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Waterloo Climate Institute Member Kelsey Leonard receives the first national healing forest designation in Waterloo - The David Suzuki Foundation and the National Healing Forests Initiative recognize a campus urban forest for its spiritual connection and healing properties. This designation supports the university's commitments to decolonization, Indigenization, and reconciliation.

Sharon Kirkpatrick, Waterloo Climate Institute member and professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, is awarded a University Research Chair.

Simron Singh, Waterloo Climate Institute member and professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), is presented with the Faculty Research Award from the Faculty of Environment.

Waterloo professor is part of an emerging field that calls for establishing a governance framework for ocean-based climate interventions

Dr. Neil Craik, law professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development and Waterloo Climate Interventions Strategies Lab member, is part of a growing area of research critically assessing the impacts and governance challenges of large-scale climate interventions in the world’s oceans.

A team from Waterloo Engineering has won an international competition aimed at advancing the state-of-the-art in the mapping of sea ice.

Congratulations to Waterloo professors and IC3 members, Zahid Butt, Wesley Van Wychen, Chul Min Yeum, Michelle Rutty, and Yimin Wu, on receiving funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF). 

The disruption of Indigenous-controlled fire use at the onset of colonization has resulted in high-severity fire activity, according to a new study by a research team at the University of Waterloo.

Congratulations to Monica Emelko, an IC3 member and professor of civil and environmental engineering, who has been awarded more than $3.5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through its Innovation Fund. This funding will help analyze threats to the quality of drinking water and year-round access to, and instrumentation for, watershed observatories.

Congratulations to Paul Parker, IC3 member and Faculty of Environment professor, for receiving the Community Leader award for his outstanding volunteerism and community outreach.

Adrien Côté sits down with University Relations to discuss the role of entrepreneurship as a power tool to build back our economy and tackle climate change.