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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Rob de Loë Opinion Article in Water Canada

Rob de Loë, Water Institute member and Professor of Environment and Resource Studies, shares his H2Opinion in a Water Canada blog/ opinion article Make it Material. He argues for and encourages those of us in the water industry at all levels to be more active participants in the conversation about the materiality of water, so that politicians and policy makers will find water prioritites relevant.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

University of Waterloo Includes Water as a Research Pillar in Strategic Plan

Water is one of the three areas of special focus in research within the new five-year strategic plan announced by the University of Waterloo. The overall goal of the plan is for the University of Waterloo "to emerge as one of the world's top innovative universities". The research being done by members of the Water Institute will contribute to reaching this goal. 
DATA.BASE project.
Thursday, August 15, 2013

The Water Institute Receives Funding From Communitech Project

DATA.BASE project.
The Water Institute is pleased to be one of the partners in the recently funded Communitech DATA.BASE project. The project will explore technology-driven ways to collect and securely transfer “big” data from remote areas, analyze the data more intelligently, and commercialize data applications across a range of market sectors. 
Grant Murphy.
Monday, July 8, 2013

The Water Institute Welcomes Grant Murphy as its Industrial Liaison Officer

Grant Murphy.
The Water Institute welcomed Grant Murphy as its Industrial Liaison Officer in May 2013. For over 25 years, Grant has been involved in many aspects of the public utility and municipal sectors, having worked with Peterborough Utilities, Toronto Hydro and the Scarborough Public Utilities Commission.

Bob Gillham.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013

RBC Commits $1.75M towards Integrated Water Management Graduate Program at Waterloo

Bob Gillham.
The University of Waterloo and the Water Institute are pleased to announce a $1.75 million, eight-year commitment from the RBC Foundation. The gift will support the development and implementation of the new collaborative Integrated Water Management (IWM) graduate program that will be available to students beginning this fall. The majority of the funds will be for scholarships (120 over eight years).
Friday, May 3, 2013

Water Resarch at the University of Waterloo Ranked 10th in the World

Lux Research, an independent research and advisory firm, recently ranked the University of Waterloo 10th in its report on Top Academics and Institutions in Water Research 2013. Waterloo is the first Canadian university on the list, which is topped by two universities in Singapore. Waterloo's recognized strength is infrastructure for water research.
Josh Neufeld.
Friday, March 1, 2013

Josh Neufeld Among Waterloo Region's 40 Under 40

Josh Neufeld.
Dr. Josh Neufeld, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, was selected as one of Waterloo Region's 40 Under 40 as announced in the special section of the February 23, 2013 issue of The Waterloo Region Record newspaper. The Record's annual 40 Under 40 special section celebrates the young leaders in our community.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

2013 Water Institute Workshop Recipients Selected

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 third call for workshop proposals closed in November 2012 with seven strong applications received. The Water Institute is pleased to announce support for the following workshops during 2013:

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Canadian Water Network Seeks EoI for Scientific Director

The Board of Directors of the Canadian Water Network (CWN) is seeking Expressions of Interest from qualified persons to fulfill the role of Scientific Director. The Board will consider people with diverse backgrounds in water research in engineering and the health, natural and social sciences.
Friday, December 14, 2012

Golder Associates and ARCADIS Scholarship Recipients Selected

Nearly 25 outstanding applications from across four faculties were received for the two Golder Associates Graduate Scholarships and the ARCADIS Graduate Scholarship that were offered by the Water Institute. Each of these scholarships in water research is valued at $5,000. The highly competitive field yielded the following scholarship recipients: 

The 2013 Golder Associates Graduate Scholarships in Water 
Lillian Knopf, MSc candidate, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology