Keynote Presentation: Using research for Safeguarding Healthy Great Lakes as a mechanism for knowledge mobilization

• Main Author: Pitcher, Trevor
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2018
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/cara2018/schedule/day2/7

Dr.Trevor Pitcher is currently an Associate Professor, Director of the Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre (a partnership with the Town of LaSalle) and Executive Director (Acting), for the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research (GLIER) at the University of Windsor. In his capacity as Executive Director (Acting), Dr. Pitcher oversees the activities of the University of Windsor’s research related to safeguarding healthy Great Lakes, providing leadership and direction with respect to the implementation and promotion of the University’s strategic research mandate. Dr. Pitcher formerly served as the Interim Executive Director of the Office of Research and Innovation Services. Specializing in aquatic ecology, Dr. Pitcher's research focuses on the conservation and restoration of Great Lakes fishes (e.g. Lake Sturgeon, Atlantic salmon) fish aquatic contaminant stress, and restoration ecology. As the Founding Director of the University of Windsor’s Freshwater Restoration Ecology Centre (FREC) in LaSalle, Ontario, Dr. Pitcher is currently engaged in scientific research aimed at restoring ecologically and economically important species of fish in the Great Lakes to self-sustaining population levels. He is a frequent invited conference speaker and has published more than 80 scientific papers on these topics. In addition to research, the centre hosts many public and school groups to educate them about water quality, invasive species and species at risk in the Great Lakes.