tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34320625681858844342024-03-13T02:07:41.255-07:00Wetskills-Canada 2014Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575290308536227977noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432062568185884434.post-52880143780335206552014-06-24T03:00:00.000-07:002014-06-24T03:00:07.580-07:00Friday: a more relax and easy day<span lang="EN-US"><strong><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">13 June 2014, by Leonie de Mulder (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences)</span></strong></span><br />
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started with a good breakfast and a speaker from Warren’s Waterless printing.
This guest speaker told us the difference between a normal printer and a
waterless printer. And also a little bit about business marketing. After the
breakfast speaker we had about one and a half hour to work on the cases and
after lunch we went to another campus tour. This time the tour was hold in
Digital Media Zone. We got a few presentations about the marketing of
businesses and starters. The tour was about the Digital Media Zone and what the
relations were. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the tour we were already late to search for an orange bar
so we stayed in the shopping center and watched the game at the sports bar
there. The soccer game Netherlands-Spain was a real surprise to watch. We were
in less number of people cheering for Holland but we were the loudest there.
Some people left before the game but most people were there and we had a lot of
fun and a great time. </span></span></div>
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before we’re going to celebrate the victory. Karen, Kim and I went shopping in
the big Toronto Eaton Center. We searched for souvenirs but all we found was
clothes and shoes, not that it was a big problem. When we went back to the illc
nobody had dinner neither had we, we went out real fast and found a pizza place
on the way. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around 7 pm we went to the Royal Ontario Museum, because there was a
big party. In the museum was the opportunity to walk around the whole museum
and dance a bit between the dinosaurs and meteorites. We were there for 4 hours and around 11 pm we went to a
student party nearby. This was a row of four houses al put together, with some
bars and a club. Everybody had an amazing time. This day was a more relax and easy day. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575290308536227977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432062568185884434.post-61399777979102992092014-06-15T21:09:00.001-07:002014-06-15T21:11:51.731-07:00Friday June 13th and the state of my water utilities <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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June 2014, by Brian Hanna (Ryerson University)</span></b></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a
coincidence that while taking part of the wetskills event I come home to find a
1 sqft hole in my bathroom: <o:p></o:p></span></em></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quite an impressive hole, isn't it? I
figured that since it's caused me so much trouble today I might as well make
some use of it by using it to underscore the importance of maintaining water
utilities in a building. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jsz6QBeqSaPPpSUkdttqxKeNv4ysw_BtOYp7p1qSWpHRgBj7190r8L-7W2fdEmjgnGuwnrHi8Fp_UAROD6y5PivmEcw0jhYgNWCNf4BkuP_9Kk8bkOx-C9kmlcyws1r5DtLETCCYOl0/s1600/DSC_0273.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jsz6QBeqSaPPpSUkdttqxKeNv4ysw_BtOYp7p1qSWpHRgBj7190r8L-7W2fdEmjgnGuwnrHi8Fp_UAROD6y5PivmEcw0jhYgNWCNf4BkuP_9Kk8bkOx-C9kmlcyws1r5DtLETCCYOl0/s1600/DSC_0273.JPG" height="131" width="200" /></span></a><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately
due to this massive hole, I was unable to watch the soccer match where Holland
was able to score five goals. While not a huge sports fan it would have still
been fun to get swept<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>up in the victory
with my friends from the Netherlands (and the americans too). Everyone has been
extremely friendly, and I especially enjoy the time I spend with my specific
group.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aside
from that part of my day, I did quite enjoy the tour through Ryersons DMZ. It's
very reassuring to see that my school provides such services to new business,
especially in a time where employment for young professionals is hard to come
by in Toronto. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyways,
I really would have liked to go the Royal Ontario Museum as well with the
others, but I could not thanks to the giant hole that's currently invading my
life. I'm actually quite a bit sad about that, as I was telling the group all
week how much fun it really is on friday nights. There's still more time to enjoy with them though, I'll try my best to take advantage of it.</span></span></div>
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<strong>12 June 2014, by Arun Raj (University of Waterloo)</strong></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It
has been three days since the Wetskills participants in Toronto were assigned
their respective case studies. Needless to say, every group has been hard at
work. Although, each group is focusing on a different water related problem;
