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The dean of the Faculty of Environment, Bruce Frayne,  reflects on 2024’s achievements, including the launch of Environment 2035, transformative student experiences, and groundbreaking initiatives like the Future Cities Institute. He expresses gratitude to the community and leadership for their resilience and collaboration. Looking ahead to 2025, he shares optimism for a sustainable and equitable future.

At the Evergreen Banquet, the Faculty of Environment celebrated outstanding alumni, students, and donors who exemplify environmental leadership and innovation. The event featured a dynamic panel on sustainability challenges, highlighted the transformative power of community support, and inspired action toward a sustainable future.

The Fall 2024 Environment Leadership Series successfully connected students with accomplished alumni, fostering valuable insights and networking opportunities. As students reflect on their experiences, it’s clear that the event has empowered them to pursue meaningful careers in environmental stewardship and to embrace the potential for growth through collaboration and connection.

The Global Citizen Internship program enabled committed, talented, and passionate Environment undergraduate and graduate students to apply their knowledge at Canadian registered charities and non-profit organizations with local and global reach. Discover the valuable lessons they learned through these transformative experiences. 

Sabine Weber (MES, PhD' 98) is a dedicated researcher and advocate at the forefront of sustainable and textile waste management in Canada. She is the 2024 Recent Alumni Inspiration Award winner.

Wondering what your classmates have been up to? Find out who's been promoted, launched a new project, published a book or started a family. Catch up, then submit an update of your own for the next issue of Class Notes. 

Introducing a new collaboration between the Rekhi Foundation for Happiness and the University of Waterloo, aimed at exploring the science of happiness. This partnership, represented by Waterloo's Faculty of Environment, seeks to integrate happiness research with sustainability efforts. This initiative reflects a shared vision of fostering well-being and sustainability through scientific understanding.

The inaugural Hub for Sustainability Integration Conference, held on March 22, 2024, marked a significant collaboration between the School of Accounting and Finance (SAF) and the Faculty of Environment.

The University of Waterloo's Knowledge Integration (KI) program, celebrating its 15th anniversary, emphasizes solving complex global challenges like climate change and cybersecurity through interdisciplinary collaboration. The program aligns with Waterloo's future vision of integrating different disciplines to address global issues. At the 15th-anniversary event, projects from the Knowledge Integration exhibition (KIX), based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, were showcased.

Libro Credit Union has pledged a gift of $60,000 to support the Global Citizen Internship program to build the capacity of non-profits addressing challenges around affordable housing, health and homelessness in southern Ontario.