Resources

DataStream Overview

• Getting started with DataStream
• DataStream Brochure

Understanding Water Quality

• A Water Monitor's Guide to Water Quality (online version)
• A Water Monitor's Guide to Water Quality (printable PDF version)

Upload Guidance

• Upload Template
• Google Upload Template
• Upload Metadata Form
• DataStream Upload Guide
• Best Practices Guide for Nutrient Data (updated June 2023)
• Best Practices for Reporting Isotope Data

Laboratory Parameter Mappings

• CALA Directory of Laboratories
• RPC (v1.5)
• If you would like to see a lab you use here please contact us

General

• Webinars
• DataStream FAQ
• V2.0 Upload Template Information Session
• DataStream YouTube Channel
• Data Management Plan Template: Water Quality Research

Open Data

• Open Data Handbook (Open Knowledge International)
  Guides, case studies and resources for government & civil society on the "what, why & how" of open data.
• Enabling FAIR Data FAQs (Coalition for Publishing Data in the Earth and Space Sciences)
  Frequently Asked Questions on enabling Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable data.
• Open Geospatial Data and OCAP Principles
  Report prepared by Firelight Group for Natural Resources Canada

Data Citation

• JOINT DECLARATION OF DATA CITATION PRINCIPLES  (FORCE11)
  Guiding set of principles for citing datasets
• DOI Citation Formatter (Crosscite)
  Tool for translating DOIs into a variety of recognized citation formats for datasets

Water Monitoring

• WET-PRO Online Water Monitoring Training Program (Atlantic Water Network)
• Guide to Writing a Water Quality Monitoring Plan (CBEMN and CURA H2O)
• Water Monitoring Resource Guides (Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring)
• Handbook for Citizen Science Quality Assurance and Documentation (US EPA)
• Examples for Citizen Science Quality Assurance and Documentation (US EPA)
• Templates for Citizen Science Quality Assurance and Documentation (US EPA)
• Guidelines for Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Surface Water Quality Programs in Alberta (Alberta Environment)
• NWT-Wide Community-Based Water Quality Monitoring Program Protocols for Collecting Water Quality Samples (Government of the Northwest Territories)
• Protocols Manual for Water Quality Sampling in Canada (CCME)
• Canadian Environmental Quality Guidelines (CCME)

Indigenous Guardian Programs

• Indigenous Guardians Toolkit (Nature United)
• Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Community-Based Water Monitoring In Canada

Elevating Community-Based Water Monitoring in Canada (The Gordon Foundation, Living Lakes Canada, WWF-Canada)

• Discussion Paper ( EN ) ( FR )
• Featured Case Studies ( EN ) ( FR )
• Recommendations for the Federal Government ( EN ) ( FR )