FAST Makes Waves with FLAS to Support the Humber River

FAST professor Tim Wong and FLAS professors Steve Stockton and Jen Ball, teamed up with Tianyi (Tim) Zhang, Olha Matviichuk, and FAST graduate John Yan (Fall 2024) to develop an interactive digital dashboard that visualizes the health of the Humber River.

This innovative tool will soon be accessible to everyone, offering new ways to explore and understand our local ecosystem. The dashboard draws on living benthic macroinvertebrates (“river bugs”) to help us interpret the ecological health of the river—giving the Humber River a voice we can all listen to.

We look forward to seeing how educators, students, and the community will use this resource to enhance teaching and environmental engagement. Stay tuned for its release!