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Katie Plaisance, professor and chair of Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo, leads the university’s involvement in a $2.5 million SSHRC-funded research project aimed at equipping graduate students with the skills to address societal challenges through experiential learning.
Fourth-year PhD student Burgess Langshaw Power from the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo has been awarded the prestigious Cadieux-Léger Fellowship by Global Affairs Canada. This Fellowship, awarded to one doctoral student annually, will enable Burgess to research the governance of climate-altering technologies and analyze Canada’s commitments under international agreements.
A warm welcome to our 700+ new undergraduate and graduate students! Whether you are a new or returning student, we want to support you in your transition to campus. Start by reviewing campus resources.
Students from the Faculty of Environment participated in the V2V Field School in Barkul, Chilika, India, joining a global delegation to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by coastal communities and small-scale fisheries. Co-directed by Dr. Prateep Nayak and Dr. Derek Armitage, the program focused on applying a commons approach to help these communities transition from vulnerability to viability.
Stephanie Rose Cortinovis (MES, 2023) assesses the viability of carbon removal in Canada. The research, Scaling carbon removal systems: deploying direct air capture amidst Canada’s low-carbon transition, authored by Cortinovis and others from the Faculty of Environment and Engineering, was recently published in Frontiers in Climate.
It is with great sadness that we share the news of Larry Lamb’s passing. Larry spent 40 years working in the Faculty of Environment as both an adjunct lecturer and head of the ecology lab.
In June, the Faculty of Environment formalized its longstanding partnership with the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. The research and collaboration efforts with these universities are now set to grow.
The Master of Climate Change internship program is piloting a graduate work-integrated learning internship in partnership with Co-operative and Experiential Education and Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs.
Michelle Anagnostou, a PhD candidate in Geography and Environmental Management, has been awarded a prestigious Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2024-2026. Michelle will join the Oxford Martin Programme on Illegal Wildlife Trade at the University of Oxford, the world's leading centre for research on illegal wildlife trade.