Current students

Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:00 pm - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

What is Canada’s water worth?

As part of the Water Institute's 
Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 
Roy Brouwer, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Waterloo will present: 

What is Canada’s water worth?

WaterTalks

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Veronica Strang, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, United Kingdom will present: Water, Equality and Diversity: an interdisciplinary approach to inter-species relations.


Thursday, February 17, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterTalk: The Next Water Revolutions

WaterTalks

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, David Sedlak, Plato Malozemoff Professor, Director, Berkeley Water Center, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA will present: The Next Water Revolutions.


WaterTalks
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Amy Pruden, W. Thomas Rice Professor, University Distinguished Professor, Via Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA will present: Harnessing 'Omics to Inform Strategies to Mitigate the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance as a One Water Challenge.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterLeadership - Canadian Water Policy 101 for Researchers Who Want to Get Engaged

As part of the Water Institute's WaterLeadership training series, the Water Institute, presents, "Canadian Water Policy 101 for Researchers Who Want to Get Engaged” with special guest, Anastasia M Lintner, Co-founder & Chief Operations Officer, Backloop Institute.

Thursday, February 24, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterLeadership: Write a policy brief: Tips from the Experts

As part of the Water Institute's WaterLeadership training series, the Water Institute, presents, "Write a policy brief: Tips from the Experts” with Nancy Goucher, Knowledge Mobilization Specialist with the Water Institute.

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New Innovation Research Challenge Seeks Proposals for Novel Applications of BlackBerry Technologies to Advance Progress Against UN Sustainable Development Goals

WATERLOO, ONTARIO – January 6, 2022 – Building on a partnership spanning over three decades, BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) and the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute, one of the world’s top water research institutes, today launched a first-of-its-kind innovation research challenge for professors and students.

The Water Innovation Challenge invites new applications of BlackBerry technologies to address water-related challenges, including the cybersecurity of water systems, water emergencies, and Internet of Things (IoT) water management solutions.  

Thursday, November 11, 2021 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

COP26 event: Canada’s Peatlands as a Nature-based Solution to Climate Change

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On November 11, the University of Waterloo is honoured to take part in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK.

From October 31 – November 12, 2021, more than 190 world leaders are expected to arrive in Scotland together with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks aimed at accelerating action on climate change.