June 2018
WATER SECURITY CONFERENCE
Water Institute members co-chair and deliver three keynote speeches at Elsevier’s first international Water Security conference in Toronto.
July 2018
SINGAPORE WATER WEEK
The Water Institute participates in the Singapore International Water Week.
UNITED NATIONS SDG MEETING
The Water Institute Executive Director gives a keynote presentation in New York City during the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
September 2018
BREAKING BOUNDARIES IN WATER RESEARCH CONFERENCE
The Water Institute hosts its bi-annual international research conference, attracting more than 200 participants, including two Stockholm Water Prize laureates.
EXTERNAL ADVISORY BOARD MEETING
The Water Institute’s External Advisory Board, including representatives from leading water research organizations from around the world, meets to take stock of Institute progress.
October 2018
HIGH-LEVEL MALAYSIAN DELEGATION
The Water Institute hosts a delegation of 27, led by the Chief Minister, from the state of Sarawak in Malaysia.
November 2018
HYNES LECTURE
The Water Institute partners with the Canadian Rivers Institute to host the 2018 Hynes Lecture featuring Professor Margaret Palmer from the University of Maryland and Director of SESYNC.
CRAES INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
The Water Institute Executive Director participates in the inaugural meeting of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Science’s International Scientific Advisory Committee in Beijing.
January 2019
NEW COLLABORATIVE WATER PROGRAM COHORT
Sixty-seven students begin classes in Waterloo’s Collaborative Water graduate program, the largest cohort to date.
March 2019
WORLD WATER DAY CELEBRATIONS
The Water Institute organizes its annual World Water Day event exploring opportunities to provide marginalized communities with safe water.
RBC DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
The Water Institute hosts its annual RBC Distinguished Lecture featuring Ontario’s former Premier, the Honourable Bob Rae, who addresses “What the challenge of clean water at home and around the world tells us about ourselves, our country, and our planet”.
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE RECOGNITION
OCTOBER 2018
Peter Huck’s NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Water Treatment renewed for a 6th five-year term – the longest continuously-operating IRC.
Carolyn Ren and Alexander Wong named members of the Royal Society of Canada’s New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
NOVEMBER 2018
Mark Servos appointed Fellow of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
DECEMBER 2018
Susan Elliott named in 2018 Canadian Women in Global Health List.
APRIL 2019
Janusz Pawliszyn and Mark Servos win 2018 best paper award from Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
Keith Hipel receives 2019 Killam Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts.