Dr. Amelia Clarke has been working on environment and sustainability issues for decades, including as president of Sierra Club Canada, the first director of the University of Waterloo's Master of Environment and Business program and the associate dean of research for the Faculty of Environment.
Zac Young (BASc ’15, MASc ’20, P.Eng.)
Alum, Faculty of Engineering
> Founder and COO, H2nanO
> Velocity
Since our founding in 1957, the University of Waterloo has sought to uncover solutions to the most pressing, complex challenges facing humanity and our planet. As these challenges evolve, we are evolving too.
Dillon Browne
Professor, Faculty of Arts
> Canada Research Chair in Child and Family Clinical Psychology
> FamilyPsycle® Lab
Rachel Almaw was awarded the 2022 Faculty of Health Co-op Student of the Year. She worked for three co-op terms in the Mobilize Clinical Biomechanics research lab, which is based in Waterloo’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences. It was through these co-op terms that she found her calling.
Almaw focuses her research on the intersection of health and race. We asked her what needs to change in Canada’s approach to data collection and research to create a more equitable health-care system.
In a bid to meet growing food production and energy needs in low- and middle-income countries, solar-powered groundwater irrigation is rapidly gaining ground. More than 500,000 solar pumps have been installed in south Asia over the last few years and a major expansion is planned across sub-Saharan Africa.
Jason Amri (BCS in progress)
Student, Faculty of Mathematics
> Co-founder, 3cycle
> GreenHouse
> Velocity
In recent years, 3D printing has become a manufacturing resource used in small to large-scale projects from prototyping products to 3D-printed houses.
Savannah Sloat
Staff, Faculty of Science
> Manager, Science Indigenous Initiatives
Canada's biggest companies often speak of their plans to be more sustainable, but a new study found corporations aren't fully backing up those commitments.
A team of University of Waterloo researchers concluded that corporate investing in communities fell despite an increase in companies committing to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) over the last decade.
Air pollution is the main environmental cause of early death, and new research from experts in Canada and the United States finds that, in about 75 years, climate change will see the number of air quality alerts in the U.S. to quadruple. As alerts increase, inequalities for those unable to adapt to protect their health will intensify.