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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Sarah Burch named to Canada's Top 40 under 40

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Sarah Burch leads a $2.4M SSHRC Partnership Grant in sustainability entrepreneurship

Congratulations to Sarah Burch for receiving a prestigious SSHRC Partnership Grant entitled "TRANSFORM: Accelerating sustainability entrepreneurship experiments in local spaces,”. Sarah is an Associate professor in GEM and a Canada Research Chair in Sustainability Governance and Innovation.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

Dan Scott In the Media: Global tourism's carbon footprint is four times bigger than thought

Global tourism accounts for 8% of total worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, four times more than previously believed, new research says.

Thursday, May 17, 2018

GEM & ERS Students Trek To Everest Base Camp With Dr. Nepal

On Monday, May 14th, a group of GEM and ERS students headed out to Nepal, as part of a 22-day course field trip to the Kathmandu and Everest regions.

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

GEM Students at ECCE App Challenge

Congratulations to GEM students Juan Carrillo, Anam Rahman, Jaydeep Mistry, and Stephanie Wen (pictured in order) for finishing 1st runners-up in the recent Esri Canada Centre for Excellence (ECCE) App Challenge.

Monday, May 14, 2018

Chris Fletcher To Deliver Research Presentation To Environment & Climate Change Canada

On Thursday, May 17th, Dr. Christ Fletcher will deliver a presentation to Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC).

Monday, May 7, 2018

Dr. Suzanne Kearns Featured In The Record

Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Kearns, who was recently featured in an article published by the Waterloo Region Record. The article explores Dr. Kearns' path to becoming a professor of aviation at the University of Waterloo.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

GEM Students' Winning Proposal on Aviation Sustainability

Congratulations to GEM students Nehal Kanetkar, Tanya Iljas, Vineet Virwani (pictured in order) on their winning proposal to L&B Consultants on aviation sustainability. This was through their participation in the GEOG 474 course on Sustainability in Aviation, taught by Dr. Suzanne Kearns.

The students issued the following statement:

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Dr. Suzanne Kearns launches new book!

Dr. Suzanne Kearns holds her new book and smiles at the camera

Congratulations to Geography and Aviation professor Dr. Suzanne Kearns, who recently launched her new book, Fundamentals of International Aviation, at the Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre.

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Dr. Sarah Burch leads study on small business sustainability

Dr. Sarah Burch and her GATE research have come out with new research on how Canadian small businesses think about sustainability! Read more and find a link to a research summary here.