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WWD 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

University of Waterloo community celebrates World Water Day 2025

On March 22, the Water Institute marked World Water Day—an annual event bringing together students, researchers, and community members to reflect on our relationship with water. This year’s event aligned with the United Nations’ 2025 theme, Glacier Preservation, and featured insightful talks from distinguished speakers, a showcase of emerging research, and a special recognition of alumni driving change in water management.

Rachael Messenger-Lehmann
Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Rachael Messenger-Lehmann receives 2025 John Parish Memorial Graduate Scholarship

The Water Institute is pleased to announce that Rachael Messenger-Lehmann has been awarded the 2025 John Parish Memorial Graduate Scholarship. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding research in fluvial geomorphology—the study of rivers, their processes, and how they influence the landscape.

World Water Day
Friday, March 21, 2025 10:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

World Water Day 2025

World Water Day 2025 – Save our Glaciers!

Celebrate World Water Day 2025 with the Water Institute! Join us for a full-day conference featuring inspiring keynote speakers, a showcase of innovative student research, award presentations, networking opportunities, and a complimentary lunch. Don't miss this exciting event!

Wetlands day
Monday, February 3, 2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

World Wetlands Day 2025

13th Annual World Wetlands Day at the University of Waterloo

About World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day (WWD) is celebrated each year on February 2nd, which marks the day when the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. The Convention is an international government agreement acknowledging the importance of wetlands and plays a central role in the wise use and conservation of these critical ecosystems. To learn more about the Convention, visit: www.ramsar.org

Nancy Love
Thursday, April 10, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Water infrastructure in resource-constrained shrinking and expanding cities: The impact on water quality and public health

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Nancy G. Love, JoAnn Silverstein Distinguished University Professor, Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, will present: Water infrastructure in resource-constrained shrinking and expanding cities: The impact on water quality and public health.

This event is in person in DC 1302 with a networking lunch reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

Ryan Emanuel
Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North Carolina’s coastal plain

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Ryan Emmanuel, Associate Professor of Hydrology, Duke University, North Carolina, US, will present: On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North Carolina’s coastal plain.

This event is in person in DC 1302 with a networking lunch reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

Jan 24
Friday, January 24, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Bake Your Research Competition

Join us for our second annual Bake Your Research Competition!

A culinary competition hosted by the Society of the Water Institute Graduate Students (SWIGS) and the Water Institute. The Rules? To bake or cook an edible masterpiece that visually portrays your research! One entry per lab or research group is recommended.

Guest judges will be in attendance so break out the creativity for what's sure to be a fierce and delicious competition!

Unbottled
Thursday, January 23, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterTalk | Unbottled: Plastic Water, Inequality, and Water Justice

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Daniel Jaffee, Professor of Sociology at Portland State University, Oregon, US, will present Unbottled: Plastic Water, Inequality, and Water Justice.

This WaterTalk will be held online via Zoom.