Events

The Faculty of Environment invites you to attend a special Speakers Series on Decolonizing Methodologies for Respectful Sustainability Research this fall.

Sessions will take place during the last week of each month. The first session, featuring Dr. Ranjan Datta from Mount Royal University Calgary, is on Sept 29 from 12- 1:30 pm.

Following the Speaker presentation STEC will share information about post-talk interactive reflection sessions.

In honour of The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, join the Indigenous Initiatives Office and the President's Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART) for a special keynote presentation with Dr.Kathy Absolon on Truth & Reconciliation, Indian Residential Schools.

Worldwide we are experiencing a significant digital shift as technology evolves the way we work.

Join alum Corey Rae McRae, PhD ’18, as she shares her career journey and talks about current research.

Corey Rae McRae is the director of the Boulder Cryogenic Quantum Testbed, as well as a research associate at the University of Colorado Boulder and NIST Boulder. Her research focuses on materials and metrology for superconducting quantum computing. McRae grew up in London, ON, and received her PhD from IQC in
2018 from Matteo Mariantoni's group. She credits her research success to cold calling and not being afraid to get in over her head.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Megan Konar, William J. and Elaine F. Hall Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, presents, "Water Resources and Food Supply Chains."

Megan will discuss two recent papers related to her work assessing water resources and food supply chains

Part #1. Groundwater depletion embedded in domestic transfers and international exports of the United States

Part #2. Food flows between counties in the United States

The Problem Lab and the Faculty of Environment present an information session on the concept of the triple bottom line. A panel of speakers and subject matter experts will speak about the importance of social and environmental considerations that companies can build into their organizations. Using case studies and real-world examples, you will understand how companies can apply the triple bottom line to enhance people's lives and the well-being of the planet.

The 2021 Benjamin Eby Lecture will be presented by Associate Professor of Music Karen Sunabacka.

Karen Sunabacka always knew she was Métis. Her Grandparent’s farm, near Selkirk, Manitoba, was a gathering place for the local English Métis community and Karen with her siblings spent countless hours dancing, fiddling, and exploring the rural prairie landscape. Yet her heritage is both Settler and Indigenous and her family sits at the intersection of two very different world views. Karen has started exploring this intersection by telling family stories in her musical compositions.

The Faculty of Environment invites you to attend the second session of a Special Speakers Series on Decolonizing Methodologies for Sustainability Research.

The second session is titled "Indigenous Research & Indigenous Environmental Justice" and will feature Prof. Deborah McGregor from York University.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterLeadership training series, the Water Institute, presents, "Create engaging virtual presentations" with special guest, Elise Vist from the UW Writing and Communication Centre.

Energy economist and author Mark Jaccard will deliver the 2021 University of Waterloo Hagey Lecture on October 27.