The Water Institute is an interdisciplinary hub that facilitates innovative research, education, and training. The Institute's activities focus on the sustainable use and management of water resources to support healthy and prosperous communities and ecosystems at the national and international scale.
CBC Radio interviewed water experts to comment on five Canadian communities threatened by climate change, among those interviewed was Blair Feltmate, of the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development.
The Waterloo Chronicle and the Waterloo Region Record published an op-ed by Water Institute member and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Barry Warner.
Warner studies the dynamics of natural, restored, and created wetlands using a variety of ecological and paleoecological indicators. These methods are used to study wetland ecosystems across a variety of spatial scales and temporal scales.
The Edmonton Journal and the Waterloo Region Record recently featured a story on the challenges of reclaiming open-pit mines that were once wetlands. The story includes comments by Water Institute member and Department of Geography and Environmental Management Professor Jonathan Price.
Accessing microbial diversity and heterogeneity in the environment
Presented by Dr. Laura Hug
Assistant Professor, Environmental Microbiology
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo
Genevieve Ali is Junior Chair of the Watershed Systems Research Program and Assistant Professor of the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Manitoba.
Coffee and refreshments will be provided.
2016 Darcy Lecturer: Ty Ferré, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona
Everyone welcome. Refreshments provided.
