Conference

Friday, March 21, 2025 10:00 am - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

World Water Day 2025

World Water Day 2025 – Save our Glaciers!

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!

Monday, February 3, 2025 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

World Wetlands Day 2025

13th Annual World Wetlands Day at the University of ݮƵ

About World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day (WWD) is celebrated each year on February 2nd, which marks the day when the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran. The Convention is an international government agreement acknowledging the importance of wetlands and plays a central role in the wise use and conservation of these critical ecosystems. To learn more about the Convention, visit: 

Monday, June 5, 2023 9:00 am - Friday, June 23, 2023 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

2023 Summer School: Water and Energy Security in a Changing Climate

A Sustainable Futures Initiative presented by the University of ݮƵ 

The 2023 Summer School will showcase leading-edge research from a wide array of University of ݮƵ professors at the interface of water, climate, and energy. Hosted by the Water Institute,the ݮƵ Climate Institute and the  presented under the Sustainable Futures Initiative, this summer school is aimed at senior undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, practitioners and interested stakeholders.  

The school will run virtually 9:00am-10:00am (EST) Monday to Friday from June 5th-23rd.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 11:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

World Water Day 2023

Join the Water Institute in person this year for World Water Day 2023 celebrations!
More information, including speaker profiles, can be seen on the World Water Day event website.


11:00 - 12:30 PM

WATER: Life, History, Art

This fireside chat will explore our intricate relationship with water; how it has shaped civilizations, reconfigured landscapes, formed political institutions, inspired culture and art. Learn how understanding our past can inform our future water security.

Featuring:
Giulio Boccaletti, Author, Water: A Biography; Honorary Research Associate, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University
Dustin Garrick, Professor and University Research Chair in Water and Development Policy, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of ݮƵ
Ulrike Al-Khamis, Director and CEO, Aga Khan Museum

(In-person event)

Monday, September 26, 2022 7:00 am - Wednesday, September 28, 2022 10:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Water Institute Research Conference 2022

Water as a foundation for healthy communities and sustainable livelihoods

This online three-day international conference will explore progress against the UN’s SDGs at the intersection of water, health, food and gender through the work of international experts and early career scholars from Canada, Africa and Asia who will share research experiences and lessons learned from a variety of multi-sectoral projects led by academic and local partners.

Thursday, November 11, 2021 1:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

COP26 event: Canada’s Peatlands as a Nature-based Solution to Climate Change

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On November 11, the University of ݮƵ is honoured to take part in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK.

From October 31 – November 12, 2021, more than 190 world leaders are expected to arrive in Scotland together with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks aimed at accelerating action on climate change.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020 8:00 am - Thursday, October 1, 2020 9:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Water Institute Research Conference 2020

Can we achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in a post-COVID world?

A Water Institute Conference Covering Five Continents Over Three Days