they all have something in common - a unique perspective by which they view the
problem itself. With advancement in the field of sustainability a more
sustain-centric worldview is evolving<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>globally. Particularly young people see no reason why we cannot achieve
this paradigm shift. Topics such as waste management and toxic effluents are
not perceived as problems anymore but as potential recoverable resources. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This
is evident particularly amongst all the Dutch participants at Wetskills, many
of whom are working on similar topics. The Kingdom of Netherlands being a
pioneer in the field of water management have been working extensively on
technologies to reclaim waste water, metals, and other precious resources to
eliminate the concept of waste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">This
morning we also had a stimulating talk by </span><span lang="SV" style="mso-ansi-language: SV;">Nick </span><span lang="EN-US">R</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: NL;">eed </span><span lang="EN-US">from
Ontario Clean water agency (OCWA) who echoed the same vision. Amongst other
things he highlighted how OCWA strives to minimize waste</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> production within
their areas of operation. He highlighted the efforts of the Canadian government
such as Ontario Centre of excellence (OCE) and Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs
(<b>MaRS)</b> aimed at helping students realize their revolutionary ideas in
the field of water management. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wetskills has definitely been an amazing
platform to bring young people from different disciplines together to help make
the world more sustainable! </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We woke up to a rainy Toronto. After breakfast at the hotel, we made our way to
the Engineering building where we met with guest speaker Wayne Galliher from
the city of Guelph. He talked to us about Guelph’s Water Conservation and
Efficiency Program. He spoke about all the projects they are implementing in
Guelph to reach their goal of “using less water and energy per capita than any
comparable Canadian city.”</span><br />
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before we “dove” into our pitch and poster presentation training, where we
learned about the rules for our 2 minute pitch and our poster which will be
created in Microsoft Power Point. After looking at 9 previous posters, we got a
good idea for what to do and what not to do. We also watched 3 different
pitches and commented on what we liked about them and what we didn’t like. As
we watched the pitch presentations, we realized how fast 2 minutes goes.</span></div>
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time where we continued to work on our case studies. Once work seized for the
day, around 6:30, we all were excited for the free night ahead. This was the
first night since we had been here that we didn’t have anything planned. So we
had the whole evening to ourselves to grab dinner, and relax. I grabbed dinner with my American counterpart,
Chesten, from the Metro Market that is less than a 30 second walk from the hotel
(ILLC). We grabbed dinner to bring back to hotel, as well as buying groceries
for the next couple of days. Luckily, there is a fridge in the lounge on our
floor. The fridge is getting pretty full now but there’s still room for more! I
spent the rest of the night, curled up with a book and my computer.</span></span><br />
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<strong>10 June 2014, b<span lang="EN-CA">y Saalih Shamead (Ryerson University)</span></strong></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"></span><span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;">I</span> usually try to abide by the old
proverb that "Early to bed makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
However, due to the brain hurricane or "brain tsunami" as others have
coined it I awoke slightly later than my usual time. My group, Team 3, were the
first to begin work on their case in room KHE 323A and I was rather glad that
we were the first to our Plan of Action (POA) before the 11 am deadline.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once the POA was submitted we each
began working on our individual sections, I chose to work on exploring the
different decentralized WWTP technology options that existed, how dual or
separated flow systems would work and cost and help Rik on checking how rough the
terrain was using GIS for our pipe options as that is my area of expertise.
However, finding information on the removal rates of decentralized WWTP
technology options was not as easy as I had hoped and so I think I'll have to
visit the library and hopefully I'll have better luck there. Overall I think we
did pretty well at the discussion on our POA with Johan, and two of my old
professors Darko and Vadim.</span></span></div>
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catch up on my other work commitments as I am also simultaneously working on
revisions to my thesis which are due by June 19 and my work for the City of
Toronto I am glad I went to the Toronto Island BBQ. Each team was in charge of
buying food for themselves and the supervisors who provided the charcoal and cutlery.
