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March 2012

Seminar: Public Health Equity - Experience from Rwanda

Friday, March 2, 2012 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
International Development Seminar Global Health Equity: Experience from Rwanda

Birding workshop

Monday, March 5, 2012 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Join resident expert Ken Burrell and the Ecology lab for an informative outdoor workshop on birds. Equipped with binoculars and bird guides, we'll explore and identify birds in the area. Think you're confused about our winter weather? We'll get some insight on how the birds feel!

Masquerade grad ball 2012

Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 6:59pm
ESS logo topped with graduation cap reading 2012, in front of bookcase

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KI-X 2012: Knowledge Integration museum exhibition

Monday, March 12, 2012 - 12:00pm to Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 6:00pm
Logo showing brightly coloured interconnected puzzle pieces and reading "KI-X 2012."

Knowledge Integration students invite you t

March Break Open House

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 9:30am to 3:30pm

Experience Environment at our March Break Open House! Join us on campus for a full-day program designed to answer the more detailed questions that you may have, now that you’ve applied to Waterloo.

Jack Rosen Memorial Award judging

Friday, March 16, 2012 - 2:00pm to 5:00pm

During his successful career as an entrepreneur, businessman and waste management professional in Waterloo Region, Jack Rosen was instrumental in the successful introduction of the world's first ‘Blue Box’ recycling program.

Social business workshop

Friday, March 16, 2012 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm

How can businesses serve social needs while staying profitable? How can non-profits become more sustainable and efficient? In the innovative field of social-purpose business, new organizational models are put forward that attempt to reconcile a social mission with financial sustainability.

Info session, graduate diploma in social innovation

Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 7:45am
Blue logo reading "SiG - Social Innovation Generation."

You're Invited to the Waterloo info session on year two of the Graduate Diploma in Social Innovation!

Conference: International Workshop on Governing Wetlands and Watersheds

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 8:45am to Friday, March 23, 2012 - 3:45pm
Logos reading "Waterloo Environment" and "The Water Institute, University of Waterloo."

Watersheds in general and wetlands in particular are under in

Environment careers workshop

Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Unsure of your career direction?

The 2nd Annual Corporate Environment and Business Student Dialogue

Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 1:00pm

The 2nd Annual Corporate Environment and Business Student Dialogue is reoccurring yearly forum for undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) to interact with business leaders who are on the front lines of sustainable de

Lecture: Energy and Environmental Risk

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:59pm to 8:00pm

No energy source is risk free. All forms of managed energy (hydroelectric, nuclear, fossil fuels, wood, biofuels, solar, wind, tidal) carry risks of different types.  

Students on Ice Alumni Delegation: Speaking Up for the Polar Regions at Rio+20 Earth Summit

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 6:59pm to 8:00pm
Logo reading "Students on ice alumni delegation."
Interested in learning about the polar regions, sustainable development and the Earth Summit? 'Speaking Up for the Polar Regions' is a talk that draws much needed attention to the emerging challenge of sustainable development in the Polar Regions.

Online lecture - Thirsting for knowledge: An economist’s approach to water issues

Friday, March 30, 2012 - 10:24am
Middle-aged woman holds an owl.

The Canadian Water Network's Student & Young Professional Committee is promoting its first virtual event – this is a new endeavour, aimed at promoting s

Knowledge Integration Senior Research Project Conference

Friday, March 30, 2012 - 4:00pm to 7:00pm
Logo reading "Knowledge Integration" in green.

The inaugural class of Knowledge Integration students will be presenting their senior research projects.

Earth Hour garage sale

Saturday, March 31, 2012 (All day)
The University of Waterloo Sustainability Project is holding a garage sale in the SLC Lower Atrium to celebrate Earth Hour. Unlike Earth Hour, it goes on all day. Well, from about 10:30 or 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Earth Hour 2012

Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 5:00pm to 10:30pm
Logo reading "Earth Hour" on black background.
The University of Waterloo's Sustainability Project (UWSP), Waterloo Environment and Business Students (WEBS), and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have teamed up to present to you Earth Hour 2012!

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