For her capstone project, MEDI alumni Nicole Skaf worked in the Nuclear Energy Division (NED) at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).
The School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) is pleased to recognize five new graduates of the Masters of Environmental Studies in Sustainability Management. Our research students have been working remotely due to worldwide constraints associated with the COVID-19 lockdown. The following theses were completed, orally defended and are now publicly available on the University’s thesis depository.
·Flood Risk Management in Canada: A Political Discourse Analysis - by Danielle Lebre under the supervision of Jason Thistlethwaite
The University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada invites applications for the position of Ontario Research Chair in Sustainable Energy. This tenure-track position will likely be filled at the rank of Assistant Professor, but exceptional applicants may be considered for the rank of Associate Professor. The successful candidate will have a PhD in a related field and may not have all their degrees from the same traditional discipline. Salary, in the range of $110,000 to $164,000, will be commensurate with experience. The closing date for applications is November 15, 2021. The preferred start date is July 1, 2022.
SEED would like to welcome Jaiden Cote, Graduate Program Administrator for the Masters of Economic Development and Innovation (MEDI) program,
SEED is pleased to congratulate two graduate students for their recent contributions to sustainability and who have been recognized with the following awards
New research papers from SEED students and faculty on SDGs, sustainability management and corporate social responsibility
For her co-op placement, Environment & Business student Tanisha Ghorpade worked at Green In You, a startup that works on enabling sustainable consumerism as well as closing the loop on textile waste.
Tobi Oyewole and Shenali Madhanaroopan, two Sustainability Management Master's students, have recently launched their own podcast inspired by all things sustainability. The podcast, called “Eco You”, brings to light how sustainability affects all our daily choices.
For his co-op placement, Environment and Business undergraduate student James Foote worked in the Response Readiness Team for Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC). The WCMRC is a world-class oil spill response organization tasked with mechanically retrieving spilled oil out of Canada’s West Coast waters. When an oil spill occurs WCMRC is the only marine response organization on the west coast mandated by Transport Canada.
SEED faculty and graduate students are in the news!