ENV's Sarah Burch named to national Clean 50
You know her as a researcher in Geography and Environmental Management, a Canada Research Chair and now Sarah Burch is the newest memeber of the Faculty of Environment to join Canada's Clean 50.
You know her as a researcher in Geography and Environmental Management, a Canada Research Chair and now Sarah Burch is the newest memeber of the Faculty of Environment to join Canada's Clean 50.
In 2018 heritage conservation expert Dan Schneider joined the Faculty of Environment as a collaborator for its Heritage Resource Centre (HRC). As part of this mandate HRC began hosting Schneider’s heritage policy blog OHA+M. OHA+M has become a respected source of information and commentary on Ontario’s legal and policy framework for cultural heritage as well as current public policy initiatives and issues.
Waterloo researcher Juan Moreno-Cruz is part of interdisciplinary committee releasing new report “Reflecting Sunlight: Recommendations for Solar Geoengineering Research and Research Governance”
One of the Faculty’s goals in its Strategic Plan is to “Demonstrate an ethos of caring in all that we do.” Also, we remain committed to living our values of respect and inclusion for all. As we work toward delivering on these promises, don’t be afraid to reach out to your advisor, your chair/director or to me to share your ideas and to let us know how we can help to make your experiences here more positive, and our community stronger.
Each year, the Dean of Environment’s Scholarship for Excellence is awarded to up to five incoming undergraduate Environment students. Recipients are selected based on academic excellence, demonstrated leadership, and their commitment to the environment. Meet the Fall 2020 winners.
A group of researchers, led by Water Institute member and professor in Waterloo’s Department of Geography and Environmental Management Helen Jarvie, examined nutrient cycling in a lowland wetland‐pond system in southern England over a 20‐year period. The team discovered that even a relatively pristine wetland can become a source of highly bioavailable phosphorus, nitrogen, and silicon during low‐flow periods of high ecological sensitivity.
In a recent post on their Editor's Vox platform, Advancing Waerth and Space Sciences shared details of work the late Faculty of Environment researcher was pursuing before her plane was shot down shortly after taking off for Canada from Iran. An excerpt...
Sustainability and Financial Management, Three-year Definite Term Lecturer
According to Natalia Moudrak Director of the Intact Centre and Bailey Church apartner of Accounting Advisory Services at KPMG LLP,Our country's natural assets offer a hidden wealth that should be reflected in government financial statements, especially in the face of rising costs of extreme-weather disasters and rising debt levels caused by the pandemic.
Dawn Cassandra Parker, Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo; Director, Urban Growth and Change Research