Esri Canada is pleased to announce the 2015 International Esri Young Scholars Award program. The award is available to any candidate studying GIS at a Canadian university or college subject to the terms and conditions listed below.
Professor Robert de Loë, of Environment and Resource Studies and the Water Institute at Waterloo, has been awarded an Insight Development grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
REEP House for Sustainable Living began as a two-year project created in 1999 in the basement of the Environmental Studies (now Environment) building at the University of Waterloo. Their initial goal was to match academic research with practical action in the community.
The Faculty of Environment is pleased to announce that Derek Armitage (ECGG) of Environment and Resource Studies received a partnership grant from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) as co-applicant for a study titled, OceanCanada.
ERS Alumnus Ben Vandenberg tackles farm to table brewing.
Prof. Brendon Larson comments on Whitebark Pines in NY Times
ERS Welcome Weekend (PDF) happens this weekend! Elora Gorge Conservation Authority - first year students are welcomed by Professors and upper year students with a weekend camping trip.
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission last week presented Mr. John Jackson, Chair of the Canadian Committee of Advisors of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, with the C.D. "Buzz" Besadny Award for fostering Great Lakes partnerships. The award, which the Commission presents annually, recognized Mr. Jackson for his tireless commitment to uniting the environmental non-governmental community and to developing effective communication with officials in Canada and the United States, and for providing strong leadership on the Canadian Committee of Advisors.
ERS Professor Jennifer Clapp was awarded for Excellence in Graduate Supervision at Spring Convocation June 10th, 2014.
As filmmaker Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic makes a splash on theatre screens, Wildlife Preservation Canada has selected Martin Kastner, a student from Waterloo's Faculty of Environment, for “Canada’s New Noah,” a program providing practical training and field experience in managing and conserving endangered species.