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WSP Awarded Contract for smartHarbour Initiative

Work will help protect aquatic species in the St. Lawrence River.

WSP has been awarded a contract for the smartHarbour Initiative (‘the Initiative’), a collaboration between the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Public Services and Procurement Canada, and the Montreal Port Authority.

The nearly $1 million contract awarded to WSP will involve the development of “[...] cutting-edge satellite Earth-observation technology solutions in order to follow up on aquatic environmental variables in the St. Lawrence River.” Utilizing commonly used forms of Earth-observed data for developing models, the team will test and evaluate the models with innovative new datasets to reach its conclusions. WSP will work alongside academic partners from the University of Ottawa and Simon Fraser University, as well as industry partners Fluvial Systems Research inc. and Wyvern Inc.

Greg Herasymuik

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The smartHarbour Initiative is an opportunity for our team to build off of the success of our work on the smartWhales program, where modern technology was used efficiently to collect Earth observation data. We are confident that our experience at tracking and managing environmental variables in a similar context will be beneficial to the smartHarbour initiative.”

Greg Herasymuik
Sector Leader, Earth and Environment

According to the Canadian Space Agency’s website, the Initiative will enable “[...] the development and adoption of best practices for environmental monitoring as well as the protection of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Earth observation data will serve to enhance and complement traditional methods of environmental monitoring and follow-up that are used in the field.” The information utilized in the project will help support the Port of Montreal expansion in Contrecœur.

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Our team is proud to work with the federal government on another important project aimed at protecting our country’s biodiversity. It’s important that we continue to work to grow our economic opportunities while still protecting our invaluable environmental assets that we depend on.

Patrick Lafrance
National Vice-President, Ecology and Environmental Impact Assessment

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To learn more about the smartHarbour Initiative, part of the Canadian Space Agency’s smartEarth program, visit: www.asc-csa.gc.ca

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