Events - 2020

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."

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."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, the Water Institute, in collaboration with Waterloo's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, is pleased to co-host the 2020-21 Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (CSEG) Distinguished Lecturer, Paul Bauman, who will present "Good Geoscience in Dire Places: Searching for Water in Humanitarian Crises."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Rebecca Tharme, Fellow in Residence at the LE STUDIUM Loire Valley Institute for Advanced Studies, presents, "Riverscapes and Lifeways - Biocultural Diversity and River Flow Management."

Can we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in a post-COVID world?

A Water Institute Conference Covering Five Continents Over Three Days

How to Inform Policy with Science

Dr. Dianne Saxe
President, Saxe Facts
Former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (2015 – 2019)

This series will be an opportunity for the non-academic community to engage with Lake Futures researchers, as they share their latest research findings and discuss implications for water policies, programs, and plans in Ontario. 

Webinars will be offered weekly, on Wednesdays from 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. Webinars will include a 30-minute presentation, followed by a 30-minute discussion period. 

You are invited to Global Water Futures’ upcoming 2-part mini virtual workshop that will focus on Canadian agricultural water management issues, capabilities, advances and needs to help inform the federal government in its development of the Canada Water Agency.

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 (IC^₃). 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.