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PhD student studies how a changing climate and mitigative policies can impact the water economy in the Saskatchewan River Basin.

A changing climate, societal pressures, and increasing water consumption, all challenge water security around the globe and threaten water-dependent economies. While Canada is considered water-rich worldwide, this perceived water abundance is more a myth than a reality. No region in Canada exemplifies future threats to water security more than the semi-arid prairies in Western Canada – home to 80% of Canada’s agriculture.

Map of Ontario Treaties and agreements. Accessed from the Ontario Government website

Story from UWaterloo's Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion Office

Last November, one hundred women from around the world were a part of the 2019 cohort of Homeward Bound’s women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM) expedition to Antarctica.

After four years of transformative research, the Global Water Futures (GWF) program—the world’s largest university-led freshwater research program — is launching the second phase of its seven-year mission with 12 new critically important water security projects. Five of those projects are led by University of Waterloo researchers.

In the second half of this two-part, CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Chief Strategist of TFIE Strategy Inc. and CleanTechnica contributor Michael Barnard interviews Water Institute member Brent Doberstein and Director of Partners for Action Anna Ziolecki  about disaster risk reduction and managed retreat. You can listen to the full conversation in the embedded player below.

Researchers track decades of nitrogen inputs and uptake across the United States, highlighting the need for policy to address the legacy effects of this essential nutrient and pollutant.

Preventing erosion and restoring critical habitats has become an increasingly costly endeavour for municipalities and regions as urbanization changes how water moves across landscapes and through streams. Watersheds are significantly altered when urban infrastructure is built. For instance, increasing the amount of paved surface alters natural flooding patterns, accelerates soil erosion and increases the amount of sediments in streams. This hydrologic change can alter important habitats and negatively impact built infrastructure such as bridges and sewers. To help mu

In a displaced-persons camp in northern Nigeria, many Hausa women of reproductive age are at risk of developing sexually transmitted infections (STI), causing them pain, infertility, miscarriages and marital conflict.

In 2015, after documenting testimonies from Indigenous survivors of the residential school system in Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released 94 Calls to Action to enable reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians. Without personal connections to Indigenous communities, many Canadians fail to grasp the depth of intergenerational impacts of residential schools and associated systemic racism. Consequently, reconciliation remains an elusive concept.