Swim Drink Fish Stories
Read the latest stories, updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, and more.
How Swim Drink Fish is helping during the Covid-19 pandemic
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, people online and in the Swim Drink Fish network have hundreds of questions about if/ where/ how they can safely turn to nature. Our team has been working around the clock to pull together information to help you connect with nature and manage your anxieties during these challenging times.
Postponed: Swim Drink Fish gala and art preview due to coronavirus
Public health officials are calling on people to help limit the spread of COVID-19, to avoid travel, and to suspend mass gatherings. For that reason, we are postponing the Art Preview and Gala events scheduled for April 1 and April 23, 2020.
Where do the 2020 Toronto Gala funds go?
Swim Drink Fish’s programs connect people to the water’s edge, then train them to collect and share water health data. We then leverage that network and data to restore local waters.
In this message, Swim Drink Fish co-founders Mark Mattson and Krystyn Tully shine a spotlight on Toronto initiatives that are supported by the annual gala:
An Open Letter To the Swim Drink Fish Community
We all have the awesome responsibility to ensure swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for future generations. Thank you for being part of the Swim Drink Fish movement.
2019 Swim Drink Fish Gala Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia — 200 supporters gathered at Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in downtown Vancouver for the 4th Semi-Annual Swim Drink Fish Gala presented by Delta Land Development.
Swim Drink Fish releases water safety video featuring Rob Baker of The Tragically Hip
A new video from Swim Drink Fish features Rob Baker, guitarist with The Tragically Hip, promoting water safety at Kingston’s swimming pier.
Frequently Asked Questions: Lake Erie - Niagara Monitoring Hub
Here’s a list of some frequently asked questions with answers to help you understand lake water quality so you can enjoy and protect Lake Erie.
Artists to pay tribute to Canada’s first urban swimming pier with Swim, Drink, Fish- My City: Swim Drink Fish video
Filmmaker Finn O’Hara and poet Tanis Rideout are celebrating our waters with a collaboration of poetry, urban swimming and the vision of rethinking the way we look at water in our cities, with their video Swim, Drink, Fish- My City.
New citizen science water monitoring hubs open for the summer, announces Swim Drink Fish
Three citizen science water quality monitoring hubs are now testing the water and sharing water quality results with swimmers and boaters on the Great Lakes through Swim Guide, a free app and website.
Thank you for a big night for the Swim Drink Fish movement
Over 380 people gathered at Hotel X Toronto on the shores of Lake Ontario for the eighth annual Swim Drink Fish Gala presented by Breakwater Investments and the McKeil Family Foundation. More than $585,000 was raised at the event, bringing the event’s fundraising tally to $3.985-million over the past eight years.
