Monday, October 30, 2017 — 8:00 AM to Friday, November 3, 2017 — 9:00 PM EDT
McMaster Water Week is a celebration of water and water-related research at McMaster University. The McMaster Water Network is organizing several events throughout the week including a keynote lecture, documentary screening, career night, and a student research showcase. All events are free and open to the public.
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Friday, October 27, 2017 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT
As part of the Office of Research's Research Talks series, executive director of the Water Institute and professor of Economics, Roy Brouwer, will present, "Global Assessment of Payments for Watershed Services with Roy Brouwer."
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Who pays for the water quality and supply, biodiversity, and carbon storage provided by forests, wetlands, and grasslands?
Thursday, October 26, 2017 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
As part of our WaterTalk lecture series Kevin Boyle, professor of agricultural and applied economics and director of the Program in Real Estate at Virginia Tech, presents, "From the Exxon Valdez oil spill to the BP Deep Water Horizon oil spill: A story of economic damages from major environmental contamination events."
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017 — 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Diane Orihel, National Scholar in Aquatic Ecotoxicology and assistant professor in Biology and Environmental Studies at Queen’s University, and Alana Greaves, environmental toxicologist and a postdoctoral researcher with Queen’s University present, "The importance of ecosystem-based ecotoxicology for advancing environmental policy, with special reference to Canadian Oil Sands development."
Monday, October 23, 2017 — 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT
Water Institute member Simron Singh, associate professor in Waterloo's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, and his colleagues, are hosting a public panel on sustaining small islands in the context of global environmental change. The panel discussion will be followed by wine and cheese for participants.
Friday, October 20, 2017 — 9:30 AM to 6:00 PM EDT
The Farvolden Lecture Series, hosted by Waterloo's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, was initiated in 1996 as an annual celebration in honour of Dr. Robert Farvolden. The Lecture Series fosters interaction and communication between the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, the alumni of the hydrogeology program and the groundwater community at large.
Thursday, October 12, 2017 2:00 PM EDT
Waterloo's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will host Dr. Ed Harvey, supervisory hydrologist and chief of the U.S National Park Service Water Resources Division in Colorado, who will present the 2017 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture, "Water Resource Stewardship in the U.S. National Park Service."
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Thursday, October 5, 2017 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Arnold Heemink, professor of Applied Mathematics at Delft University of Technology, is presenting "Storm surge forecasting using data assimilation."
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Tuesday, October 3, 2017 2:00 PM EDT
A Tale of Two Porosities: Exploring Why Contaminant Transport Doesn’t Always Behave the Way it Should
Prof. Kamini Singha, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Colorado School of Mines and the 2017 Darcy Lecturer
Everyone welcome - refreshments served.
