Future students

Water Institute member Larry Swatuk, professor, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, School of Planning and Department of Geography and Environmental Management, and School of Planning alumna Corrine Cash, assistant professor, Department of Geography and Environment, Mount Allison University, have a new book out offering best practices for avoiding Day Zero.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Canada’s water resources: How valuable are they?

As part of the Water Institute's 
Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 

Robert Smith, Principal, Midsummer Analytics presents:

Canada’s water resources: How valuable are they?

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Bertram BoehrerHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Magdeburg, Germany, will present: Extreme gas pressures in lakes: from the "killer" Lake Nyos (Cameroon) to Guadiana Pit Lake (Spain) and Lake Kivu (Rwanda and DR Congo).

This event will be offered in person on the University of Waterloo campus in DC 1302 and online via Zoom.

Tuesday, July 19, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk: Atmospheric moisture tracking

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesPoornima Unnikrishnan, Researcher, Department of Systems Design Engineering will present: Atmospheric moisture tracking.

This event will be offered in person on the University of Waterloo campus in EIT 1015 and online via Zoom.

Tuesday, July 12, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk: The Ontario lake-river routing product

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Bryan Tolson, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and PhD Candidate Ming Han will present: The Ontario lake-river routing product.

This event will be offered in person on the University of Waterloo campus in EIT 1015 and online via Zoom.

As part of the Water Institute's 
Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 

Marian Weber, Chief Environmental Economist and Unit Head, BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategies presents

Water ecosystem service valuation for watershed security – information gaps and policy needs

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Emily S. Huff, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, will present: A holistic approach to monitoring abrupt environmental shifts in the Kluane Lake region.


This event will be offered in person on the University of Waterloo campus in EV3 3412 and online via Zoom.

Thursday, July 7, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk - Nature Water: A journal for all water-related research

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Fabio Pulizzi, Chief Editor, Nature Water, will present: Nature Water: A journal for all water-related research.

As part of the Water Institute's 
Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 

Robin Gregory, Decision Research, Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia Canada & Adjunct Professor, Institute for Resource and Environmental Sustainability, University of British Columbia presents

Understanding value: What makes water worth caring about and why money is a necessary but insufficient measure