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Researchers must safely suspend all non-critical lab operations

• Researchers are asked to only maintain research on-campus if it is deemed critical research, until further notice. Critical research includes lab activities, that if disrupted, would result in serious loss of research data, material or equipment.

• Students are encouraged to make arrangements to move out of residence by noon on Friday, March 20, 2020.  

• Until further notice, most employees are instructed to work from home.

Water Institute member Daniel Henstra, Associate Professor from the Department of Political Science and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation, discusses implications and types of states of emergency with Global News.

A state of emergency is “essentially a symbolic recognition that we’re in an extraordinary period,” said Daniel Henstra.

by Waterloo News

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have found an environmentally friendly way to explore life in the depths of the ocean.

Using a new application of a sampling technique called solid phase microextraction (SPME), researchers collected samples from deep-sea vent ecosystems to study the biological and ecological processes that occur there, without damaging the surrounding organisms.

by Waterloo News

Executive Director of the Water Institute and Professor of Economics Roy Brouwer recently presented work on an integrated water accounting system for the Great Lakes to a Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) hosted meeting in Montreal. The accounting framework was presented to workshop participants from government, non-government, academia and the public interested in environmental sustainability within North American industry, including Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the US EPA.

Collaborative Water Program (CWP) alumnus Sabrina Bedjera is combining what she learned in the Water Institute-supported program with her passion for water, policy, and social justice.

Water Institute member Daniel Scott, professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University Research Chair and Director, Master of Climate Change Program andExecutive Director of The Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC³) was a guest March 4^th on CBC’s The Current, hosted by Matt Galloway.

The research of Water Institute member Grant Gunn, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management was recently highlighted in a Michigan State University Today article entitled "Oil flow beneath ice in the Great Lakes."

The team’s research is looking at how to protect the Great Lakes from oil spills that could potentially take place during months when ice covers the water.

The Water Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Bailey, Professor, Biology, Ontario Tech University, will deliver a keynote lecture at the Water Institute’s annual World Water Day celebration on March 20, 2020.

Dr. Bailey will present a lecture entitled “Bioassessment of freshwater ecosystems: 50 years of progress and frustration; 5 suggestions”.