The
Water
Institute
was
pleased
to
receive
41
applications
for
the
five
scholarships
that
were
offered
in
the
Water
Instutite
graduate
scholarship
competition.
It
was
a
very
competitive
field
with
many
outstanding
applications.
The
applications
were
judged
on
several
criteria
including
academic
excellence,
water
research
impact,
and
leadership
ability.
The
scholarships
will
be
formally
awarded
at
the
Water
Institute's
annual
Research
Symposium
on
April
28th.
The
Water
Institute
is
pleased
to
announce
the
following
scholarship
recipients
for
2015-2016:
Golder
Associates
Graduate
Scholarships
in
Water
Research
Pieter
Aukes,
PhD
candidate,
Earth
and
Environmental
Sciences
- Determining the quality of dissolved organic matter in northern environments and the implications for aquatic health and drinking water quality
- Supervisor: Sherry Schiff
Allison
Turner,
MES
candidate,
Environment
and
Resource
Studies
- Rethinking water governance: a new approach for the Great Lakes
- Supervisor: Rob de Loë
AECOM
Graduate
Scholarship
in
Water
Research
Keegan Hicks, PhD candidate, Biology
- Assessing the cumulative effects of multiple stressors including agriculture and waste water on fish populations and communities in a highly impacted watershed
- Supervisor: Mark Servos
Shabnam
Mostofi
Zadeh,
PhD
candidate,
Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering
- Flood quantiles estimation in Canada: Learning from the past and preparing for the future
- Supervisor: Don Burn
The
Water
Institute
Graduate
Scholarship
(Stantec)
Kimberly
Murray,
MSc
candidate,
Geography
and
Environmental
Management
- Water as a control on methane flux from reclaimed and natural peatlands
- Supervisor: Maria Strack