The University of Northern British Columbia’s Quesnel RiverResearch Centre is being re-named in honour of the man who helpedsecure the station near Likely, BC.

Dr. Max Blouw was UNBC’s first Vice President of Research and achampion of connecting the needs of communities, industry andgovernment to research and development. Dr. Blouw will be in attendanceat the unveiling of the Dr. Max Blouw Quesnel River Research Centre onTuesday, August 18.

“It’s a great honour for me,” says Dr. Blouw, currently the presidentof Wilfrid Laurier University. “To be honest, my initial reaction wasdelight, but also shock. The community of Likely was really the maindriver in retaining the facility as a research site and I willcertainly say this as well as a heartfelt thank you to the communitywhen I am at the event on Tuesday.”

Dr. Blouw worked with the community of Likely and others in the regionto have the former federal fisheries research station transferred toUNBC. The facility now supports research on fish ecology, thesustainability of river systems, and climate change.

“We want to recognize the many efforts of Max Blouw,” says site ManagerRick Holmes, a resident of Likely for the past 35 years. “From his workin fish ecology and sustainability, to helping the community to securethis centre, it is a well deserved honour we gladly bestow.”

The Quesnel River Research Centre occupies 21.5 hectares on the QuesnelRiver downstream of Quesnel Lake. The site offers field studyopportunities to undergraduate and graduate students, summer fieldschools, as well as extension services and seminar/workshop facilitiesfor non-university user groups. It is a setting for collaborationinvolving researchers from UNBC and other provincial, national andinternational universities, government agencies, other researchcenters, and industry. 

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