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Media Releases | April 27, 2021

IISD Experimental Lakes Area, the world’s freshwater laboratory in northwestern Ontario, is carefully and safely opening its doors to new research and a slightly larger research team this summer, after a significantly pared down 2020 research season.

IISD-ELA in the News | Canadian Philippine Inquirer | April 20, 2021

"Antidepressants are a lifeline for millions of people across North America and the world. In fact, venlafaxine—one of the most prescribed antidepressants—features among the top five most-consumed drugs by Canadians 25–64 years of age. And as COVID-19 measures have taken their toll on populations, we are seeing prescriptions for those drugs growing."

IISD-ELA in the News | Kenora Daily Miner and News | April 12, 2021

"The IISD-Experimental Lakes Area is slated to get a funding boost from Ottawa to construct a new science and tourism centre at the field station east of Kenora. The centre will be designed with visitors and students in mind, senior director with IISD-ELA Matthew McCandless said during a virtual announcement Thursday. It will include classrooms and seminar rooms, a dining hall, reception and gallery as well as accommodations."

IISD-ELA in the News | CBC | April 9, 2021

"The Experimental Lakes Area east of Kenora, Ont., has received $180,000 in federal funding to help in the construction of the Centre for Climate and Lake Learning. Terry Sheehan, parliamentary secretary to Melanie Joly, minister of economic development and official languages, and minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (FedNor), made the announcement Thursday."

IISD-ELA in the News | PBS | April 8, 2021

"Ecotoxicologist Jose Luis Rodriguez Gil will spend the next year investigating the implications of excreted antidepressant drugs in a unique whole ecosystem experiment in a boreal lake in northern Ontario. His findings could have implications for larger bodies of water, including the Great Lakes."