Based at Ontario Tech University in the Faculty of Science, the Kirkwood lab conducts aquatic ecology research in a variety of systems including ponds, wetlands, rivers, lakes, and even wastewater lagoons. We also study the biotechnological applications of algae. Please explore the website to learn more or contact Andrea Kirkwood directly.
LAB NEWS

11-04-2021 Failing all our relations: Andrea Kirkwood co-authord an op-ed article on the failure of Ontario planning policy to fulfill meaningful Indigenous engagement.

10-03-21 COVID case counts dropping locally, but more variant cases showing up in wastewater testing. Andrea Kirkwood discusses SARS-CoV-2 viral levels in Simcoe-Muskoka municipal wastewater. Here is the article link.

5-03-21 Residents and environmental groups angry as province continues to push through wetlands development. Andrea Kirkwood interviewed by Global News in this segment covering Schedule 3 in Bill 257.

26-02-21 Troubled Waters 5-Part Webinar Series. Andrea Kirkwood was a contributing speaker in this webinar series hosted by the Sudbury Watershed Alliance, Vale Living with Lakes Centre and the Federation of Ontario Cottager Associations. The presentation recording is available here.

22-02-21 "Ploughing a highway through the green heart of Ontario" Andrea Kirkwood interviewed for this long-form article on controversial Green Belt development.

4-2-21 "Poster child for destruction": The fight to save the Duffins Creek wetland from developers Andrea Kirkwood featured in this article outlining the misuse of MZO to destroy a provincially significant wetland.
The Kirkwood Lab at Ontario Tech University acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation. The lands we are situated on are covered under the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississauga, a branch of the great Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to a number of Indigenous nations and people who have cared for Turtle Island, also known as North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples. We are thankful to be welcomed on these lands in friendship. Most importantly, we remember the history of poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call these lands home. This history is something we are all affected by as treaty people in Canada. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.