Riparia
Founded by; Dr. Dalal Hanna, Dr. Andrea Reid and Mikayla Wujec.
Riparia is a Canadian registered charity that works to connect young women and science on the water. Riparia offers free expeditions & day camps on rivers and lakes to steward a love for science, learning and fresh waters in the next generation of water protectors.
Riparia hosts free, week-long canoe-camping trips and day camps, working with Indigenous and non-Indigenous young women recruited primarily through the New Frontiers School Board to document the ecological state of the region and inspire the next generation of female scientists.
“A big part of it was just recognizing that we could do it in a way that can be youth driven and curiosity driven and departing from structure and allowing us to just spend time with these kids and just be in the community as they are.” - Andrea Reid, Riparia