Please let me know by noon tomorrow if you’re interested. 

Thanks. Martha

From: Heather Wiebe <Heather.Wiebe@umanitoba.ca>
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2020 12:04 PM
To: Fouad Daayf <Fouad.Daayf@umanitoba.ca>; Nazim Cicek <Nazim.Cicek@umanitoba.ca>; FHNS Department Head <FHNSDEPARTMENTHEAD@umanitoba.ca>; James House <James.House@umanitoba.ca>; Robert Currie <Rob.Currie@umanitoba.ca>; Derek Brewin <Derek.Brewin@umanitoba.ca>; Martin Nyachoti <Martin.Nyachoti@umanitoba.ca>; Francis Zvomuya <Francis.Zvomuya@umanitoba.ca>
Cc: Research Agriculture <agresearch@umanitoba.ca>; Surinder Kamboz <Surinder.Kamboz@umanitoba.ca>; Bev Godard <Bev.Godard@umanitoba.ca>; Martha Blouw <Martha.Blouw@umanitoba.ca>; Heather Innis <Heather.Innis@umanitoba.ca>; Emily Gregorchuk <Emily.Gregorchuk@umanitoba.ca>; Kathy Graham <Kathy.Graham@umanitoba.ca>; Charlene Hawryluk <Charlene.Hawryluk@umanitoba.ca>; Anam Anwar <Anam.Anwar@umanitoba.ca>; Lynda Closson <Lynda.Closson@umanitoba.ca>
Subject: Time Sensitive FW: Call for Working Group members – UM SDG 6 Hub Working Group (Pls reply by tomorrow Oct 23)
Importance: High

This message is sent on behalf of Annemieke Farenhorst, Associate Dean (Research):

Dear Department Heads,

Please circulate the email below as soon as possible from the VPRIO within your units (to faculty and graduate students) and collect the names and emails of those who are interested.  

If you have a number of people interested, please highlight up to 3 individuals that you see as champions in the area and forward the entire list to the ADR office at agresear@umanitoba.ca, by 4:30 pm tomorrow Friday October 23.

Even though the message states that faculty and graduate students may contact Janine directly, the ADR Office is interested in knowing who might want to put their names forward, and which individuals are championed by their Department Heads.

Thanks and apologies for the tight turnaround time,

Heather

Heather Wiebe

Confidential Assistant to the Associate Deans

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Dean’s Office, Agriculture Building

Ph: 204-474-6029

From: <adr-rlo-bounces@lists.umanitoba.ca> on behalf of Digvir Jayas <Digvir.Jayas@umanitoba.ca>
Date: Monday, October 19, 2020 at 4:44 PM
To: "adr-rlo@lists.umanitoba.ca" <adr-rlo@lists.umanitoba.ca>
Subject: [Adr-rlo] Call for Working Group members – UM SDG 6 Hub Working Group

Dear Colleagues:

The University of Manitoba was recognized for its ongoing research and initiatives that contribute to developments in clean water and sanitation by the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) and was asked to host (November 2018) a Hub page on the UNAI’s website for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.

A new working group is being formed for the U of M UNAI SDG6 Hub (terms of reference below).

Please forward this email to any faculty members and interested graduate students in your units that are doing working in the broader area of clean water and sanitation. The longer description of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6 is:

• achieve universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all
• access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations
• improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials, halving the proportion of untreated wastewater and substantially increasing recycling and safe reuse globally
• increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
• implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation as appropriate
• protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes
• expand international cooperation and capacity-building support to developing countries in water- and sanitation-related activities and programmes, including water harvesting, desalination, water efficiency, wastewater treatment, recycling and reuse technologies
• support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management

Working Group Terms of Reference:

• Participate in UNAI SDG Hub quarterly meetings and provide updates on UM activities in the area of advancing SDG6
• Work to create a comprehensive compilation of the activities going on at UM in all areas of the SDG 6 specifically
• Coordinate promotion of activities at UM in the area of SDG6 on the UNAI SDG 6 hub page and with the other 16 UNAI SDG Hubs
• Connect and collaborate with the other 16 UNAI SDG hubs to share activities, knowledge and information on UM activities and gain knowledge from the other hub hosts about their specific SDG initiatives (academic/research/other)

If interested, please have faculty or graduate students contact the Working Group co-chair: Janine.Harasymchuk@umantoba.ca

Sincere thanks.

Digvir S. Jayas, O.C., Ph.D., D.Sc., P.Eng., P.Ag., FRSC

Vice-President (Research and International) and Distinguished Professor

202 Administration Building

66 Chancellors Circle

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

R3T 2N2

Phone: 204-474-9404 (office)

Phone: 204-291-4505 (mobile)

Fax: 204-261-1318

Email: digvir.jayas@umanitoba.ca

Webpage: www.umanitoba.ca/research