News

A study released today assesses the level of preparedness of 15 major Canadian cities to limit flood damage. Commissioned by The Co-operators and written by Dr. Blair Feltmate from the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, the report aims to motivate cities to increase efforts to build resilience against flooding, and to provide a benchmark against which their progress can be measured. 

Ian Pinnell and International Development Student in his final year of study won a fellowship worth $20,000. The fellowship at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto will last eight months

The fellowship, named Studio [Y], focuses on social innovation. Pinnell was selected largely for his work with the National Youth Council of Malawi on his World University Service of Canada (WUSC) field placement.

Olaf Weber has joined The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) as a senior fellow this March.

Third-year international development and business student, Rachel Friesen and her team recently claimed one of the top spots in Applied Health Sciences’ (AHS) Big Ideas Challenge for their company EyeCheck.

Economic development marketing firm DCI named the Local Economic Development (LED) program's blog, Higher ED one of its top blogs.

Summary by: Dana Iskoldski Environment and Business student

The Waterloo Environment and Business Society held its first environmental discussion panel on Canada’s sustainable development outlook this week. The event, graciously co-hosted by SEED, was >meant to mobilize students to actively pursue sustainable development. It was a wonderful success with over 140 students and community members attending at St. Paul's College.

Chilika lagoon is the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia situated along the east coast of India in the state of Odisha. More than 400,000 fishers, belonging to specific fisher castes, customarily depend upon the lagoon for their livelihood. As a Sustainability Management Program Master’s student at the University of Waterloo and as a part of my Master’s research thesis, I got the opportunity to do a Village level study in Chilika Lagoon.

The MEB program faculty and staff are please to share the 2015 recipients of the Academic Achievement Awards: 

The award winners are as follows:

2012 Cohort:

• 1^st = Sandra Jackson-Wood
• 2^nd = Lisa Ricci
• 3^rd = Bettina Marie Carius

2013 Cohort:

• 1^st = Nalini Jagnarine
• 2^nd = Koop Alkema
• 3^rd = David Cano Tinoco

Current cohort:

Three successful sustainability leaders from the University of Waterloo have been named to the Corporate Knights 30 under 30 list. Complied each year, the list acknowledges a collection of young entrepreneurs, activists, corporate professionals and students eager to make our world a better place.

With the impending retirement of current Environment Teaching Fellow Mary Louise McAllister, Environment is proud to announce that Simron Singh, a professor in the School of Environment Enterprise and Development with a cross-appointment in Environment and Resource Studies, will be taking over that role.

The position of Teaching Fellow was created by the Provost to promote, enhance and support teaching excellence and experiential learning in each of the Faculties at the University of Waterloo.