Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00787, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Holloway, Alison (McMaster University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Although the oil sands industry provides significant economic benefits to Canada, the development of this_x000D_
resource has not been without controversy. Indeed, there have been a number of concerns regarding the impact_x000D_
of the oil sands industry on the environment and human health. As a result, in 2012 the Joint Oil Sands_x000D_
Monitoring (JOSM) program was established; this monitoring program is paid for by oil sands producers_x000D_
including the 13 member companies of the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA). Despite the fact_x000D_
that concerns about adverse reproductive outcomes resulting from oil sands activities have been raised by_x000D_
scientists, environmental groups and community organizations, there have been no assessments of reproductive_x000D_
outcomes as part of this program. There is clear evidence from laboratory studies that exposure to chemicals_x000D_
and metals which are related to oil sands activity can have profound effects on reproduction in mammals. It has_x000D_
been suggested that river otters may serve as indicators for individual and population-level health risks to both_x000D_
wildlife and humans. Therefore the goal of this project is to determine if reproductive outcomes can be_x000D_
determined in otters that are being collected as part of the JOSM hunter-trapper harvested wildlife toxicology_x000D_
monitoring program., program purpose french : Although the oil sands industry provides significant economic benefits to Canada, the development of this_x000D_
resource has not been without controversy. Indeed, there have been a number of concerns regarding the impact_x000D_
of the oil sands industry on the environment and human health. As a result, in 2012 the Joint Oil Sands_x000D_
Monitoring (JOSM) program was established; this monitoring program is paid for by oil sands producers_x000D_
including the 13 member companies of the Canadian Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA). Despite the fact_x000D_
that concerns about adverse reproductive outcomes resulting from oil sands activities have been raised by_x000D_
scientists, environmental groups and community organizations, there have been no assessments of reproductive_x000D_
outcomes as part of this program. There is clear evidence from laboratory studies that exposure to chemicals_x000D_
and metals which are related to oil sands activity can have profound effects on reproduction in mammals. It has_x000D_
been suggested that river otters may serve as indicators for individual and population-level health risks to both_x000D_
wildlife and humans. Therefore the goal of this project is to determine if reproductive outcomes can be_x000D_
determined in otters that are being collected as part of the JOSM hunter-trapper harvested wildlife toxicology_x000D_
monitoring program., agreement title english : Feasibility of including reproductive outcomes in oil sands wildlife biomonitoring programs, agreement title french : Feasibility of including reproductive outcomes in oil sands wildlife biomonitoring programs, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-02-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada