Support our cause

With your gift of $1 million to IISD Experimental Lakes Area, you’ll become an official IISD-ELA Steward.

 

This means your name will be attached to one of only 58 living lake laboratories (see below for more details) at the world’s freshwater laboratory in northwestern Ontario.

 

Your contribution will be recognized in IISD-ELA’s internal and external communications, recognizing you as a supporter of the unparallelled work that takes place here.

 

In partnership with global agencies, governments, and our neighbours on Grand Council Treaty 3 territory, we have been protecting fresh water for more than 5 decades and continue to be at the forefront of critical research—now, you can join us.

 

By supporting a living lab at IISD-ELA, you’ll help ensure it remains a vital scientific resource and thriving natural ecosystem for generations to come.

 

To start a conversation, reach out to Louis St-Cyr, Director of Philanthropy, at lst-cyr@iisd.ca.

IISD-ELA Lakes we monitor but don't conduct whole-lake experiments on

Our five Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) lakes have been consistently monitored for chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and fish population structure since we opened our doors back in 1968.

 

LTER lakes play an essential role in our research—improving our understanding of how climate change is impacting boreal lakes. We have discovered that those effects include warmer temperatures, shorter winters and duration of ice cover, darker water, and smaller fish. The data from LTER lakes get more valuable each year as the environment keeps changing: they help us understand the long-term implications of human activity and then make predictions about the future.

 

These lakes are also critical as reference lakes for experimental research. What the long-term dataset and ongoing monitoring of a lake reveal can then be compared to the changes shown through our experimental manipulation.

 

infographic on Lake 114 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

infographic at Lake 224 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

infographic on Lake 239 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 442 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic at Lake 373 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

IISD-ELA Lakes we conduct whole-lake experiments on

infographic of Lake 223 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 226 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 227 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 240 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 260 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 302 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 303 and 304 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 375 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

 

 

Infographic of Lake 658 at IISD Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario

Discover More About the Lakes YOU Can Steward

Take a virtual tour of the world's freshwater laboratory and learn more about these iconic 58 lakes and their watersheds, set aside for scientific research.

Take a Virtual Tour of our Lakes

Learn More

If you would like more information or have any questions, please reach out to Erin Bend at ebend@iisd-ela.org.

 

To donate by cheque, make the cheque payable to IISD Experimental Lakes Area (with the memo notation ‘IISD-ELA Endowment Fund’) and mail to: Attn: Philanthropy; IISD Experimental Lakes Area; 325-111 Lombard Avenue; Winnipeg, MB; R3B 0T4

 

If you’d like IISD-ELA’s securities transfer forme-transfer details, or to make a credit card gift over the phone, please contact Hammad Babatunde at hbabatunde@iisd-ela.org.

 

Note that our CRA Registered Charity Number is 850309576RR0001.