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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.

Tuesday, January 25, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterLeadership: Media 101 - Tips for Engaging with the Media

As part of the Water Institute's WaterLeadership training series, the Water Institute, presents, "Tips for Engaging with the Media” with Pamela Smyth, media relations manager for the University.

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

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.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Erin Mahoney, Commissioner of Environmental Services for York Region and Douglas Wright Engineer-in-Residence will present: York Region’s One Water Story… recognizing the value of water in all its forms.

Co-hosted by the Water Institute and The Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Taher Kahil, Group Leader of the Water Security Research Group at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg, Austria, presents "Global water security under changing socio-economic and climate conditions."

Thursday, November 25, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterTalk: Microplastics and Human Health: Moving the Field Forward

Join us for a special WaterTalk co-hosted by the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute and The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), where Juliette Legler, Chair of Toxicology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, presents, “Microplastics and Human Health: Moving the Field Forward.”

WaterLeadership is a professional development program offered by the Water Institute that helps students and faculty develop applied research impact skills to catalyze knowledge into action.

Curated, developed, and presented by our Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Nancy Goucher, the training sessions cover a range of topics related to Knowledge Mobilization and leadership development.

Thursday, October 21, 2021 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk: Water Resources and Food Supply Chains

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Megan Konar, William J. and Elaine F. Hall Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, presents, "Water Resources and Food Supply Chains."

Aquanty Inc., a water resources science and technology firm specializing in predictive analytics, simulation and forecasting, research services, and IoT, was recently selected one of Waterloo, Ontario’s “top 11 big data startups and companies” by Best Startup Canada.

The top companies were selected based on their exceptional performance in innovation, growth, management and societal impact.

Current students

WaterLeadership: Write a policy brief: Tips from the Experts

WaterLeadership: Media 101 - Tips for Engaging with the Media

The Water Institute and BlackBerry announce partnership

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

WaterTalk: York Region’s One Water Story… recognizing the value of water in all its forms

WaterTalk: Global water security under changing socio-economic and climate conditions

WaterTalk: Microplastics and Human Health: Moving the Field Forward

2021 WaterLeadership series open for registration

WaterTalk: Water Resources and Food Supply Chains

Waterloo spinoff Aquanty Inc. ranks in top 11 big data startups

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