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Seminars
WATER SECURITY - THE NEXUS OF PRIORITY ISSUES IN A CLIMATE CHANGING WORLD
Seminar presented by Professor Ed McBean, Canada Research Chair in Water Supply Security, University of Guelph
Macdonald Campus, Raymond Building R3-045 on Monday April 4, 2016, 9h30
WASTE STREAMS & RECYCLED CO2 TO ENHANCE BIO-OIL EXTRACTION FROM MICROALGAE
Seminar presented by Dr. Pascale Champagne, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen’s University.
McGill Campus, Macdonald Engineering Building, Room 497, on Tuesday, April 15th, 2014, 11h00-12h00
WATER CONSERVATION AND SOFT PATH PLANNING
Seminar presented by Dr. David Brooks, Research Fellow, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance; Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Macdonald Campus, Raymond Building R2-046, on October 31, 2013, 17h30-19h00
ISSUES AND CHALLENGES OF SUSTAINING CLEAN AND HEALTHY WATER FOR COMMUNITIES
Seminar presented by Dr. Asit Mazumder, Water and Aquatic Sciences Research Program, University of Victoria, Canada.
Macdonald Campus, Centennial Building, Room 1-150, October 15, 2013, 10h30-11h30
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPLICATIONS IN CAMEROON
Seminar presented by Prof. Cornelius M. Lambi, Faculty of Social and Management Science, University of BUEA, Cameroon.
Macdonald Campus, Centennial Building, Room 1-150, October 2, 2013, 10h30-11h30
SURFACE REACTIONS AND MODIFICATION OF IRON AND IRON OXIDE NANOPARTICLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Seminar presented by Dr. Bruce Koel, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University.
McGill Downtown Campus, Macdonald Engineering Building, Room MD497, June 13, 2013, 11h00-12h00
NEVER FAR FROM WATER
Seminar presented by Dr. William Cosgrove, Senior Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Macdonald Stewart Faculty Lounge, Room MS2-022, March 11, 2013, from 10h00-13h00
WHOLEWATER: DELIVERING WATER SERVICES FOR THE POOR
Seminar presented by Sarah Lee, MSc in IWRM (McGill University).
Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Raymond Building, Room R3-038, on Monday, February 25, 2013, from 09h15-11h15
FOLLOWING THE PATHS TRAVELLED BY HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANTS
Seminar presented by Dr. Miriam Diamond, Departments of Earth Sciences and Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto.
McGill Downtown Campus, Macdonald Engineering Building, Room MD497, on Thursday, January 31st, 2013, from 13h00-14h00
PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF REGIONAL CHANGES IN CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND EXTREMES
Workshop held at the McGill New Residence Hall, Montreal. Registration [.pdf] Workshop [.pdf]
16-17 March 2011
FOOD SECURITY AND AID EFFECTIVENESS
Seminar presented by Dr. Nikita Eriksen-Hamel, Senior Agricultural Policy Advisor, CIDA.
McGill Macdonald Campus, Raymond Building, Room R3-011, 24 February 2011, from 11h45-12h45
REMEDIATION OF OIL VIA POLYMERIC DISPERSANTS
Seminar presented by Dr. Sara Hashmi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering, Yale University.
Friday, January 21st, 2011, 11h30-12h30
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN BITUMEN PRODUCTION FROM ATHABASCA OIL SANDS
Seminar by Prof. Jacob Masliyah, Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 11h00-12h00
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: LESSONS LEARNED FROM BACTERIALNANOPARTICLE INTERACTIONS
Seminar presented by Prof. Pedro J. Alvarez, Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University.
Friday, September 24, 2010, 11h30-12h30
NUTRIENT REMOVAL FROM WASTEWATER IN A COLD CLIMATE - A FRESH PERSPECTIVE
Seminar presented by Prof. Yves Comeau, Professor of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering at Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal.
January 29, 2010
THE IJC - A CASE STUDY IN THE SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT OF BOUNDARY AND TRANSBOUNDARY WATERS
Seminar presented by Dr. Murray Clamen, Canadian Section, International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States (IJC).
McGill University, September 18, 2009
BASIN MANAGEMENT IN QUÉBEC: WHAT ROLE FOR WATER LAW IN A VOLUNTARY APPROACH?
Seminar presented by Hugo Tremblay, UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, University of Dundee, Scotland.
McGill University, May 20, 2009
DEVELOPMENTS, DRINKING WATER AND DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATION
Seminar presented by Prof. James Edzwald, Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts and Visiting Professor at Clarkson University.
McGill University, January 09, 2009
IRON NANOPARTICLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION: FROM LAB TO FIELD
Seminar presented by Dr. Wei-Xian Zhang, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University.
McGill University, November 14, 2008
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ACROSS LANDSCAPES: THE MONTREAL REGION
Seminar presented by Dr. Elena Bennett, Natural Resource Sciences and McGill School of Environment, McGill University
McGill University, October 09, 2008
FATE OF HALOACETIC ACIDS IN WATER
Seminar presented by Dr. Lydia Lifongo, Department of Chemistry, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
September 30, 2008
PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL FACTORS CONTROLLING NANOPARTICLE EXPOSURE, TRANSFORMATION, AND REACTIVITY
Seminar presented by Dr. Mark R. Wiesner, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University.
March 17, 2008
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF SAND-LADEN DAIRY MANURE
Seminar presented by Dr. Stefan Grimberg, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, New York.
