Conferences & lectures

Finding hope in current topics in sustainability

Part of the Hope and Agency in Uncertain Times conference

Date & time

Monday, March 11, 2024
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Speaker(s)

Breanna Lynn Byrd, Sarah Kelsi Maya Carroll, Ryan Collins,Ken Downe, Annabel Durr; Babatunde Akinlagun Fafunwa, Frédérique Ashley Hébert-Mondragon, Amirhossein Kardaniyazd, Parneet Kaur, Vattharya Ker, Aspen Murray, Ariane Peroni, Kyra Olivia Pompeo, Olivia Ashley Spatolisano, Julie St. Onge, and Nicole Yu

Cost

This event is free and open to the public in person and online

Organization

Loyola Sustainability Research Centre and Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability

Contact

Rebecca Tittler

Where

J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
4TH SPACE

Accessible location

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In this session, students will present succinct arguments related to sustainability and environmental science / studies, with an eye to providing scientifically valid reasons for hope. Join us for 3-minute thesis-style presentations on a wide variety of cutting-edge topics. This interdisciplinary session includes unedrgraduate and graduate students from the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Departments of Biology; Sociology and Anthropology; and Geography, Planning and Environment.

Presenters: Breanna Lynn Byrd, Sarah Kelsi Maya Carroll, Ryan Collins,Ken Downe, Annabel Durr, Babatunde Akinlagun Fafunwa, Frédérique Ashley Hébert-Mondragon, Amirhossein Kardaniyazd, Parneet Kaur, Vattharya Ker, Aspen Murray, Ariane Peroni, Kyra Olivia Pompeo, Olivia Ashley Spatolisano, Julie St. Onge, Nicole Yu, and Athena Tsilimigakis, Love Benedict Mbata, Maya Oliva-Kreysa, and Pramila Choudhary.

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This event is brought to you by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre in collaboration with 4TH SPACE, with the support of the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies; the School of Community and Public Affairs and First Peoples Studies; the Science College; and the Departments of Biology; Communication Studies; Geography, Planning and Environment; and Political Science at Concordia University.

This event will contribute to the Sustainability in Research section of Concordia's Sustainability Action Plan by increasing the visibility of sustainability research at Concordia.

This event is part of:

Hope and agency in uncertain times