GEO Morphix Ltd.

GEO Morphix is happy to announce that we have successfully passed our Health & Safety external audit and achieved the Certificate of Recognition (COR 2020) in Ontario, awarded by the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA)! This accomplishment reflects the dedication of our amazing team to maintaining high standards of health and safety in our workplace. ⁠ ⁠ A huge thank you to all our employees for your hard work and commitment. This achievement is truly a team effort!⁠ ⁠ ⁠

Today is #NationalConstructionDay! GEO Morphix provides inspection services during the construction phase for many of our designs including watercourse realignments and wetlands, erosion protection for channels and shorelines, and stormwater outlet facilities. By providing on-site construction inspections, our staff support the overall project team to verify proper design implementation and permit compliance on a range of creek and shoreline restoration projects.

Last week, GEO team members attended Yukon's Annual Geoscience Forum and Trade Show. Over the four-day event, team members listened to experts speak about last year's field season and learned about successes, challenges, and opportunities in the mining industry. Team members also heard from Yukon First Nations Chiefs and citizens on Indigenous partnerships and involvement as a key to achieving sustainability and success in the Yukon mining industry. To add to an already great week, they also got to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Yukon. What an excellent trip for river enthusiasts!

Last week, we attended the Municipal Engineers Association Conference in Ottawa, ON. This year's conference theme couldn't have been more fitting for us - River Resilience! We enjoyed meeting and interacting with everyone who stopped by our booth and who attended the social events. Tye Rusnak wrapped the conference up with a presentation: A comparative study of UAV, LiDAR, and RTK-derived geospatial survey information in a partially wooded stream corridor. Great job Tye! Thank you for having us, MEA. We look forward to seeing you next year!

Today is World Fisheries Day! At GEO Morphix, we complete fish community sampling to monitor the effectiveness of naturalized channel corridors that contain enhanced fish habitat. In the first year of post-construction monitoring, we establish a control site within the constructed channel and a reference site upstream in the existing channel to provide baseline data for future fish community sampling events. These future results offer insight into the success of the channel design in providing suitable habitat in both the control site and the reference site. Our team has sampled fish species, including Johnny Darter, Creek Chub, White Sucker, and Blacknose Dace in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, consistently demonstrating that our constructed designs are successful post-development.

Today is GIS Day! To recognize this day, we asked our geomatics team about their favourite part of working in the GIS field. Here is what they had to say.

GEO Morphix will be attending the Municipal Engineers Association Annual Conference at the Delta-Marriott in downtown Ottawa from November 19 to 22. Stop by booth B2 to say hello and attend Tye Rusnak's talk on the 22nd. See you there!⁠

GEO Morphix is heading to Erosion Solutions 2024: First Annual Atlantic Canada Erosion Control Conference. Join us on October 24 when Paul Villard and Michael Lawson will share insights into river and channel restoration. Paul will explore the many environmental benefits provided by designed rivers and channels with a special focus on carbon retention. Michael will showcase how promoting resiliency in natural channel design contributes to more effective erosion protection strategies.

Join Paul Villard as he walks along the recently constructed Omagh Tributary corridor realignment in Milton, Ontario, Canada. This corridor was realigned as part of a Mattamy Homes residential subdivision development in collaboration with David Schaeffer Engineering Limited, and NAK Design Strategies, with contractor services provided by Terrain Group and DeKay Construction. In this video, Paul speaks about the science behind realigning corridors and how we build habitats for wildlife long before the homes for people are built. For the full video visit our YouTube channel! Keep an eye on our accounts for more videos from GEO Morphix team members in the future!

Conservation Halton hosted the 17th annual Halton Children’s Water Festival in partnership with Halton Region at Kelso Conservation Area from September 24-27. Over 3,800 students between grades 2-5 participated in fun, inquiry-based activities to learn about the importance of environmental stewardship their local watersheds. This four-day event would not be possible without the support of our sponsors, partners, and our team of over 500 volunteers. Thank you for making the 2024 Halton Children’s Water Festival a success: Halton Region Halton District School Board Halton Catholic District School Board City of Burlington Town of Oakville Town of Halton Hills Wilfrid Laurier University Wolseley Canada Inc. DSEL - David Schaeffer Engineering Ltd. GEO Morphix Ltd. Leggat Auto Group Ontario Wildlife Foundation Associated Engineering R.V. Anderson Associates Limited Together, we’re able to ensure that important lessons of conservation and environmental stewardship continue to inspire the next generation of water stewards in our region. Read about the event here: https://lnkd.in/eetbXJHg Stay tuned for information about the 2025 festival and how to get involved on our website: https://lnkd.in/gFkgfiRw