A senior advisor to the World Health Organization will discuss the subject of sustainable development and environmental health when he meets with the university’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders next week.

Adrianus (Ton) Vlugman, who is currently stationed at the WHO’s Pan American Health Organization’s office in Guyana, will discuss such technical concepts as sanitation, wastewater and solid waste management – including recycling and management of wastes from health care facilities in the Caribbean – in order to help describe what constitutes sustainable development.

Vlugman’s presentation will be an interactive one and students will be encouraged to discuss environmental health engineering in relation to sustainable development in developing countries.

The event will take place Monday, February 27, at 2:30 p.m. in the Ambassador Auditorium, CAW Student Centre.