![Dominique Poulin headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2024-01/Dominique%20Poulin.png?itok=kAXgVCIx)
Dominique Poulin
Career Profiles
Mission Scientist
![Hiker filling a water bottle](/sites/default/files/2023-12/water-filter-header.jpg)
How can you design the least “expensive” water filter?
Hands-on Activities
Challenge yourself to design the best filter for the lowest cost!
![Hand holding petri dish with bacteria](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2023-10/hand%20with%20petri%20dish_GettyImages-109726331.jpg?itok=kil3PyCb)
Colouring Clothing with Bacteria
Backgrounders
Learn about using bacteria to colour clothing.
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Pamela Power (she/her)
Career Profiles
Water Resources Specialist
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Kaitlin Guitard
Career Profiles
Water Quality Technician
![Frothing water](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-03/Water-Main.jpg?itok=NLYemVVc)
Earth Month: Water
Backgrounders
Discover the issues surrounding water today, and learn what you can do to help.
![Pier on one of the Great Lakes](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/Event%20Card%20Template%20-%20STEM%20Storytime%20copy%207.png?itok=RvynpvTC)
Let's Talk Great Lakes Resources
Backgrounders
Discover a set of resources designed to give you good background knowledge on all things Great Lakes!
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Patty Simpson (she/her)
Career Profiles
Environmental Coordinator
![Image of a river running through a Boreal forest](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/white-water-rafting-on-the-fraser-river.jpg?itok=ou_sM1-M)
Resources on the Environment
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to the environment.
![Embryonic stem cells](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-03/Event%20Card%20Template%20-%20Symposiums%202020_21.png?itok=KJPV_u8Z)
Resources on Stem Cells
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to stem cells.
![White water rafting on the Fraser River in British Columbia](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-12/white-water-rafting-on-the-fraser-river.jpg?itok=ou_sM1-M)
Introduction to Rivers & Streams
Backgrounders
Learn about the physical geography, chemistry and ecology of rivers and streams.
![Water treatment plant near Kitchener, Ontario](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/grand-river-water_treatment_plant.jpg?itok=9hBQ6tW_)
Water Treatment
Backgrounders
Learn about how water is treated at municipal water treatment plants.
![Boat on a lake at sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-01/boat-docked-on-lake-at-sunset.jpg?itok=1QlQiekK)
Humans and Freshwater Ecosystems
Backgrounders
Learn about how people impact the ecosystems of lakes and rivers.
![Scientist testing water samples](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2020-10/scientist-monitoring-water-quality.jpg?itok=d68styFY)
Careers in the Great Outdoors
Lessons
Students explore careers related to outdoors and the land and then design and build a water filter prototype.
![Jean Paquin outside](/sites/default/files/styles/career_image/public/2020-12/Jean%20Paquin%20RTA-web.jpg?itok=9XAoLiFz)
Jean Paquin
Water Resources Analyst Engineer at Rio Tinto