Water Institute Workshops Selected

Tuesday, February 4, 2014
The Water Institute is pleased to financially support the development of workshops or small symposia that enhance interdisciplinary water research, facilitate university-government-private sector partnerships and build knowledge and capacity to address emerging water management issues. The Water Institute’s fourth call for workshop proposals closed in November 2013 and the Water Institute is pleased to announce support for the following workshops during 2014:

How are we adapting to the water-related impacts of climate change?proposed by Carrie Mitchell, School of Planning and Johanna Wandel, Geography & Environmental Management, with co-applicants: Sarah Burch and Daniel Scott, Geography & Environmental Management; Derek Armitage, Environment and Resource Studies; Nandita Basu, Earth & Environmental Sciences and Civil & Environmental Engineering; Carlotte MacAlister, International Development Research Centre; and Ewa Jackson, ICLEI Canada.

The Grand River Watershed: From Science to Smart Water Managementproposed by Hans Dürr, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, with co-applicants: Philippe Van Cappellen, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Nandita Basu, Sherry Schiff, Dave Rudolph, Ed Sudicky of Earth & Environmental Sciences; Bryan Tolson, Sheree Pagsuyoin of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Merrin Macrae, Geography & Environmental Management; William Taylor, Biology; Derek Armitage, Environment & Resource Studies; Sandra Cooke, Grand River Conservation Authority; Brenda Lucas, Southern Ontario Water Consortium; Dieter Hensler, Aquanty; and Mohamed Mohamed, Ontario Ministry of the Environment.