The Department of Geography and Environmental Management is very pleased to announce that Andrei Balulescu, a masters student in our department, has been selected to receive the Lorne Russwurm Award for Outstanding Performance as a TA in the 2013-14 academic year.
At the recent CAG Annual Meeting, Francesca Cardwell, a Ph.D. candidate from the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, received the Student Presentation Award from the Geography of Health and Health Care Specialty Group.
We are seeking two PhD students with deep interests in geography, computer science, statistics, ecosystem modelling, or agent-based modelling to join our research team and model the ecological impacts of land use and land cover change. Please see the project summary on the Robinson Spatial Analysis Lab website for more information.
The Weather and Society study group is pleased to announce the Winter 2014 issue of the "Weather and Society Advisor" newsletter. This latest issue of the Advisor takes a look at several winter storms that occurred this season, as well as the December 2013 ice storm that impacted the Waterloo region.
Shifting climates (drought, wildfire, insects/disease) along with cumulative disturbance pressures are exerting increasing pressure on headwaters forested regions that supply water and water associated ecosystem services to extensive regions of North America.
Applications are invited for an MSc studentship specializing in the subject area of hydrological and/or biogeochemical dynamics in agricultural systems in Manitoba. We are investigating the use of water retention ponds to reduce flooding and nutrient losses from agricultural watersheds to reduce water quality issues in Lake Winnipeg. We are particularly interested in the investigation of the dominant hydrologic and biogeochemical flowpaths for phosphorus losses (surface runoff, tile drainage) during the spring runoff period.
Canada’s Premiers today announced the recipients of the Excellence in Water Stewardship Award, a highlight of Canada Water Week.
Dr Erin Joakim from the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, was recently welcomed to the Coastal Marine Research Centre (CMRC), University College Cork, Ireland. Erin won a prestigious Dobbin Scholarship to look at Building Adaptive Capacity to Coastal Climate Change Hazards using Bottom-Up and Grassroots Approaches: A Comparison of Vancouver, Canada and Cork, Ireland.
Again this year, the Department of Geography and Environmental Management has been ranked in the top 100 Geography departments in the world by UK firm Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.
Funds are available to examine the multi-phase interactions of petroleum hydrocarbons in peat soil and mosses. The goal of the research is to establish rates of microbial decomposition and volatilization of hydrocarbons, and their affinity for and transport through highly organic soils characterized by dual porosity. Initially, this will comprise a series of laboratory experiments, but the longer-term goal is to evaluate the nature and remediation options of hydrocarbon spills in peatlands.