Professor Blair Feltmate, from the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, shares his proven methods for getting research before policy-makers, creating partnerships with industry, and informing the public through the media. Waterloo mourns a much-respected professor emeritus from Optometry and an accomplished PhD student from Engineering. The University and the faculty association reach an agreement on salary increases. And the weather station wants your guesses for the first 20-degree day.
Links in this episode:
UWaterloo FAUW DB Story:
https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2021-02-23#university-fauw-reach-faculty-salary-settlement
Salary Agreement Statement:
https://uwaterloo.ca/provost/sites/ca.provost/files/uploads/files/memorandum_of_settlement.pdf
Gina Sorbara Passing:
https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2021-02-19#remembering-professor-gina-sorbara
Sina Ghanbarzadeh Passing:
https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2021-02-23#waterloo-mourns-the-death-of-phd-student
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Weather Contest: http://weather.uwaterloo.ca/contest_2021/contest.html#entry
Wise Reasoning: https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2021-02-17#new-research-shows-we-can-train-ourselves-to-be-wise
Intact Centre: https://www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca/
Canadian Cities’ Grade on Climate Preparedness: https://www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/16-Cities-Flood-Preparedness.pdf
