Seminar

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Natural infrastructure for water solutions on the Canadian Prairies

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 

Dimple Roy, Director Water Management, International Institute for Sustainable Development presents: Natural infrastructure for water solutions on the Canadian Prairies.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series and co-hosted with the Department of Applied Mathematics, Dr. Julie Pietrzak is a Professor of Physical Oceanography within the Environmental Fluid Mechanics Section, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, will present: The significance of canyons on Atlantic Water pathways towards the glaciers of Northwest Greenland.

This event is in person in MC 5479 with a lunch reception to follow.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesDr. Holger R Maier, Professor of Environmental Engineering, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, will present: Putting people at the centre: Towards transforming climate risk assessment for water security and delivery.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Studying the Sacred: Water is Life

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 

Elaine Ho-Tassone, Director of Operations, NORDIK Institute & Adjunct Professor, Algoma University presents:

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesDr. Mário Franca, Professor, Institute for Water and Environment - Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, will present: We fail on the estimation of flood hazards; reflections on the July 2021 floods in Central Europe.

This event is in person in DC 1302 with a reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

Wednesday, April 10, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Building Statistics Canada’s water accounts with considerations for valuation

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada, Ann-Helen Jean-Baptiste, Research analyst – water accounts, Environment, Statistics Canada, and Mark Henry, Unit head – land, water and ecosystem accounts, Environment, Statistics Canada present:

Wednesday, March 13, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Safeguarding water values through collaborative water governance

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 

Merrell-Ann Phare, Commissioner, International Joint Commission, Founding Executive Director of the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)presents:

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Water impacts from emerging energy issues: Legal safeguards & impediments

As part of the Water Institute's Webinar Series: The Value of Water in Canada 

Aaron Atcheson, Partner and Leader, Real Property & Development, Miller Thomson LLP presents:

Water impacts from emerging energy issues: Legal safeguards & impediments

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As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture seriesDr. Patricia Chow-Fraser, Professor, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, will present: Déjà vu or Jamais vu?  Using a 20-y record to discern how coastal wetlands of eastern and northern Georgian Bay responds to climate-induced water-level disturbances.