While I have lived in Toronto for almost 9 years now, this was only my second
time boarding the ferry and so it was still a new experience for me and the
City's skyline looks quite beautiful from the water. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the BBQ everyone was so
hungry that many decided to eat salad as we waited for the charcoal grill to
heat up. I had always thought charcoal was very slow but thanks to the special
lighter fuel Pim got at the store he got the grill going in no time. As all
seafood is halal I had put the two salmon burgers that I bought on the grill
and that was more than enough for me. I must say we had quite a lot of veggies
that were also roasted on the grill and so I also ate some corn and asparagus
as well. My friends from Netherlands also had their first experience for what a
smore was once all the major cooking was done. </span></span></div>
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for 9 years I had also never been on the Islands that late. <em>The sky was pitch
black but the City looked quite beautiful and at the moment I realized that
Wetskills would be one of those experiences that I would remember for the rest
of my life.</em> </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575290308536227977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432062568185884434.post-4681979523510532782014-06-12T15:07:00.000-07:002014-06-12T15:07:12.147-07:00BrainHurricane (part 2)<span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">9 June 2014, by Karen Scheffers (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences)</span></b></span><br />
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with an early breakfast around 8:30 p.m. After everybody finished the breakfast, we
went to the Cara Commons at the Ted Rogers School of Management. This was de
location for the brain hurricane, where all students, case owners, and experts gathered
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and our case is about the storm water management in the City of Toronto. We
have to design green streets for the entertainment district in Toronto. The day
started with the introduction of the cases, after that we had the opportunity
to speak with our case owner (Mr. Patrick Cheung).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And it was a very interesting conversation
about the case. We also had some conversations with experts with different
backgrounds, including biologists, engineers, economists, business managers,
etc. These conversations helped us a lot because all the experts had a
different point of view on our case. Not every one of them was convinced that a
green street actually has green on it. With all the new information we had from
the experts, we again went to talk to our case owner during lunch. With him we
came to new outcomes and actually more and more questions. But first we had to
make a start with our case, because when we would investigate we probably come
up with new questions. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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first group brainstorm session, it was time to wrap it up for the day. And
because yesterday, June 9, was also my birthday we went out for dinner with a
whole group.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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but also interesting, nice, and great day. I learned a lot and I am looking
forward to see the results of every group. Good luck every one!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Case owners introduced us to our case
studies today. I arrived at Cara Commons not knowing what to expect, and was
met by friendly people in business attire. I sat down at the table with my
group members, and speakers approached the podium soon after. Important people
like the Dean of Ryerson University's Science department, the Consul General of
the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Wetskills Program Manager introduces the Wetskills background and the programme in Canada. Among other things, I learned that Netherlands is a
Kingdom. Case Owners were next to take the stage, and I jotted notes as they
spoke, learning much about the water industry, and some of the latest projects
industry professionals are focused on. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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events for me, however, were the short speeches made by the Expert panel.
Successful people with a variety of talents, each with their own area of
expertise introduced themselves. Some had specialized technical knowledge and
experience with municipal stormwater management projects. Others were
entrepreneurs. The variety of perspectives represented by the Expert panel
opened my eyes to the many paths that people can take to career success. When
it came time for each group to ask questions to the Experts, I mostly sat and
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tired. Luckily, the rest of the day was an open work period. My team made a
good start. They seem mature, intelligent, and friendly, and I expect to learn
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of us went out Sunday night, it was nice that we could all sleep in a bit
today. After having breakfast, we met in front of the International Living and
Learning Centre (ILLC), where we are staying. Two girls from Ryerson University
showed us the campus. The buildings on campus are all very close together. Most
buildings we need to be at are within a 5 minute walk from the ILLC.<br />
The first stop was the Engineering Building. Here we will present our cases in
only ten days time. The past days felt like a field trip or vacation, but
during our tour around campus we were reminded of the task at hand. Most of the
time, we will be working in Kerr Hall, a circular building where it is very
easy to get lost.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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we could decide for ourselves what we wanted to do. Five of us decided to make
use of the Toronto City Pass and went to the Royal Ontario Museum. The Canadian
and First Peoples sections of the museum were very interesting and we saw some
more art and objects from the War of 1812 (if no one mentioned it before:
