Isabel Jorgensen, PhD candidate in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, has been awarded a prestigious P.E.O. Scholar Award for her high level of academic achievement and potential to have a positive impact on society. Congratulations, Isabel!
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.
Avery Sudsbury, a fourth-year Environment and Business student has been awarded the 2023 Co-op Student of the Year. Congratulations, Avery!
Navya Vikraman Nair, a PhD candidate in the School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development, has been selected as a recipient for the 2023 International Doctoral Research Awards. Congratulations Navya!
Environment graduate students from the Wetland Soils and Greenhouse Gas Exchange Lab and Biogeochemistry Lab took first and second place respectively in the first Bake Your Research competition hosted by the Water Institute and the Society of the Water Institute Graduate Students (SWIGS).
Prioritizing the Environment in Urban Sustainability Planning: Policies and Practices of Canadian Cities is a timely contribution to the ongoing debate regarding the ways and means to become a sustainable city. The book is co-authored by Dr. Natasha Tang Kai, a PhD graduate from the School of Planning, and Dr. Larry Swatuk, Professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development.
Congratulations to Emma Wegener, an MSc student, in Geography and Environmental Management, who was awarded the 2024 Social Impact Award by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs.
We are proud to welcome Dr. Denis Aheto as the TD Walter Bean Professor in Environment for 2024. From March 4 to 8, Dr. Aheto will be visiting the Faculty of Environment to meet with students and faculty. He will also deliver two lectures on Africa's Plastic Revolution. We hope you will join us to learn about advancing global solutions for healthy oceans.
"February is Black History Month. It is an opportunity for all of us to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Black Canadians and their communities to our country. It is also an opportunity to reflect on ways to eradicate systemic racism in our institution and beyond," says President Goel. Read his full message and explore events, achievements, and inspirational stories of Black flourishing that continues to shape our university community.