Articles tagged with: Water Resilience Lab

  • PHOTO GALLERY: Community gathers for Brock’s inaugural World Water Day Celebration

    Friday, March 22, 2024 | By

    FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2024 | by  | Reposted from The Brock News

    Brock students Damian Haitas and Isaiah Boekestyn discuss a standing poster display.

    Geography and Education student Damian Haitas (left) and Isaiah Boekestyn, a Kinesiology major and Geography minor, discussed the GEOG/TOUR 4P83 Photovoice display at the first annual World Water Day Celebration.

    The Rankin Family Pavilion Atrium saw a flood of interested students, staff, faculty members and community visitors on Friday, March 22 at Brock’s World Water Day Celebration.

    Hosted by Brock’s Water Resilience Lab and Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, the inaugural event featured a research showcase, educational exhibits, artistic displays, interactive stations — including a bottled water versus tap water taste-testing station courtesy of Niagara Region ­— and community organization booths with job and volunteer opportunities as well as valuable information about the many ways that water affects the Niagara region.

    View the photo gallery here

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  • Brock’s first World Water Day event seeks community submissions

    Wednesday, February 28, 2024 | By

    By | From the Brock News.

    Close-up photo of a hand trailing through water.

    Members of the Brock community are invited to submit research, informational posters, course highlights, artwork and interactive activities for University’s World Water Day event. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, March 7.

    Brock will celebrate World Water Day by inviting students, researchers, artists and community organizations to come together and share their work and interests related to water.

    Hosted by the Water Resilience Lab and the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, Brock’s inaugural World Water Day Celebration on Friday, March 22 aims to help attendees learn about water and efforts to protect this essential resource.

    Members of the Brock community — including students, staff, faculty and alumni — are encouraged to submit research and informational posters, course highlights, artwork and interactive activities to be included in the event.

    Anyone interested in taking part can use the submission form to apply before the 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, March 7.

    Display materials will need to be delivered by Wednesday, March 20 to prepare for installation.

    Limited funding to support student posters, provided by the Council for Research in the Social Sciences, is available by application on the submission form.

    The World Water Day Celebration will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Rankin Family Pavilion, with interactive stations and community organization booths open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

    All members of the Brock and wider community are invited to attend.

    Story reposted from the Brock News.

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