the Water Institute - World Water Day 2012

World Water Day Graduate Research Fair, March 22nd 2012

We would like to thank everyone who came out and made this event a reality, with a special thanks to our volunteers, partners, and sponsors. Congratulations to our poster award winners:

Best Poster: Aquatic Ecology & Ecotoxicology
Don Allin, UW, "Effects of wildfire on the geochemical composition and phosphorus speciation of cohesive sediment in the Crowsnest River, Alberta"
Best Poster: Hydrological & Atmospheric Sciences
Scott Ketcheson, UW, "The effect of peatland harvesting on snow accumulation, ablation and snow surface energy balance"
Best Poster: Water Policy, Management & Governance
Marcelo Sousa, UW, "Dealing with uncertainty in source water protection"
Best Poster: Water Treatment & Technology
Robyn Morrison, WLU, "Antibiotic resistance patterns in salmonella isolated from a treatment lagoon system"
Best Poster: Cold Regions Research (sponsored by the CRRC)
Joshua King, UW, "Dual frequency (17.2 and 9.6 GHz) scatterometer observations of terrestrial snow in a Canadian sub-arctic tundra environment"
And, a special nod to the winner of our "Longest Title Award":
Pete Whittington, UW, "Bioherms: the conduits of connection between regional (bedrock) and surface (peatland) aquifers in the James Bay Lowlands: Diamond mining and the fate of peatlands"

The event was co-hosted by the Water Institute, SWIGS, Wilfrid Laurier's Institute for Water Science, and WLU's Cold Regions Research Centre.

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Event Schedule

9:30-10:30 - Poster/Booth set-up, meet-and-greet
10:30-10:40 - Opening Ceremonies
10:40-10:50 - Official Canadian release of the UN World Water Development Report
- Dr. Zafar Adeel, Director, United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Past Chair, UN Water
- Dr. Axel Meisen, President, Canadian Commission for UNESCO
10:50-11:40 - 1st Morning Keynote Speech
- Dr. William Cosgrove, Senior Adviser to UN WWDR4
  UN WWDR4 - Implications for Canada
11:40-12:30 - 2nd Morning Keynote Speech
- Drs. Alex Bielak and Corrinne Wallace, UNU-INWEH
  Water Careers with, and making, a Difference
12:30-1:30 - Lunch
1:30-3:45 - Graduate Research Poster Presentations

2:30-2:45 - Coffee/Networking Break

3:45-4:00 - Arcadis and Golder Associates Graduate Scholarship Awards
4:00-4:50 - Afternoon Keynote Speech
- Dr. Steven Renzetti, Professor of Economics, Brock University
  Good to the Last Drop? Assessing Water's Contribution to Canada's Well-being
4:50-5:00 - Closing Ceremonies
5:00-7:00 - "Blue Drinks" celebration on site

Event Sponsors

If you would like to sponsor this event and/or set up a booth, please contact Jana Tondu, SWIGs conference chair.

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