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Monday, June 19, 2017 8:00 am - Friday, June 23, 2017 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Principles of Hydrologic Modelling: Professional short course and graduate course (CIVE 781)

This course, hosted at the University of Waterloo and co-sponsored by the Canadian Society for Hydrological Sciences and the Canadian Water Resources Association, addresses the development of computational models of watershed hydrology in support of water resources management and scientific investigation.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Water: Abundance, scarcity, and security in the age of humanity

Jeremy SchmidtAs part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Jeremy Schmidt, lecturer of Human Geography at Durham University, United Kingdom, presents "Water: Abundance, Scarcity, and Security in the Age of Humanity."

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Friday, February 24, 2017 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

From Uncertainty Quantification to Hypothesis-Testing in Hydrological Application: Review of recent advances

Dmitri Kavetski
Environmental scientists and engineers often require calibrating and testing their models against observed data. Despite major research efforts by the hydrological community, both topics present formidable challenges, both in operational and research settings.

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Sunday, February 5, 2017 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Nature Unleashed — Fires, Floods and Other Natural Disasters: Climate Change Threats to Water Across Canada

Nature Unleashed
As part of THEMUSEUM's Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters dialogues series, Water Institute member and Civil and Environmental Engineering professor Monica Emelko, will present “Fires, Floods and Other Natural Disasters: Climate change threats to water across Canada.”

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Thursday, February 2, 2017 (all day)

World Wetlands Day Public Lecture and Research Symposium

Join us at the University of Waterloo in celebration of World Wetlands Day. On this annual international day of significance, wetlands groups across the globe commemorate the February 2, 1971 adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

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Sunday, June 25, 2017 (all day)

International Conference on Amphibious Architecture, Design and Engineering 2017 (ICAADE)

The second International Conference on Amphibious Architecture, Design and Engineering 2017 (ICAADE) will unite academics, practitioners, professionals and policymakers from in the exchange of knowledge on amphibious flood mitigation strategies, inviting collaboration among researchers, business, institutions and governments around the world. Flood mitigation and climate change adaptation will require the development of new housing types and retrofit strategies in order to maintain community integrity in populated regions where flooding is expected to increase.

Thursday, March 16, 2017 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Floods and Droughts: Eliciting Customer Willingness-to-Pay and Adverse Event Likelihood Priors for Public Utility Pricing and Infrastructure Decisions

In this seminar, Diane Dupont, a professor in the Department of Economics and member of the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre at Brock University, presents a method for obtaining public preferences for improved water and wastewater management.

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Light refreshments will be provided. 

Jean Andrey
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Waterloo speakers to shake up Nature Unleashed Dialogue Series

Jean Andrey
Kicking off the Nature Unleashed: Inside Natural Disasters dialogues on Sunday, the University of Waterloo’s research strengths in climate change, natural disasters and flood mitigation were highlighted by Jean Andrey, dean of the Faculty of Environment, during her opening remarks at the launch event.

Thursday, February 16, 2017 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Developing the Great Lakes’ Blue Economy: Water productivity, water depletion, and virtual water trade in the Great Lakes basin

Alex MayerAs part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Alex Mayer, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Michigan Technological University, presents, "Developing the Great Lakes’ Blue Economy: Water productivity, water depletion, and virtual water trade in the Great Lakes basin."

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