Meet the Team
Curators
Louise Arnal (founder & lead)
Louise is a scientist with a lifelong love of art. She is a Hydrologist at Ouranos (Montreal, QC). She explores water-related topics using scientific tools on her computer and a diversity of artistic media (from watercolor paintings to multi-sensory immersive installations). You can see some of Louise's artworks on her website and connect with her on Twitter and on Instagram.
Martyn Clark
Martyn is a Professor of Hydrology at the University of Calgary (AB) and an adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. Martyn’s research focuses in three main areas: (i) developing and evaluating process-based hydrologic models; (ii) understanding the sensitivity of water resources to climate variability and change; and (iii) developing the next generation streamflow forecasting systems.
Stacey Dumanski
Stacey is the outreach coordinator at the Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan (SK). She completed her B.Sc. in physical geography with a specialty in water science and M.Sc. in hydrology from the University of Saskatchewan. Her master’s research focused on changes in hydrology in a prairie pothole setting in Smith Creek, Saskatchewan, a research site of the Global Institute for Water Security.
John Pomeroy
John is a Distinguished Professor in the Dept. of Geography & Planning, the Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change, the Director of the Global Water Futures Programme, and the Director of the University of Saskatchewan Coldwater Laboratory in Canmore (AB). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Geophysical Union and the Royal Geographical Society.
Corinne Schuster-Wallace
Corinne is the Executive Director of the Global Institute for Water Security and an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan (AB). Her main research areas are coupled systems approaches to local water security and sustainable development, water-related human health, and equity and environmental justice.
Artists | Water Experts | Knowledge Keepers
Louise Arnal
Artist; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan
Sam Baardman
Singer-Songwriter, Visual Artist
Prof. Jennifer Baltzer
Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change, Wilfrid Laurier University
Prof. Aaron Berg
Canada Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing, University of Guelph
Rhian Brynjolson
Visual artist, author, book illustrator, and art educator
Patrick Cheechoo
Artist
Prof. Martyn Clark
Associate Director of the Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
Sarah Cockerton
Matawa Water Futures; Four Rivers Environmental Services Group, Matawa First Nations Management
Prof. Trevor Davies
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Enterprise and Engagement, University of East Anglia (UK)
Prof. Grant Ferguson
University of Saskatchewan
Cam Forrester
Plein air landscape artist, Men Who Paint
Greg Hargarten
Painter, musician, film-maker and graphic artist
Bob Haverluck
Storyteller, cartoonist, theologian
Gennadiy Ivanov
Artist
Megan Leung
Visual artist; MSc Student, University of Calgary
artsPlace 2022 exhibit (Canmore, AB) co-curator
Prof. Jennifer Mcintosh
University of Arizona
Prof. Terry Mitchell
Matawa Water Futures; Wilfrid Laurier University
Prof. John Pomeroy
Director of Global Water Futures and Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan
Laura Prior
Four Rivers Environmental Services Group, Matawa First Nations Management
Chris Spence
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Prof. Trish Stadnyk
Tier II Canada Research Chair, in Hydrologic Modelling, University of Calgary.
Paul Trottier
Artist, Men Who Paint
Roger Trottier
Plein air landscape artist, Men Who Paint
Ken Van Rees
Plein air landscape artist, Men Who Paint; Soil Scientist, University of Saskatchewan
Prof. Colin Whitfield
University of Saskatchewan
Jared Wolfe
Government of Saskatchewan - Ministry of Environment
Lana Whiskeyjack
Artist & scholar
Communications
Stacey Dumanski
Outreach Coordinator, Global Institute for Water Security
Jesse Witow
Digital Services Coordinator, Global Institute for Water Security
Previous Team Members
Thank you!
Shawn Ahmed
Social Media Specialist,
Global Institute for Water Security
Mark Ferguson
Director of Communications, Global Institute for Water Security
Effie Kosmas
Graduate Research Assistant for the Dept. of Geography & Planning at the University of Saskatchewan
Laura McFarlan
Outreach Coordinator, Global Institute for Water Security
Fred Reibin
Communications Coordinator, Global Institute for Water Security