nearly everything Dave told us on our bus tour on Friday was somehow related to
the War of 1812). I was especially fascinated by the huge canoe that could seat
more than ten in the gallery of the First Peoples. <br />
The ROM is very large and we couldn’t see every gallery and exhibition, but we
did make sure we saw the national treasures. This section with gems and stones
fed our appetite for nice and shiny things as it contained a large selection of
jewels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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back from the museum some people had gathered in the common room on the eighth
floor. We decided to get some dinner at the supermarket, catch up with family
and get to bed early to be ready for the first day of working on the case
studies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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sightseeing tour with the streetcar brought us to the impressive RC Harris
treatment plant. Normally it’s unusual to get a tour around the RC Harris
treatment plant but for Wetskills they made an exception. The tour brought us
along all the treatment steps. Inside the treatment plant it looks like an old
train station or museum more than a drinking water treatment plant. </span></span><br />
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tour we walked along the beach were we had a great view of Lake Ontario on the left
and the skyline of Toronto in front of us. Standing next to the CN Tower in
downtown Toronto was already impressive but standing on the top of it was
really amazing. The weather was great so the view was wonderful and we couldn’t
only look around but also beneath us. Standing on the glass floor was a special
experience that not everyone liked that much. </span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UC42EKOf18bymejQ9IQrDmGztm4ItvJ1BJvcbl9-J-tsyJEWgl1dix2kO0LVj08IL8_la61gF2H7U-PbEZdKyr4tL807CTf4nSPt4Dwi40lbULZBgUkJcGesCrl0QVumZMZRXcCM8Fw/s1600/DSC_1121.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UC42EKOf18bymejQ9IQrDmGztm4ItvJ1BJvcbl9-J-tsyJEWgl1dix2kO0LVj08IL8_la61gF2H7U-PbEZdKyr4tL807CTf4nSPt4Dwi40lbULZBgUkJcGesCrl0QVumZMZRXcCM8Fw/s1600/DSC_1121.JPG" height="211" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">At dinner the case studies were
presented and we knew that a new chapter of Wetskills had started/begun.
Everyone marked the top three cases that they want to do and the supervisors
divided the cases over the groups with the same preferences. At the end of the
dinner everyone wasn’t satisfied after an overwhelming day of experiences so we
decided to go for some rounds of pool. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575290308536227977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432062568185884434.post-58204706070004405432014-06-12T12:08:00.002-07:002014-06-12T12:45:43.510-07:00Teambuilding starts<span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">6 June 2014, by Eduardo Cejudo (University of Waterloo)</span></b></span><br />
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glance at everybody's face gaves you a mixture of excitement and uncertainty.
You introduce yourself for the first time' but, sadly, you barely paid
attention to the other person's name, or it is hard to repeat the name, or just
to many faces at once; anyway, you end up asking their names perhaps, more than
two times. Nevertheless, just seating at the same table eases all doubts and
took us into an amazing journey. </span></span></span></span><br />
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Niagara<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>scarpment, a geological
formation that, together with glaciations, have modelled the Canadian
landscape: a series of layers of sedimentary rocks and shales that have been
carved by water, so we can now admire its breath-taking landscapes, such as
Niagara falls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the questions or
comments possed during the trip<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where
perfect clues to start figuring out each other ideas, tendencies and
background, great surprises are just one question ahead of us. This great trip
became true with a very diligent and knowledgeable guide, professor Dave Atkinson,
who lead us through countryside and roads that not all witnesed, for Morpheous
was also a passenger. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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without<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>seeing some water-related
technology:a lifting bridge at Hamilton's bay (in the west end of Lake
Ontario), and old grist mill constructed by a creek right upstream of a
beautiful waterfall, and a lock at Welland canal, the linking waterway from
lake Ontario to Lake Erie. A pleasant afternoon at Niagara-on-the-lake provided
relief to all of us, either having lunch, chating, walking or shooting pictures
by the lake's waterfront. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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know better at least one other participant, in addition to the the much appreciated<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>nap time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575290308536227977noreply@blogger.com0Lewiston, New York, Verenigde Staten43.125288226034272 -79.06245803828119343.032600726034275 -79.223819538281191 43.217975726034268 -78.9010965382812tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432062568185884434.post-56271670537093404772014-06-12T11:56:00.001-07:002014-06-12T12:11:29.154-07:00My first time out of Europe<span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">5 June 2014, by Kim Dieleman (Wageningen University)</span></b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday morning the 5<span style="font-size: small;"><sup>th</sup>
of June my Wetskills adventure started. For the readers that do not know,
Wetskills is a series of events where Dutch water-related students meet foreign
students, this time in Canada and work on innovative solutions for existing
water cases. </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">05.30 I heard the sound of my alarm clock, it was time to wake up.
