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TORONTO: OCTOBER 4, 2019 -- CIV CLUB CHAIR -- Simonne Varela (CivE fourth year, 1T9 + PEY), the Civ Club Chair, in the Civ Club on Friday, October 4, 2019. The Civ Club is for Civil Engineering students in CivMin.
PHOTO: Phill Snel, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering/ U of T

MEET: Simonne Varela

Civ Club Chair 2019-2020 A broad and brilliant smile usually precedes an exuberant greeting from Simonne Varela (CivE fourth year 1T9 + PEY). As Chair of Civ Club, she’s a natural for the demanding role of coordinating student interests and exercising her social skills. Freshly back to school from a PEY (Professional Experience Year), Varela… Read more »

Is there plastic in our drinking water? Probably – and U of T researchers are studying how concerned we should be

These tiny plastic particles were extracted from Toronto’s harbour by U of T researchers Chelsea Rochman and Bob Andrews (photo by Tyler Irving)

Is there plastic in your drinking water? The University of Toronto’s Bob Andrews and Chelsea Rochman say there is – but, unfortunately, they don’t… Read more »

Prof. Jennifer Drake & team’s NSERC CREATE grant success

CivMin's Professor Jennifer Drake

In nature, one organism’s waste often becomes energy for another. Professor Emma Master (ChemE) wants to apply these same principles to industrial… Read more »

Without changes, Scheer’s climate plan will be expensive or useless

David Taylor, University of Toronto When Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer unveiled his long-awaited climate plan, he said he could… Read more »

Celebrating the leadership and legacy of Dean Cristina Amon

Dean Cristina Amon, at the Celebration of Leadership event on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. (credit: Lisa Sakulensky)

On Wednesday, June 26, more than 400 members of the U of T Engineering community came together to celebrate the… Read more »

CivMin Experts in the News

Prof. Shoshanna Saxe | Why Canada needs a national rail strategy

October 12, 2019 | The Globe & Mail

Prof. Matt Roorda | How an Ontario municipality cut trucking pollution

October 8, 2019 | National Observer

VIDEO: CivMin PhD Candidate, professors and alumni featured at Canadian Steel Conference

October 2, 2019 | Canadian Institute of Steel Construction

Prof. Doug Hooton | We depend on cement — but it’s harming our planet. So, what now?

September 21, 2019 | Toronto Star

Prof. Marianne Hatzopoulou | How hi-tech sensors on buildings, cars and in the sky could help keep Toronto’s air clean

September 21, 2019 | CBC

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