Celebrate World Water Day 2025 with the Water Institute! Join us for a full-day conference featuring inspiring keynote speakers, a showcase of innovative student research, award presentations, networking opportunities, and a complimentary lunch. Don't miss this exciting event!
Friday, March 21, 2025 - 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
University of Waterloo, Student Life Centre (SLC) Black and Gold Room,
200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G
Agenda
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Registration and Refreshments
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Dr. M Jackson
The Secret Lives of Glaciers
Join Dr. M Jackson, a National Geographic Explorer and glaciologist, as she shares tales of her expeditions of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic, and explains how our changing climate is impacting these icy giants and the communities that rely on them.
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Lunch and Student Research Showcase
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
Presentation of the Collaborative Water Program 2025 Alumni Award
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Re-Imagining a New Way Forward with Intention
Join Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author of The Right To Be Cold, as she explores challenges that the Arctic and Inuit communities face in a globalized world and how ancient cultures can help inform sustainable futures.
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Closing Remarks and Awards
4:00 pm
SWIGS Evening Social
Join the Society of the Water Institute Graduate Students (SWIGS) for an opportunity to network and have fun!
This is a free, in-person event open to UWaterloo and community members.
Registration is required and space is limited. Should you register and no longer be able to attend, please email water.institute@uwaterloo.ca
Images provided by Dr. M Jackson and Sheila Watt-Cloutier.