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Trent Student Wins New France-Canada Fellowship for Research Abroad

As part of a program to facilitate and strengthen scientific collaborations between researchers in France and Canada, the Embassy of France in Canada, in partnership with Campus France, have set up the High Level Scientific Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship has been awarded to PhD Student, Minh Duong, to fund her 2 months of research work with Professor Stéphane Mounier at the university of Toulon.
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Crossing Continents, Expanding Horizons: A 100-Day Journey in Vietnam

Scott Stebbing recounts his research abroad experience through the Queen Elizabeth Scholars program. Scott, an MSc student from Trent University, was given the opportunity to travel to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to work with Dr. Quang Khai Ha at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
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2026 Competition for the R. Douglas Evans Award

The R. Douglas Evans Award for International Research and Collaboration recognizes Trent EnLS graduate students, like PhD candidate Brittany Welsh, with outstanding achievements in international environmental research partnerships.
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The IIES welcomes its newest member, EcotoQ

The IIES is thrilled to welcome its newest member, EcotoQ in Quebec City, Canada.
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The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30)

IIES Co-director Margaret Graham represented the IIES and the University of Edinburgh at the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30).
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IIES Members Strengthen International Partnerships at CBIE2025

IIES members met at the annual meeting of the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE2025) in November 2025 to discuss future partnership opportunities.
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Crossing Continents, Expanding Horizons: A 100-Day Journey in Vietnam

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From Student to Teacher: An Alum’s Journey Forward

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From Highlands to Maple Leaves: My Queen Elizabeth Scholars Exchange

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Global Perspectives: Our Week of Collaboration at the 2025 IIES Conference

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Ubuntu, Innovation, and Interdisciplinarity: The 2025 IIES Workshop

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Ecotoq_2023

The IIES welcomes its newest member, EcotoQ

The IIES is thrilled to welcome its newest member, EcotoQ in Quebec City, Canada.
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The IIES welcomes its newest member, The Federal University of Ceará

The IIES is thrilled to welcome its newest member, the Federal University of Ceará in Fortaleza, Brazil.
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The IIES welcomes its newest member, Phenikaa University

The IIES is delighted to welcome its newest member, Phenikaa University in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Improving Water Security |  UNA Europa Seminar Series

The overarching theme of this series is “improving water security” but the presentations touch on many pillars of the International Institute for Environmental Studies, for example water quality and emerging pollutants relating to environmental health.
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Mangroves in the Anthropocene: Climate Change and Conservation Challenges

Mangroves are one of the most efficient and effective natural tools for mitigating and adapting to global change in tropical and subtropical coasts. This seminar series thus focuses on the environmental impacts on, and mangrove response to, global change and on the outcomes of restoration and improved capacities of mangroves to mitigate pressures from global change.
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Microplastics in the Environment

Of the 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste produced globally, less than 10% has been recycled (UNEP). While there is a huge problem with plastic waste generally, more recently researchers have begun to identify problems associated with microplastics, i.e. very small particles of plastic that are either released directly to the environment or are formed in situ.
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