Editing Ron Dembo (section)

== Awards and honors ==
In May 2007, Dembo was made a lifetime [[Fields Institute]] Fellow.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-09-30|title=Fields Institute Fellows|url=http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours-and-fellowships/fields-institute-fellows|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences|language=en}}</ref> This fellowship is awarded to "individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the Fields Institute," its programs, and to the Canadian mathematical community. Dembo's alma mater, the [[University of Waterloo]], honored Dembo with a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Medal for Professional Achievement in business and climate change in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-07-26|title=Recipients of the Alumni Achievement Medal|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/engineering/alumni-achievement-medal-past-recipients|access-date=2021-03-01|website=Engineering|language=en}}</ref>

In 2008, he received a Green Toronto Award from the City of Toronto for his work with [[Zerofootprint]],{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}} as well as a Certificate of Recognition, Champion of Green from the Government of Ontario.{{Citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In 2009 and 2010, Dembo participated in the Steering Committee of the World Urban Campaign, as coordinated by UN Habitat, in Barcelona,<ref>
  {{Cite conference
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    |date=12-14 October 2009
    |location=Barcelona, Spain
    |publisher=UN Habitat
    |title=Outcome of the 1st Session of the Steering Committee of the World Urban Campaign
    |url=https://staging.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/7541_28061_1%20WUC%20SCM%20Barcelona%20Oct%202009%20Final%20report.pdf
  }}
</ref> Paris,<ref>
  {{Cite conference
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    |date=7-9 December 2009
    |location=Paris
    |publisher=UN Habitat
    |title=Outcome of the Second Steering Committee Meeting and Working Group Meeting of the World Urban Campaign on Goals, Strategy and Principles
    |url=https://www.fig.net/news/archive/news_2009/paris_december_2009/unhabitat_paris_dec_2009.pdf
  }}
</ref> and Rio de Janeiro.<ref>
  {{Cite conference
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    |date=20 March 2010
    |location=Rio de Janeiro
    |publisher=UN Habitat
    |title=Outcome of the 3rd Session of the Steering Committee of the World Urban Campaign
    |url=https://staging.unhabitat.org/downloads/docs/8290_93843_3%20WUC%20SCM%20Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20March%202010%20Final%20report.pdf
  }}
</ref>  In 2024, Zerofootprint remains a Partner in the Business and Industries Constituency of the World Urban Campaign by UN Habitat.<ref>
  {{Cite web
    |access-date=14 May 2024
    |date=6 March 2024
    |publisher=UN Habitat
    |title=Sponsors and Partners
    |url=https://www.worldurbancampaign.org/partners

  }}
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