Ken G. Drouillard

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  • Professor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and Director of the School of the Environment, University of Windsor
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones in conversation at Queen’s Park, the day after Ontario’s chief medical officer of health ‘strongly recommended’ mask wearing. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

With COVID, flu and RSV circulating, it’s time to follow the evidence: Return to mask mandates

Catherine Clase, McMaster University; Charles-Francois de Lannoy, McMaster University, and Ken G. Drouillard, University of Windsor

In 2020, with adult ICUs at risk of being overwhelmed, we wore masks and accepted restrictions. Now pediatric intensive care is at risk. Will leaders follow the evidence and tell us to mask up?
Fit, fabric and design affect mask effectiveness. (Windsor Essex Sewing Force)

What’s next with face masks? Keep wearing them in public, wear the best mask available and pay attention to fit

Catherine Clase, McMaster University; Charles-Francois de Lannoy, McMaster University; Ken G. Drouillard, University of Windsor, and Scott Laengert, McMaster University

We tested well-fitting cloth masks made from 16 kinds of cotton, on human participants, to see how many provided filtration comparable with a certified medical mask. Most of them did.
A harmful algal bloom in the western basin of Lake Erie in August 2017. (NOAA/Aerial Associates Photography, Inc. by Zachary Haslick/flickr)

Great Lakes waters at risk from buried contaminants and new threats

Robert Michael McKay, University of Windsor; Joel Edward Gagnon, University of Windsor; John Hartig, University of Windsor; Ken G. Drouillard, University of Windsor, and Michael Siu, University of Windsor

The Great Lakes contain reservoirs of legacy contaminants, mostly in their sediments, that are vulnerable to resuspension.

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