This program focuses on components of a comprehensive, robust system in Alberta to monitor the effects of oil sands mining operations on ecosystem health – a system that is scientifically sound and has the confidence of the general public.
Current Monitoring Ecosystem Impacts Projects
Completed Monitoring Ecosystem Impacts Projects
Follow the links for the results of each project or go to the ERA site to see all OSRIN Reports.
- An Evaluation of Wireless Sensor Networks and their Potential Implementation to Monitor Environmental Variables at Oil Sands Sites – Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, University of Alberta
- A Rapid Solution for Screening and Quantifying Targeted and Non‐Targeted Analytes in Oil Sands Process Water and Natural Waters in the Athabasca Region – Dr. Jonathan Martin, University of Alberta
- Assessment and Design of a Challenge Dialogue Titled “What Constitutes Monitoring Adequacy in the Oil Sands Region?” – Congruent Strategies (included in the report for Dialogue on Monitoring and Information Reporting Adequacy)
- Assessment of Air Quality Remote Sensing Technology for Alberta’s Oil Sands Region – Dr. Zaher Hashisho, University of Alberta
- Characterizing the Organic Composition of Snow and Surface Water Across the Athabasca Region – Phase 2 – Dr. Jean Birks, Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
- Community Level Physiological Profiling for Monitoring Oil Sands Impacts – Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
- Dialogue on Monitoring and Information Reporting Adequacy – Congruent Strategies – two reports were prepared: a short version (report only) and a long version (report plus appendices)
- Instruments for Research on Air Quality Control and Characterization – Dr. Zaher Hashisho, University of Alberta
- Inventory and Characterize the Monitoring and Reporting of Oil Sands Environmental Health – EO Consulting
- Isotope and Geochemical Tracers for Fingerprinting Process-Affected Waters in the Oil Sands Industry – Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
- Metrics for Assessing Fisheries Productivity of Oil Sands Compensation Lakes – Dr. Mark Poesch, University of Alberta
- Microcosm Evaluation of CLPP in Oil Sands Process Affected Water – Dr. Jim Davies, Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
- Modeling and Assessing the Impact of Oil Sands Contaminants on Aquatic Food Webs – Dr. Mark Lewis, University of Alberta
- Organic Footprint of Atmospheric Deposits: Snow and Surface Water Fingerprinting Across the Athabasca Region – Dr. Jean Birks, Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
- Potential to Use Animals as Monitors of Ecosystem Health in the Oil Sands Region – Dr. Judit Smits, University of Calgary
- Summary of the Oil Sands Groundwater – Surface Water Interactions Workshop – Oil Sands Research and Information Network and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
- Surface Water – Groundwater Interactions in the Lower Athabasca Region – Melanie Dubois, Cumulative Environmental Management Association
- Wild Plant and Soil Sampling in Support of Oil Sands Contaminant Load Assessment – Dr. Cindy Jardine, University of Alberta
