Join us in celebrating the outstanding ERS undergraduate students who have received awards for their academic achievements at the Spring 2025 convocation.
Dr. Simon Courtenay is retiring after a distinguished career advancing aquatic research, education, and environmental governance. His leadership, mentorship, and service have left a lasting impact on SERS, the Faculty of Environment, and beyond.
Congratulations Simon!
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.
The Torngat Mountains, located in northern Labrador, are home to the Torngat Mountain Caribou herd. Alex Johnson, a recent Master of Environmental Studies graduate from SERS supervised by Dr. Andrew Trant, studied the past, present, and future state of this herd.
Dr. Graham Epstein coauthored the newly published Stewards of the Coastline report which provides the first assessment of community-led marine governance in the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO).
How can we cultivate relationships that are founded on peace, respect and friendship today? Deyohahá:ge: Sharing the River of Life is a new book featuring contributions from Dr. Kelsey Leonard that offers insights from the Covenant Chain-Two Row Wampum, detailing how Indigenous Peoples and newcomers build peace by respecting each other’s cultures, beliefs and laws.
How did a small handful of giant transnational corporations come to dominate the farm inputs sector? Dr. Jennifer Clapp’s new book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters, details the assent of these corporations, why it matters and what can be done about it.
Dr. Kelsey Leonard served as sector co-chair and lead author of the Water Resources chapter in the recently released New York State Climate Impacts Assessment.
Dr. Chantel Markle was awarded an ORF-RI grant to advance wildlife and habitat management.