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Alison Fraser

Awards

  • Women of Waterloo Region Award (2012).

  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (North America) Award for Exemplary Service (2013).

  • Laurentian Chapter of Society of Environmental Science and Toxicology Outstanding Service Award (2016).

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Publications

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Fraser, A.J., Cahill, T.M., Lasenby, D.C., Mackay, D., and Milford, L. 2005. The Role of Cannibalism and Contaminant Source on Bioaccumulation in Aquatic Food Webs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24(4): 909-915. 

 

Fraser, A.J., Burkow, I.C., Wolkers, H., and Mackay, D. 2002. Modelling Biomagnification and Metabolism of Contaminants in Harp Seals of the Barents Sea. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21(1): 55-61. 

 

MacLeod, M., Fraser, A.J., and Mackay, D. 2002. Evaluating and Expressing the Propagation of Uncertainty in Chemical Fate and Bioaccumulation Models. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21(4): 700-709. 

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Mackay, D., and Fraser, A. 2000. Bioaccumulation of Persistent Organic Chemicals: Mechanisms and Models. Environmental Pollution 110: 375-391. 

 

Volunteer Experience

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  • Founder of Mom2Mom Africa – not for profit organization working to support the educational needs of students in Tanzania.

  • Volunteer with the City of Cambridge Environmental Advisory Committee (2016 - present).

  • Volunteer with Cambridge Roadrunners Girls Hockey Association

  • Active member of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (North American and Laurentian Chapters).

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Education

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  • M.Sc., Environmental Science, Trent University, 2002. Dean’s Honour List. 

    • Thesis: Modelling the Bioaccumulation of Organic Chemicals in Linked Aquatic-Terrestrial Foodwebs, under the supervision of Dr. Don Mackay of the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre. 

  • B.Sc., Honours, Environmental Science, University of Guelph, 1998. Deans Honour List.

    • Research Project: Quantifying the Toxicity of Chloroacetic Acids to the Duckweed, Lemna gibba, under the supervision of Dr. Paul Sibley and Dr. Keith Solomon of the Centre for Toxicology.

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