About GWFO
Staff and Personnel
The GWFO secretariat, based at the University of Saskatchewan, is responsible for the planning and coordination of network activities, ensuring the continued operation and proper functioning of the facility, tracking and reporting usage metrics, and liaison with management, oversight, and advisory committees in the execution of these tasks.
Dr. John Pomeroy FRSC, FRGS, AGU Fellow
Director
University of Saskatchewan
Chris DeBeer
Director of Operations and Science
University of Saskatchewan
Stacey Dumanski
Outreach Coordinator
University of Saskatchewan
Monica Morrison
Knowledge Mobilization Specialist
University of Saskatchewan
Stephen O'Hearn
IT Coordinator and Data Management Team Lead
University of Saskatchewan
Joni Onclin
HR and Facilities Specialist
University of Saskatchewan
The GWFO facility leads oversee and direct operations and data collection at the instrumented sites, laboratories, and deployable systems, or work directly with others responsible for the sites to support operations and act as GWFO liaisons. The leads are professors and faculty from our partner institutions who supervise technical and data management staff.
Name | Institution | Facilities | |
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George Arhonditsis | University of Toronto Scarborough |
|
george.arhonditsis@utoronto.ca |
Jennifer Baltzer | Wilfrid Laurier University |
|
jbaltzer@wlu.ca |
Helen Baulch | University of Saskatchewan |
|
helen.baulch@usask.ca |
Sean Carey | McMaster University |
|
careysk@mcmaster.ca |
Steven Cooke | Carleton University | steven.cooke@carleton.ca | |
Irena Creed | University of Toronto Scarborough |
|
irena.creed@utoronto.ca |
Claude Duguay | University of Waterloo |
|
crduguay@uwaterloo.ca |
Aaron Fisk | University of Windsor |
|
afisk@uwindsor.ca |
Warren Helgason | University of Saskatchewan |
|
warren.helgason@usask.ca |
Andrew Ireson | University of Saskatchewan |
|
andrew.ireson@usask.ca |
Tim Jardine | University of Saskatchewan |
|
tim.jardine@usask.ca |
Homa Keyrollah Pour | Wilfrid Laurier University |
|
hpour@wlu.ca |
Juewen Liu | University of Waterloo |
|
liujw@uwaterloo.ca |
Bruce MacVicar | University of Waterloo |
|
bmacvica@uwaterloo.ca |
Phil Marsh | Wilfrid Laurier University |
|
pmarsh@wlu.ca |
Jeffrey McDonnell | University of Saskatchewan |
|
jeffrey.mcdonnell@usask.ca |
Bryan Neff | Western University |
|
bneff@uwo.ca |
John Pomeroy | University of Saskatchewan |
|
john.pomeroy@usask.ca |
Mike Rennie | Lakehead University |
|
mrennie@lakeheadu.ca |
Feredioun Rezanezhad | University of Waterloo |
|
frezanez@uwaterloo.ca |
David Rudolph | University of Waterloo |
|
drudolph@uwaterloo.ca |
Mark Servos | University of Waterloo |
|
mservos@uwaterloo.ca |
Heidi Swanson | Wilfrid Laurier University |
|
heidi.swanson@uwaterloo.ca |
Philippe van Cappellen | University of Waterloo |
|
pvc@uwaterloo.ca |
Mike Waddington | McMaster University |
|
jmw@mcmaster.ca |
Claudia Wagner-Riddle | University of Guelph | cwagnerr@uoguelph.ca | |
Mathew Wells | University of Toronto Scarborough |
|
m.wells@utoronto.ca |
Cherie Westbrook | University of Saskatchewan |
|
cherie.westbrook@usask.ca |
Colin Whitfield | University of Saskatchewan |
|
colin.whitfield@usask.ca |
Brent Wolfe | Wilfrid Laurier University | bwolfe@wlu.ca | |
Marguerite Xenopoulos | Trent University |
|
mxenopoulos@trentu.ca |
Name | Position | Institution | Phone | |
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Anju Air | Data Manager | Wilfrid Laurier University | aair@wlu.ca | |
Gordon Drewitt | Data Manager | McMaster University | g.b.drewitt@gmail.com | |
Xing (Logan) Fang | Model Test Basins | University of Saskatchewan | xing.fang@usask.ca | |
Katelyn Johnson | Research and Operations Director, RAEON |
University of Windsor | katejohn@uwindsor.ca | |
Kyle Kendall | Research Data Analyst | University of Saskatchewan | kyle.kendall@usask.ca | |
Laleh Moradi | Data Support Analyst | University of Saskatchewan | laleh.moradi@usask.ca | |
Stephen O'Hearn | IT Coordinator and Data Management Team Lead | University of Saskatchewan | (306) 966-8218 | stephen.ohearn@usask.ca |
Bhaleka Persaud | Research Data Manager, Ecohydrology Research Group |
University of Waterloo | (519) 888-4567 ext. 31327 |
bd2persaud@uwaterloo.ca |
Michael Steelworthy | Data Librarian Coordinator, Research Data Services |
Wilfrid Laurier University | (519) 884-0710 ext. 3574 |
msteeleworthy@wlu.ca |
Jesse Witow | Digital Services Coordinator | University of Saskatchewan | jesse.witow@usask.ca |
GWFO technicians are responsible for the installation, operation, and maintenance of field equipment and deployable systems, and for gathering data from these systems and liaising with data managers to ensure preservation and accessibility of data. Technicians assist and/or manage GWFO laboratories and oversee sample analyses and maintenance of lab equipment.
