Dr. John F.H. Thompson: Metals and sustainability – Earth’s Odd Couple | Les métaux et la durabilité – cet étrange couple de la Terre
John F.H. Thompson, PetraScience Consultants Thursday February 21, 2019
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Toxic Algae – a growing threat to Canadians | Les algues toxiques – une menace croissante pour les Canadiens
Toxic algae – a growing threat to Canadians Les algues toxiques – une menace croissante pour les Canadiens Frances Pick, University of Ottawa, Université d'Ottawa
Innovation Prospects for Canada: The Industry Perspective
Panel: Jill Green, Allan F. Miranda, David Ross and Moderator: Satyamoorthy Kabilan Thursday May 2, 2019
Dr. John Smol: The “fierce urgency of now”: Lessons for Canada from the ghosts of climate past | L’urgence féroce du moment présent: Leçons pour le Canada tirées de notre passé climatique
To view highlights from this event, please click here. Dr. John P. Smol, Queen’s University By many measures, the greatest challenge facing humanity today is anthropogenic climate change. Recent opinion […]
Dr. Gary Kobinger: Developing Vaccines for Pandemics – Contrasting the Ebola and COVID-19 experience | La mise au point de vaccins pour lutter contre les pandémies : comparaison de l’expérience vécue avec le virus Ebola et le coronavirus
The current efforts to develop safe and protective vaccines against COVID-19 are unprecedented both in terms of speed and amount of data collected and shared. In response to COVID-19, the world could see the first vaccine to ever be licensed in a time period that may be only one year or so from the time of detection of the target pathogen. This presentation will highlight opportunities and challenges in therapeutic and vaccine research in Canada in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. Elena Bennett: Seeds of a Better Anthropocene | Graines d’un anthropocène prometteur
Creating a sustainable and just future will require a major shift in how humans live in, and interact with, the Earth system. But how this shift will take place and the pathways it will follow, remain vague. In this seminar, Dr. Elena Bennett will discuss efforts to develop a suite of alternative, plausible visions of futures that are socially and ecologically desirable by identifying elements of a Good Anthropocene that already exist and will show how the science of ecosystem services can be used to assess them. Registration Now Open!
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Dr. Volker Gerdts: Better Pandemic Preparedness | Mieux se préparer aux pandémies
Better Pandemic Preparedness – How Canadian science can be ready for future threats Click here to view the presentation. Dr. Volker Gerdts, University of Saskatchewan The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted […]
Dr. M. Anne Naeth: Energy Systems and Land Reclamation | Systèmes énergétiques et réhabilitation des terres
Energy Systems and Land Reclamation: An Environmental Imperative Click here to view the presentation. Dr. M. Anne Naeth, University of Alberta As the human population increases, it urgently requires access […]
Dr. Alexandre Blais: Quantum Computing | l’informatique quantique
The global race towards quantum technologies: Canada's contributions and imminent opportunities Click here to view the presentation. || Cliquez ici pour voir la présentation. Dr. Alexandre Blais, l'Université de Sherbrooke Despite its […]
Dr. Don Lawton: On the path to a net-zero carbon economy: carbon capture, utilization and storage || Vers une économie neutre en carbone : le captage, l’utilisation et le stockage du carbone
On the path to a net-zero carbon economy: carbon capture, utilization and storage Click here to view the presentation. Nous nous excusons sincèrement car il y avait un problème avec l'enregistrement […]
Panel event: Have we entered the sixth mass extinction event? A view from home || La sixième extinction massive a-t-elle commencé? Une perspective locale
Click here to view the presentation. || Cliquez ici pour voir la présentation. Version française ci-dessous Human actions have transformed and destroyed habitats for millennia. With the relentless spread of our […]
Dr. Donna Strickland: Using light to save the planet: Photonics for the environment | La photonique à la rescousse de la planète
Sir John A. Macdonald (SJAM) Building – Room 100 144 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDr. Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo Canada and 194 other countries reached the Paris Agreement, a plan to combat climate change, and are now determining the best strategies to control […]
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