Water \u2014 and all that it means to the world \u2014 will be celebrated at an upcoming community event hosted by Brock University.<\/p>\n
Brock\u2019s Water Resilience Lab<\/a> and Department of Geography and Tourism Studies will host the inaugural World Water Day Celebration<\/a> on Friday, March 22 to showcase the many ways people study, appreciate and engage with water at the University and across the Niagara region.<\/p>\n The free public event, funded in part by the Council for Research in the Social Sciences, brings to life a long-term goal of Julia Baird, Canada Research Chair in Human Dimensions of Water Resources and Water Resilience<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWater touches so many aspects of our lives \u2014 what we learn and the research that happens at Brock, as well as issues of water management, water conservation and the well-being of our community and ecosystems in the broader Niagara community,\u201d says the Associate Professor in the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre and the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies.<\/p>\n Baird has worked closely with Samantha Morris (BA \u201912, MS\u2019 16), Academic Advisor and Communications Co-ordinator in Geography and Tourism Studies, and graduate student volunteer Hannah Marlen L\u00fcbker to bring together the community to share the myriad of ways that water is important.<\/p>\n The World Water Day Celebration will open at 10 a.m. in the Rankin Family Pavilion on Brock\u2019s main campus. Students can learn about the many water-related courses on offer and the community can discover some of the dynamic water research being undertaken at Brock.<\/p>\n Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., attendees can peruse water-themed informational and research posters from graduate and undergraduate students, an array of artistic submissions, featured course highlights or displays that combine all of these features, such as a PhotoVoice exhibit from one of Baird\u2019s courses and the VISA 2P90 exhibit currently on display in the Matheson Learning Commons and Thistle display cases on\u00a0 \u201cWomen, Water, and Words: An Exploration of Visual Culture in Niagara<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n