Name | Position & Institution | GWFO Facility | |
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Katelynn Johnson |
RAEON Research and Operations Director, |
University of Windsor (Admin) |
katejohn@uwindsor.ca |
Todd Leadley |
Field Director, |
Sites: Deployable: |
leadley@uwindsor.ca |
Karly Dominato |
Technician, |
Lab: |
dominatk@uwindsor.ca |
Chelsea Salter |
Field Technician, |
Deployable: |
|
Lydia Paulic |
Technician, |
Lab: |
paulic@uwindsor.ca |
Alex Smith |
Field Technician, |
Deployable: |
absmith9@uwindsor.ca |
Calin Burmaster |
Glider Pilot – Tech, |
Deployable: |
|
Sharon Lackie |
Technician, |
Lab: |
sharonl@uwindsor.ca |
Shelby Mackie |
Technician, |
Lab: |
stoews@uwindsor.ca |
Lauren Stoot |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
laurenstoot@cunet.carleton.ca |
Jacob Lasci |
Technician, |
Lab: |
jlasci@uwo.ca |
Oghenemise Abirhire |
Technician, |
Sites: Lab: |
oghenemiseabirhire@trentu.ca |
Nolan Pearce |
Technician, |
Sites: Lab: |
nolanpearce@trentu.ca |
Vedanti Ghatwala |
Technician, |
Sites: Lab: |
vedantighatwala@trentu.ca |
Chair Tong Chen |
Technician, |
Lab/Deployable: |
|
Antonio Adamo |
Technician, |
Lab: |
tony.adamo@utoronto.ca |
Pasquale Benvenuto |
Technician, |
Lab: |
pasquale.benvenuto@utoronto.ca |
Diego Mendoza Bacca |
Project Manager, |
|
diego.mendoza@utoronto.ca |
David Aldred |
Technician, |
Lab: |
d.aldred@utoronto.ca |
Rosy Tutton |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
tuttor1@mcmaster.ca |
David Barret |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
barred3@mcmaster.ca |
Paul Moore |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
|
Michael Treberg |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
treberm@mcmaster.ca |
Gena Braun |
Technician, |
Lab: |
gbraun@wlu.ca |
Alex Maclean |
Technician, |
Sites: Deployable: |
amaclean@wlu.ca |
Ana Sniderhan |
Technician, |
Sites: Lab: Deployable: |
asniderhan@wlu.ca |
Kristen Nikel |
Technician, |
Sites: Lab: Deployable: |
knikel@wlu.ca |
Julia Gyapay |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
jgyapay@wlu.ca |
Isabel Hilgendag |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
ihilgendag@wlu.ca |
Marianne Vandergriendt |
Technician, |
Labs: Deployable: |
mrvander@uwaterloo.ca |
Kiana Zolfaghari |
Field Technician, |
Sites: Deployable: |
kiana.zolfaghari@uwaterloo.ca |
Andrew Wiebe |
Field Technician, |
Sites: Deployable: |
ajwiebe@uwaterloo.ca |
Leslie Bragg |
Technician, |
Sites: Deployable: Lab/Deployable: |
lmbragg@uwaterloo.ca |
Mohamad Zandieh |
Field Technician, |
Lab: |
mzandieh@uwaterloo.ca |
Kieran Lehan |
Deployable Technician, |
Deployable: Sites: |
oue417@mail.usask.ca |
Madison Harasyn |
Deployable Technician, |
Deployable: |
madison.harasyn@usask.ca |
Hannah Koslowsky |
Deployable Technician, |
Deployable: Sites: |
hannah.koslowsky@usask.ca |
Lindsay Langs |
Deployable Technician, |
Deployable: Sites: |
lindsey.langs@usask.ca |
Alistair Wallace |
Deployable Technician, |
Deployable: |
alistair.wallace@usask.ca |
Cody David |
Field Technician, |
Sites: Deployable: |
cody.david@usask.ca |
Bruce Johnson |
Field Technician, |
Sites: Deployable: |
bruce.johnson@usask.ca |
Seth Amankwah |
Field Technician, |
Sites: |
seth.amankwah@usask.ca |
Katy Nugent |
Technician, |
Sites: Deployable: Deployable/Lab: |
katy.nugent@usask.ca |
Kim Janzen |
Technician, |
Lab: |
kim.janzen@usask.ca |
Cody Millar |
Technician, |
Lab: |
cody.millar@usask.ca |