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Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Waterloo, has named this year’s President’s Community Impact Award winners. Engineering alumnus Ambika Opal and Geography and Environmental Management researcher Paul Parker will receive the Community Leader awards for their outstanding volunteerism and community outreach.

Over the last couple months, professors and research students in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) have generated a number of new peer-reviewed articles.

During the last year of his undergraduate program, Kealan Branellec, a graduate of the International Development Program at the University of Waterloo (Class of 2020), worked as an Environmental Officer for the Non-Governmental (NGO) Horizonte Corporativo in Ica, Peru, through the Uniterra program.

SEED congratulates the first Master’s students in the school to be awarded the prestigious Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate scholarship

Water problems are often complex, and require collaboration and interdisciplinary perspectives in order to develop long-lasting solutions that benefit all stakeholders. This is something Laina Timberg discovered in 2019 at Waterlutions Water Innovation Lab (WIL) Canada in Alberta.

The School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) is proud to recognize Truzaar Dordi, Beth Eden and alumni Graeme Reed (BES'14) and Nadine Pinto (BES'16) as recipients of this year's Top 30 Under 30 Sustainability Leaders award presented by Corporate Knights.

Monica Snow,a student in the International Development Bachelor of Environmental Studies program, decided that she could make a difference in the world.

Professor Heather Hall, a researcher and Academic Director of the Economic Development and Innovation Program in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), has been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant.

Barbara Turley-McIntyre was awarded the Faculty of Environment Friend of the Faculty Award and Eryn Stewart was awarded the Young Alumni Inspiration Award. 

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Over the last months, new peer-reviewed articles have been published by SEED professors with their graduate students.