Member services

Researchers

Membership types

REGULAR MEMBERS

A regular member is a researcher who contributes significantly to the achievement of the scientific programming or physical infrastructure of the strategic cluster. A person from a member institution must have been a collaborating member for at least one year. Every other person must, to become a regular member, have been a collaborating member for at least 3 years. See the statutes to know how to apply.

COLLABORATING MEMBERS

A collaborating member is a researcher contributing on an ad hoc or occasional basis to the realization of the scientific programming or material infrastructure of the strategic cluster. See the statutes to know how to apply.

Why be a member of CentrEau?
  • Get to know each other: know who is working on water in Quebec
  • Have a greater significance (public decision making, for example)
  • Seed money for research projects
  • Networking
  • Joint grant applications
  • Support for events organized by members
  • Student symposia
  • Consolidate information on water
  • Outreach: the student outreach program will give you opportunities to share your research outside your university
  • Website : an information tool where you can share your news and share materials
 
 
  • Possible services to students and researchers:
  • Writing assistance for the Common CV for professors
  • Writing assistance for students
  • Assistance in writing grant applications, projects, etc.
  • Workshops for languages, writing, communications, networking, etc.
  • Other services not offered by departments and faculties 

Become a member!

How can you become a member?

Regular members

A regular member is a researcher who contributes significantly to the achievement of the scientific programming or physical infrastructure of the strategic cluster. A person from a member institution must have been a collaborating member for at least one year. Every other person must, to become a regular member, have been a collaborating member for at least 3 years.

You must submit your application to your institutional representative (ifapplicable) and to the director of the cluster :

  • Canadian Common CV, up to date
  • Letter of application (consult the statutes for details)

Collaborating members

A collaborating member is a researcher contributing on an ad hoc or occasional basis to the realization of the scientific programming or material infrastructure of the strategic cluster.

You must submit your application to your institutional representative (ifapplicable) and to the director of the cluster :

  • Canadian Common CV, up to date
  • Letter of application (consult the statutes for details)

Student and employee members

Ask your supervisor for the hyperlink to the online form or write an email to info(a)centreau.org.

 

Seed Money for Projects

Deadline: November 1st , 2023, midnight

The objective of the CentrEau Seed Money Program is to promote the emergence of collaborative and cross-sectorial research projects in the field of water by giving seed money to researchers (financial leverage).

Six non-renewable $ 20,000 envelopes are available each year. These amounts are to be used to cover research-related expenses.

To be eligible, the project must:
  • Involve at least 2 researchers who are regular members of the center from 2 different establishments;
  • Encourage inter-institutional collaboration (participation of a minimum of two regular members from two different partner institutions).
  • The project must be in line with CentrEau's research programming;
  • The project can be in line with the themes highlighted in CentrEau's scientific planning:  
    • Human and environmental health;
    • Sustainable and intelligent agriculture;
    • Hydroclimatic issues;
    • Green infrastructure;
    • Reduction of contaminants and nutrients in waterways;
    • Water Resource Valuation;
  • Be large-scale (indicators: number of institutions involved, number of researchers and/or students involved, size of the proposed project).

More details: Consult the complete rules » (PDF, 126 Ko) 

Accepted Projects 

Appel (session)ProjetMembres impliqués
F2021Identification and quantification of microplastics in municipal wastewater by Pyrolysis-GC-Orbitrap MS

Rimeh Daghrir (PI)

Sébastien Sauvé, Dominique Claveau-Mallet, Benoit BarbeauSimon Barnabé, Marc-André Labelle

F2021Impacts of population lifestyle and behaviors on the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in wastewater

Émilie Bédard (PI)

Sarah Dorner, Jie He, Dominic Frigon, Céline Vaneeckhaute, Françoise Bichai

S2021Restoration of the Beaudet reservoir in Victoriaville: VictEau squad

Simon Barnabé (PI)

Robert LagacéManuel RodriguezAlain rousseauRimeh Daghrir,Caroline CôtéMathieu Varin

Non-member parners: Aubert Michaud (IRD), Simon Dugré (CISA), Marie-Joëlle Brassard (CISA), Jean-François Bissonnette (ULaval), Joël Lambert (Victoriaville), Nicholas Fecteau (Zone d’innovation en agriculture durable
et circulaire)

W2021Development and optimization of multi-criteria spatial analysis (GIS) tools for urban planning to support decision making on the location of green infrastructures

Danielle Dagenais (PI)

Françoise BichaiSarah Dorner, Roxane LavoiePeter Vanrolleghem

Non-member parners: Martijn Kuller (Eawag Zurich), Peter Bach (Eawag Zurich)

F2020Decentralizing Urban Water Management in Quebec: The Environmental and Economic Case for Hybrid Wastewater Systems

Françoise Bichai (PI)
Dominique Claveau-MalletYves ComeauSarah DornerSophie Duchesne, Jie He and Flavia Visentin

Non-member parners: Martijn Kuller (Eawag Zurich), Quentin Grafton (Australian National University) 

S2020 
Surveillance and epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 virus using wastewater
 
Dominic Frigon (PI) 
Françoise BichaiRobert DelatollaSarah DornerFrançois GuillemetteMarc-André LabelleKarine LemarchandAlain LétourneauMarc-Denis RiouxCéline VaneeckhautePeter VanrolleghemRichard Villemur et Viviane Yargeau