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four people wearing hardhats in a field of dried tall grasses pointing at the plants and laughing.
Thursday, March 21, 2024

Conservation and Restoration Ecology (CaRE): You break it, We fix it, Revisited

The research group that Prof. Stephen Murphy leads studies restoration and conservation generally. The projects that the group undertakes cover a wide subject area and have a variety of partners. Prof. Murphy updates us on the latest activity in his dynamic group - restoration, conservation, policy, practice, endangered species, ecology, earthworms, pollen, life, and death. What more can you ask for?

Supreme Court of Canada
Friday, January 26, 2024

Canada's Impact Assessment Act must be both Constitutional and ensure a sustainable future

Republishing an article published in The Conversation written by SERS professor Robert Gibson.

Amendments to Canada's Impact Assessment Act are being drafted in response to a Supreme Court ruling in October 2023 where a majority of justices concluded that some aspects of the federal Impact Assessment Act reached too far into provincial jurisdiction. Drafting amendments to Canada's Impact Assessment Act will be a difficult assignment. Officials need to respect Canada's Constitution and also apply new knowledge and act on new imperatives. Challenges include not only bringing the laws into constitutional compliance but also meeting 21st-century needs for assessments and decision-making in the lasting public interest.

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Dustin Garrick appointed director of Collaborative Water Program

Dustin Garrick has been appointed director of the University of Waterloo’s Collaborative Water Program for a two-year term, effective January 1, 2024. Dustin is University Research Chair in Water and Development Policy, associate professor in SERS and is a Water Institute member.

Established in 2013, the Collaborative Water Program is unique at the University of Waterloo and globally for its interdisciplinary approach and focus on learning through hands-on experience. The aim is to train the next generation of water leaders and equip them with the job-ready skills needed to understand and address complex water challenges.

aerial side view of the Long Point causeway, Ontario
Wednesday, December 6, 2023

SERS signs letter of intent with Long Point Biosphere Region Foundation

The School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS) and The Long Point Biosphere Region Foundation have signed a letter of intent setting out a framework to pursue new projects together, exploring collaboration in education, public outreach, and research on sustainability, conservation, and the protection of biodiversity, 

the shores of a water body with low vegetation, then deciduous trees, limestone rock outcrop, with trees and grass growing on top of the hill
Monday, August 28, 2023

Environmental storytelling through photography: bringing art and science together for stronger engagement

Professor Rob de Loë's new research program brings art and science together to improve environmental awareness and understanding. Working with contacts from Ontario's conservation authorities, he has developed several projects that use photography for environmental storytelling about key watershed processes.

view down a snowy dirt road with single level small houses on each side. Hydro poles and wires can be seen.
Monday, June 19, 2023

WAMPUM lab co-develops report on Indigenous data sovereignty

Dr. Kelsey Leonard's WAMPUM Lab partnered with the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance to co-develop a report to the UN to prioritize Indigenous Peoples in the digital ecosystem. Their submission indicates principles and actions that can be taken to achieve the goal of an open, free and secure digital future for all. It employs the CARE principles, which are well-established in the open data movement.

a sunrise seen over an inlet bay with some rocky tree-covered cliffs in the distance
Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Kelsey Leonard contributes to first definition of Water Back

Kelsey Leonard, along with an international group of Indigenous researchers, has offered a definition of Water Back for Water research. Water Back means the return of Water and kin to Indigenous governance in a way that empowers the resurgent Indigenous Water relationships that are integral to Indigenous cultural, biological, spiritual and political sovereignty; this includes cosmogony, ceremony, access, law and policies.