Future students

James R. Craig standing next to walking bridge over Laurel Creek, University of Waterloo
The Water Institute is excited to announce that James Craig, Canada Research Chair in Hydrologic Modelling and Analysis and professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has recently been elected president of the Canadian Society for Hydrologic Sciences (CSHS) for a two-year term starting this June.

strainer with microplastics taken from water body.
Plastics pollution is a global environmental hazard with potentially harmful impacts on wildlife, ecosystem services, and human health and wellbeing. Microplastics in particular are of great concern because of their ability to be transported over great distances and absorb and disperse contaminants widely.

WaterTalks
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesRobert Bailey, Professor in the Faculty of Science at Ontario Tech University, presents, "This year’s model – crafting better predictions in the reference condition approach to bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems."

WaterTalks
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesKarletta Chief, Associate Professor and Extension Specialist in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Arizona, presents, “Training STEM graduate students to work in Indigenous communities to co-solve food, energy and water security challenges."

WaterTalks
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Wendy D. Graham, Carl S. Swisher Eminent Scholar in Water Resources in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering and Director of the Water Institute at the University of Florida, Gainesville, presents, "Stakeholder-Driven Modeling in Support of Groundwater Sustainability: the Floridan Aquifer Collaborative Engagement for Sustainability (FACETS) Project."

WaterTalks
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Kamini Singha, Professor in the Department of Geology & Geological Engineering and the Associate Dean of Earth Resources and Environmental Programs at the Colorado School of Mines, presents, "The controls of surface water-groundwater connectivity in a critical zone context."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Debora Van Nijnatten, professor of Political Science and North American Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, presents, "Water management in the US-Mexico Rio Grande Region: Applying governance indicators to the surface water-groundwater conundrum."

Wednesday, November 18, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterTalk: Charting the new geography of water conflict and co-operation

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dustin Garrick, associate professor of Environmental Management with a joint appointment at the School of Geography and the Environment and the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, presents, "Charting the new geography of water conflict and cooperation."