Date & time
Friday, March 21, 2025
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
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Nature connections: Exploring relational values of nature through art on Loyola Campus
A workshop
Cost
This event is free and open to the public
Organization
Loyola College for Diversity & Sustainability & Sustainability Research Centre
Contact
Where
Loyola Jesuit Hall and Conference Centre
7141 Sherbrooke W.
Accessible location
Yes
This participatory workshop aims to illustrate relational values of nature by inviting participants to connect with nature and to illustrate their connection with the artistic method of their choice (short text, illustration, crochet, etc.). Participants will have 30 minutes to learn about relational values, discuss, and illustrate their connection to nature before going outside on Loyola campus and hanging their artistic creation on a campus tree (or the nature patch of their choice) for all the student population to see.
About the workshop facilitators
Sarah Chamberland-Fontaine is a PhD student in the Department of Biology. She is interested in socio-ecological systems, particularly where they overlap with biodiversity conservation. Her PhD research will focus on community preferences and management of urban nature using an interdisciplinary approach, combining urban ecology and human geography.
Bella Richmond is a PhD stuents in the Department of Biology. Bella is interested in the generation and distribution of ecosystem services provided by urban trees. She grew up in Southwestern Ontario, where climbing trees provided her countless hours of childhood entertainment and sparked a passion for urban nature. Her Ph.D. research will focus on determining where and why urban tree ecosystem services exist and are accessed using multi-city and Montréal-specific approaches.
This event is brought to you by the Loyola College for Diversity and Sustainability, the Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, and the Department of Design and Computation Arts in collaboration with 4TH SPACE, with the support of the SOFA Sustainable Fine Arts and Studio Arts Office of the Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Impact, the Office of Sustainability; Career Advising and Professional Services; the School of Community and Public Affairs and First Peoples Studies; the Science College; the Faculty of Fine Arts; and the Departments of Communication Studies; Geography, Planning and Environment; and Political Science 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.
This event is part of:
In.site2 and Sustainability across disciplines