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

Compound flood and drought hazards in a changing climate: Implications for risk and resilience

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Reza Najafi, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Western University and head of the Hydroclimate Extremes and Climate Change Lab (HydroClimEX Lab), co-director of the Centre for Multihazard Risk and Resilience (CMRR), will present Compound flood and drought hazards in a changing climate: Implications for risk and resilience.

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

Friday, March 20, 2026 10:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

World Water Day 2026

Celebrate World Water Day 2026 with the Water Institute! Join us for a full-day conference featuring inspiring keynote speakers, a showcase of innovative student research, award presentations and networking opportunities. Don't miss this exciting annual event!

Friday, March 20, 2026 - 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

University of Waterloo, Student Life Centre (SLC) Black and Gold Room,
200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada  N2L 3G

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Ali Ameli, Professor & Director of HydroGeoScience for Watershed Management (HGS-WM) Research Group, UBC, will present The functional reality of watersheds: Complexity, time-variance, and the limits of current deep learning models.

This event is in person in DC 1302.

Thursday, April 30, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Inside Academia Workshop with David Sedlak

The Water Institute and the Department of Civil Engineering are pleased to present the Inside Academia Workshop with David Sedlak, PhD, Plato Malozemoff Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

This event will be held in person in E2 2350, University of Waterloo.

Friday, May 1, 2026 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Using Nature-Based Treatment to Solve Some of the World’s Water Crises

The Water Institute and the Faculty of Engineering are pleased to present the 2025–26 AEESP Distinguished Lecture, Using Nature-Based Treatment to Solve Some of the World’s Water Crises, presented by David Sedlak, PhD, Plato Malozemoff Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

This event will be held in person at Federation Hall, University of Waterloo.