About GWFO
Management and Advisory Committees
The SMC provides direction and ensures effective and efficient operation of GWFO. This committee includes representatives from the major partner institutions. The SMC oversees financial and operational aspects of the program and provides strategic direction to ensure the facility is meeting the needs of partners and users.
Jennifer Baltzer
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change
Wilfrid Laurier University
Helen Baulch
Associate Professor
University of Saskatchewan
Lawrence Martz
Professor Emeritus
University of Saskatchewan
Deborah McGregor
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Environmental Justice
York University
John Pomeroy FRSC, FRGS, AGU Fellow
Distinguished Professor
Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change,
UNESCO Chair in Mountain Water Sustainability,
Director:
Global Water Futures Programme,
Global Water Futures Observatories Project,
USask Centre for Hydrology,
Coldwater Laboratory, Canmore, Alta.
University of Saskatchewan
Corinne Schuster-Wallace
Executive Director, Global Institute for Water Security
University of Saskatchewan
Julie Theriault
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Extreme Winter Weather Events
University of Quebec at Montreal
Philippe Van Cappellen
Professor
Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Ecohydrology
University of Waterloo
The GWFO User Advisory Panel is comprised of representatives from local communities and Indigenous Nations, government, water management, industry, conservation authorities, municipalities, and other practitioner and data user groups. The UAP provides insights into the user science and decision support needs underpinned by the GWFO data, provides recommendations and avenues for translating GWFO’s data to support the real-world impacts, and supports scientific exchange with private and public sectors. In addition, the panel provides strategic advice and is a catalyst in identifying new opportunities for enhancing the user-base for the GWFO data and services. See the UAP Terms of Reference.
| Name | Designation & Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| Khaled Akhtar | River Forecast Engineer, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas |
khaled.akhtar@gov.ab.ca |
| Andrew Applejohn | Executive Director, Programs, Polar Knowledge Canada Federal Government |
andrew.applejohn@polar-polaire.gc.ca |
| Lakshmin Bachu | Principal Consultant, Water Resources, Tetra Tech Canada |
lakshminbachu@gmail.com |
| Oliver Brandes | Chair, Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW) |
omb@uvic.ca |
| Miranda Carlberg | Executive Director, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment Environmental Protection Branch |
miranda.carlberg@gov.sk.ca |
| Patrick Cherneski | Executive Director, Prairie Provinces Water Board |
patrick.cherneski@ec.gc.ca |
| Aston Chipanshi | Manager, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada |
aston.chipanshi@agr.gc.ca |
| Constance Chiremba | Research Program Manager, Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission |
constance.chiremba@saskwheat.ca |
| Ryan Connon | Hydrologist, Government of the Northwest Territories |
ryan_connon@gov.nt.ca |
| Chris Derksen | Senior Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada Climate Research Division |
chris.derksen@canada.ca |
| Sameer Dhalla | Director, Development and Engineering, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority |
sameer.dhalla@trca.ca |
| Darryl Dormuth | Manager, Hydrometrics, Saskatchewan Water Security Agency |
darryl.dormuth@wsask.ca |
| Katherine Finn | Project Manager, Bridge to Land Water Sky |
bridgetolandwatersky@gmail.com |
| Alfred Gamble | Executive Assistant, Beardys and Okemasis First Nation Lands Department |
algamble@hotmail.com |
| Doug Heath | Research Manager, SaskCanola |
dheath@saskcanola.com |
| Heather Jirousek | Director, Water Resources Branch, Yukon Government |
heather.jirousek@gov.yk.ca |
| Anthony Johnston | Special Projects Researcher, Mistawasis Nehiyawak |
anthony.b.johnston@gmail.com |
| Erika Klyszejko | Engineering Advisor, International Joint Commission |
erika.klyszejko@ottawa.ijc.org |
| Maxine Koskie | National Education Coordinator, Project WET Canada |
maxinekoskie@gmail.com |
| Stephanie McFadyen | Manager, Health Canada Water Quality Division |
stephanie.mcfadyen@hc-sc.gc.ca |
| Wanda McFadyen | Executive Director, Assiniboine River Basin Initiative |
wmcfadyen@arb-int.com |
| Russ Munro | Director of Saskatoon Water, City of Saskatoon |
russ.munro@saskatoon.ca |
| Peter Onyshko | Flood Hazard Specialist, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas |
peter.onyshko@gov.ab.ca |
| Brian Perry | Engineering Advisor for Flood Modeling Natural Resources Canada |
brian.perry@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca |
| Brady Pollock | Executive Director, Environmental Assessment & Stewardship, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment |
brady.pollock@gov.sk.ca |
| Geoff Reimer | Director Environment, Southern Chiefs Organization |
geoff.reimer@scoinc.mb.ca |
| Dan Sandink | Director of Research, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction |
dsandink@iclr.org |
| Patrick Schaefer | Data Services Manager, DataStream Initiative |
patrick@datastream.org |
| Debra Shewfelt | CEO, Rise Resource Advisory Corp |
debra.s@riseresourceadvisory.com |
| Stuart Slattery | National Science Analyst, Ducks Unlimited Canada |
s_slattery@ducks.ca |
| Stephen Stanley | Senior Vice President, EPCOR Inc |
sstanley@epcor.com |
| Tom Tang | Environmental and Climate Change Modelling Team Lead, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas |
tom.tang@gov.ab.ca |
| Efrem Teklemariam | Manager, Water Resources Engineering, Manitoba Hydro |
eteklemariam@hydro.mb.ca |
| Julie Van de Valk | Engineering Advisor, Public Safety Canada |
julie.vandevalk@ps-sp.gc.ca |
| Henry David (Hank) Venema | CEO and Senior Engineer, Strategic Systems Engineering Inc. |
hank@strategiccc.ca |
| Scott Wright | Director, Livestock and Forage Center of Excellence |
scott.wright@usask.ca |
| Ram Yerubandi | Research Manager, Water Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change Canada |
ram.yerubandi@canada.ca |
| Jim Young | Data Lead, Canada Water Agency |
jim.young@ec.gc.ca |
| Rebecca Zagozewski | Executive Director, Saskatchewan First Nations Water Association Inc. |
rzagozewski@sfnwa.ca |
The GWFO Oversight Committee currently is comprised of the Vice Presidents Research from the University of Saskatchewan, University of Waterloo, McMaster University, and Wilfrid Laurier University, as well as the GWFO Director. The role of this committee is to oversee the management of GWFO and to ensure that the MSI-CFI grant achieves the goals proposed in its institutional application, in accordance with the USask and federal policies and procedures.
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