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Anshikha Kumar, graduate student in the Master of Development Practice (MDP) program, attended the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) UN Climate Week 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She reflects on her experience as a youth delegate and what she learned here.
This story originally was posted by the Faculty of Environment.
Nguénar Yacine Cissé, graduate student in the Master of Development Practice (MDP) program, attended the Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) UN Climate Week 2023 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She reflects on her experience as a youth delegate and what she learned.
The Department of Chemical Engineering (ChE) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) are co-hosting a series of discourses on technology-based solutions for global challenges linked to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
We are pleased to present another discourse in our series: Circular Economies: Electronic and Electrochemical Devices.
When: November 2, 2023 @ 2:30 - 3:30 PM
Where: Faculty Hall, (E7-7303/7363)
The distinguished panel for this event comprises Komal Habib (SEED), Steven Young (SEED), Ting Tsui (ChE), Michael Fowler (ChE), and Asmae Mokrini from the National Research Council (NRC).
Registration is required! Refreshments will be provided.
Note: This seminar counts for a seminar credit for Nanofellowship awardees and graduate students.
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This talk traces the implications of fisheries policy-making and management decisions on research and monitoring practices with a view to offering insights on the potential strengths and limitations of the evidence base for fisheries management. It then “turns the telescope around” so to speak and considers how data collected as part of fisheries monitoring programs typically contributes to decision-making in practice and the extent to which most fisheries management decisions are data-driven, evidence-based and transparent in nature. The talk draws from the Canadian experience but seeks to offer perspectives on fisheries management structures and practices more generally.
Title of the Webinar: Connecting data to Fisheries Decision-Making and Policy: Observations from A Practitioner in the field
Date: Oct 27, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: Trevor M. Swerdfager| Practitioner-In-Residence, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability & Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
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Tara Dawn “hahuuła” Atleo will be receiving her Doctor of Philosphy (PhD) in Sustainability Management at convocation this weekend.
Title of the Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities in the sustainability of Inland open water fisheries in India
Date: Oct 06, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: Dr. Pranaya Kumar Parida | Scientist, ICAR- CIFRI and Fisheries Resource Assessment Specialist, CRFM, SVG
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This talk focuses on the initiatives of ICAR - Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute of India to address the multi-dimensional pressures on inland fisheries and ways in which sustainability can be achieved by responding to vulnerabilities and transitioning towards viability.
Title of the Webinar: Challenges and Opportunities in the sustainability of Inland open water fisheries in India
Date: Sep 29, 2023 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC (8:00 AM EDT to 9:15 AM EDT - 1:00 PM WAT to 2:15 PM WAT - Convert to your local time here)
Speaker: Dr. Pranaya Kumar Parida | Scientist, ICAR- CIFRI and Fisheries Resource Assessment Specialist, CRFM, SVG
YouTube link (watch this webinar live and participate in its Q&A session)
Researchers from the University of Waterloo, including Alex Cimprich, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, have completed the first-ever assessment of a Canadian hospital to reveal its total environmental footprint and specific carbon emission hotspots.
The study, Environmental footprinting of hospitals: Organizational life cycle assessment of a Canadian hospital, appears in the Journal of Industrial Ecology.
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SEED is hosting the viewing of “The Gig is Up” film which is presented through the Planet in Focus International Film Festival, Cross Canada Campus Tour on Thursdays, September 28th at 7:00pm in EV3-1408.
THE GIG IS UP uncovers the real costs of the platform economy through the lives of workers from around the world for companies including Uber, Amazon and Deliveroo. From delivering food and driving ride shares to tagging images for AI, millions of people around the world are finding work task by task online. The gig economy is worth over 5 trillion USD globally and growing. And yet the stories of the workers behind this tech revolution have gone largely neglected. Who are the people in this shadow workforce? THE GIG IS UP brings their stories into the light.
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