Faculty

Friday, February 15, 2013 11:30 am - 11:30 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Conversation from Space

A special event surrounding the downlink starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Humanities Theatre in Hagey Hall. The event will begin with a talk by Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, followed by the University of Waterloo’s Richard Hughson. Hughson, the Schlegel Research Chair in Vascular Aging and Brain Health, is working with Hadfield to examine how zero-gravity affects the circulatory system. The Waterloo study will help researchers understand what factors might be involved in the stiffening of arteries as we age here on Earth.

Friday, February 1, 2013 9:30 am - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

PhD Defense

Any member of the Faculty of Environment is welcome to attend this thesis defence, which provides an insight into current research activities within the Waterloo-Laurier Graduate Program in Geography.

Though we can’t know for sure, at this moment Anders Morley is most likely on skis, or in a tent, somewhere in the British Columbia interior. In November 2012 Morley embarked on trip that takes the concept of cross-country skiing to a literal extreme. This winter he plans to ski from British Columbia to eastern Ontario in a project he calls, Big Ski.