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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Join us for an enlightening conversation on Water Diplomacy featuring Ambassador Dr. Blanca Elena Jiménez Cisneros. This collaborative event, hosted by the Embassy of Mexico in Canada, the Embassy of Mexico in France, and the Carleton Global Waster Institute, will explore crucial aspects of international water management and sustainable... More
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
The Carleton Global Water Institute is proud to present an exciting upcoming event featuring a distinguished guest speaker. On Friday, November 22, at 11:35 am in ME 3275, we will host Dr. Patrick Kiely, a renowned expert in wastewater treatment technology. Dr. Kiely brings a wealth of experience and expertise to this event. He... More
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Subsurface greenhouse gases: An atmospheric or groundwater problem? Our reliance on the subsurface for freshwater resources and sources of energy has created a nexus of concern for the environment and human health. A principal concern is the potential generation and/or release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the shallow subsurface because of energy... More
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Join Us on Monday, March 22 on World Water Day for an exciting virtual event! On behalf of the Carleton WEAO/OWWA chapter, our team would like to invite you to an upcoming interactive event. Topic: Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunities in the Water Sector Speaker: Sonja Behmel, Ph.D, PDG, CEO, Watershed Monitoring Date : Mar... More
Thursday, November 26, 2020
On behalf of the Carleton WEAO/OWWA chapter, our team would like to invite you to our upcoming informative event. Topic: Climate Change consideration in Drinking Water System Design Speaker: Anna Comerton, Ph.D, P.Eng., Manager, Water Planning & Studies at Associated Engineering Date : Dec 1, 2020 Time: 01:30 PM to 2:15 PM EST Abstract:... More
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Speaker: Larissa Holman, Director of Science and Policy, Ottawa Riverkeeper Title: Watershed Health Assessment and Monitoring of the Ottawa River Date and time: February 28, Friday, 12-1 pm, Location: ME (Mackenzie) 3444, Carleton University RSVP: banu.ormeci@carleton.ca ABSTRACT: How do you know how healthy a river is? This is a challenging... More
Friday, December 6, 2019
On December 11, 2019 3:30pm at 1201 Richcraft Hall, Carleton University, Ottawa-Carleton Chemical and Environmental Toxicology Seminar Series is pleased to host Dr. Ivy Moffat, Senior Evaluator, Water Quality Division, Safe Environments Directorate, Health Canada. Dr. Moffat will be presenting 'Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality:... More
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Carleton University's Global Water Institute is pleased to present our next Water Conversations talk with Dr. John Janmaat, co-hosted by the School of Public Policy and Administration: 'Detecting Social Network Effects on Willingness to Pay for Environmental Improvements using Egocentric Network Measures'. This seminar will be presented by Dr.... More
Monday, December 2, 2019
On November 26th, 2019 Carleton's Global Water Institute hosted a successful event at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre featuring a truly engaging talk given by the Egyptian Ambassador to Canada, H.E. Ahmad Abu Zeid, focusing on the future of the Nile River and associated transboundary water issues from an Egyptian perspective. We were also... More
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
The Global Water Institute (GWI) at Carleton University would like to invite you to our third Water Conversations talk of the academic year. Our November speaker is H.E. Ahmad Abu Zeid, Ambassador of Egypt, and he is going to provide the Egyptian perspective on the Nile Waters. This event will be held at the... More
Friday, November 1, 2019
On November 18, 2019 from 12h00-13h30 at 1728 Dunton Tower, Dr. Laurent Beduneau-Wang, currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow at HEC Montreal, will be presenting his research on performance indicators related to water management in France – covering the period 1853 – 2017. Through ethnographic observations and interviews in the most important water... More
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Meet Professor Jay Drydyk for a thought-provoking discussion on Dams, Displacement & Development Ethics. When: October 7, 2019 at 12pm to 1pm Where: MacKenzie Building, Rm 3444 Discussion Overview: Large dams almost inevitably displace communities and force them to resettle elsewhere. Forced resettlement can be enormously harmful; one... More
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