Lecture

Thursday, March 7, 2019 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Saving the lives of children under-five with a hygiene intervention in rural Gambia

Geographies of Health in Place (GoHelP) lab, is pleased to invite you to engage with Dr. Buba Manjang, a Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, who will be speaking about his research addressing hygiene among mothers' weaning children. 

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor Martyn Clark, Associate Director at the Centre for Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan, will present "The Evolution of Process-Based Hydrologic Models: Historical Challenges and the Collective Quest for Physical Realism."

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Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Mining waste environments: globally significant and growing biogeochemical hotspots

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Professor Lesley Warren, Claudette Mackay-Lassonde Chair in Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto, will present "Mining waste environments: globally significant and growing biogeochemical hotspots"

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As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Hamid Moradkhani, Alton N. Scott Endowed Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama, will present, "Toward More Resilient Hydrosystems: Flood and Drought Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk in a Changing Climate."

Monday, April 8, 2019 2:30 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Smart Earth: New frontiers in water governance in a wired world

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesKaren Bakker, professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia, will present, "Smart Earth: New frontiers in water governance in a wired world."

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Thursday, January 24, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Building adaptive capacity for water management--the role of knowledge and power

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series Maria Carmen Lemos, Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Engagement at the School for Environment and Sustainability and Co-Director of the Great Lakes Sciences and Assessments Center at the University of Michigan, will present, "Building adaptive capacity for water management--the role of knowledge and power."

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Freshwater fish provide diverse ecosystem services. Yet, freshwater fish and fisheries are not often a national or regional governance priority and as a result, freshwater fisheries are undervalued and largely overlooked. Due to lack of reliable data, freshwater fisheries have never been part of any high profile global fisheries assessment and are notably absent from the Sustainable Development Goals.

Water Institute Water Talks
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, William Blomquist, professor of Political Science at Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, will be presenting, "Notes from Underground: A Groundwater Perspective on Water Resource Governance and Management."

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Gregory Baird, President of The Water Finance Research Foundation, will present, "Perspectives on the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Challenge: Engineering, Technology or Financial Crisis."

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