杏吧原创 Global Water Institute, in collaboration with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is hosting Indigenous water operators from for a panel discussion event to share their challenges and success and the power of collaborations with engineers in ensuring clean drinking water to Indigenous communities.

We would like to kindly invite you to attend the event.

Date: Wednesday, March 19

Time: 12:30-1:30PM

Location: Tory Building 238

More information can be found on our Event Page.

This event is open to all students, faculty, and community members.

Please note:聽Tickets are FREE but registration is required (scan the QR code for registration).

Join us for an enlightening conversation on Water Diplomacy featuring Ambassador Dr. Blanca Elena Jim茅nez Cisneros. This collaborative event, hosted by the Embassy of Mexico in Canada, the Embassy of Mexico in France, and the 杏吧原创 Global Waster Institute, will explore crucial aspects of international water management and sustainable development. The virtual session will take place on January 14th, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM via Microsoft Teams. Dr. Jim茅nez will share insights on innovative strategies and the future of water diplomacy, addressing shared water challenges that impact nations globally. Microsoft Teams Meeting Details:

Meeting ID: 275 265 909 629
Passcode: D9EV61q35

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage in a meaningful discussion about water diplomacy and international cooperation. Register now to secure your spot!

The recording of the webinar can be found below:

While there has been a significant amount of focus on the聽plastic that ends up in our oceans, we also need to consider the amount of plastic pollution that鈥檚 entering our freshwater. This session will explore the current challenges and potential opportunities associated with managing plastic pollution in Canada鈥檚 freshwater. During the discussion, we will consider how plastics are currently regulated in Canada, what opportunities there are for improvement, the implications for municipalities, and what technology companies can do to support municipalities.

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Speakers include:

John D. Coyne (Principal of Circularfuture365 and Executive Chair of the Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance, Inc.):聽Coyne is well known for his leadership in corporate sustainability. He promotes ESG, circular economy, and climate-related initiatives as essential features of corporate strategy. Currently, Coyne is executive chair of the Board of Canadian Stewardship Services Alliance, Inc. and is a director of Evergreen. He is also the co-chair of the Partners in Project Green steering committee, a collaborative environmental initiative run by the Toronto Region Conservation Authority. For more than a decade, John was a passionate activator of the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan and the Compass, Unilever鈥檚 strategy to grow the business, reduce its environmental footprint, and increase its positive contribution to society. John was also one of the founding Co-Chairs of the Circular Economy Leadership Coalition (CELC), which was launched in 2018 to accelerate Canada鈥檚 transition to a circular economy.聽Coyne has been recognized for his leadership in corporate sustainability by being named a Clean 50 honouree in 2013 and a Clean 16 honouree in 2018. In 2018, Coyne received the Canadian General Counsel Award for Environmental, Social, and Governance Leadership. In addition, in 2018, John was appointed to the federal Plastics Advisory group advising Canada鈥檚 Minister of the Environment and Climate Change on issues relating to plastics and the implementation of the Ocean Plastics Charter.

Christopher Hilkene (CEO of Pollution Probe):聽Hilkene is the chief executive officer of Pollution Probe. He has been an environment and sustainable development professional for over 20 years. Known more generally for his public policy and communications experience, he is recognized as a leader in freshwater policy and Great Lakes issues.聽A Canadian appointee to Great Lakes Water Quality Board of the International Joint Commission聽(IJC), Chris has served as the Canadian Lead on emerging issues for the last four years. In 2007, Chris was appointed to the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, where he served as Chair of the Water Programme. He is an active volunteer and has served on boards and advisory bodies for numerous organizations including Ryerson University, Pollution Probe, WaterAid Canada, 杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Global Water Institute, the City of Toronto鈥檚 Task Force to Bring Back the Don, Green Living Enterprises, the Vimy Foundation, and the George and Helen Vari Foundation.

Jesse Vermaire (Associate Professor at 杏吧原创 University):聽Vermaire is interested in how environmental change, particularly land-use and climate change are impacting freshwater ecosystems. His research focuses on three broad areas: 1) impacts of climate warming and nutrient enrichment on lakes and streams, 2) ecosystem resilience, regime shifts, and recovery in freshwater systems, and 3) the importance of extreme events (e.g. droughts, storm surges, permafrost slumps) in altering aquatic ecosystems. Because changes to the environment often occur over large areas and at timescales of decades or longer, Vermaire鈥檚 lab employs a variety of techniques including lake survey studies, paleolimnological techniques, and the analysis of long-term datasets to meet our research objectives.

Anna Posacka (Chief Scientific Officer at Ocean Diagnostics Inc.):聽Posacka is a plastic pollution researcher and Chief Scientific Officer at Ocean Diagnostics Inc (ODI) based in Victoria, British Columbia. She leads the analytical laboratory dedicated to supporting different stakeholders in addressing challenges related to plastic and microplastic pollution. Before, she led a multi-disciplinary research laboratory at a conservation organization Ocean Wise, where she partnered with regulators, apparel industry, government agencies, and academia on a variety of scientific projects to inform solutions to plastics and microplastics. By studying microplastics from material sources to end of life, Posacka has gained insight into the various solutions to the problem as well as barriers to their implementation. Her research and expertise contributed to science and solution recommendations for plastics, including the Canada Plastics Science Agenda. Posacka holds a doctorate in Oceanography from the University of British Columbia and a masters degree in Applied Marine Sciences from University of Plymouth, UK.

Suja Sukumaran (Senior Applications Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific):聽Dr. Suja Sukumaran is a senior applications scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific. She holds a PhD in Biophysics from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Germany. Sukumaran is also a co-inventor of U.S. patents on 鈥楳spA Nanopores and related methods鈥� licensed to Illumina Inc. She has experience and expertise in Molecular Spectroscopy, visible and fluorescence imaging, and protein and lipid biochemistry. Her current research interests include using AI for protein folding, microplastics, and recycling.

Corinne Lynds (Content Director at Actual Media):聽With more than two decades of experience leading B2B editorial teams and content strategy on the agency side, Lynds is passionate about humanizing highly technical stories across Actual Media鈥檚 print, digital, and experiential platforms. She is responsible for managing all of Actual Media鈥檚 editorial and content operations across the infrastructure, water, and environment sectors. Lynds is a compulsive storyteller who knows how to engage business audiences.

Join Water Walker and Professor Tasha Beeds in a conversation about how water walking contributes to the recovery and discovery of knowledge related to the very fabric of our existence as Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within shared Indigenous lands under the umbrella of Indigenous nationhood, sovereignty, inter-cultural relationships, truths and reconciliations. This Zoom conversation takes place Oct. 21 6:30pm – to register, contact juliearial@cunet.carleton.ca

Over the last year, researchers at 杏吧原创 have been testing Ottawa鈥檚 wastewater for the virus and helping public health officials anticipate surges of infection before they occur.

They鈥檝e also been working on ways to identify microplastic pollution in our local waterways.

On behalf of the 杏吧原创 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 22, 2021

Time: 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM EST

Overview: Join us for a casual and interactive talk with Sonja Behmel where she will discuss her story and talk about what it means to an entrepreneur and the growing career opportunities in the water/wastewater industry! Sonja is CEO and Cofounder of Watershed Monitoring and has many years of experience in the field of water management in Canada and Europe. She is also actively involved in R&D and the training of the new generation of scientists.

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Time: Mar 22, 2021 12:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 937 8740 1323

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Feel free to attend if interested, or email Amitesh <AmiteshMalhotra@cmail.carleton.ca> for more information.

Please review this short biography of Sonja Behmel, Ph.D.:

CEO and Cofounder of Watershed Monitoring; President and Cofounder of WaterShed Monitoring Europe; Scientific Coordinator at Agiro; Adjunct Professor at Laval University and INRS

Geographer specialized in limnology, Sonja Behmel holds a Ph.D. in spatial planning and regional development. Strong with many years of experience in the field of water management in Canada and Europe, she is actively involved in the R&D and the training of the new generation of scientists, and has authored numerous technical reports and scholarly articles. Since more than 10 years now, Ms. Behmel also distinguishes herself as scientific coordinator for Agiro and volunteering in various organizations dedicated to protecting water resources, here in Canada as well as internationally. Throughout the years, she received several awards for the quality of her work as a scientist and as an entrepreneur.

In 2013, she founded, together with academic and business partners, Watershed Monitoring, a company intending to provide stakeholders involved in integrated watershed management with innovative technological solutions to address water quality data storing and analyzing challenges while offering optimization and coaching services to facilitate knowledge acquisition and meet the needs in water resource management, urban planning and research. With that in mind, WaterShed Monitoring developed and marketed Enki庐, a one-stop access for water-related data, in accordance with the 鈥淪mart communities鈥� and 鈥淟earning communities鈥� principles.

The team, headed by Banu Ormeci, director of 杏吧原创鈥檚 Global Water Institute, is part of a province-wide push to expand wastewater testing for COVID-19 in order to better inform public health and limit transmission.

“This support will maintain the great momentum we鈥檇 gathered last year and focus water technology industry attention on the capacity available here in the National Capital Region.” Dr. Ormeci said. “杏吧原创 University is a leader in water and wastewater research, so it makes sense for the university鈥檚 Global Water Institute to drive progress with industry innovators in this challenging new area.”

As project installations begin immediately, opportunities for collaborative support are still available for plastics monitoring and detection technology developers. Contact Evan Pilkington, Manager of Operations with the Global Water Institute to discuss how the Institute can help minimize risk and increase exposure for innovative microplastics detection solutions.
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Global Water Institute is the only research-intensive water institute in Canada鈥檚 National Capital Region and undertakes nationally and internationally important research in collaboration with its research partners. The Institute facilitates research and business development partnerships for water sector organizations, strengthens relationships between public and private sector partners, and increases awareness of domestic and international water issues.

For more information please聽contact Evan Pilkington, Manager of Operations at evan.pilkington@carleton.ca