Researchers from the departments of engineering and arts at the U of G are taking lessons from the past as they try to restore the ecosystem along part of the Winnipeg River. By documenting actions that affected water flow and vegetation, they hope to bring back the river’s bountiful production of wild rice for Indigenous harvesters.
Owen Roberts is a faculty member in the Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications program at the University of Illinois. As an agricultural journalist, he is the past president of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and a lifetime achievement award recipient from the Canadian Farm Writers' Federation. His programs and research papers have been recognized nationally and internationally through awards from the Journal of Applied Communications, the National Agri-Marketing Association, the Association for Communications Excellence, and others.
