MITHE-SN Sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge support of NSERC’s Research Partnerships Program and the following sponsors.

Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada

Canadian Grain Commission

Ecotoxicity Technical Advisory Panel

Environment Canada, National Water Research Institute

Environment Canada's National Water Research Institute (NWRI) is Canada's pre-eminent freshwater research facility, the largest in the country with centres on the shores of the Great Lakes in Burlington, Ontario and in the heart of the Canadian Prairies in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. From these vantage points, NWRI extends its influence across Canada and beyond, leading world-class research on freshwater issues.

Health Canada, Healthy Environments & Consumer Safety

Jacques Whitford Limited

Jacques Whitford is a Canadian owned multidisciplinary environmental engineering and sciences consulting firm providing exceptional and effective solutions to clients in both the public and private sectors. Formed in 1972, the firm has grown to more than 1,100 staff located in 40 offices across Canada, the United States and internationally.

Jacques Whitford has successfully completed numerous engineering, environmental and risk management studies for government, industry and the mineral exploration, mining and metals processing sector. At Jacques Whitford our engineering and scientific experts work closely together to provide our clients with fully integrated consulting services throughout the life cycle of the mining operation, from pre-feasibility and permitting, through operations, to reclamation and mine closure.

The Mining Association of Canada

The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) is the national organization of the Canadian mining industry. It comprises companies engaged in mineral exploration, mining, smelting, refining and semifabrication. Member companies account for the vast majority of Canada's output of metals and major industrial materials. The Association's functions are to promote the interests of the industry nationally and internationally, to work with governments on policies affecting minerals, to inform the public and to promote cooperation between member firms to solve common problems.

Natural Resources Canada, Geological Survey of Canada

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Our Vision NSERC will help make Canada a country of discoverers and innovators for the benefit of all Canadians.
Our Mission NSERC will achieve this by investing in people, discovery and innovation through programs that support university research in the natural sciences and engineering on the basis of national competitions, and that will continue to be our major activity.
Our Role NSERC's role is to make investments in people, discovery and innovation for the benefit of all Canadians. We invest in people by supporting more than 20,000 university students and postdoctoral fellows in their advanced studies. We promote discovery by funding more than 10,000 university professors every year. And we help make innovation happen by encouraging more than 500 Canadian companies to invest in university research.

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Ontario Ministry of the Environment

International Plant Nutrition Institute

The International Plant Nutrition Institute is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to advance the appropriate use of P and K in crop production systems through the worldwide development and promotion of scientific information that is agronomically sound, economically advantageous, and environmentally responsible.