Congratulations to the 2017/2018 Freda Pagani Award Winners
Liz Williams and Kieran Findlater are the 2017/2018 recipients of the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis and the Freda Pagani Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation
Congratulations to the 2017/18 Les Lavkulich Award Winners
Megan Callahan and Lucy Rodina are the 2017/2018 recipients of the Les Lavkulich Graduate Student Fellowship and the Les Lavkulich Outstanding Leadership and Service award
Recycling may be confusing but volunteers help get it right
RES PhD Candidate Ivana Zelenika explains the effectiveness of different recycling and waste sorting methods, and the impact trained volunteers can have on reducing contamination in waste streams
Why the G7 must take bold action on plastic pollution
IRES Professor David Boyd discusses the ubiquitous nature of plastic waste and the urgent need for a global solution in an op-ed for the Ottawa Citizen.
September 20, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: David Boyd
David Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment and environmental lawyer, will be presenting on “The Right to Breathe Clean Air: Catalyst for Change?”
February 21, 2019: No Seminar due to Reading Week
No Seminar due to Reading Week
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Photo Credit: Ivana Zelenika, IRES PhD Candidate
October 4, 2018: IRES Student Seminar
Speakers: Johnnie Manson and Rainer Lempert
We will be hearing presentations from Johnnie Manson, a PhD student and Rainer Lempert, MSc student. ********************************************************************************************************
Photo Credit: Graham McDowell, IRES PhD Candidate
October 11, 2018: IRES Student Seminar
Speakers: Abhishek Kar and Zachary Sherker
We will be hearing presentations from Abhishek Kar, a PhD student and Zachary Sherker, MSc student.
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Photo Credit: Robin Harder, Postdoctoral Fellow at IRES