The Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) was founded in 2000 as a centre of excellence in

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

sciences and is based at the

University of New Brunswick The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English language, English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universiti ...

(UNB) on both the Fredericton and Saint John campuses. The mandate of the CRI is to conduct both multi-disciplinary basic and applied research focusing on rivers from their

headwaters The headwater of a river or stream is the geographical point of its beginning, specifically where surface runoff water begins to accumulate into a flowing channel of water. A river or stream into which one or many tributary rivers or streams flo ...

to their

estuaries An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime environm ...

, to promote the conservation, protection and sustainable use of water, and to educate professionals, graduate students and the public on water sciences. Members of the CRI conduct research on regional, national and international issues related to rivers and their land-water linkages. Initially founded by four Fellows (two

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and two

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), the CRI has grown into a network of researchers from universities, federal and provincial governments, industry and non-governmental organizations with an interest in river and estuarine sciences. The CRI has expanded rapidly and now includes 14 Fellows (including four

), 30 Associates, 12 staff, and over 45 graduate students, and has a new state-of-the-art building on the Saint John campus (opened September 2007) and numerous partnerships and programs with researchers and organizations across

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and around the world .

Fredericton Campus

Research by the CRI at the UNB Fredericton campus is primarily focused on aquatic ecology through the New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, the Stable Isotopes in Nature Laboratory and the Laboratory on Mitigating Impacts of Hydroelectric Development. In addition to this, the National Water Research Institute of Environment Canada houses four members of its staff in a Laboratory for Multistressor Effects on Aquatic Biodiversity.

Saint John Campus

Located on the UNB campus in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, research at the CRI Saint John focuses on the environmental impacts of industrial and agricultural operations, chemical contamination of food webs and the reproductive physiology of fish as well as ecotoxicology.

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Canadian Rivers Institute

CRI, Fredericton Location

CRI, Saint John Location
University of New Brunswick Educational institutions established in 2000 Scientific organizations based in Canada 2000 establishments in Canada