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
September 13, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Julia Baird (Brock University)
Julia Baird, Assistant Professor at Brock University, will present on the “Understandings of water resource systems through a resilience lens”
September 6, 2018: IRES Faculty Seminar
Speaker: Charlie Wilson
(First Seminar for Term 1)
Charlie Wilson, an IRES alum, and a current research in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research will be speaking on “Transforming Energy Demand to Meet the 1.5°C Climate Target and Sustainable Development Goals Without Negative Emission Technologies”. Photo Credit: Madison Stevens, IRES PhD Student
Congratulations to our May 2018 RMES/RES graduates!
Congratulations to Nicole Wilson, Mollie Chapman, Justin Ritchie, Arielle Swett!
Congratulations to our May 2018 RMES/RES graduates!
Congratulations to Michaela Neuberger, Michael Lathuillière, Ada Smith, and Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon!