People

Faculty Researchers

  • WPGG Director
    University of Waterloo
    water governance; water security; source water protection; water allocation; transboundary water resources; climate change adaptation
  • Faculty Researcher
    Brock University
    Collaborative resource management; water governance; source water protection in First Nations communities

Research Staff

  • Dan Murray
    Post-Doctoral Research Associate and WPGG Coordinator
    University of Waterloo
    Water governance, focusing on collaborative approaches.
  • Julia Baird
    Post-Doctoral Researcher
    Brock University
    Water governance and policy, focusing on social networks, adaptive capacity, and institutional context of policy transfer.
  • Alyssa Roth
    Research Assistant
    University of Waterloo
    Research on water governance in support of WPGG projects

Graduate Students

  • Marie-Claire Brisbois
    PhD Student (Advisor: de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Collaborative governance, power, and industry
  • Kate Cave
    MES student (Advisor: Plummer)
    University of Waterloo
    Source water protection; water governance; First Nations water issues
  • Seanna Davidson
    PhD student (Advisor: de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Water Governance in Lake Simcoe.
  • Natalya Melnychuk
    PhD student (Advisor: de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Collaborative approaches to water governance, legitimacy.
  • Michelle Morris
    PhD student (Advisor: de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Transboundary water governance, collaborative water governance, water security, water allocation.
  • Kaitlyn Rathwell
    PhD student (Advisors: Plummer/de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Social-ecological system dynamics, water governance, adaptive capacity, social network analysis.
  • Hugh Simpson
    PhD student (Advisor: de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Governance for source water protection in rural areas, risk communication
  • Katie Vaughn
    MES student (Advisors: Plummer/de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Source water protection governance.
  • Sue von der Porten
    PhD student (Advisor: de Loë)
    University of Waterloo
    Collaborative water governance, Indigenous governance, First Nations and source water protection.
Reid Kreutzwiser: an Appreciation

REID KREUTZWISER
Retired
University of Guelph

Reid Kreutzwiser retired from the University of Guelph at the end of 2009 after a long and distinguished career in the Department of Geography. Reid is a major part of the reason why the Water Policy and Governance Group exists. He and Rob banded together soon after Rob arrived at Guelph in 1995. They formed the Rural Water Management Group, and then the Guelph Water Management Group. After Rob moved to the University of Waterloo in 2008, Reid became a founding member of the Water Policy and Governance Group. Reid and Rob collaborated on 19 projects, and supervised dozens of graduate students together. Along the way, they built the profile of water governance research in Canada, and had an enormous amount of fun. Ryan joined the Guelph Water Management Group before Reid retired and thus had a chance to enjoy working with him too. Through the Water Policy and Governance Group, Rob and Ryan are carrying on the tradition Reid started. Reid is enjoying a well deserved retirement, but we still miss him.