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Friday, December 4, 2020

Article: Ocean plastic is ubiquitous — but where do these items come from and how do they get there?

Satellite trackers help map journey of plastic waste to the ocean Ocean plastic, as we know, is ubiquitous — but where do these items come from and how do they get there? A research team from the University of Exeter in the U.K. is trying to answer these questions by launching electronically tagged reclaimed... More

Friday, November 13, 2020

Carleton’s Global Water Institute awarded $230,000, 1.5-year grant from Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Funding Initiative

Carleton University's Global Water Institute has received a $230,000, 1.5-year grant from Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Zero Plastic Waste Funding Initiative to help foster significant growth in the Canadian freshwater plastics detection/removal technology development sector. The award is one of 14 grants issued, totaling more than... More

Thursday, November 12, 2020

Healthy Cities—Building Community Through Creativity

Carleton’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will be hosting the next panel as part of their Healthy Cities series on Tuesday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. The series explores the many factors—from nature and housing to climate and art—that make a healthy city in 2020. This upcoming edition titled, Building Community Through Creativity, brings... More

Sunday, November 1, 2020

Carleton’s Banu Örmeci Uses Wastewater to Monitor COVID-19 and Keep Campus Safe

Keeping COVID-19 in check is a fight on many fronts. Carleton University is taking extra measures to ensure the safety of staff and students, including the recommendation of best practices regarding access to campus, social gatherings and other scenarios. Since September, Banu Örmeci has added to these efforts by taking a preventative stance by... More

Saturday, October 10, 2020

Big Blue: Ten Ways to Look at Water

It covers 70 per cent of the planet’s surface and comprises 60 per cent of the average adult’s body weight. In utero, we float in a fluid that’s mostly water, and after we are born we must drink water or we will die. Without it, plants would not grow or produce oxygen. It regulates... More

Monday, June 15, 2020

Canada’s Fisheries Act: The Evolution of a Modern Pollution Prevention Regulatory Regime

Canada’s Fisheries Act: The Evolution of a Modern Pollution Prevention Regulatory Regime - Mike Beale, Practitioner-in-Residence, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University The Fisheries Act dates from 1868, and is one of Canada’s oldest pieces of legislation. The original Act contained remarkably strong provisions against... More

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Carleton Researchers Checking Wastewater for Signs of COVID-19

One of the few reassuring science stories circulating since the coronavirus pandemic abruptly threw Canada into lockdown mode in mid-March is that there is no evidence of people getting sick through contact with the contagion in water. Dr. Banu Örmeci and Carleton research associate Richard Kibbee will be testing samples of both raw sewage... More

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

New Book Release/Free Download: The First Century of the International Joint Commission

We are excited to announce open access to a newly released book titled: The First Century of the International Joint Commission, focusing on the body that oversees Canada-US border waters. This book, available for free download, is an essential introduction to, and overview of, the International Joint Commission and Canada-U.S. water... More

Monday, February 24, 2020

Stories Are For Thinking: The Art and Research of Professor Zoe Todd

Anthropology professor receives funding for a major project which will tell critical stories of conservation in dynamic ways, beginning with Alberta's bull trout in Bighorn... More

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Big Blue: Ten Ways to Look at Water

The ways that members of the university community engage with water vary tremendously, from pollution research and urban planning to marine mammal conservation. Several operate under the umbrella of Carleton’s Global Water Institute, a cluster of more than 100 researchers focused on addressing domestic and international water... More

Friday, February 7, 2020

Carleton WEAO/OWWA Student Chapter Event: Leveraging research experience in water and wastewater sector

Date and time: February 10th, 5:30 - 6:30 pm Title: Leveraging research experience in water and wastewater sector Speaker: Christine Gan, Research head (EIT), Bishop Water Location: ME (Mackenzie) 3328, Carleton University Abstract: How do you transition from academia to industry with research experience is often a challenging question for... More

Monday, December 2, 2019

Fascinating Evening Discussion on Transboundary Water and Diplomacy

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

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