“I cannot possibly describe in words just how awesome this experience was for the students and myself. Living in Fort Chip, our students rarely get the opportunity to take part in something like this. In fact, I can honestly say that this event and the great people involved somehow managed to bring out a side […]
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Honouring the Graduates of the 2015 Environmental Monitoring Technician Training Program
Honouring the Graduates of the 2015 Environmental Monitoring Technician Training Program Fifteen Aboriginal trainees from eight First Nation and Métis communities successfully completed the five-week Environmental Monitoring Technician Program Pilot co-funded by AEMERA and Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (AITF). The group celebrated their program completion with a graduation ceremony at AITF auditorium on Monday, […]
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Measuring Air Quality Over Tailings Ponds
The exploration of oil sands in Northern Alberta generates significant amount of tailings that is stored in tailings ponds over long periods. Fugitive air emissions occur due to evaporation and chemical/biological activities. These emissions include Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and Green House Gases (GHG) examples of which include carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).
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Keeping the Land “Clean, Fresh and Friendly”
First, I am very honoured to be one of 15 students accepted into this Environmental Monitoring Program sponsored by Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures (AITF) and the Alberta Environmental Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA). I am a strong believer in keeping the land “Clean, Fresh and Friendly” and am grateful to learn about how […]
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AEMERA’s Role in Climate Change Leadership
Appropriate environmental monitoring, evaluation and reporting vital to successful implementation to Alberta’s Climate Change Leadership Plan…
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Home is where the heart is
In particular, we are honoured to recognize the dignitaries who join us that day. First Nations and Métis elders and leaders from across the province Mike Beaver, AEMERA board member and Elder of the Bigstone Cree Nation; Chief Tony Alexis from Alexis Nakota Sioux First Nation, and Grand Chief of Treaty 6 Nakota Sioux Nation; Harley Bastien, Elder of […]
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Did you know….
… these five interesting facts about peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus)? Peregrine falcons are the fastest animals on earth. One falcon who was trained to follow human skydivers reached a top speed of 389 km/ hr during a dive. They have the largest natural distribution of any bird - rivalled only by barn owls, ravens and […]
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Ground water quantity monitoring in Fort McMurray
On Wednesday October 21st the Edmonton ground water team was in Fort McMurray for the annual water quantity run. In total there were 16 wells that needed to be visited in order to collect water level data to be fed into the provincial WISKI database. All the sites that were visited were remote and required […]
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Environment Canada air quality modelling in the oil sands
This week several media outlets have highlighted air quality modelling work conducted by Environment Canada under the Joint Oil Sands Monitoring Plan. Specifically, Environment Canada presented two video animations at AEMERA’s February Oil Sands Monitoring Symposium: An animation showing the change in nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels over the oil sands region. This is based on […]
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New AEMERA Mascot?
Being an AEMERA field staff is an exciting job. You get to spend your days in nature, enjoying the environment while monitoring it. Sometimes you may even get to interact with the wildlife. In this case, the wildlife was a stray kitten. Two weeks ago while out on a routine surface water quality trip, AEMERA […]
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