March 07, 2008
E. COLI 0157: ISSUES AND CONTROL
Seminar presented by Dr. Mansel Griffiths, Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph.
February 15, 2008
PROSPECTS FOR MANAGED UNDERGROUND STORAGE SYSTEMS
Seminar presented by Dr. Edward J. Bouwer, John Hopkins University. Seminar presentation attached.
October 05, 2007
BIOFILMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Seminar by Dr. Bill Costerton, Director of the Center for Biofilms, School of Dentistry, University of Southern California.
April 2, 2007
ADVANCING THE ART OF MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Seminar by Dr. Joan Rose, Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University and Director of the Center for Water Studies.
February 07, 2007
RIGOROUS QUANTITATIVE DEMONSTRATION OF PATHOGEN REMOVAL BY DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES: A SERIES OF CASE STUDIES
Seminar by Dr. Monica B. Emelko, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo.
November 17, 2006
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE
Seminar by Professor John Pigram.
October 19, 2006
THE ROLE OF MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY IN MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER RECLAMATION FOR SUSTAINABLE APPLICATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGH QUALITY WATERS IN AQUIFERS
Seminar by Gideon Oron, J. Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
October 20, 2006
GROUNDWATER PROTECTION FROM VIRUS CONTAMINATION IN THE NETHERLANDS
Seminar by Jack F. Schijven, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands.
June 08, 2006
INCREASED MARKET PARTICIPATION IN A RURAL WATER MARKET? - SOME AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCES
Seminar by Henning Bjornlund, Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis, University of South Australia.
June 02, 2006
QUANTIFYING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BACTERIA AND NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER
Seminar by Terri A. Camesano, Department of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
May 11, 2006
NUTRIENT REMOVAL AND RECOVERY FROM WASTEWATER FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES
Seminar by Venkatram Mahendraker, Senior Scientist, Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada.
March 22, 2006
FOULING AND CHEMICAL CLEANING OF NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES: EFFECTS OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY AND FOULANT INTERACTIONS
Seminar by Prof. Qilin Li, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University.
November 10, 2005
COSMIC RAYS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
Seminar by Prof. Karl Turekian, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University.
November 04, 2005
Future Policy Framework for Himalayan Water Resources in South Asia: Vital Importance of the Dams vs Environmental Flows Debate
Presentation by J. Bandyopadhyay, Centre for Development and Environment Policy, Indian Institute of Management, India.
April 13, 2005
Feeding the World or Damning the Dams: Hard Choices in Global Water Crises
Presentation by Dr. Aly Shady, CIDA. PPT1 [.pdf] PPT2 [.pdf] PPT3 [.pdf]
February 08, 2005
Graduate Colloquium
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March 17, 2016 |
Fourteenth Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 28, 2014 |
Thirteenth Annual Brace Research Day |
| April 5, 2013 |
Twelfth Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 29, 2012 |
Eleventh Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 24, 2011 |
Tenth Annual Brace Research Day |
| April 13, 2010 |
Ninth Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 27, 2009 |
Eighth Annual Brace Research Day |
| February 14, 2008 |
Seventh Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 22, 2007 |
Sixth Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 23, 2006 |
Fifth Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 24, 2005 |
Fourth Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 18, 2004 |
Third Annual Brace Research Day |
| March 20, 2003 |
Second Annual Brace Research Day |
| 2002 |
Brace Research Day |
Symposia
Water Resources Management in a Changing Climate
- 23 September 2010
9th Annual Symposium presented by the Brace Centre. 
Program
Canadian Association on Water Quality
- November 07, 2008
24th Eastern Canadian Symposium and 8th Annual Symposium of the Brace Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Conference themes include (i) the impact of climate change on water quality and water/wastewater industry adaptation; (ii) drinking water treatment; (iii) water quality; (iv) wastewater and stormwater treatment; and (v) social, economic and political issues related to water quality. Program
Water, Agriculture, and Climate Symposium
- November 09, 2005
Symposium presented by the Brace Centre to present research on climate and its effect on water for agriculture. How a changing climate might alter agriculture in Canada. Poster
Presentations:
- The Agricultural Sector and Adaptation to Climate Change by Christopher Bryant, HYMAP-GREGU, Laval University
- Climate Change Scenarios for Agriculture by Sam Gameda, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
- Climate Change and Crop Productivity by Donald Smith, Plant Science Department, McGill University
Restoring the Health of the Lake Champlain Basin 5th Annual Symposium
- November 15, 2004
Environmental Impact and Water Resources - Special Public Symposium
- September 25, 2003
Presentations:
Environmental Monitoring of La Grande-2-A and La Grande-1 Projects by Danielle Messier, Hydro Québec- The New Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) by François Boulanger, CIDA
- Ecosystem and Watershed Ecology of Drinking Water by Asit Mazumder, University of Victoria
- Blue Green algae: an overview by Monique d'Amour, Health Canada
- Mise en oeuvre de la gestion de l'eau par bassin versant au Québec dans le cadre de la nouvelle politique de l'eau by Pierre Auger, Environnement Québec
Managing the St. Lawrence River
- September 16, 2002
Proceedings of a Special Public Symposium. Proceedings are available upon request (see Managing the St. Lawrence River Cover).
Rethinking Irrigation in Light of Competing Pressures
- September 10, 2001
Proceedings of a Special Public Symposium. Proceedings are available upon request (see Rethinking Irrigation cover).
Water: Gift, Commodity or International Weapon
- September 06, 2000
Proceedings of a Special Public Symposium. Proceedings are available upon request (see Water cover).
