LAB NEWS
9-10-18 Andrea Kirkwood will be giving a public presentation entitled: It's where we live: Understanding the ecotoxicology of urban waterways and why it matters as part of Laurentian SETAC's GTA pub series. More details here.

18-06-18 Kirkwood Lab Presenting at the International Association of Great Lakes Research Conference 2018 Tyler Harrow-Lyle, Sarah MacKay, and Andrea Kirkwood will be presenting their research on Lake Scugog, Lake Simcoe tributaries, and the Oshawa Creek watershed.

8-06-18 Andrea Kirkwood presenting a plenary lecture at the Laurentian SETAC AGM in Kingston, Ontario The talk entitled: It takes a village: Building community-university partnerships as a viable model for environmental research will highlight the important role of community partnerships in addressing local to regional environmental problems.

14-05-18 Kirkwood Lab selected to conduct an inaugural Teaching City Project The Teaching City initiative is a partnership between UOIT and other select universities with the City of Oshawa to address local urban issues through teaching and research. The Kirkwood Lab will be conducting a 2-yr research project focusing on the role of aquatic plants in stormwater management ponds. More details here.

15-04-18 Andrea Kirkwood awarded an NSERC Discovery Grant The Kirkwood Lab is especially grateful to be awarded an NSERC Discovery Grant, which will serve as an important anchor grant to current and future research activities over the next 5 years.

20-02-18 Andrea Kirkwood invited to participate in the Canadian Algal Technology Workshop in Halifax The National Research Council (NRC) in Halifax has invited a small group of researchers from across Canada to attend an inaugural workshop-conference on algal technology. The goal is for researchers to network and build collaborations related to algal technology.
The Kirkwood Lab at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology is proud to acknowledge the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.