Swim Drink Fish Blog
Read the latest updates and news releases about community science, water monitoring, Artists for Water, and more.
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Tim Thompson
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Tim Thompson about living with social distancing. Tim Thompson is a filmmaker best known for his thought-provoking music montages that opened Hockey Night In Canada and the Olympic Games on the CBC. The former professional hockey player and self-taught artist has also made an array of documentaries, music videos, and short films. Tim Thompson has made three pieces for Swim Drink Fish, bringing the sentiment of his work to help in the fight for clean water.
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Madhu Nagaraja
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Madhu Nagaraja about living with social distancing. Madhu Nagaraja is a technology leader, entrepreneur, and adventurer. He is an experienced corporate leader and marathon swimmer who has taken on some of the greatest open water challenges in the world, including the English Channel, Lake Ontario, and the ice mile. In 2017, Madhu became the first Canadian and first Indian to swim the Straits of Magellan. He and Loren King are the founding members of Great Lakes Open Water (GLOW).
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Loren King
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Loren King about living with social distancing. Loren King is a professor and marathon swimmer. He holds a doctorate from M.I.T. and teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University. In August 2016 he swam across Lake Ontario following the classic Marilyn Bell route, and in August 2019 he successfully swam across the English Channel. He and Madhu Nagaraja are the founding members of the Great Lakes Trust, and Great Lakes Open Water (GLOW).
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Wade Davis
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Wade Davis about living with social distancing. Wade Davis is an ethnographer, writer, photographer, and filmmaker. Davis holds degrees in anthropology and biology and received his Ph.D. in ethnobotany, all from Harvard University. He travels the globe to live alongside indigenous peoples and document their cultural practices in books, photographs, and film. He is an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, and he has published 185 scientific and popular articles.
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Denise Donlon
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassadors about living with social distancing. Here, Denise Donlon answers Mark’s questions. Denise Donlon has helped raise $1-million for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water. She is an author, an activist, and has been a leader in the Canadian cultural landscape for over 30 years as GM of CBC English Radio, President of Sony Music Canada, and various executive and on-air positions at ChumTelevision, The NewMusic, and MuchMusic.
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Dave Bidini
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassadors about living with social distancing. Here, Dave Bidini answers Mark’s questions. Dave Bidini is one of the founding members of the Rheostatics. He is the only Canadian to have been nominated for a Genie, Gemini, JUNO, and CBC’s ‘Canada Reads’. Dave Bidini is Editor in Chief, President, and Chair of the Board of West End Phoenix.
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Joseph Boyden
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassadors about living with social distancing. Here, Joseph Boyden answers Mark’s questions. Joseph Boyden is a Canadian writer, teacher, and public speaker. A member of the Order of Canada, his novels are published in 25 languages around the world and have won numerous national and international awards.
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Jennifer Baichwal
Mark is Checking In with Swim Drink Fish Ambassadors about living with social distancing. Here, Jennifer Baichwal answers Mark’s questions.
Checking In with @waterkeepermark and Swim Drink Fish Ambassador Tanis Rideout
Mark Mattson is checking in with Swim Drink Fish Ambassadors about living with social distancing. Here, Tanis Rideout answers Mark’s questions.