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Environmental Science Seminar Series
Environmental Science is a broad, interdisciplinary field that attempts to understand and solve environmental problems, integrating the diversity of elements involved, including: biology, natural resource sciences, geography, politics, history, philosophy, economics, mathematics, geology, tourism, sociology, anthropology, journalism, chemistry, physics, and education. Seminars are on Thursdays from 4 to 4:50 p.m. in S203, unless otherwise indicated. Everyone is welcome!
You may also be interested in another seminar series, the Faculty of Science seminars.
Schedule for Fall 2019
Thursdays from 4 to 4:50 p.m. in S203
Also view the seminar abstracts
| Date | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 26 | Dr. Kristen Hannam (Agriculture & Agrifood Canada, Summerland) |
Climate, crops, soil – How might climate change alter the crops we grow and the soils in which we grow them? |
| October 3 | Laura Ploughe (TRU) | Global change and the impact on plant communities and ecosystem processes |
| October 10 | Dr. Lisa Zabek (Ministry of Agriculture) | Silvopasture & sustainability: What, why and where |
| October 17 | Dr. Guus Bakkeren (Agriculture & Agrifood Canada, Summerland) | Approaches to effectively use pathogenomics for wheat crop protection against rusts |
| October 24 | Andy Derocher (University of Alberta) | Climate change and polar bear life history vulnerabilities |
| October 31 | James Cahill (University of Alberta) | Notes from underground: A behavioural perspective of plant foraging |
| November 7 | Moro Akin-Fajiye (TRU) | Factors affecting the invasion of spotted knapweed in Northeastern USA |
| November 14 | Jabed Tomal (TRU), and Jan Ciborowski (University of Calgary) | Environmental monitoring: Developing bioindicators of environmental condition and recovery from degradation |
| November 21 | John Woods (Parks Canada) | Echoes of the Ice Age: Diversity in BC’s Canada Jays |