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Dr. Helen Zhang has received 2020 President’s Award for Outstanding Research
We are excited to announce that Dr. Helen Zhang, Canada Research Chair and professor, Department of Civil Engineering, has received the well-deserved 2020 President’s Award for Outstanding Research. Congratulations to Dr. Zhang! We’re so proud of you!
Dr. Bing Chen, appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental System Research (Springer)
Congratulations to Dr. Bing Chen for being appointed as the Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Systems Research (Springer)! Environmental Systems Research (Springer) publishes high-quality, interdisciplinary and refereed research papers, review and comment articles, and topical collections on all aspects of environmental systems from water (terrestrial and marine), air, soil and biota. The journal aims to advance and apply scientific knowledge…
LEADERS & PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium has been held successfully on August 31-September 1, 2020.
LEADERS & PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium was successfully held on August 31-September 1. We proudly hosted 2 keynote speeches, 39 technical presentations by young researchers and students from 14 institutions, and 4 roundtable discussion sessions with over 120 registered participants from academia, industry, government and communities within Canada and beyond! We are very grateful to…
LEADERS & PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium, August 31 – September 1
Symposium Program Book Please download our symposium program: LEADERS & PEOPLE 2020_Program book_final for website Dear Colleagues, We cordially invite you to join the LEADERS & PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium: Water Management in a Changing Climate, Aug 31st – Sep 1st. This is a joint virtual symposium co-hosted by the Network on Persistent, Emerging, and…
Dr. Bing Chen receives national recognition as a fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE)
Dr. Bing Chen, professor and head of the Department of Civil Engineering, has been elected as a fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). Established in 1887, the CSCE has been the leading learned society of civil engineers in Canada and creating impacts across the world. Dr. Chen received the prestigious honour in…
Call for abstract-LEADERS & PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium
We warmly invited all highly qualified personnel (HQP) of the PEOPLE CREATE Program to participate in the LEADERS & PEOPLE 2020 Virtual Symposium: Water Management in a Changing Climate, August 31-September 1. The symposium is jointly hosted with the LEaders in wAter anD watERshed Sustainability (the LEADERS Program; https://www.queensu.ca/leaders-create/home), another NSERC CREATE program led by Queen’s University. All…
[Slides] 1st PEOPLE Network Workshop: Indigenous Engagement in Research Workshop
We would like to say thank you to everyone for a great workshop on Indigenous Engagement in Research, and an especially big thank you to Mr. Dale Booth and Innovation7 for putting together a great session for us. We hope that everyone has learned a lot, and we have plans to continue this workshop series…
PEOPLE Network Workshop: Indigenous Engagement in Research Workshop, June 8
We are very excited to announce that our partners at Innovation7 have very generously offered to facilitate a series of workshops on Indigenous Engagement in Research. We believe that this is a highly important component of research in the PEOPLE Network. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn about Indigenous engagement and how we can…
Invitation: The Virtual Dresden Nexus Conference 2020: Session 5
On behalf of Dr. Nidhi Nagabhatla of UNU and a member of our NFRF team, here is an invitation to attend The Virtual Dresden Nexus Conference 2020. Session 5 is on The Role of Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Water Management in a Circular Economy. https://express.converia.de/frontend/index.php?page_id=14806 The whole event is free to attend. Thank you Dr….