McGill University is one of Canada's
best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading research-intensive
universities. With students coming to McGill from about 140 countries,
our student body is the most internationally diverse of any medical-doctoral
university in Canada.
The oldest university in Montreal, McGill was founded in 1821 from a
generous bequest by James McGill, a prominent Scottish merchant. Since
that time, McGill has grown from a small college to a bustling university
with two campuses, 11 faculties, some 300 programs of study, and more
than 32,000 students. The University partners with four affiliated teaching
hospitals to graduate over 1,000 health care professionals each year.
The Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) is at
the forefront of advances in applied bioscience, food, nutritional and
environmental sciences research and teaching. Located on the Macdonald
Campus at the western tip of the island of Montreal, the Faculty is
centred within one of the highest concentrations of high-tech activity
in Canada. The FAES offers unique multidisclpinary programs that bring
together health, environment, food and nutrition, bioproducts, biotechnology
and the agriculture sectors.
Contact : Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21, 111 Lakeshore Road, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue,
QC H9X 3V9. Tel : 514-398-7707, Fax : 514-398-7766, E-mail : info.macdonald@mcgill.ca,
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UNESCO-IHE - Three short courses Land and Water Development |
UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education : UNESCO-IHE
visions a world in which people manage their water and environmental resources
in a sustainable manner, and in which all sectors of society, particularly
the poor, can enjoy the benefits of basic services.
The mandate given by UNESCO to IHE is to :
- strengthen and mobilise the global educational and knowledge base for integrated water resources management; and
- contribute to meeting the water-related capacity building needs of the developing countries and countries in transition.
Within this mandate
the mission is defined as follows:
The mission of the Institute is to contribute to the education and training of professionals and to build the capacity of sector organisations, knowledge centres and other institutions active in the fields of water, the environment and infrastructure, in developing countries and countries in transition.
The Institute executes the following functions:
- Functioning as an international standard-setting body for postgraduate water education programmes and continuing professional training;
- Building human and institutional capacities through education, training and research;
- Setting up and managing networks of educational and water sector institutions and organisations world-wide;
- Functioning as a 'policy forum' for UNESCO Member States and other stakeholders; and
- Exercising an advisory function on water education to partner organisations and other members of the UN water family.
The Core Land and Water Development:
Within UNESCO-IHE the Core Hydraulic Engineering - Land and Water Development (HELWD) deals with the development and management of land and water resources. This Core is an internationally recognized educational group, offering a package of state-of-the-art post graduate courses dealing with the actual problems and the latest developments in the fields of irrigation, drainage and flood management (www.unesco-ihe.org/we/default.htm).
Core activities are the implementation of:
- an (18 months) MSc programme in Land and Water Development <www.unesco-ihe.org/education/sp_lwd.htm>
- a PhD programme <www.unesco-ihe.org/we/default.htm>
- Organization of
short courses:
- Service Oriented Management of Irrigation System <www.unesco-ihe.org/vmp/articles/Short-Courses/SHO-WE-SOMIS.html>
- Remediation and Handling of Contaminated Sediments <www.unesco-ihe.org/vmp/articles/Short-Courses/SHO-20051123-16-16-30.html>
- research and capacity building projects <www.unesco-ihe.org/we/default.htm>
Staff of the Core
Land and Water Development:
Prof. Bart Schultz PhD MSc (Head of the Core)
Laszlo Hayde PhD MSc
Sur Suryadi PhD MSc
Krishna Prasad PhD MSc
Contact: UNESCO-IHE, Core Land and Water Development:suryadi@unesco-ihe.org
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