Lalita Bharadwaj
Biographic Data
| ID | 4215952 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lalita Bharadwaj |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lalita |
| FAMILY NAME | Bharadwaj |
| SIGNATURE | BHARADWAJ L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Saskatchewan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2690-0907 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Principles, barriers, and challenges of Indigenous water governance around the world
Globally, Indigenous Nations are disproportionately faced with water challenges. This is partly because current approaches to water governance continue to systematically exclude Indigenous peoples and their worldviews from contemporary water governance structures. Given the need to reform current water governance systems to redress injustices and secure water resources for Indigenous peoples, this paper presents the findings of a scoping review d…
Honouring Water
Collaborative water governance in Indigenous territories requires the building of a nation-to-nation relationship where different water worldviews and knowledges are acknowledged, valued, and included in water governance. This article presents the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak Honour the Water Governance Framework, an alternative collaborative water governance approach in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Nêhiyawak principles, identity, knowledge, and self-determ…
Evaluating transdisciplinary research practices
Transdisciplinary researchers collaborate with diverse partners outside of academia to tackle sustainability problems. The patterns and practices of social interaction and the contextual nature of transdisciplinary research result in different performance expectations than traditional, curiosity-driven research. Documenting patterns of interaction can inform project success and affirm progress toward interim outcomes on the way to achieve sustain…
Mining and campesino engagement
Identifying transformational space for transdisciplinarity
A challenge for transdisciplinary sustainability science is learning how to bridge diverse worldviews among collaborators in respectful ways. A temptation in transdisciplinary work is to focus on improving scientific practices rather than engage research partners in spaces that mutually respect how we learn from each other and set the stage for change. We used the concept of Nicolescu's "Hidden Third" to identify and operationalize this transform…
There is no publicity like word of mouth… Lessons for communicating drinking water risks in the urban setting
Use of Principal Components Analysis and Kriging to Predict Groundwater-Sourced Rural Drinking Water Quality in Saskatchewan
Groundwater drinking water supply surveillance data were accessed to summarize water quality delivered as public and private water supplies in southern Saskatchewan as part of an exposure assessment for epidemiologic analyses of associations between water quality and type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Arsenic in drinking water has been linked to a variety of chronic diseases and previous studies have identified multiple wells with arsenic…
Perspectives of water and health using Photovoice with youths living on reserve
Key Messages We facilitated an opportunity for on‐reserve youth to share perspectives on water and health. Aesthetics, pollution, technological treatment, and the ubiquitous need for water emerged from the Postervoice methodology. Encouraging youth to be involved in lateral exchanges to control their collective future by protecting resources contributes to cultural resilience
Alternative Policies for Collaborative Publishing in Natural Resource Journals
Authorship of academic articles remains contentious, especially in the context of reporting from community-based participatory research. Policies and guidelines exist to help decide when authorship is warranted, but there are gaps in process and practice for inclusion of community-based groups as authors. We synthesize the experience of a collaborative group in submitting a manuscript derived from blending Traditional Knowledge and science-based …
Risk Factors Associated with the Choice to Drink Bottled Water and Tap Water in Rural Saskatchewan
A cross-sectional study investigated risk factors associated with choices to drink bottled water and tap water in rural Saskatchewan. Of 7,500 anonymous postal questionnaires mailed out, 2,065 responses were analyzed using generalized linear mixed models. Those who reported a water advisory (p < 0.001) or living in the area for £10 years (p = 0.01) were more likely to choose bottled water. Those who reported tap water was not safe to drink were m…
Drinking Water Management
The relationship between tap water and health has been a topic of public concern and calls for better management in Canada since well-publicized contamination events in two provinces (Ontario and Saskatchewan) in 2000-2001. This study reports the perspectives on health risks from tap water and corresponding use of, and spending on, bottled water in a number of different communities in Canada. In 2009-2010, four First Nations communities (three fr…
Evaluating transdisciplinary research practices
Transdisciplinary researchers collaborate with diverse partners outside of academia to tackle sustainability problems. The patterns and practices of social interaction and the contextual nature of transdisciplinary research result in different performance expectations than traditional, curiosity-driven research. Documenting patterns of interaction can inform project success and affirm progress toward interim outcomes on the way to achieve sustain…
Identifying transformational space for transdisciplinarity
A challenge for transdisciplinary sustainability science is learning how to bridge diverse worldviews among collaborators in respectful ways. A temptation in transdisciplinary work is to focus on improving scientific practices rather than engage research partners in spaces that mutually respect how we learn from each other and set the stage for change. We used the concept of Nicolescu's "Hidden Third" to identify and operationalize this transform…
Principles, barriers, and challenges of Indigenous water governance around the world
