water research

Thursday, November 20, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Compound flood and drought hazards in a changing climate: Implications for risk and resilience

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Reza Najafi, Associate Professor ofÌýCivil and Environmental Engineering at Western University and head of theÌýHydroclimate Extremes and Climate Change Lab (HydroClimEX Lab), co-director of the Centre for Multihazard Risk and Resilience (CMRR), will present Compound flood and drought hazards in a changing climate: Implications for risk and resilience.

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

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series,ÌýSoumya Balasubramanya,ÌýSenior Economist at The World Bank, Washington, DC, will present "Recent trends in groundwater use in South Asia: The role of technology and water-energy-food-poverty nexus tradeoffs."

This event is in person in DC 1304 with a networking reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Nancy G. Love, JoAnn Silverstein Distinguished University Professor, Borchardt and Glysson Collegiate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, will present: Water infrastructure in resource-constrained shrinking and expanding cities: The impact on water quality and public health.

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

Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North Carolina’s coastal plain

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Ryan Emmanuel, Associate Professor of Hydrology, Duke University, North Carolina, US, will present: On the swamp: Indigenous environmental justice across North Carolina’s coastal plain.

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

Thursday, January 23, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterTalk | Unbottled: Plastic Water, Inequality, and Water Justice

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Daniel Jaffee, Professor of Sociology at Portland State University, Oregon, US, will present Unbottled: Plastic Water, Inequality, and Water Justice.

This WaterTalk will be held online via Zoom.

As part of the Water Institute'sÌýWebinar Series: The Value of Water in CanadaÌý

Phillipe Murphy-Rhéaume, Chief Development Officer, The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, presents: The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative – Challenges and opportunities for freshwater cities in an era of transformation.

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Value interactions between water and hydropower in Ontario Power Generation

As part of the Water Institute'sÌýWebinar Series: The Value of Water in CanadaÌý

Kurt Kornelsen, Director, Environment and Climate Change, Ontario Power Generation, presents: Value interactions between water and hydropower in Ontario Power Generation.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Belinda Sturm, Director Kansas NSF EPSCoR, Professor and Ross McKinney Faculty Fellow, University of Kansas, Kansas, US, will present: Wastewater process intensification: Using biological process design to increase the hydraulic and treatment capacity of a municipal wastewater treatment plant.

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Monitoring water resources in Canada: The value of water data and national hydrometric program

As part of the Water Institute'sÌýWebinar Series: The Value of Water in CanadaÌý

Wayne Jenkinson, Executive Director, National Hydrological Service, Meteorological Service of Canada, ECCC

presents: Monitoring water resources in Canada: The value of water data and national hydrometric program.