Academic Industry Meeting day – AIMday™ 2022
Academic Industry Meeting day, or AIMday™, is an internationally recognized opportunity to tackle questions around a central theme. This highly effective program enables university-based researchers and organizations to connect and bring world-class research to life. By matching an organization’s need for new knowledge with academic expertise, AIMday brings understanding and new perspectives to real-world problems! Hosted by Toronto Metropolitan University and in collaboration with the Ontario Water Consortium, AIMday™ Water will take place virtually on November 24, 2022. AIMday™ Water [...]
Doing more with less: the big potential of wastewater process intensification
Across the province, wastewater treatment plant operators are feeling the pressure. They need to treat larger volumes of wastewater from growing populations, meet stricter standards and cope with more intense and frequent storms. The question is how. Expanding facilities or building new plants requires big investments at a time when over-stretched municipalities are looking for ways to cut spending. On top of that, many simply don’t have space for expansion. Rahim Kanji, Executive Director of the Ontario Water Consortium (OWC), [...]
Webinar Series from OWC Graduate Leadership Council
Ontario Water Consortium Graduate Leadership Council is hosting their first event! The webinar on Water inequality: Water insecurity in First Nations communities will be held on August 9th. Rachel Arsenault who is an advisor at Coeuraj Canada and Ph.D. student at York University joins us to speak about the water insecurity in First Nations Communities. Although the United Nations Joint Monitoring Program reports 99% of North Americans have access to safely managed water and sanitation facilities there are communities being left behind. On August 9th, [...]