News

Indigenous scholar Assistant Professor Kelsey Leonard has been named SERS’ second Canada Research Chair.With global warming now raising sea levels, Leonard’s position as Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate and Sustainability will help her explore ways of facilitating Indigenous Knowledge to restore our threatened ocean, lakes and rivers, while asserting Indigenous sovereignty. To read more, please see Kelsey’s Water Institute News story here.

We are pleased to announce that the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability will be participating in the Green Office program starting Spring 2021. The GO program seeks to reduce natural resource consumption in workspaces, fight climate change, and promote sustainable living through engagement in activities. The Green Office program will be a way for SERS faculty and staff to show their care for the environment within their workspaces on a day-to-day basis.

The University of Waterloo’s School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability is launching the SERS Mentorship Program this spring term. The program’s goal is to provide SERS students with the opportunity to receive advice and support from their peers, and to gain insights from upper year students and environmental practitioners. Sessions will cover an array of topics including co-op placement success, graduate school opportunities, securing entry-level jobs, and career options.

SERS is proud to announce that Lowine Hill (PhD) and Ella-Kari Muhl (PhD) have received competitive scholarships to further support their doctoral research.

Maggie Chang, an undergraduate student in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability has been recognized as one of Starfish Canada’s Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25. Also recognized are Environment alumnus Beth Eden and Climate Students member Manvi Bhalla.

Check out this new course offering! Available Winter 2021 at the University of Waterloo through the School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability (SERS).

ERS 275 Indigenous Sustainability Entrepreneurship course provides an overview and introduction to environmental sustainability through the lens of Indigenous entrepreneurship. Students from all faculties are invited (and encouraged) to enroll. There are no prerequisites.

Check out this new course offering! Available Winter 2021 at the University of Waterloo through the School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability (SERS). In this Environment and Popular Culture course (ERS 275) we'll use environmental films to navigate the discussions on environmental themes. Students from all faculties are invited (and encourage) to enrol. No prerequisites.

For some of us this is welcome back and for others it is welcome for the first time. Wherever you are from, whatever your background, you belong in SERS and you are wanted here.

For all of us it’s a new Fall Term and one unlike anything we have ever experienced before. If you’re feeling a little anxious and uncertain about how things are going to go with this self-distanced and largely online term, you’re not alone. We’re all feeling that but we’ll all cut each other a little slack and we’ll muddle through it together.

Perhaps the faculty’s worst-kept secret of 2020, Environment is proud to finally announce our two outstanding Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) winners, Lauren Smith, from the School of Environment Resources and Sustainability, and Justin Murfitt, from Geography and Environmental management.

Check out Fall 2020 new course offering: ERS 375 Section 2: Stopping the 6th Extinction!