News for Alumni

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Nandita Basu joins the IJC Great Lakes Science Advisory Board

Nandita Basu, Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, will now serve on the Great Lakes Science Advisory Board of the International Joint Commission, representing Canada.

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Lake Futures Webinar Series Launch

Lake Futures Webinar Series Announcement and Schedule

The Lake Futures team is excited to announce the launch of a new webinar series. This series will be an opportunity for the academic and non-academic community to engage with Lake Futures researchers, as they share their latest research findings and discuss implications for water policies, programs, and plans in Ontario.

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Nandita Basu gives Distinguished Lecture

Nandita Basu was invited to speak as part of the Distinguished Lecture Series hosted by the University of Saskatchewan Global Institute for Water Security and Global Water Futures.

Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Sharing Sustainability Challenges with the Shad Program

Zobia Jawed was invited to give a Keynote Lecture to high school students in the Shad program at McMaster University. Her talk was titled, ‘Sustainability: A Complex World of Interconnected Challenges’.

In her lecture, she discussed the complex and interconnected challenges surrounding sustainability, and the need for collaboration to tackle these challenges.

Monday, June 10, 2019

Lake Futures travels to International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference

Lake Futures researchers Jess Ives and Serghei Bocaniov presented their work at the 62nd annual International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) Conference. This conference was held in Brockport NY, USA and hosted by The College at Brockport, State University of New York. This year, more than 650 scientists and researches from academia, government agencies and non-governmental organizations gathered together to improve our current understanding of complex environmental problems affecting the world’s largest lakes, such as cultural eutrophication, invasive species, new emerging contaminants, and climate change.