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SEED Career Profile- Dawn Bazely

Following his successful sustainable finance and investment symposium at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in 2012, Export Development Canada Chair in Environmental Finance Olaf Weber, pictured here, served as guest editor of the Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investm

INDEV major Alex Foto will travel to Recife, Brazil in May with World Vision to advocate for the rights of youth around the world and participate in the “World Vision Cup” soccer tournament.

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SEED Career Profile: Elroy Wilson

Elroy Wilson is an Msc Marketing and Agribusiness student from the University of West Indies (UWI). In January, Elroy arrived as visiting researcher to the University of Waterloo.

The SEED career profile series was created as a way to showcase talented individuals that are affiliated with the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development. The program will feature students, professors, and guest lecturers that exemplify SEED’s mission; these individuals have developed the knowledge, tools and expertise to integrate environmental and social objectives into business or development activities.

This morning on CBC radio 89.1 in Kitchener Waterloo Professor Blair Feltmate discussed climate adaptation and the current government's opportunity to take four practical steps to address adaptation challenges.

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Living with climate change: Mapping community experience and adaptation

Rasna Sherchan, a Master of Environment and Business student, was recently invited to present her independent research work at the Symposium on Sustainability & Human Rights hosted by Fulbright Canada and Concordia University in Montreal. 

Master of Development Practice students presented at an international forum held in Ottawa earlier this month, organized by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and Montreal-based Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI).

About 50 people from the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development rubbed elbows at a Meet-and-Greet held on campus recently.  It was a rare chance for students, faculty and staff from across the department to leave their roles behind and get to know each other on a more personal level.