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Executive Director of @water_rangers, promoting community water science & open data. (she/her)

Joined April 2008
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💧 Excitement is rippling for the 2025 Watershed Reports! 🌊 We're not the only ones buzzing—@DataStreamHub, @WWFCanada, @TakeAquaAction, and @EnvironmentCa are sharing why these reports matter for Canada’s freshwater. Celebrate with us on March 26 at watershedreports.ca
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One week left! Why celebrate #OceanWeekCanada with water testing? 🌊💙 🔬 It builds science & ecosystem knowledge! ⚡ It sparks action to protect water! 📊 It fills vital data gaps! Let’s make an impact together—apply for our mini-grant by March 31! 🔗 waterrangers.com/ocean-week-…
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🚨The 2025 Watershed Reports are here! 🚨 Dive into the latest insights on freshwater health across 164 watersheds, powered by 34M+ data points! 🌊 Explore water quality, flow, benthic invertebrates, and fish. Join our webinar & celebration! 🎉watershedreports.ca
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We are delighted to introduce another fantastic speaker lined up for Watersheds Canada’s inaugural Conference, taking place May 1-2, 2025, in Haliburton, ON! 📣 🌱 Gabi Parent-Doliner is the Director of Water Rangers, helping to build internal systems, manage water data, and nurture community engagement. In addition, Gabi serves on the board of the Great Lakes Beach Association and is a leader in community based water monitoring, CBWM data, and open data. She also currently serves on an IJC Health Practitioners Advisory Board reporting on Beach Sanitary Survey/Environmental Health and Sanitary Survey. 🏖️ She has a strong background and expertise in Great Lakes beach water quality monitoring, data sources, monitoring practices, and government guidelines. Parent-Doliner worked closely with community volunteers, and project collaborators on the strategy for and delivery of the Lake Erie Rangers program. She supports the Water Rangers’ volunteers across the country in their data collection, data management, and sharing. She also manages the Watershed Reports as well as the development of the Business Case Toolkit for Investment in Community Based Water Monitoring. 💧 _________________________________________________ Gabi will share her expertise and practical solutions to empower YOU to make a difference. Register today: watersheds.ca/conference/ !
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It's here -- our annual review! 2024 was a great year for leading growth in community based water monitoring. Starting off with some fin-tastic highlights from our community initiatives, over 9,000 people were trained in water testing! 🐟 Full report at waterrangers.com/2024-review
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We are always improving our tools and building capacity for community-based water monitoring! In 2024, we continued with innovative collaborations like CaSTCo where we learn with the smartest and most passionate river champions! Full annual report at waterrangers.com/2024-review
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Big 💙 to our community who create ripples of change in their own communities! Here are some stand-out testimonials from 2024. Let's keep the wave of action going into 2025! 🌊 Download the full report at waterrangers.com/2024-review
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We wouldn't be here without the incredible people who cotinue to make waves thanks to their passion for taking care of waterways 💙💧. We hope you take the plunge with us and be a part of the movement in 2025! Full report at waterrangers.com/2024-review
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Really proud of this piece of work, which was a collaboration with MANY brilliant people: @swarner000 @enock_kiminta @wwfzambia @gis_michelle @kassy4 @GemsWaterCDC and many more!
Sustainable development goals for water quality will not be met without the involvement of citizen scientists, argues an international team led by Dr Izzy Bishop @FreshwaterIzzy @UCLCBER, in a new policy brief with @Earthwatch_Eur @UN_WWQA @UNEP #SDG6 ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/oct/citi…
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Thank you, Kevin, for all your support and enthusiasm!
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@kassy4 of @water_rangers addresses the National Freshwater Data Strategy Workshop @environmentca Canada Centre for Inland Waters #GreatLakes @GreaLakes_GC
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We saw kids swimming in Ashiya River (芦屋川) in Ashiya, Japan the other day. So we tested the water quality using @water_rangers test kits. All data looks fantastic!
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Make sure you sign up for the #GreatUKWaterBlitz in September! Free water quality testing kits, anyone can take part. You can also donate to help supply water testing kits for others at the same link. This has the potential to be HUGE for UK rivers! earthwatch.org.uk/greatukwat…
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What a day. Sun, hail, rain, wind and lots of amazing volunteers. 11 sites sampled, and a target area identified for follow up visits from our conservation team. #citizenscience in action 💪
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On Saturday, our ED @Kassy4 got together with @ribbletrust for a World Water Day water quality blitz! Here's Jim with his son, taking a conductivity reading as the team collected samples for chemistry, invertebrates (@Riverflies), e.coli and eDNA.
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At Water Rangers, we're lucky to have a strong team of women dedicated to protecting our freshwater resources. Here's what some of our team members had to say about their journeys in STEM and their hopes for the future! #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInSTEM
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There are only a few days left to submit an abstract to the upcoming annual Great Lakes conference. With over 50 sessions, we welcome presentations and poster on a broad range of topics to be shared in person or online at this fully hybrid #IAGLR24 !
The #IAGLR24 abstract submission deadline has been extended to Monday, January 22. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to share your #GreatLakesSci with your fellow #GreatLakes scientists. Abstract submission portal: bit.ly/iaglr24cfa
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Our 2023 "Year in review" is now available! One of the things we loved most about this past year- connecting with all of you! Here are some snapshots of the activities & events we hosted or got to take part in. More at waterrangers.ca/2023-in-revi… 😊
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Calling all educators! Join us & @OceanDiagnstics for a FREE webinar this February 😊 Together we'll explore live demos of the Water Quality Testkit and Microplastics Educational Toolkit, uncover curriculum connections, & more. 🌎 Register below! oceandiagnostics.com/environ…
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