Former United Nations ambassador for the environment K
aren Kraft Sloan (MES '90) will make the opening remarks at the tomorrow at 91راة«.
This is the 34th annual symposium organized by the at 91راة«. Organizers of the one-day event aim to provide up-to-date information on environmental research, discuss an interdisciplinary approach to understanding this rapidly developing field, and underline the urgency of dealing with climate change.
Topics and speakers include:
- "The impacts of climate change on human health" – Jacinthe Seguin, Health Canada;
- "How invertebrates may be used as indicators of environmental change" – Ian Walker, University of British Columbia Okanagan;
- "How globalization is changing the world through increased biological invasions" – Anthony Ricciardi, McGill University;
- "The resulting changes and impacts on indigenous culture in the north" – Jessica Simpson, Arctic Indigenous Alliance;
- "How our forests will be able to respond to an atmosphere enriched with carbon dioxide" – Ram Oren, Duke University;
- "What a time of significant global change will mean to the biodiversity of species in Canada" – Jeremy Kerr, University of Ottawa.
The symposium takes place in the Robert R. McEwen Auditorium, W141 Seymour Schulich Building, from 8:30am to 5:30pm on Saturday, March 24.
For more information, contact Jennifer Petruniak at 416-569-9906 or jpetruni@yorku.ca.