Dr. Ian Rowlands has agreed to serve as the Faculty of Environment's next Associate Dean, Graduate Studies. He takes over from Dr. Peter Deadman on September 1, 2025.
Marta Berbés was awarded an Insight Development Grant for the project: Looking 'Blackward' to the Future: Reclaiming the place of African American communities in Phoenix, AZ.
Prof. Bob Gibson urges the federal government to assess the benefits, risks and uncertainties of proposed national interest projects openly and thoroughly before granting pre-approvals.
Prof Bob Gibson presents background on regional assessments taking place for the Ring of Fire area – the northern Ontario’s hot prospect mining area improbably named after a 1960s Johnny Cash song.
Despite all the hurry-up moves, the extent and timing of any Ring of Fire mining remains anyone’s guess.
ERS undergrad student Samantha Terry focused her ERS 403 research project on supporting Indigenous families in reclaiming their relationships with Anishinaabeg parenting practices and reconnecting with peatlands.
Dr. Mahsa Bagheri will be visiting the University of Waterloo on June 27th and will speak to the topic:
Shaping future housing policies: Behavioural trends and sustainability insights for a “sufficient” built environment
This will be an informal gathering, and Dr. Bagheri will also provide information about her background and research more broadly, as well as her home institute in Germany. Dr. Bagheri is also keen to explore potential collaborations, be that joint publications, project proposals, joint supervisions or other relationships.
In an article published in The Conservation, Trevor Swerdfager and Derek Armitage argue that Canada urgently needs ambitious new biodiversity law if we are to make meaningful progress in addressing the biodiversity crisis facing Canada today.
Natasha Serrao, a SERS PhD candidate, was selected as a finalist in the 2025 SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge. The SSHRC challenges postsecondary students nationwide to demonstrate, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how their research is positively impacting our lives, our world, and our future. Congratulations Natasha!
SERS alumna Dr. Fabiola Alvarado-Revilla was awarded the 2024-25 Collaborative Water Program (CWP) Alumni Achievement Award in recognition of her outstanding achievements in her professional career and in community service.