The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) is a scientific organization made up of researchers studying the Laurentian Great Lakes, other large lakes of the world, and their watersheds, as well as those with an interest in such research. IAGLR members encompass all scientific disciplines with a common interest in the management of large lake ecosystems on many levels.
We are a member-run professional association that holds an annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. Our Journal of Great Lakes Research is a highly respected professional publication with broad distribution.
IAGLR News
Board Member Receives Prestigious Award
Peter Dillon, who is serving on IAGLR's Board of Directors from 2009-2012; has been selected as the "ASLO 2010 G. Evelyn Hutchinson Award" winner. Congratulations! | 7/8/10
Team IAGLR USA Wins 4-4
At this year’s 53rd annual International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference in Toronto, Ontario, IAGLR Team USA and IAGLR Team Canada defied convention and skated to a 4-4 tie in an ice hockey match challenge for the Defy Cup, the trophy donated by Clarkson University to support fund raising for the IAGLR Scholarship. | 6/18/10
IAGLR 2010-2011 Board of Directors
IAGLR's 2010-2011 Officers and Board Members were announced this May at the 53rd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research in Toronto, Ontario. Please join us in a special welcome for Robert Heath as the new President. Remaining officers include Robert Letcher as Vice-President, Stephanie Guildford as Secretary, Thomas Holsen as Treasurer, and Linda Campbell as Past-President. Stephen Hensler has returned as a Board Member and Prosper Zigah will be our new Student Board Member. Peter Dillon, Joseph Makarewicz, Linda Mortsch, and Amanda Poste will also be staying on. Thank you to last year's Board of Directors for their hard work, and we look forward to another productive year with a new great group! | 6/16/10
Dr. Don MacKay Receives 2010 IAGLR Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Don MacKay, Director Emeritus of the Centre for Environmental Modelling and Chemistry at Trent University, at the recent 53rd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, recognizing his career of sustained excellence conducting large lakes research. | 6/16/10
IAGLR Honors Great Lakes Educator
IAGLR presented the prestigious John R. (Jack) Vallentyne IAGLR Outreach Award to Carol Swinehart of Michigan Sea Grant and Michigan State University for her important and sustained efforts to inform and educate the public and policymakers on Great Lakes issues at the 53rd Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research in Toronto, Ontario. | 6/16/10
Dr. Lynda D. Corkum Recognized for Contributions to IAGLR
IAGLR is pleased to announce that Dr. Lynda Corkum (Department of Biological Science at the University of Windsor) is the 2010 recipient of the Anderson-Everett Award for her outstanding and continued contributions to the Association over a number of years. | 6/16/10
Also visit the IAGLR Large Lakes Research Calendar to see what's going on in the large lakes research community!
Current JGLR Issue
Volume 36, Supplement 1
Assessing the Health of Lake Whitefish Populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes
Edited by Travis O. Brenden, Mark P. Ebener and Trent M. Sutton
Now publishing with Elsevier.
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