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“I sing to open my heart for connection and communication in the cultural response to global environmental change. I sing as a way to demonstrate my humanity and empathy for Inuit culture and our history of colonization and marginalization of these people. I sing as a way to process the knowledge I am surrounded by in this PhD work on Inuit and Arctic climate change.”

Social Innovations Within Markets Workshop brings academics and practitioners together

Our very own Lesley Sovran, Environment and Business '10 grad is featured this week in NOW Toronto, talking about her job at Home Depot Canada as Environmental Operations Leader. Congratulations Lesley on being recognized as an Environment and Business leader!

Congratulations to Dr. Amelia Clarke for her recent SSHRC Insight Grant competition funding award! Her research project entitled, “Cross-sector Social Partnerships for the Implementation of Community Sustainability Strategies: A Study on the Relationships between Collaborative Structures and Outcomes” will receive funding over the next 5 years for the total amount of $330,233.

Brain, Chain, Gain with Margret Walton-Roberts

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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Last week the Waterloo Environment and Business Students (WEBS) Association “suited up” for a new initiative they created, called the “Network Now” workshop. Students from first to fourth year gathered to uncover tips and tricks for networking, LinkedIn, resume writing, and interviews.  

Congratulations to Grace Saunders, Arun Raj and Ying Zhou, three students in the Sustainability Management Master's Program in the School of Environment Enterprise and Development (SEED) who were awarded RBC Water Scholarships. 

The awardees demonstrate their outstanding leadership in issues around water and sustainability, and we are extremely proud to have them in SEED, inspiring other students!