Congratulation to SERS PhD Students, Ana Carolina Esteves Dias and Jessica Turecek on receiving the Davis Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded annually to outstanding University of Waterloo Graduate students in the field of Ecology.
The Globe & Mail recently highlighted climate innovation and PhD candidates Lauren Smith (SERS) and Nicole Balliston (GEM). The pair founded PolyGoneTech to protect waters from microplastics. Read their story on The Globe and Mail.
Nicole works in peatlands in northern Ontario and Lauren work's with gender equity in water innovation funding (and how it can improve environmental outcomes) - both were passionate enough about this problem to create a start-up for a solution!
Congratulations to SERS PhD students Madu Galappaththi and Lauren Smith on receiving UW Gender Equity Research Grants.
Thanks to the support provided through the University of Waterloo Gender Equity Research Grants Initiative, two SERS PhD students are leading research initiatives on gender and environment issues.
Throughout her undergrad, Claire Kemp has been an active member of the SERS, Faculty of Environment, and local communities. Driven by her passion for the natural world and science communication, she has taken on several diverse volunteer positions.
Everyone’s invited to the ERS 403 Poster Fair in the SERS hallways, today, Wednesday, March 20.
The event will run from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm as senior SERS students showcase their research from this past year.
The SERS community gathered at the Grad House to celebrate and thank Steve Murphy for his years of service leading SERS. Notably, Steve lead us through a transition from the Department of Environment and Resource Studies through to the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability.
Jennifer Clapp, a Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment, has been awarded the 2018 Innis Gérin-Medal from the Royal Society of Canada (PDF).
The Faculty of Environment is proud to announce that two of our students have won funding from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) as part of the The Youth Innovation Challenge.
Each year, the Centre for Teaching Excellence and Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs recognize and celebrate the teaching development efforts of a Waterloo graduate student with the Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) Award. We’re excited to announce that the 2018 CUT Award has been awarded to Caitlin Scott from the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability.
The School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability is pleased to share Professor Jennifer Clapp is the recipient of the Distinguished Scholar Award of the Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association. The award recognizes outstanding scholars whose long history of excellent research and teaching has had substantial impact on fields associated with international relations and environmental issues.