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The 2021 SWIGS general meeting occurred on May 31st, 2021. For those who were not able to attend was have posted a video recording of the event below (or you can click here to watch it on youtube).

We are excited to announce the winners of the Water and You contest today! There were so many impressive art pieces showing understanding of "water, sanitation and hygiene" and the importance of access to safe drinking water for everyone.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2021 Water and You art contest! We received so many wonderful submissions which highlight the importance of water in our daily lives. We will be taking the time to judge these submissions over the next couple of months, but until then we invite you to check out some of the excellent submissions here:

SWIGS is excited to announce the launching of our brand new art contest Water and You! 

The Students of the Water Institute Graduate Section stands in solidarity in the fight for Black and Indigenous lives in Canada and across the globe. Black and Indigenous lives are threatened at gunpoint, while their communities are disproportionately burdened with environmental pollution and unsafe drinking water. As students and researchers studying water, we need to acknowledge that unless we take deliberate anti-racist action, we will continue to uphold a culture of white supremacy and colonialism.

To the SWIGS graduate student community,

See attachment: 2020_ages_foundation_research_fellowship_bursaries.pdf

The SWIGS executive team has been closely monitoring the situation regarding COVID-19, and how that will affect events on the UW campus.

As a measure of precaution, we have cancelled the following events for this term:

Survey Link: https://www.insiders.wwf.ca/c/a/6JQEmnGBTem8OhWzmwXSPh

Dear Colleagues,