciences du bois et de la foret, Universite Laval, Montreal, Quebec

Growth of Tree Species and Hydrology in Managed Forested Peatlands, Quebec

 

Christine Khandl

Environmental Studies / School of Planning, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Effects of Stormwater Management Pond Effluent on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Urban Receiving Streams

 

Anthony David Roche

Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia

Cause and Consequence of Uncertainty in Hydrologic Modelling and Extreme Event Simulation

2003

Laura Spink
Ken Thomson Scholarship

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Groundwater Remediation in Inorganic and Mining Environments

 

Andrew Rollo

Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

Processed Kimberlite - Water Interactions in Diamond Mine Waste, Ekati Diamond Mine, N.W.T., Canada

 

Craig Murray

Watershed Ecosystems Graduate Program, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario

The Effect of Buffer Strip Width on Hydrological Flowpaths to Boreal Forest Lakes

 

Adam Yates

Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Agricultural Extension Programs: Effectiveness in Mitigating Agricultural Impacts on Aquatic Communities at a Micro-basin Scale in Southern Ontario, Canada.
 

2002

Matthew Alexander
Ken Thompson Scholarship

Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Impacts of Timber Harvest on the Thermal Regime of a Shallow  Aquifer and a Small Stream

 

Nathalie Bedard

Department of Environment and  Management, Royal Roads University, Victoria, British Columbia

Linking Urban Land-Use to Water Quality: Promoting Stormwater Best management Practices in the Bow River Region.

 

Nilima Gandhi

Department of Chemical Engineering and  Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Development of BIOTRANSPEC: a Coupled Metal Speciation, Transport  and Biotic Food Web Model.

 

Sarah Gewurtz

Department of Geography, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Dynamics of Persistent Pollutants in Freshwater Ecosystems
 

2001

Sajjad Ahmad

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of  Western Ontario, London, Ontario

Development of an intelligent decision support system (IDSS) for flood management in the Red River basin in Manitoba. 

 

Helen Baulch

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Investigation of how the lake-bottom community of algae,  bacteria, and invertebrates changes in response to increased water  temperatures

 

Merrin Macrae

Department of Geography, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo,  Ontario

Investigation of linkages between  temporal and spatial patterns in phosphorus mobility, basin physical  characteristics and land use, and antecedent hydrologic conditions (e.g. water  table position, soil moisture content, season)

 

Jeremy Steffler

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo,  Waterloo, Ontario

The design, construction, and  analysis of subsurface-flow wetland systems for the treatment of storm water runoff
 

2000

Marc St. laurent

Department of Civil & Geological Engineering, University of Manitoba

Distributed Hydrological Modelling in the Northern Boreal  Forest.

 

Paula Caron

Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Resevoir drawdown: implications for littoral benthic communities and drinking water

 

James Roy

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario

Groundwater contamination with emphasis on organic industrial chemicals in groundwater

 

Catherine Holt

Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario

Devise an inexpensive way to monitor lakes so that managers can be alerted when a lake becomes acid enough that biota are  adversely affected