Globally, Indigenous Nations are disproportionately faced with water challenges. This is partly because current approaches to water governance continue to systematically exclude Indigenous peoples and their worldviews from contemporary water governance structures. Given the need to reform current water governance systems to redress injustices and secure water resources for Indigenous peoples, this paper presents the findings of a scoping review d…
Perspectives of water and health using Photovoice with youths living on reserve
Key Messages We facilitated an opportunity for on‐reserve youth to share perspectives on water and health. Aesthetics, pollution, technological treatment, and the ubiquitous need for water emerged from the Postervoice methodology. Encouraging youth to be involved in lateral exchanges to control their collective future by protecting resources contributes to cultural resilience
Alternative Policies for Collaborative Publishing in Natural Resource Journals
Authorship of academic articles remains contentious, especially in the context of reporting from community-based participatory research. Policies and guidelines exist to help decide when authorship is warranted, but there are gaps in process and practice for inclusion of community-based groups as authors. We synthesize the experience of a collaborative group in submitting a manuscript derived from blending Traditional Knowledge and science-based …
Risk Factors Associated with the Choice to Drink Bottled Water and Tap Water in Rural Saskatchewan
A cross-sectional study investigated risk factors associated with choices to drink bottled water and tap water in rural Saskatchewan. Of 7,500 anonymous postal questionnaires mailed out, 2,065 responses were analyzed using generalized linear mixed models. Those who reported a water advisory (p < 0.001) or living in the area for £10 years (p = 0.01) were more likely to choose bottled water. Those who reported tap water was not safe to drink were m…
Drinking Water Management
The relationship between tap water and health has been a topic of public concern and calls for better management in Canada since well-publicized contamination events in two provinces (Ontario and Saskatchewan) in 2000-2001. This study reports the perspectives on health risks from tap water and corresponding use of, and spending on, bottled water in a number of different communities in Canada. In 2009-2010, four First Nations communities (three fr…
Alternative Policies for Collaborative Publishing in Natural Resource Journals
Authorship of academic articles remains contentious, especially in the context of reporting from community-based participatory research. Policies and guidelines exist to help decide when authorship is warranted, but there are gaps in process and practice for inclusion of community-based groups as authors. We synthesize the experience of a collaborative group in submitting a manuscript derived from blending Traditional Knowledge and science-based …
There is no publicity like word of mouth… Lessons for communicating drinking water risks in the urban setting
Use of Principal Components Analysis and Kriging to Predict Groundwater-Sourced Rural Drinking Water Quality in Saskatchewan
Groundwater drinking water supply surveillance data were accessed to summarize water quality delivered as public and private water supplies in southern Saskatchewan as part of an exposure assessment for epidemiologic analyses of associations between water quality and type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Arsenic in drinking water has been linked to a variety of chronic diseases and previous studies have identified multiple wells with arsenic…
Perspectives of water and health using Photovoice with youths living on reserve
Key Messages We facilitated an opportunity for on‐reserve youth to share perspectives on water and health. Aesthetics, pollution, technological treatment, and the ubiquitous need for water emerged from the Postervoice methodology. Encouraging youth to be involved in lateral exchanges to control their collective future by protecting resources contributes to cultural resilience
Mining and campesino engagement
Identifying transformational space for transdisciplinarity
A challenge for transdisciplinary sustainability science is learning how to bridge diverse worldviews among collaborators in respectful ways. A temptation in transdisciplinary work is to focus on improving scientific practices rather than engage research partners in spaces that mutually respect how we learn from each other and set the stage for change. We used the concept of Nicolescu's "Hidden Third" to identify and operationalize this transform…
Evaluating transdisciplinary research practices
Transdisciplinary researchers collaborate with diverse partners outside of academia to tackle sustainability problems. The patterns and practices of social interaction and the contextual nature of transdisciplinary research result in different performance expectations than traditional, curiosity-driven research. Documenting patterns of interaction can inform project success and affirm progress toward interim outcomes on the way to achieve sustain…
Honouring Water
Collaborative water governance in Indigenous territories requires the building of a nation-to-nation relationship where different water worldviews and knowledges are acknowledged, valued, and included in water governance. This article presents the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak Honour the Water Governance Framework, an alternative collaborative water governance approach in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Nêhiyawak principles, identity, knowledge, and self-determ…
Principles, barriers, and challenges of Indigenous water governance around the world
Globally, Indigenous Nations are disproportionately faced with water challenges. This is partly because current approaches to water governance continue to systematically exclude Indigenous peoples and their worldviews from contemporary water governance structures. Given the need to reform current water governance systems to redress injustices and secure water resources for Indigenous peoples, this paper presents the findings of a scoping review d…
Geography (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Environmental Science (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Environmental resource management (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works)