Education and Outreach

Gilles Wendling has presented a series of interviews on groundwater on Radio Canada.

Dr. Gilles Wendling and his team organized an education project on water, groundwater and surface water interaction and watershed management with Grade 5 Hammond Bay School (series of 5 sessions applied to Wally Creek, flowing near the school).

Figure 11: Child's illustration of Whally Creek watershed

Dr. Wendling was involved with presentations to schools, the public and water managers, publication of brochures, posters and web pages with information on water conservation and protection (LWBC Drought Preparedness Initiative)

Figure 12: Poster encouraging children to conserve water (click to enlarge)

Dr. Wendling was a technical adviser on the steering committee for the Gulf Islands Water Poster partnership between National Research Council of Canada (NRCan), BC Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection, and the Islands Trust.

Figure 13: Element of the Gulf Islands Waterscape poster

Figure 14: Element of the Gulf Islands Waterscape poster