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The University of Waterloo has claimed the No. 1 position in Canada for water resources and climbed to 24th globally in the 2024 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Rankings of Academic Subjects—its highest position to date. Rising from 25th last year, the ranking underscores the university’s performance and reputation in water resources, a field critical to addressing escalating climate change and water security challenges worldwide.

In a significant investment for Canadian research, the Government of Canada has announced over $182 million to support 224 new and renewed Canada Research Chairs (CRC) at postsecondary institutions across the country.

Dr. Norman Zhou, Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Waterloo, has been awarded the American Welding Society's (AWS) Comfort A. Adams Lecture Award. Named in honor of AWS founder and first President Dr. Comfort A. Adams, this award recognizes distinguished scientists or engineers for a lecture highlighting innovative advancements in welding. Dr. Zhou delivered a lecture on “Nanojoining - A New Frontier in Welding and Joining of Materials” at the 2024 AWS Annual Meeting.

On October 21-22, 2024, researchers from the Solutionscapes project gathered in Waterloo for their third annual meeting to discuss efforts to support Canada’s transition to a net-zero future while enhancing water quality, ecosystem integrity and human well-being.

Dr. Juliane (Julie) Mai, Research Associate Professor who joined the Department Earth and Environmental Science in 2023, has been awarded over $200,000 from Environment and Climate Change Canada as part of the National Adaptation Strategy and Hydrologic prediction and innovation funding program.

In the face of rising urbanization and climate change, coastal cities in Bangladesh are encountering unprecedented challenges in managing their water resources. Traditional approaches to water management often fall short in addressing these complex issues. However, there’s hope on the horizon: Nature-Based Solutions (NBS). Nature-Based Solutions leverage the innate power of nature to address water management challenges.

In Canada, development projects are required to begin with an environmental assessment. Assessments are meant to identify the impacts of development and assist with decision making. However, these assessments are not without limitations. Ecosystems are constantly evolving due to both natural processes and human activities. To gain a full understanding of these interactions, monitoring must ideally occur over a larger temporal and spatial scale.  

The Water Institute proudly congratulates Dr. Mark Servos on receiving the 2024 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop (CEW), Canada’s leading annual event in the field of ecological toxicology and related disciplines.

Are algae growing in your utility’s source water?

You might be envisioning a green surface scum or a reservoir that looks like pea soup, but algae can be found in amounts that are invisible to the human eye. And not visible does not mean non-toxic.

Waterloo Architecture is honoured to host the presentation “Climate Resilience Inspired by Monsoon Culture,” by renowned landscape architect Dr. Kongjian Yu, on Thursday, October 24, 2024.