Future students

Friday, May 1, 2020 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Knowledge mobilization webinar series

How governments and organizations use academic science

A dynamic discussion-style webinar featuring representatives from the government and non-profit sectors sharing stories about how they gather, analyze, utilize and communicate academic research to advance their organization’s mandate. Researchers will learn what they can do to make it easier to support the implementation of their research into policy, plans, and products.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Ideas to shape the future: Fighting climate change

Ideas to shape the future: Fighting climate change

Join us for an evening hosted by the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute and Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3). One hour, seven topics, seven speakers, with seven minutes each. Leading experts from both institutes will share their knowledge and ideas on how climate change can be addressed at the individual, community, and global levels.

Part of The ALARM Dialogues.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor Jun Xia, will present "Addressing Urban Hydrological Issues: An Integrated Water Systems Approach."

Friday, July 19, 2019 10:30 am - 10:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

WaterTalk: Importance and Effects of Physical Processes in Lake Ecosystems

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series and co-sponsored by the Department of Applied Mathematics, Professor Hilmar Hofmann, will present "Importance and Effects of Physical Processes in Lake Ecosystems."

As part of the Water Institute's seminar series Richard Marinos, postdoctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, will present "Ecosystem Recovery from Acid Rain: Biogeochemical Consequences in the Soil-Stream Continuum."

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Race for Groundwater

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor Grant Ferguson, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Geological and Environment Engineering and Associate Member of the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan, will present "The Race for Groundwater."

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Monday, March 25, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Monitoring, modelling and management of urban water pollution

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor David McCarthy from Monash University in Australia will present "Monitoring, modelling and management of urban water pollution.”

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As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Jeanne M. VanBriesen, Duquesne Light Company Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University and the Director of the Center for Water Quality in Urban Environmental Systems at Carnegie Mellon University will present "Effects of wastewater from energy extraction and utilization on drinking water sources and risk."

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