Congratulations to the 11 Water Institute members who are recipients of the 2017 Outstanding Performance Awards announced by Vice-President, Academic and Provost George Dixon.
Last week, the Water Institute gathered University of Waterloo researchers involved in the Global Water Futures (GWF) project for a university-wide meeting to share updates and meet new members of the GWF core team.
By Ana Jung, the Water Institute
Maintaining personal hygiene is important in leading a healthy life. For women, this is of particular importance during menstruation. However, many women around the world face barriers in menstrual hygiene management including knowledge, attitudes and practices and lack of water and sanitation/hygiene facilities.
Biology professor and Water Institute member Heidi Swanson was interviewed by Radio Canada International (RCI) on May 12 on the $1.2 million she received to lead a research project that aims to help solve the mystery of dwindling char numbers in Arctic. The funding, to be received over a five-year period, will come from the Federal government’s $75 million Coastal Restoration Fund. The aim of the project is to support community-partnered research and restore fish in the Coppermine River and other river systems near Kugluktuk, Nunavut.
Research will address climate change and rise of land masses after last glacial period.
It’s 8:00 in the morning in the Sindh province of Pakistan, and Sajida Awan is preparing to head back into the field to conduct a full day of interviews with local farmers. The temperature is rising, it will be 50 degrees Celsius by mid-day, and it will take her at least two hours to get to her location.
Elaine Ho, PhD student in Waterloo’s School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, has always had an affinity for water. As a child, Elaine was fascinated at the world beneath the surface that is so different from our own.