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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
Dear Colleagues, Greetings to all. The past month and a half have been an unprecedented, challenging time for us all. Between the shift to a largely online work environment and the extra precautions we take when we must go outside, humanity is facing unprecedented, rapid changes. Our hearts go out to those who have been…
We are delighted to invite you to join us at our international conference – “AQUA≈360: Water for All – Emerging Issues and Innovations”, taking place from 1st to 3rd, September 2020, at the University of Exeter, United Kingdom. This gathering of internationally leading scientists, engineers, planners, practitioners and “rising stars” is to provide an exciting…
Forwarded on behalf of Dr. Bing Chen, Director, PEOPLE Network Dear PEOPLE Network members: Happy New Year! Hope you had a wonderful holiday break. I am pleased to announce our new PEOPLE Network coordinator, Dr. Wendy Huang. Please join me to welcome her to join our Network! Wendy obtained her PhD degree in environmental engineering from…
The call for abstracts for CCCE-2020 is now open at http://www.ccce2020.ca. The conference will be held on May 24-28 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and the abstract deadline is February 10. The symposium, Organic contaminants of emerging concern: treatment, fate and environmental impact, may be of interest to members of the PEOPLE Network. This symposium is organized by Drs. Graham Gagnon…
