Events - 2021

Sometimes figuring out which conservation practices are most effective at reducing agricultural phosphorus losses to surface water bodies seems impossibly complex, and it is hard to know which solutions will work best where. This presentation synthesizes research from over a decade of on-farm, edge-of-field trials within the Lake Erie watershed to highlight how the efficiencies and trade-offs of different practices vary by region and site.

Join us for a special WaterTalk co-hosted by the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute and The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN), where Juliette Legler, Chair of Toxicology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, presents, “Microplastics and Human Health: Moving the Field Forward.”

On November 11, the University of Waterloo is honoured to take part in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Megan Konar, William J. and Elaine F. Hall Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, presents, "Water Resources and Food Supply Chains."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Bryan Brooks, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Institute of Biomedical Studies; Director, Environmental Health Science at Baylor University, presents, "What are the Priority Research Needs for Environmental Quality and Environmental Public Health Practice?"

The Faculty of Science is proud to announce a new online lecture series that highlights the incredible new talent in our midst. The first lecture will be by Water Institute member and Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Andrea Brookfield.

Co-hosted with the forWater Network, and as part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Christophe Darnault, Associate Professor Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University, and Adrian Collins, Hydrologist and Head of Sustainable Agriculture Sciences at Rothamsted Research North Wyke in the United Kingdom, will present "Water & Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Two examples of innovative source water protection strategies

The Global Water Futures project, Lake Futures, uses webinars and other strategies to share the results of its research program and facilitate an open dialogue with its partners and stakeholders.

Steering committee webinar series (2021)

Join the Water Institute for a virtual event exploring what water means to different people, its true value, and how we can better protect this vital resource together. 

More information, including speaker profiles, can be seen on the World Water Day event website.

9:30-11:00 a.m. 
Exploring Our Relationship With Water

Water2Me Workshop

In this upcoming virtual event, the 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists to enable reconciliation in their work will be discussed. The authors have witnessed examples where natural scientists treat Indigenous communities with blatant disrespect or with ignorance of Indigenous rights.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterLeadership training series, Nancy Goucher, Knowledge Mobilization Specialist at the Water Institute, presents, "Write it up: Practical tips for communicating your research."