Congratulations to the showcase winners of Climate Con 2025!
Popular vote: Timothy Doak & Izhaan Bin Rauf
Poster title: Electric Planes: A Sustainable Alternative for Canadian Flight Training
Judged 1st place: Konrad Borowski
Poster title: Sustainable Flood Resistant Modular Beehive
Honourable mention: Cynthia Bova
Poster title: Strong temperature trends shown in a season of high frequency sampling of methane ebullition in two southern Ontario stormwater ponds poster
Honourable mention: Jordan Li & Shayna Meinzinger
Poster title: Consider the Balance: Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics of Restored Wetlands poster
Arts Showcase Posters
Wisdom Cries
Iman Yousefi, Undergraduate in Honours Arts, Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Engineering Showcase Posters
Novel Direct Air Carbon Capture Column with Integrated Sequestration by Microalgae Cultivation
Team Lead: Robert Duff, General Members: Aneka Mulgund, Giacomo Manias, Declan Fromson, Harshini Sujatha Omkar Krishna, Mairead Sloan, Dafne de Brito Cruz - Chemical Engineering
Climate-Smart Materials: Cleavable Thermoset Nanocomposites for a Lower Carbon Future
Zahra Rezaei, Master’s in Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering, Chemical Engineering (Nanotechnology)
Improved Observations of Methane in Anthropogenic Environments: Restored Wetlands, Stormwater Ponds, and Landfills
Cooper Pickering, Undergraduate Student in Earth Science & Avery Opalka, Master’s in Applied Science, Faculty of Engineering
Environment Showcase Posters
Sustainable Flood Resistant Modular Beehive
Konrad Borowski, Bachelor's in Honours Planning, Faculty of Environment
Climate disturbance is a catalyst for change to national forestry policies, an historical case study in the United Kingdom
Katie Pita, PhD Candidate in Social and Ecological Sustainability, School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability (Faculty of Environment)
Niagara-on-the-Lake human-coyote interaction: towards coexistence through community
Bethany Helaine Poltl, undergraduate in Environment and Business Co-op, Faculty of Environment
Assessing Corporate Sustainability Reporting Standard Selection Impact on ESG Scoring
Joseph Scarfone, MES Sustainability Management, Faculty of Environment
Effects of seismic lines and their restoration on peatland carbon cycle
Nazia Tabassum, Graduate, PhD Candidate, Geography (Water)
How are we tackling Urban Heat Challenges in the City of Toronto?
Natalie Lok Yee Tong, MES in Planning, Faculty of Environment
Resilience at the end of the world; a love letter to radical hope
Amelia Upper, Undergraduate, Environment, Resources and Sustainability & Geography and Environmental Management
Mathematics Showcase Posters
Evaluating Air Quality using Isolation Forests - Clearing the Air on Pollution Hotspots
Julie Wojtiw-Quo, Graduate student, Data Science and AI
Science Showcase Posters
Strong temperature trends shown in a season of high frequency sampling of methane ebullition in two southern Ontario stormwater ponds
Cynthia Bova, Graduate student, Earth Sciences, Water
Investigating environmental controls on methane fluxes in Canadian peatlands
Celina Cayabyab, Undergraduate in Environmental Science (Geoscience), Faculty of Science, Ecohydrology Research Group, Can-Peat
Electric Planes: A Sustainable Alternative for Canadian Flight Training
Timothy James, Mohammed Doak & Izhaan Bin Rauf, Reasearch Assistants, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics, Faculty of Environment
Examining Trait Effects on Tree Community Productivity During Drought
Margalie Galarneau, Graduate student, Biology
Consider the Balance: Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics of Restored Wetlands
Jordan Li & Shayna Meinzinger, Graduate students, Master of Earth Science - Collaborative Water Program
For more information, please contact the Student Climate Council: climateinstitute@uwaterloo.ca