Seminar

Topic: Making a home in Waterloo: international student families and housing insecurity

Speaker: Dr. Nancy Worth, with Dr. Alkim Karaagac

Location: EV3 1408

Our two-year case study in Waterloo, Ontario—a city known for its purpose-built student housing—reveals that international student families face distinct challenges in the local housing market. While all students contend with high housing costs, families struggle to find suitable accommodations in a market dominated by single-student units. International student families must also navigate unfamiliar rental processes with limited institutional support, as higher education institutions typically consider off-campus housing beyond their remit. Although international students are often blamed for housing affordability issues, our findings indicate they are among the housing crisis’ most vulnerable groups.

Topic: Assessing Climate Resilience in Dominica’s Tourism Infrastructure: Supporting the Vision of the World’s First Climate-Resilient Nation

Speaker: Shania Scotland (MA candidate supervised by Michelle Rutty)

Location: AL 105

Topic: The wetland with the trees: my long-term relationship with swamp gases.

Speaker: Meg Schmidt (PhD candidate supervised by Maria Strack)

Location: AL 105

In preparation for her upcoming MSc thesis defence, Marie Hoekstra will practice her presentation this Thursday at noon in EV3-4222.  Her presentation is entitled:

“Toward Automated Ice-Water Classification on Large Northern Lakes Using RADARSAT-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery”

Please join us with your tough questions to help Marie prepare.  Her abstract follows:

The Cryospheric Science Group of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC³) is pleased to welcome MSc candidate Phil Mann, of Wilfrid Laurier University, to present his research at our seminar this month.  His presentation is entitled:

"High resolution spatial variability of snow depth and water equivalent across a patchy tundra, forest and shrub landscape"

The Cryospheric Science Group of the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC³) is pleased to welcome PhD candidate Lei Wang, of the VIP lab within UW Systems Design Engineering, to present his research at our seminar this month.  His presentation is entitled:

“Learning to Estimate Ice Concentration from SAR Images”