Activities

The International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) engages in four main activities every year:

We hold an Annual Meeting and Conference

Our conference, whose location alternates each year between a Canadian and United States site, is attended by hundreds of scientists and other professionals from a wide variety of disciplines. Our program includes technical sessions with both oral and poster presentations, plenary sessions with internationally recognized keynote speakers, a trade show, and workshops on a variety of topics. We also hold an annual business luncheon for the association, a banquet, and several other social functions where you can meet with colleagues, old and new.

We publish four issues of the Journal of Great Lakes Research annually

Our journal is a top-quality, peer-reviewed, scientific journal published since 1975. We consider papers on a wide variety of topics, from eutrophication to exotic species, geomorphology to global warming effects. What these papers have in common is their relevance to large lakes of the world. A new issue of JGLR comes out about every three months.

We give out several Awards

For many years, IAGLR has been recognizing excellence in Great Lakes science by giving out prestigious awards. We award students for top-notch presentations at our annual conference, and professionals for excellence in our journal, and for outstanding contributions towards the achievement of IAGLR's goals.

We issue Scholarships

Since 1988 IAGLR has been able to give out scholarships to students showing great promise early in their research careers. Presently we offer the IAGLR Scholarship, the Norman S. Baldwin Fishery Science Scholarship and the Paul W. Rodgers Scholarship to deserving students each year.