Events

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

A Water Institute Conference Covering Five Continents Over Three Days

Water as a foundation for healthy communities and sustainable livelihoods

This online three-day international conference will explore progress against the UN’s SDGs at the intersection of water, health, food and gender through the work of international experts and early career scholars from Canada, Africa and Asia who will share research experiences and lessons learned from a variety of multi-sectoral projects led by academic and local partners.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Gunilla Öberg, Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC and Professor, The Center for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway will present: Does the framing matter? On dissent, consensus, and scientific controversies in policy-relevant research.

This event will be offered in person on the University of Waterloo campus in DC 1302 from 12:00  - 1:00 p.m. Lunch reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl) from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, John Cherry, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Leader of the Groundwater Project, Recipient of the 2020 Stockholm Water Prize and Lee Kwan Yew Water Prize, 2016 presents: The Global Water Crisis Paradox: Groundwater, Food and Poverty.

This event will be offered in person at the University of Waterloo Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building.
3:30-4:00 p.m. Doors Open
4:00-5:00 p.m. Lecture
5:00-6:30 p.m. Reception

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences & Principal Investigator HydroSocialExtremes, Uppsala University, Sweden will present: Droughts in a human-dominated world: Feedbacks, legacies and inequalities.

This event will be offered online (Zoom).

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Aimée Craft, Professor Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa and University Research Chair Nibi miinawaa aki inaakonigewin: Indigenous governance in relationship with land and water, will present: Recognizing the spiritedness and agency of water: Personhood and other legal approaches.

This event will be offered in person in DC 1302.
Lunch reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl) from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Quentin Grafton, Professor of Economics and Chairholder UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance at the Australian National University (ANU), will present: Responding to the World Water Crisis: Mar del Plata (1977) to New York (2023).

This event will be offered in person in EIT 3142 Conference Room from 3-4 p.m., reception to follow from 4:00 - 5 p.m.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Bernhard Becker, Sr. Advisor / Researcher, Deltares | RWTH Aachen University will present: Recent advances in optimization models for water systems.

This event will be offered in person in DC1302 from 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Join us for the Water Institute 2023 Early Career Faculty Research Showcase!

This in person event will showcase the research programs of Water Institute early career faculty and provide an opportunity to network and explore potential collaboration.

Please plan to attend in support of our early career colleagues!