Research that matters
Sustainability, biodiversity and justice in a time of crisis
March 13-17, 2023 at Concordia University
A Sustainability Across Disciplines conference
Schedule of events
Monday, March 13
10:00 a.m.
- Spotlight on marginalized voices for sustainability: A Wikipedia editothon, with Sarah Turner
1:00 p.m.
- The effects of climate change on developing countries, a visual display by Kavisha Lingaratnam
- Waste management and plastic waste trade from developed to developing countries, a visual display by Katherine Gingras-Leduc
2:00 p.m.
- Climate change across disciplines, moderated by Damon Matthews with guests: Alain Cuerrier, Sonya Stoeva & Dimo Ivanov, Marjorie Beaucage, and Milton Riaño
4:15 p.m.
- Closing for the day
Tuesday, March 14
10:00 a.m.
- Biodiversity, conservation and reintroduction: Capuchin monkeys and their ecosystems in Brazil, a workshop with Renata Ferreira
1:00 p.m.
- Westcoast rainforest activist movements, with Kathy Code, Jessie Demers, Rainbow Eyes, Bill Jones, Nancy Turner, and Rita Wong
3:00 p.m.
- Closing for the day
Wednesday, March 13
10:00 a.m.
- Pollinator mythbusting 101, a workshop with Eva Bliss, Joseph Collier, Mireya Palacios Jimenez, Katharina Le Juge De Segrais, Camilia Loignon-Gagnon, and Louise Van Oel
11:00 a.m.
- Climate change’s impact on developing countries’ food security and the continued use of pollutant farming techniques and rice production, a visual display by Yi-Wen Lin
11:45 a.m.
- Sustainability in a digital world? Insights from LEADS trainees, with Antoine Lachance, Camilo Alejo Monroy, Graham Clyne, and Fateme Salemi
2:00 p.m.
- Climate Geopardy, with Brogan Stewart and the Climate Emergency Committee
4:00 p.m.
- Towards a more internationally equitable science, a keynote address with Rassim Khelifa
5:00 p.m.
- Closing for the day
10:00 a.m.
- Interactions between insects and plants in a changing world, with Sabina Noor, Noa Davidai, Mahsa Hakimara, and Dana Martin
11:15 a.m.
- Forgotten spaces, with Emma Despland, Liz Miller, Amy Poteete, and Carly Ziter
1:15 p.m.
- Issues in urban / suburban biodiversity studies, with Nicole Yu, Michael Paulauskas, Paul Savary, Dalia Assi, and Caroline Lesage
2:45 p.m.
- Issues in biodiversity conservation, with Jennifer Donnini, Jochen Jaeger, and Jonathan Cole
4:00 p.m.
- Towards a more internationally equitable science, a keynote address with Rassim Khelifa
5:00 p.m.
- Closing for the day
Thursday, March 16
10:00 a.m.
- Playing in the dirt, a workshop with Andrée Tremblay
10:45 a.m.
- Sustainable eco-façade through interactive eco-didactic engagements in public space, a visual display by Negarsadat Rahimi and Burcu Olgen
- Beyond Norse America: Fieldwork and preliminary work at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, visual display by Charlotte Whyte
11:30 a.m.
- Biodiversity and nature at Concordia and beyond, a series of two workshops with Jackie Martin and Marc-Antoine Poulin
12:30 p.m.
- Sustainable eco-façade through interactive eco-didactic engagements in urban space, a visual display by Negarsadat Rahimi and Burcu Olgen
- Beyond Norse America: Fieldwork and preliminary work at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, visual display by Charlotte Whyte
1:30 p.m.
- Discussion of Deep time walk, with Matthias Fritsch, Otsitsaken:ra Charles Patton, Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin, Ursula Eicker, Liz Miller, and Damon Matthews
3:00 p.m.
- Careers in Sustainability panel in the MB building
10:00 a.m.
- Current topics in sustainability science, with Niloofar Tavakoly Nabavy, David Toro, Pramila Choudhary, Michelle Faerstein, Faye Xiaoxiao Sun, Alana-Dawn Phillips, Alessia Poltronetti, Claire Cazorla, Stéfanie Larose, Harvin Bhathal, Mikaela Gerwing, Yassmine Boctor-Moghaddam, Manon Raby, Jasmine Sihra, Joeli A. Plakholm, Rachel Weissfelner, Valérie Bolduc, and Ryan Collins
1:30 p.m.
- Issues in biodiversity and justice, with Brogan Stewart, Kyleisha Foote, Stephanie Eccles, and Nikolas Harrison
3:15 p.m.
- Careers in sustainability, with Hawa Keita, Sophie Cardinal-Roy, and Arrien Weeks
4:30 p.m.
- COP 15 outcomes: What can we do to support biodiversity conservation globally? with Emma Despland, Sarah Turner, Rebecca Tittler, and Leila Vaziri
5:30 p.m.
- Closing for the day
Friday, March 17
10:15 a.m.
- Honours research in sustainability, with Liv Aspden, Nicolas Chevalier, Frédérique Hébert-Mondragon, Juliette Lebold, Emilie Girard, and Catherine Rokakis in Room C
10:30 a.m.
- Issues in sustainability policy and governance, with Ugonna Maduabuchi, Brian J. Isaac, and Haddie Winters
11:30 a.m.
- Late Holocene Paleo fire reconstruction of L’Anse aux Meadow, a visual exhibition by George Drummond
- Multiple international environmental agreements: An alternative approach to tackle climate changes, a visual exhibition by Olha Hnatyshyn
11:45 a.m.
- Fly less Concordia, with Sébastien Caquard and Cassandra Lamontagne
2:00 p.m.
- Managing collaboration in fisheries: Evidence from the Gulf of Maine, with Owen Temby, Dongkyu Kim, Gordon Hickey, and Evelyn Roozee
3:15 p.m.
- Keynote address: Eliane Ubalijoro
4:15 p.m.
- Closing
Special thanks
This event is brought to you by:
- Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability
- Loyola Sustainability Research Centre
- 4TH SPACE
With the support of:
- Office of the Vice-President, Research, Innovation & Impact
- Leadership in Environmental and Digital innovation for Sustainability (LEADS) NSERC CREATE program
- Research and Graduate Studies
- Office of Sustainability
- Science College
- School of Community and Public Affairs and First Peoples Studies
- Department of Biology
- Department of Communication Studies
- Department of Geography, Planning and Environment
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Sociology and Anthropology
- Elastic Spaces SSHRC Connection funded project
- Thinking Allowed
This conference is certified platinum under the Concordia’s Sustainable Event Certification program, and will contribute to the Concordia's Sustainability Action Plan by increasing the visibility of sustainability research at Concordia.
Territorial acknowledgement
Concordia University and most of the participants in this event will be located in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), on the unceded lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, one of the founding nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. If you are not in Tiohtià:ke, you can find out whose land you are on.
