Upcoming and Past Events
Virtual Water Gallery: Live in Saskatoon
VIRTUAL WATER GALLERY: Live in Saskatoon
Step through this art-science exhibit and follow the flow of water through the Canadian landscapes, from mountains to shore.
WATER IS LIFE. Water-related challenges affect everyone. We believe that sharing water perspectives across communities (artists, scientists, Indigenous peoples, and many others) can help find creative and holistic solutions to the water challenges we all face.
The Virtual Water Gallery pairs art and science to provide an inclusive and collaborative space for fully open discussions between scientists, artists, and a wider public, to explore past, present, and future water challenges.
Step through this exhibit and follow the flow of water through the Canadian landscapes, from mountains to shore, and learn about the challenges our water faces on that journey through time and space. Guests will have the chance to engage with the artists and water experts as you explore the exhibit.
All are welcome to attend - the event is free!
Exhibiting Artists:
Cold Regions Warming Exhibition
Cold Regions Warming
The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies is featuring the Cold Regions Warming exhibition!
Gennadiy V. Ivanov
Code Red for Peyto Glacier
Cold Regions Warming is an interdisciplinary collaboration between artist Gennadiy Ivanov and Global Water Futures scientist Professors John Pomeroy and Trevor Davies.
Paintings, drawings, and videos depict locations in Canada where global warming has impacted glaciers, oceans, lakes and rivers. Global Water Futures is headquartered at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and aims to demonstrate global leadership in water science in colder regions. From a scientific base, the group also addresses the needs of the national economy in adapting to change and managing the risks of uncertain water futures and extreme events.
With the combination of scientific fact, and exquisite art, the exhibition is designed to inform on various levels of appreciation.
For more information on this and other Whyte Museum exhibitions, visit www.whyte.org
Virtual Water Gallery Art Workshops
Join Virtual Water Gallery artists & water experts Louise Arnal & Megan Leung for two art workshops!
Canmore Virtual Water Gallery Public Opening
Join Virtual Water Gallery artists & water experts for an evening of art-science conversations. Learn, engage & view a collection of over 30 art pieces grounded in scientific questions & expressed in colour, canvas & sculpture.
The Virtual Water Gallery: Live in Canmore
During the pandemic, artists connected with teams of Global Water Futures scientists to explore water-related challenges in Canada. These collaborations led to the co-creation of the art pieces in this exhibition.
ARCTIC: A Man Under the Ice
The acclaimed exhibition seen by over 100 000 visitors, Arctic – a man under the ice invites the audience on an immersive journey to a mysterious and almost inaccessible place: the Canadian Arctic. As they travel through images taken from filmmaker Mario Cyr’s expeditions, visitors will be drawn into the breathtaking beauty of the spectacular landscapes. Polar bears, walruses, narwhals, sea angels and large marine mammals cross his path. Witnessing the magnificence of these endangered landscapes and the creatures that inhabit them, visitors will also become aware of their fragility.
Places at the Water Table
We are thrilled to announce that the art of Virtual Water Gallery artists Bob Haverluck, Rhyian Brynjolson, and Louise Arnal will be featured at the group exhibit “Places at the Water Table” from Friday, April 8, 2022 to Friday, April 29, 2022, at the MHCGallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Global Water Futures 4th Annual Open Science Meeting (GWF2021)
The 2021 Global Water Futures (GWF) Annual Open Science Meeting, May 17 - 19, will bring together the GWF community (researchers, affiliates, partners, collaborators, and stakeholders) in a virtual setting to share our latest scientific achievements and success stories, provide updates on end user solutions, and support the actions needed to secure Canada’s water future.
The meeting will feature a variety of virtual programming to enable shared learning and insightful discussions through key events, including keynote talks, panels, and an interactive poster session. These will be complemented by parallel sessions, networking, social activities, and workshops for GWF’s Young Professionals. The meeting’s creative programming will engage both researchers and stakeholders in two-way learning and exchanges.
Save the date: May 17 - May 19
There will be no cost to register - this meeting is open and free to attend!
For registration and other details, please visit here!
Virtual Water Gallery Launch (Recording Available)
Recording: Virtual Water Gallery Launch Event
Date & Time: April 29 @ 10:30 am CST (UTC-6)
Please join us for the launch of the Virtual Water Gallery featuring artworks created in conversation between artists, water experts, knowledge keepers, and the public to co-explore water challenges.
This event will include live French interpretation.
The Virtual Water Gallery is funded by the Global Water Futures program.
Cold Matters: Our Arctic Connection
In keeping with the “what really matters” theme, Creative Solutions for a New World Climate and the Arts Series explores how much Cold Matters in terms of the roles in which snow, ice and permafrost play in the stabilization of the global climate system.
Please find the link of this webinar here.
United Nations University Global Water Future's Chair and award-winning author, Bob Sandford, shares how winter snowfall extent, cover and duration impact water resources in Canada, and how important the Arctic is as a thermostat for weather not just in Canada but in the entire Northern Hemisphere.
Dr. Thomas Axworthy, one of the architects of The Arctic Council, a high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the Indigenous people of the Arctic, outlines concerns associated with accelerating permafrost thaw and its impact on northern peoples and cultures in Canada and throughout the Arctic.
Joining in this webinar is scientist and artist Dr. Louise Arnal, who together with her artist colleagues, Jennifer Baltzer, an expert on permafrost thaw, and Rhian Brynjolson, fuse art and science to portray changing climate circumstances in the Arctic in both Russia and Canada and make scientific research findings more understandable outside the climate science community.
In closing, there is a brief follow-on discussion on how the theme Truth Matters can be applied to the challenges posed by accelerating permafrost thaw and other climate threats led by Washington, DC lawyer, Mace Rosenstein and how we can use all the ways we have of knowing and caring to create the post-COVID world we want.
Introduction to the Virtual Water Gallery (Webinar)
This webinar highlights the main goals and outcomes from the project, and provides context as to how it fits in with the GWF program. The artists participating in the project were also in attendance to introduce themselves.
For more information, please click here!