Seminar

Celebrate World Water Day 2025 with the Water Institute! Join us for a full-day conference featuring inspiring keynote speakers, a showcase of innovative student research, award presentations, networking opportunities, and a complimentary lunch. Don't miss this exciting event!

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Ryan Emmanuel, Associate Professor of Hydrology, Duke University, North Carolina, US, will present: On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North Carolina’s coastal plain.

In this public talk, Dr. Dolphin will explore what it means to be a researcher aiming to do ‘good science’, while also doing ‘science for good’.

As a bioarchaeologist who works with human remains from archaeological sites in order to reconstruct the lives of past peoples, Dr. Dolphin’s research revolves around collaboration. Working with the dead requires strong relationships with, and sensitivities to, not only your colleagues and national governments, but to the local communities without whom you could not do your work at all.

Physical vapour deposition (PVD) is an important category of film growth techniques for quantum, nanotechnology, and semiconductor devices. The Quantum Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF) houses a wide variety of PVD tools to serve the needs of a diverse community of researchers. With so many options for PVD tools, techniques, and process setpoints, how does one choose the right path of investigation and process development for their specific device?

Join SVPRO - the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office - in continuing the menopause conversation on campus. They will be hosting a screening of the Menopause Documentary The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause on Wednesday Feb 5th. Everyone is welcome! All genders, all ages as everyone can benefit from learning more about menopause!

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Daniel Jaffee, Professor of Sociology at Portland State University, Oregon, US, will present Unbottled: Plastic Water, Inequality, and Water Justice.

This WaterTalk will be held online via Zoom.

Join the Water Institute’s Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada for an engaging presentation by Phillipe Murphy-Rhéaume, Chief Development Officer at the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative. His talk, The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative: Challenges and Opportunities for Freshwater Cities in an Era of Transformation, will explore how cities are navigating the evolving freshwater landscape. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights into the future of freshwater management.

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada, Kurt Kornelsen, Director, Environment and Climate Change, Ontario Power Generation, presents: Value interactions between water and hydropower in Ontario Power Generation.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Belinda Sturm, Director Kansas NSF EPSCoR, Professor and Ross McKinney Faculty Fellow, University of Kansas, Kansas, US, will present: Wastewater process intensification: Using biological process design to increase the hydraulic and treatment capacity of a municipal wastewater treatment plant.

This event is in person in DC 1302 with a networking lunch reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

Join us for an evening of Palestinian storytelling. Four local authors will read from their favorite pieces of Palestinian literature and discuss their own work in relation to these pieces. Engage with the resonance of the written word, the possibilities of storytelling, and the power of literature. Featuring authors Lamees Al Ethari, Jana ElKhatib, Carrie Snyder and Tasneem Jamal. This event is made possible by funding and support from UW Faculty 4 Palestine, The Foundation for Palestinian Studies Fund, The department of English Language and Literature, and The New Quarterly. Please join us for refreshments after the event!