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Tuesday, October 24, 2017 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk: The importance of ecosystem-based ecotoxicology for advancing environmental policy, with special reference to Canadian Oil Sands development

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Diane Orihel, National Scholar in Aquatic Ecotoxicology and assistant professor in Biology and Environmental Studies at Queen’s University, and Alana Greaves, environmental toxicologist and a postdoctoral researcher with Queen’s University present, "The importance of ecosystem-based ecotoxicology for advancing environmental policy, with special reference to Canadian Oil Sands development."

Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk: From the Exxon Valdez oil spill to the BP deep water horizon oil spill: A story of economic damages from four major environmental contamination events

As part of our WaterTalk lecture series Kevin Boyle, professor of agricultural and applied economics and director of the Program in Real Estate at Virginia Tech, presents, " From the Exxon Valdez to the BP Deep Water Horizon Oil Spills: A story of economic damages from four major environmental contamination events."

Coffee and light refreshments will be provided.

Friday, October 27, 2017 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

NSERC Announcement

Pearl Sullivan, Dean of Engineering for the University of Waterloo and Pamela Moss, Director, Manufacturing, Communications and Technologies of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada, invite you to attend an announcement that will support multidisciplinary integrative design activities and projects across all engineering departments and programs.

Please plan to attend the official announcement of Sanjeev Bedi as NSERC Chair in Immersive Design Engineering.

Friday, October 27, 2017 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Global Assessment of Payments for Watershed Services

As part of the Office of Research's Research Talks series, executive director of the Water Institute and professor of Economics, Roy Brouwer, will present, "Global Assessment of Payments for Watershed Services with Roy Brouwer."

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Payments for watershed services (PWS) are a new water policy instrument that aims to ensure that the providers of non-marketed water services are paid for their efforts.

Saturday, October 28, 2017 8:30 am - 8:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

TEDxUW - Defying Conventions

In this special 60th anniversary year, University of Waterloo alumni are invited to attend the TEDxUW 2017 Conference – Defying Conventions.

This year, speakers will draw from their experiences in the realms of social impact, business and technology, environment and sustainability, and the arts to bring you talks that will provoke and challenge you to think outside of the box.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Strange Bedfellows? Engineering Education & The Performing Arts

Can we make our classroom environments more engaging while remaining true to ourselves and our course content? In this active workshop, Robert Danisch, Chair of Drama and Speech Communications, will share tips from the world of communication and the performing arts to help us enhance our classroom presence to foster active student engagement.