Publications

Danielle S. Spence, Kristin J. Painter, Ali Nazemi, Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Helen M. Baulch. 2025. Climate variability is an important driver of water treatability in a shallow reservoir. Science of The Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180786

Drinking water treatability is defined by multiple parameters that are strongly impacted by climatic and anthropogenic drivers. Working in a shallow reservoir in the Canadian Prairies, generalized additive models (GAMs) were applied to a 33-year dataset to identify drivers of interannual variability in multiple indicators of drinking water treatability. Interannual variability in treatability indicators was substantial. In the...

Danielle S Spence, Maureen G Reed, James P Robson, Bianca Currie, Eureta Rosenberg, Marlis Merry, Jana Gengelbach. 2025. Intercultural networks deepen learning for transformative sustainability education: lessons from co-designing transdisciplinary international learning labs. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101567

In this paper, we emphasize the value of an intercultural network of researchers, students, and practitioners engaged in co-creating and delivering transdisciplinary sustainability learning opportunities. The network, the Trans disciplinary E ducation C ollaboration for T ransformations in S ustainability (TRANSECTS), is a north–south partnership with hub universities in Canada, Germany, and South Africa. Here, we in...

Danielle S. Spence, Kristin J. Painter, Ali Nazemi, Jason J. Venkiteswaran, Helen M. Baulch. 2025. Climate variability and flow management impact phytoplankton biomass in a shallow reservoir. Environmental Science: Advances. https://doi.org/10.1039/D5VA00094G

Shallow, eutrophic lakes often exhibit high and extremely variable phytoplankton biomass. This variability makes drinking water supply from shallow lakes particularly vulnerable to rapid change, as phytoplankton blooms can strongly impact treatment processes. Using 39 years of water quality data (typically bi-weekly), this study investigates the roles of climate variability and flow management in driving change in chlorophyll ...