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Kelsey Leonard leads the University of Waterloo Christmas Tree Lab which formalized a partnership with the Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario (CTFO) in 2024. Their goal is to commit to joint research projects and outreach efforts aimed at developing sustainable initiatives to advance the resilience and growth of the Christmas tree industry.

Post-doctoral scholar Augustine Kwame Osei leads the Ecosystem Dynamics Research Group's research which is combining alpaca waste with biochar to design a new compost that helps people and the planet.

SERS Professor Jennifer Clapp participated in a panel discussion on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paiken on the theme of whether Canada has a monopoly problem in its food system.

Transforming everyday citizens into environmental agents, SERS PhD student Jess Kidd identifies community members as the secret to increased understanding of our environment. 

A recent Conservation Biology publication, co-authored by SERS professor Derek Armitage, examines how governance can make or break conservation success.

Dr. Andrea Collin's first book Gender and the Global Land Grab: A Feminist Global Governance Approach introduces a feminist conceptual framework to analyze land governance policy around the world.

SERS MES student Mackenzie Jones has been awarded the inaugural Peter Hatcher Family Bursary by Georgian Bay Forever, supporting Mackenzie in the exploration of novel approaches to analyzing aquatic connectivity within the Georgian Bay region. Congratulations, Mackenzie!

Congratulations to Drs. Felicitas Egunyu and Helena Shilomboleni who have received 2024 Insight Development Grants to further our collective understanding of individuals and societies, and inform the search for solutions to societal challenges

This spring term, five Environment students were awarded spots to attend a five-day overnight field experience in Algonquin Park hosted by FREED (Field Research in Ecology and Evolution Diversified). Two students share insights from the experience.

Two SERS students were among those who participated in the offering of ENV474: Connecting Climate Change and Social Justice, which took place in South Africa in late April. The interdisciplinary field course integrated a range of science and policy perspectives and field-based interactions to understand South Africa’s Cape region as a dynamic and linked system of people and nature.