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FALL 2024 SEMINAR SERIES

The SFU School of Environmental Science is pleased to announce the Spring 2024 Seminar Series featuring renowned researchers and scientists on some of the world's most pressing environmental concerns.

SCHEDULE

When:  Every other Tuesday starting September 24th and ending November 19th, 2024.

Refreshments: 2 PM
Seminar:
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Location: ASB 10900, SFU Burnaby Campus (Big Data Hub)

CONTACT

If you have any queries regarding the seminar series or require administrative support, please contact evscadv@sfu.ca. You can also subscribe to the seminar calendar below. 

DATE / LOCATION SPEAKER / TITLE

Tues Sept 24

ASB 10900

Postdoctoral Showcase

Peter Thompson   Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Science, SFU
"Modelling the movement patterns of southern resident killer whales"

Sam Anderson    Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Science, SFU
"Heatwave impacts are broad and deep: Interdisciplinary approaches to understand extreme events"

Max Hurson   Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC
"The flow dynamics of bedrock canyons "

Tues Oct 8

ASB 10900

Julia Carr
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Science, SFU

"The source and fate of boulders in bedrock rivers"

Tues Oct 22

ASB 10900

Visiting Graduate Research Students Session

Marius Clabaux     Université de Bretagne Occidentale - Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, France
"Is bioluminescence a relevant monitoring indicator of mid-trophic prey in the diet of Southern elephant seals?"

Clement Grandidier      Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, France
"An introduction to hooded seal ecology"

Andrea Mendez-Bye     La Rochelle Université, France
"Assessing the effects of climate change on vertical habitat of hooded seals in the North Atlantic"

Tues Nov 5

ASB 10900

Courtney G. Collins
Climate Change Research Ecologist, Future Forest Ecosystems Centre, Ministry of Forests Province of BC
Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Science, SFU

"Disentangling the complex and interacting effects of global change on terrestrial biodiversity"

Tues Nov 19

ASB 10900

Dan Straker
Resilient Waters Project Manager, MakeWay Charitable Society

"Fixing Fraser Floodplains for First Nations, Farms, and Fish"

Spring 2024

DATE / LOCATION SPEAKER / TITLE

Tues Jan 16

ASB 10900

Coastal Marine Science and Management Mini Conference
 

Shahin Dashtgard   Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, SFU
"Geology of the Fraser River Delta"

Brett Van Porten
   Assistant Professor, School of Resources and Environmental Management, SFU
"Decision-making in fisheries management"

Kieran Cox   Liber Ero and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, SFU
"Something Sounds Fishy: Bioacoustics, Habitat Protection, and Policy in the Northeast Pacific"

Tues Jan 30

ASB 10900

Jesse Hahm
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, SFU

"The expansion and contraction of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams: new insights from high-resolution mapping"

Tues Feb 13

ASB 10900

Sean Smukler
Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems at UBC Farm

"Mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions with Natural Climate Solutions for British Columbia Agriculture"

Tues Feb 27

ASB 10900

CANCELLED

Tues Mar 12

ASB 10900

Jessica Pilarczyk
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, SFU

"Coastal sedimentary archives of prehistoric earthquakes and tsunamis"

Tues Mar 26

ASB 10900

Undergraduate Honours Thesis Showcase
 

Yanik Nill  "A comparison of wildfire burn severity assessments across the pyro-ecozones of British Columbia"

Chloe Ross  "Repeat multibeam surveys to quantify sediment transport and bed cover variability in bedrock canyons"

Grace Sabo "Exploring Wildlife Diversity Patterns in Relation to Water Proximity and Forest Structure"  

Helen Wong  "Analysing Microplastic Pollution on Sandy Beaches in the Lower Mainland"