A Summary of the 1st Annual Environmental Research Symposium
The first annual Dalhousie Environmental Resarch Symposium was a
Success!!!
A Brief
Summary: The first annual Dalhousie University
Environmental Research Symposium was a success in that it brought together
researchers from across campus and other affiliations outside campus to
share their research on issues relating to the environment. In bringing
together various faculties- from earth science to biological engineering
to nursing- the symposium reflected the very interdisciplinary nature of
environmental issues. The symposium gave researchers from the various
disciplines a chance to come together on some of these issues, and plant
the seeds for future collaborations. See the poster
archive for more information on all of the posters submitted.
The keynote address by Alanna Mitchell fit well into this general
theme. As a science journalist and author Mitchell has had a lot of
experience researching environmental issues - from gathering scientific
data to actually interviewing key actors involved with the issue. By
addressing the many facets of environmental issues around the globe today,
Mitchell's experience with environmental research is one that brings
together issues of past and present cultural paradigms as well as the
exisiting science within these paradigms. In presenting environmental
issues from a broad standpoint, Mitchell reflected the complex matrix of
history, culture and science that underlies these issues, and must be
addressed in seeking their resolution. Her speech provided the symposium
with a message that made the coming-together of the researchers all the
more significant.
Event Attendance 200 researchers attended the
poster session 120 people attended the keynote address
Awards The 2005 Senate
Environmental Award is designed to award those individuals or groups for
their achievements in environmental pursuits at Dalhousie university. The
2005 award was given to the organizing committee of the the 1st Annual
Dalhousie Environmental Research Symposium. Dr. Shannon Bard
(Environmental Programmes), Prof. Ray Côté
(School for Resource and Environmental Studies) and Dr. Graham Gagnon
(Facullty of Engineering) have been awarded for their initiative, time and
dedication that made the Environmental Research Symposium a
success.
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