UNews - Yellowknife /unews/organization/yellowknife en Shedding light on the watershed /unews/article/shedding-light-watershed <div class="field field-name-field-op-author field-type-node-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="rnews:creator schema:creator"><div class="view view-openpublish-related-content view-id-openpublish_related_content view-display-id-block_1 view-dom-id-0e65de8ada6594daad3fc4f743253a58"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="views-label views-label-title">by</span> <span class="field-content"><a href="/unews/profile/trevor-kenney">Trevor Kenney</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">February 12, 2009</span> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="rnews:articlebody schema:articleBody"> <p>Though water has become a hot topic in academic circles, the broader community isn't necessarily aware of human impact on water systems.<br> <br> "Water is one of those quiet, silent things that literally flows through your life unless it's not there. Then everything stops," says filmmaker and 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge alumna Denise Calderwood (MEd '93).<br> <br> Water &ndash; specifically the watershed of Alberta's east slopes &ndash; was a natural choice for her sixth documentary, Water Resources: The East Slopes of Alberta. The film, which features researchers, ranchers and environmentalists, examines how the watershed works and is affected by human activity.<br> <br> A whole range of development activities in the east slopes are gradually diminishing the capacity to deliver the water we depend on, Calderwood says.<br> <br> Every film is a team effort, and Calderwood says this time she was fortunate to recruit Jeremy Emerson, who was then a fourth year student, through the Faculty of <a href="http://www.uleth.ca/finearts/new-media" rel="nofollow">Fine Arts New Media</a> internship program. The program is one of the many ways the U of L partners with the community, in this case to promote education about the environment.<br> <br> Emerson (BFA &ndash; New Media '08), who now works for a Yellowknife film society, says this project provided a hands-on production experience, like camera operation and video editing, and opened his eyes to the complexity of water issues and the importance of research in this area.<br> <br> "We don't see the effects of what we're doing to our watershed today," he says. "We could be doing horribly bad things and we wouldn't know it for a while &ndash; and by then, it could be too late."<br> <br> Water Resources: The East Slopes of Alberta was screened at the 免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge in November 2008 and is now being used as a resource by the provincial government.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field-group-format group_related_topics field-group-div group-related-topics block-title-body speed-fast effect-none"><h2><span>Related Topics</span></h2><div class="field field-name-opencalais-facility-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Facility:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/facility/university-lethbridge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-industryterm-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">IndustryTerm:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/industry-term/water-systems" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">water systems</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-movie-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Movie:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/movie/water-resources-east-slopes-alberta" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Water Resources: The East Slopes of Alberta</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-organization-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Organization:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/faculty-fine-arts-new-media" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Faculty of Fine Arts New Media</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/yellowknife" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Yellowknife</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/organization/provincial-government" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">provincial government</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/organization/university-lethbridge" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">免费福利资源在线看片 of Lethbridge</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-person-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Person:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/person/denise-calderwood" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Denise Calderwood</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/unews/person/jeremy-emerson" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Jeremy Emerson</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-opencalais-provinceorstate-tags field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ProvinceOrState:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/unews/province-or-state/alberta" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Alberta</a></div></div></div></div><span property="rnews:name schema:name" content="Shedding light on the watershed" class="rdf-meta"></span> Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:57:37 +0000 trevor.kenney 5341 at /unews