

Swim Drink Fish Stories
Read the latest stories, updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, and more.

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.

1. Empowering Communities to Protect and Celebrate Water
Over the last 24 years, Swim Drink Fish has had the privilege of working with local and global communities to help protect and celebrate their local waters through a number of different initiatives and tools.

10 Things Swim Drink Fish is Doing to Keep Our Water ‘Swimmable, Drinkable, and Fishable’
We are passionate about protecting the water at Swim Drink Fish, and we work towards that protection in a number of ways through our initiatives. This blog kicks off a series where we highlight the ten ways we’re actively working to protect and celebrate water in Canada and beyond!

The Case for Toronto’s Western Beaches
Visitors to Toronto’s Western Beaches during summer months are frequently met with “no swimming” signs or beach closures due to poor water quality. In addition to ruining a day of summer fun, these signs serve as an important reminder of a much larger issue: Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).

Happy Accident: The Story of Edmonton’s Accidental Beach
Edmonton is known for many things, such as the Oilers, West Edmonton Mall, and the North Saskatchewan River Valley. However, the sudden appearance of the Accidental Beach took centre stage in 2017!

Expanding our Work in Edmonton’s River Valley
As one of the only groups in Edmonton collecting water quality data specific to the community’s desire to swim, paddle and use the river, we’re excited to announce that our work in Edmonton will continue for the next three years.

Ensuring the #RightToSwim
we’re proud to have signed onto the Swimmable Cities Charter - a set of common principles that have been published to empower decision-makers, actors and grassroots activists in the international urban swimming movement and advocate for everyone’s #RightToSwim.