A shower and a breakfast later I said goodbye to Wageningen, the small
university city I live in and where one out of three people is a student. 06.48
I was arriving at the train station, after loading my travel card (in Dutch
OV-chipkaart) my train left at 06.56 to Schiphol. I was enjoying the window
view until the conductor came along, I realized I forgot to check in my travel
card after loading. He planned to give me a penalty, which includes the price
of the train ticket and on top 35 euro, which is around 50 Canadian dollar for
our Canadian reader. He asked where I was going, after telling that I was on my
way to Schiphol he asked how long my journey would take. He said that normally
you should pay the penalty within one week, but as there was nobody at home to
pay my bill he decided to neglect that I didn’t check in, as the bill would rise
if you do not pay immediately and it than would be really expensive. After
promising I would go out at the next stop to check in he wished me a good trip,
what<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a luck! After running back and
forth at Utrecht to check in, my journey to Schiphol went flexible and </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
arrived at 08.00. After checking in, dropping my baggage and a lot of waiting I
met Heleen at the gate. For the readers that do not know, Heleen is a student
that also is joining the Wetskills challenge and before going we had some email
conversations as we both had the idea to extend the journey after the Wetskills
program. We left at 11.15 in Amsterdam and after a stop in Washington DC and
some delay we arrived in Toronto. After taking the bus we arrived at the metro
station, I think we must have looked like tourists as immediately two people
were so friendly to point us the way. At 19.00 (01.00 Dutch time), we arrived
at the International Learning and Living Centre in Toronto, where we are staying
for the two weeks to come. It is located in the central business district,
called downtown Toronto. After I met part of the group we went out for a
dinner. At midnight, after being awake for almost 24 hours I went to sleep. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Canadian and 2 American students. I am looking forward to meet all of them and
have a nice time in which we challenge our self, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>each other and meet inspiring people in the
water field. Tomorrow the teambuilding event starts, we will have our first
breakfast together and after that we will go to the Niagara Falls to have fun,
learn the place, get to know each other and become a team! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575290308536227977noreply@blogger.com0Toronto, Ontario, Canada43.653226 -79.38318429999998243.285985999999994 -80.028631299999986 44.020466 -78.737737299999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432062568185884434.post-27958923230098318072014-06-08T15:45:00.000-07:002014-06-12T12:48:02.315-07:00Wetskills to the western hemisphere<span style="color: black;">
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<span style="color: black;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">4 June 2014,
start by Johan Oost</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><em><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">For the first
time in North America</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"><o:p></o:p></span></em></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"><span style="color: black;">It took thirteen editions, but Wetskills entered North America for the
first time! After being in Asia, Middle East, Africa and Europe, it was time to
go to the west. The Canadian Water Summit was a great opportunity to organise a
Wetskills event. Thanks to the Dutch Consulate in Toronto that we are here! And
of course thanks to Ryerson University, our host for this Wetskills event. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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last year. Because of the visit of a huge delegation from Canada to the
International Water Week in Amsterdam (November 2013), the contacts were
intensified. We found a point on the horizon: Canadian Water Summit. Ryerson
University (as main sponsor of the summit) was pleased to join the organisation
of the Wetskills event in Canada. The organisation of Wetskills actually led to
an extension of the summit programme. The day before we will have the Wetskills
finals and the day after the summit there is a workshop about phosphorus. All
these elements to tighten the relations between the Dutch and Canadian water
sectors (or should I say: North American or Great Lakes <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">area, because of the participation
of Wisconsin USA?). <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"><span style="color: black;">Toronto is a very multicultural city. In the plane from Amsterdam to
Toronto you all the faces from over the world: Asia, India, Middle East,
Africa, Europe, Latin America. And that only in the plane! Looking at the
participants you see this back: The students from the Canadian universities
(Ryerson University, University of Toronto, Waterloo University) are mostly
from other countries. This leads to a mixture of many internationalities (Iran,
India, Columbia, Jamaica, Mexico, China, Austria, Canada and The Netherlands)
in this Wetskills event as well. I think that we have some interesting and
diverse study cases: from urban water management in Toronto to decentralized
wastewater systems and life cycle costs in wastewater treatment plant
investment, from phosphorus removal to monitoring of pollutions by mining.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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programme. It was a short stay in The Netherlands after our successful event in
South Africa (see: </span></span><a href="http://wetskillssouthafrica2014.blogspot.nl/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"><span style="color: black;">http://wetskillssouthafrica2014.blogspot.nl/</span></span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;"><span style="color: black;">), which we finalised less than a week ago. Together with all the help from
the Dutch Consulate, Ryerson University and Imko, Nora and Pim, I hope
(actually am sure) that we will have a next boost in our over Wetskills
programme!! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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