Life Below Water
The University of Regina promotes the conservation and sustainable use of lakes, rivers and marine resources through education and research. Our researchers monitor the health of local aquatic ecosystems and collaborate with the local community in an effort to maintain and extend these ecosystems and their biodiversity. Learn more about these important projects at the links below.
Our Research
Institute of Environmental Change and Society (IECS)
Past News and Events
- Advancing Water Resiliency: Nature's Contribution to People and Agriculture (2020)
- Resilient Land and Water Futures (2020)
- Fantastic Fish Tales From Saskatchewan Research (2020)
- Wildlife Federation encouraging youths with upcoming family fishing tournament (2020)
- Sask’s big bet on water: Indigenous leaders express concerns (2020)
- FHQTC and UofR Science faculty to collaborate on sustainable development (2020)
- UofR researchers investigating invasive fish in Saskatchewan (2019)
- The Qu'Appelle Long-Term Ecological Research Program (2019)
Related Courses
ART 353 - Multiples and Mould Making
Why make one when you can make a bunch? Learn the nitty-gritty of multiples and mould making. Discover the secrets of reproducing originals exactly, including the human body. Or take originals and cut and paste to create something new. Flexible moulds, plaster, plastics and alternative materials will be explored.
***Prerequisite: ART 250.***
ARTH 890AQ - Visual Culture of Metis Travel
Independent research-based class into the visual and material culture of Metis movement, which will include a literature scan, archival research, and interviews with a contemporary builder of Red River carts. Topics will include: routes, maps, Red River carts, York boats, dog teams and visual markers of movement.
BIOL 276 - Environmental Biology
This course discusses the biological basis for environmental change and its impacts on human society and will review the patterns, causes and consequences of human-induced and natural environmental change. Topics will include: global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, fisheries collapse, sustainable forestry, agriculture, biodiversity, and conservation. For Biology, Environmental Science and Environmental Studies Majors.
*** Prerequisite: BIOL 100 and 101, or BIOL 150 and ENST 200 ***
CHEM 105 - General Chemistry II
A continuation of CHEM 104. Topics discussed will include kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, buffers, plastics, entropy and free energy, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry. Lab component: Basic experiments demonstrating principles of equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and acids and bases.
***Prerequisite: CHEM 104***
ENEL 371 - Power and Energy I
Introduction to concepts of power systems including: single and three phase
AC power, delta-wye transformations transformers, per-unit system, transmission lines, introduction to synchronous machines, induction motors and safety in electrical systems.
***Prerequisite: ENEL 281 and PHYS 201 or Permission of ESE Program Chair.***
ENER 305 - Fundamentals of Energy Processes
This course will introduce the following eight renewable energy sources: 1. Solar energy; 2. Wind energy; 3. Geothermal energy; 4. Hydroelectric energy; 5. Hydrogen energy; 6. Biomass energy (biofuels); 7. Nuclear energy; and 8. Ocean energy (wave and tidal). This course will describe the underlying principles and current techniques to design these energy generation systems. It will provide fundamental concepts and design knowledge involved in the energy generation, transportation and storage processes.
***Prerequisite: ENGG 140 and ENGG 141.***
ENEV 852 - Environment Fluid Mechanics
Turbulent flow, Reynolds equations; pollutant conservation equations; jet and plums; mixing, dilution and dispertion of pollutants discharge into rivers, lakes and oceans; hydraulics of effluent discharges into water bodies; and design of outfalls.
ENEV 886CL - Advanced Soil Mechanics
Based on an in-depth student background of soil mechanics, this course will focus on applying advanced soil mechanics principles to specilized research projects. Students will use theoretical concepts of critical state, elasto-visco-plasticity, colloid-liquid interactions, and unsaturated soils to address the pertinent issues in their independent research projects.
ENGL 304AI - William Blake
This course will combine detailed study of selected poetry and prose of William Blake with a study of various critical approaches to that work. It will look at Blake in the context of poststructuralism, contemporary textual theory, and new historicism.
***Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and either ENGL 110 or completion of 48 credit hours.***
ENIN 804 - Foundation of Solid Mechanics
Three dimensional stresses and strains; stress and strain tensors; equilibrium and compatibility relations; constitutive equations; applications to elastic, plastic, and viscoelastic materials; finite strains; plane stress applications; stress concentration and implications to fracture.
ENIN 880CN - Supply Chain Management
This course provides student with knowledge and tools necessary to develop, implement, and sustain strategies for managing supply chain issues. Topics includes supply chain drivers and metrics, supply chain coordination, sourcing, distribution network design, transportation models, warehousing, sustainable supply chain, and role of technology in supporting supply chain operations.
GEOL 840AF - Topics in Sedimentology A - Fluvial, esturine and delta deposits
Sedimentary characteristics of fluvial, esturine and delta deposits. Sedimentation processes and environmental analysis.
GEOL 840AG - Topics in Sedimentology B-Siliciclatic deposits and sequence stratigraphy
Sequence stratigraphy of shoreface deposits (Embry vs Exxon models) and non-marine deposits (Shanley and McCabe vs Exxon models) and application in the Mannville Group in Saskatchewan.
HIST 270 - Europe, 1400-1648: Renaissance and Reformation
This course examines the Italian Renaissance in art, culture and thought; overseas explorations; Protestant and Catholic Reformations; rise of the nation state; the Thirty Years War; the Scientific Revolution.
*** Prerequisite: One 100 level HIST or completion of 15 credit hours ***
HIST 382 - Military History: The First World War
Focusing on the military history of the First World War, this course studies war plans, strategy and leadership, technology and tactics, civil-military and inter-allied relations, battles on land and sea, as well as the experience of war. Military events are considered in relation to broader economic, social, political and cultural developments.
***Prerequisite: One History course or completion of 30 credit hours***
*Note: Formerly numbered HIST 282. Students may only receive credit for one of HIST 282, HIST 382 (if taken prior to 201110) or HIST 383*
HIST 383 - Military History: The Second World War
Focusing on the military history of the Second World War, this course studies war plans, strategy and leadership, technology and tactics, civil-military and inter-allied relations, battles on land and sea, as well as the experience of war. Military events are considered in relation to broader economic, social, political and cultural developments.
***Prerequisite: One History course or completion of 30 credit hours***
*Note: Students may receive credit for only one of HIST 382 (if taken prior to 201110) or 383*
PSYC 255 - Biological Foundations of Behaviour
An introduction to the structure and function of the nervous system and the cells that comprise it. Emphasis is placed on neuroplasticity, by examining how the brain effects and is affected by normal and abnormal behaviour.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 101 and PSYC 102***
*Note: Students who have completed BIOL 407 may not take this course for credit*
PSYC 356 - Human Neuropsychology
An examination of human brain-behaviour relationships and the effects of brain damage on behaviour. Topics may include: neuropsychological assessment and research methods in behavioural neuroscience; laterality; neuroplasticity; and neural mechanisms underlying emotion, sensory, and motor processing.
***Prerequisite: PSYC 204 and PSYC 255.***
*Note: This course will initially be restricted to PSYC majors. Non-majors will be eligible to register at a later point if space remains.*