News archive - December 2014

Monday, December 22, 2014

SEED Student takes Wetskills Project a Step Further for $15,000 Prize

Arun Raj, a second year Master of Sustainability Management student in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), and his teammates have taken a project they developed during the Wetskills Water Challenge Canada and captured first prize in the

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Philippe Van Cappellen Awarded the 2015 Science Innovation Award

Philippe Van Cappellen, Water Institute Member, Professor in Earth and Environmental Sciences, and CERC Chair in Ecohydrology, has been selected to will receive the 2015 Science Innovation Award from the European Association of Geochemistry. This award is bestowed to scientists who have recently made a particularly important and innovative breakthrough in geochemistry.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Jim Barker Awarded the 2014 Robert N. Farvolden Award

Jim Barker, Water Institute member and Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Emeritus, is the 2014 recipient of the Robert N. Farvolden Award of the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) Canadian National Chapter and the Canadian Geotechnical Society. The award honours outstanding contributions to the disciplines of earth science and engineering that emphasize the role or importance of groundwater. The award is named after Robert N.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Brian Dixon Awarded the 2015 Robert Arnold Wardle Award

Water Institute member and Professor in Biology, Brian Dixon, has been selected to receive the 2015 Robert Arnold Wardle award by the Canadian Society of Zoologists. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to Canadian-based research on the interrelationships among infectious agents, the response of animals to these agents, and the environment in which these relationships exist. Dr.