14th Annual World Wetlands Day at the University of Waterloo
World Wetlands Day 2026 Poster Session and General Registration
The University of Waterloo’s WWD event will be held in person in the Centre for Environmental and Information Technology (EIT) building on Monday, February 2nd, 2026 from 4:00 to 7:00 pm EST.
The event will consist of a poster session and reception on the first and second floors followed by a distinguished lecture by Dr. Sarah Finkelstein in EIT 1015, entitled:
"From Biidasige Park in the Toronto Port Lands to the Winisk River on Ontario’s North Coast: linking paleoenvironmental research and Indigenous knowledge to support wetland conservation in Ontario"
Registration for World Wetlands Day 2026 is now open!
Registration closes on January 26th, 2026.
About World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day (WWD) is celebrated each year on February 2nd, which marks the day when the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. The Convention is an international government agreement acknowledging the importance of wetlands and plays a central role in the wise use and conservation of these critical ecosystems. To learn more about the Convention, visit: www.ramsar.org.