Seminar Series
The Centre for Hydrology’s monthly seminar series highlights the latest hydrological research from across campus. These sessions offer our community a chance to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and connect in an open, collaborative setting.
Upcoming Seminars (2025)
| Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar Topic |
|---|---|---|
| September 23 | John Pomeroy Cherie Westbrook Warren Helgason |
Centre for Hydrology Research Update |
| October 20 | Cuauhtémoc T. Vidrio-Sahagún | Design floods in a changing Earth: practices, challenges, and pathways forward |
| November 17 | Helen Baulch | Lakes, Change, and Adaptation in the Prairies: How Hydrology can help Limnology |
September 23
Centre for Hydrology Research Update
Join us for an update on the Centre for Hydrology's activities and research, presented by Director John Pomeroy and Associate Directors, Cherie Westbrook and Warren Helgason. This session is open to hydrology faculty, staff, students, and anyone interested in learning more about our work and future directions.
Date: Tuesday, September 23
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Location: Kirk Hall, Room 146
Speakers:
John Pomeroy
Director, Centre for Hydrology
Deptartment of Geography and Planning, USask
Cherie Westbrook
Associate Director, Centre for Hydrology
Department of Geography and Planning, USask
Warren Helgason
Associate Director, Centre for Hydrology
Department of Civil, Geological and Environmental Engineering, USask
October 20
Design floods in a changing Earth: practices, challenges, and pathways forward
Design floods are central to how we plan, design, and adapt to future hydroclimates. Yet, we should improve the way we estimate them. In this talk, I will discuss how practices across Canada vary widely, often with limited transparency and little consideration of nonstationarity or other Earth system complexities. These challenges matter because they shape how we prepare for climate change. I will also highlight two recent advances that point to pathways forward: (a) new frameworks for flood frequency analysis that make nonstationary modelling more accessible, systematic, and reproducible, and (b) novel bias-correction methods that improve how climate model projections of extreme events are adjusted for local-scale practical use, explicitly accounting for continuous climate change. Together, these perspectives point toward more transparent, robust, and realistic approaches to design flood estimation. Achieving this vision, however, will require continued research and stronger collaboration among practitioners, researchers, and governments.
Date: Monday, October 20
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Location: Kirk Hall, Room 146
Speakers:
Cuauhtémoc T. Vidrio-Sahagún
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering, USask
November 17
Lakes, Change, and Adaptation in the Prairies: How Hydrology can help Limnology
The Prairies are a constantly changing environment, subject to multiple stressors impacting water security. Water quality in the region is often poor, impacting multiple water uses, including water treatment, recreational uses and cultural uses. Using lessons from a long-term partnership on water treatment, this seminar will address about how water quality has been changing and highlight important hydrological and/or agricultural questions related to future change. The discussion will include the potential for further collaborative water research on campus that spans multiple disciplines, focussing on societal needs for adaptation to water quality stressors.
Date: Monday, November 17
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM
Location: Kirk Hall, Room 146
Speakers:
Helen Baulch
Professor
School of Environment and Sustainability, USask