Swim Drink Fish Stories
Read the latest stories, updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, and more.
Reflecting on my Time Monitoring the North Saskatchewan River
As we begin the new year, Alex Wong, who worked this summer as the Community-Based Water Monitoring Coordinator in Edmonton took some time to reflect on his learnings from the North Saskatchewan River.
10. Inspiring Community Groups to Advocate for Their Local Waters
This blog talks about empowering communities to protect and advocate for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water everywhere!
9. Advising Governments on Water Issues
We bring our expertise in storytelling, water quality monitoring, data sharing platforms, and community empowerment to another all-encompassing and critical focus: advising municipal, Indigenous, provincial, and federal governments to advocate for cleaner, more accessible water.
8. Investigating Water Quality Across Canada
This blog dives into some investigation work we’ve done and highlights the need for transparency around water pollution.
7. Increasing Swimmability of Urban Waterfronts
This blog explores how we’re enhancing urban waterfronts to connect communities to water in meaningful ways.
6. Bringing Artists Together Across Canada to Celebrate Water
For the last 12 years, our annual Artists for Water fundraiser has helped bring artists together across Canada to celebrate water, art, and beauty.
5. Uniting Great Lakes–St. Lawrence groups through the Biinaagami Project
This blog spotlights the Biinaagami Project. A collaboration between Swim Drink Fish and Canadian Geographic that brings community water groups together around shared responsibility for Great Lakes St Lawrence watershed.
4. Storytelling Through the Watermark Project
This blog highlights the power of storytelling and how it’s harnessed at Swim Drink Fish through the Watermark Project to amplify and protect the waterbodies we love.
3. Advocating for Real-Time Monitoring in the City of Toronto
This blog highlights the need for the critical initiative of Real-time monitoring (RTM) in Toronto. RTM is not just about addressing today’s challenges; it’s about safeguarding the future.
2. Providing a Free Platform for Sharing Water Quality Data
We developed the Swim Guide to seek an answer to one of our most asked questions, “Where can I go swimming?” - This blog digs into the past, present, and future of the platform.
