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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MEDIA RELEASE: AEMERA partners with Miistakis Institute to involve Albertans in environmental monitoring
The Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) is partnering with the Miistakis Institute at Mount Royal University to explore how citizen science can inform and guide environmental monitoring, evaluation and reporting efforts in Alberta. Citizen science is the engagement of citizens with scientists to address real world questions. The role of volunteers can […]
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Putting the ‘U’ Back in Nature
Never before has it been easier for you to join in and participate in monitoring Alberta’s biodiversity, water and air.
Read ArticleMEDIA RELEASE: Online report highlights environmental monitoring in Alberta’s oil sands region
Working together with monitoring organizations and communities in Alberta’s oil sands region, the Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) has launched an electronic community report featuring information and findings related to environmental monitoring programs in the oil sands. “Working with communities, industry, scientists and monitoring organizations in the oil sands region, we are […]
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Oil Sands Monitoring Community Report
You have questions about the environment in the oil sands region…and we’re working to find the answers. The Alberta Environmental Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Agency (AEMERA) is the arm’s length provincial agency created to measure, assess and inform the public on the condition of Alberta’s environment. Our scientists and experts are transforming and improving how […]
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Exploring Community Approaches to Environmental Monitoring
Community-based monitoring is a relatively new term and can have a variety of interpretations.
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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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Pilot program trains Aboriginal students from oil sands area
As AEMERA continues to move forward and establish itself as the provincial monitoring agency responsible for measuring, assessing and informing the public on the condition of Alberta’s environment, engaging with Aboriginal stakeholders to find meaningful ways to braid Traditional Ecological Knowledge into regional monitoring, has become a clear priority. After listening and spending time with […]
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Citizen Monitoring: CoCoRHaS
After meeting with representatives from the Bow River Basin Council to discuss the citizen-based precipitation monitoring program called the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, or CoCoRaHS, some AEMERA staff are now participating by setting up their own precipitation monitoring gauges. CoCoRaHS is a non-profit, network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working […]
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