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Title: Combining Science and Citizen-Engagement to Support Restoration of St Lawrence River

Presenter: Jeff Ridal, Executive Director of the St. Lawrence River Institute, Cornwall, Ontario.

Title: My Journey in Water Engineering, from Rivers and Pipes to Bacteria 

Presenter: Dr. Martin Lambert, University of Adelaide 

Date: Friday, December 7th, 2018

Time: 11:30-12:30 pm

Location: MacCorry D216, ³ÉÈË´óƬ 

The BWRC is looking for 2 Communication and Research Assistants to support the centre with various communications, promotional, research and other special projects under the direction of the Associate Directors. Upper year Undergraduate or Graduate Students from a variety of disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Deadline to apply: January 11th, 2019

"A crisis in science literacy: Does our reluctance to engage the public make academics complicit?"

Presenter: Dr. John Smol, Department of Biology, ³ÉÈË´óƬ 

Position: Marketing Assistant 

Job Description: The BWRC Marketing Assistant will report to the Associate Directors of the BWRC. The incumbent will provide support in the development of various promotional and marketing materials for the BWRC, update of the BWRC website and social media accounts. The incumbent will also be responsible for some housekeeping duties at the Centre. The incumbent may also be assigned other special projects under the direction of the BWRC Associate Directors.

Qualifications:

We cordially invite you to join the LEADERS & PEOPLE 2021 Virtual Symposium on Environmental Research and Career Training, July 20 - 22nd. This is a joint virtual symposium co-hosted by the Network on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic PoLlution in the Environment (PEOPLE Network) and The LEaders in wAter anD watERshed Sustainability (the LEADERS Program) for Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) training.

For its 5th edition, the AquaHacking Challenge will focus on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence basin and address 3 main themes:

Starting now, we are looking for skilled, passionate, creative, and talented students and young professionals, to create multi-disciplinary teams and develop clean-tech engineering, web and mobile solutions for water issues affecting our freshwater. 

What's up for grabs?

The Beaty Water Research Centre (BWRC) and LEADERS program is collaborating to host a Seminar Series starting March 2019. This series will bring in a wide range of national and international professionals in academia, government and industry to speak on various water-related topics to our faculty and students. Seminars generally take place from 2:30 - 3:30pm in the LinQ Lab of the Dunin-Deshpande Innovation Centre (Rm. 106), first floor of Mitchell Hall. Light refreshments are provided!