Conferences & lectures

Research that matters

Sustainability, biodiversity, and justice in a time of crisis

Date & time

Monday, March 13, 2023 –
Friday, March 17, 2023 (all day)

Cost

This event is free and open to the public, in person or remotely via Zoom

Organization

Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, Loyola College for Diversity & Sustainability, 4th Space

Contact

Rebecca Tittler

Research that matters conference photo: golden leaves in water

In the rapidly unfolding environmental and humanitarian emergency resulting from climate change and biodiversity loss, our common future depends on researchers across disciplines working together to address the crisis, recognizing that it will not affect all equally and that justice issues are therefore a crucial part of the conversation. With this in mind, on March 13-17, 2023, the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre (LSRC) and Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability (LCDS) will collaborated with Concordia's 4TH SPACE to host a cross-disciplinary sustainability conference on the environmental crisis, entitled Research that matters: Sustainability, biodiversity, and justice in a time of crisis. This hybrid in-person/online event will bring together faculty, students, and the broader community from across Concordia and beyond to share and discuss relevant research from all discilpinary perspectives on both campuses at Concordia.

Concordia University and most of the participants in this event will be located in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), on the unceded lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, one of the founding nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. If you are not in Tiohtià:ke, you can find out whose land you are on here.

See the conference webpage for more information and registration

Research that matters: Sustainability, biodiversity, and justice is brought to you by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability and the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre in collaboration with 4TH SPACE, with the support of the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies; the Leadership in Environmental and Digital innovation for Sustainability (LEADS) NSERC CREATE program; the School of Community and Public Affairs and First Peoples Studies; the Science College; and the Departments of Biology; Communication Studies; Geography, Planning and Environment; Political Science and Sociology and Anthropology; and the Sustainability Action Fund at Concordia University.

This event will contribute to the Sustainability in Research section of Concordia's Sustainability Action Plan by increasing the visibility of sustainability research at Concordia.

Sub-event(s):

Spotlight on marginalized voices for sustainability
March 13, 2023, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Forest breath
March 13, 2023, 1 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Waste management and plastic waste trade from developed to developing countries
March 13, 2023 (all day)
Climate change across disciplines
March 13, 2023, 2 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Biodiversity, conservation and reintroduction: Capuchin monkeys and their ecosystems in Brazil
March 14, 2023, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Westcoast rainforest activist movements
March 14, 2023, 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Pollinator mythbusting 101
March 15, 2023, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Interactions between insects and plants in a changing world
March 15, 2023, 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Forgotten green spaces of Montreal
March 15, 2023, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Sustainability in a digital world? Insights from LEADS trainees
March 15, 2023, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Issues in urban / suburban biodversity studies
March 15, 2023, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
The Climate Emergency Committee presents Climate Geopardy
March 15, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Issues in biodiversity conservation
March 15, 2023, 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Towards a more internationally equitable science
March 15, 2023, 4 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Current topics in sustainability science
March 16, 2023, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Playing in the dirt
March 16, 2023, 10 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Deep time walk
March 16, 2023, 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Biodiversity and nature at Concordia and beyond
March 16, 2023, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sustainable eco-façade through interactive eco-didactic engagements in urban space
March 16, 2023 (all day)
Issues in biodiversity and justice
March 16, 2023, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Beyond Norse America: Fieldwork and preliminary work at L’Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland
March 16, 2023 (all day)
Careers in sustainability
March 16, 2023, 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Honours research in sustainability
March 17, 2023, 10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Issues in sustainability policy and governance
March 17, 2023, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fly less Concordia
March 17, 2023, 11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Late Holocene Paleo fire reconstruction of L’Anse aux Meadow
March 17, 2023 (all day)
Managing collaboration in fisheries
March 17, 2023, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Multiple international environmental agreements
March 17, 2023 (all day)

Participants are expected to treat each other with consideration and respect. For the detailed code of conduct, click here.

Events