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Congratulations to Helen Jarvie, professor of Water and Global Environmental Change, and professor Merrin Macrae, both from the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, on being awarded funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF), for their project: "Multi-Element Signatures to Trace Nutrient Sources, Pathways and Processes: From Field to Watershed Scales."

This article originally appeared on the Faculty of Environment's website.

Water Institute member and SERS professors, Sarah Elizabeth Wolfe and Christine Barbeau, are leading a collaborative research program that recently received a $200,000 SSHRC Partnership Development grant to study how fear and awe influence how students learn about and respond to climate change.

As part of Singapore’s International Water Week 2021, Water Institute member Monica Emelko, Canada Research Chair in Water Science, Technology and Policy at the University of Waterloo, was invited to share her expertise at one of the Thematic Webinars focused on climate change, water quality and health.

Congratulations to Water Institute member Craig Janes, professor and director of the School of Public Health Sciences, along with WI colleague Jennifer Liu, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology, and their research team, who have been awarded funding through a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant.

Researchers, government agencies, private sector companies, and civil society organizations routinely collect environmental data to understand better how our world is changing and to predict what is likely to happen in the future. With no standard storage repository, researchers often duplicate data collection efforts and do not benefit from the insights afforded by historical data.

This week we celebrate that Kevin Boehmer was appointed as the Water Institute’s Managing Director exactly 10 years ago. Kevin joined the University of Waterloo’s Water Institute on July 18, 2011. Since his appointment, the Water Institute has developed into a force majeure on campus.

Water Institute executive director Roy Brouwer, professor in the Department of Economics and University of Waterloo Research Chair in Water Resources Economics, appeared on the Al Jazeera nine o’clock news this week to discuss his views on the situation surrounding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

The forWater Network, a pan-Canadian collaboration of researchers and industry partners, gathered for their annual general meeting (AGM) to discuss research progress after the fourth year of working together. There was a lot to discuss. Over the course of two days, the Network shared 22 research presentations, 26 student posters, 5 interactive discussions, and one collaborative brainstorming session.

The Water Institute is pleased to announce that two research teams have been awarded funding in the recent 2021 seed grant competition. The Water Institute’s seed grant program was initiated in 2014 to stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration, international partnerships, and to encourage the development of research proposals that tackle increasingly complex global water issues.

This year’s seed grant projects include diverse initiatives and collaborators:

Congratulations to Laura Neary and Hannah Thibault who have been chosen as recipients of the 2021 Weston Family Awards in Northern Research!

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Water Institute members awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation's (CFI) John R. Evans Leaders Funding

Cross-university project gives academics the chance to reflect on how to prepare tomorrow's sustainability leaders

Monica Emelko presents on source water protection and climate change at Singapore International Water Week

Water Institute researchers awarded more than 500K in funding

iEnvironment: A next-generation research platform for water research

Celebrating 10 Years of Service in the Water Institute!

In the media: Ethiopia’s controversial mega-dam

Key challenges for drinking water security addressed by the forWater Network

Water Institute Announces 2021 Seed Grant Recipients

Biology-Water graduate students chosen for Weston Family Awards in Northern Research

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