PROGRAM
2020 Virtual Conference PROGRAM
The conference registration package gives you full access to all 6 weeks of live digital conference presentations. Plus you will receive access to all recorded content for 3 months following the event!
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Once you have registered you will receive an email at least 24 hours before each session with instructions on how to log in to the online event.
SESSION 1
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
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PANEL DISCUSSION:
LAKE HURON'S WATER LEVELS
PANEL DISCUSSION: 3pm - 5pm
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Moderator:
Patrick Donnelly, Founder, Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
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PANELISTS:
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Lake Huron water levels: where they have been, where they are now and where they are going in the future
Dr. Frank Seglenieks, Water Resources Engineer, Environment & Climate Change Canada
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Drivers of Recent and Historical Water Level Variability Across the Great Lakes
Dr. Andrew Gronewold, Associate Professor, University of Michigan
Erosion: A necessary part of the coastal process
Stephen Jackson, Flood & Erosion Safety Services Coordinator, Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
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Sand Beaches: Naturally Resilient, Managed or Not!
Dr. Mary-Louise Byrne, P.Geo., Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
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SESSION 2
TUESDAY, October 6
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SPEAKER SERIES:
Lake Huron: Past Present & Future
SPEAKER SERIES: 6pm - 8pm
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SPEAKERS:
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The Rich Trade History of the Lake Huron Coast
Jenna McGuire, Culture Keeper, Historic Saugeen Métis
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Dark Matters on the Huron Shore
Tanya Berkers, Market Development Specialist, Ontario Parks
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Hitting Lake Bottom: What do the underwater contours tell us about Lake Huron?
Patrick Donnelly, Founder, Coastal Science & Stewardship Advisor, Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation
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Canada’s plan for the safe, long term management of used nuclear fuel: Developing a community driven environmental monitoring program
Joanne Jacyk, Section Manager, Environmental Assessment, Nuclear Waste Management Organization
SESSION 3
TUESDAY, October 13
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SPEAKER SERIES:
Partnerships & Planning
SPEAKER SERIES: 1PM - 3PM
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SPEAKERS:
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Lake Huron Lakewide Action and Management Plan - LAMP 101
Paul A. Parete, Great Lakes Ecosystem Management Section, Strategic Policy Branch, Environment and Climate Change Canada
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Healthy Lake Huron, A Model for Improving Water Quality in the Great Lakes
Ted Briggs, Great Lakes Advisor, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
& Jacqui Empson-Laporte, Environmental Specialist, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
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Effective Ideas for Indigenous Community-Based Participation in Resource Management
Gary Pritchard, Manager, Environment & Climate Change, Cambium Aboriginal
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Lake Huron Forever: Two Shores, One Water
Samantha Nellis, Watershed Planner, Huron Pines
& Barry Randall, Managing Director, Grey Bruce Sustainability Network
SESSION 4
TUESDAY, October 20
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SPEAKER SERIES:
Biodiversity & Invasive Species
SPEAKER SERIES: 6pm - 8pm
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SPEAKERS:
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Preventing An Invasion…the New Reality. Invasive Species, Climate Change and the Work of the GLFC
Greg McClinchey, BA, MPM, Legislative Liaison, Great Lakes Fishery Commission
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Recognizing and Controlling Local Non-Native Invasive Plants
Lynn Short, Professor in Horticulture/Environmental Stewardship Coordinator, Humber College/ Humber Arboretum
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Population losses of gulls, terns, and cormorants in Lake Huron after the regime shift of 2003-2004: consequences of the shift to a benthic-dominated large-lake ecosystem and loses of prey in the water column.
Dr. Jim P. Ludwig, Ecotoxicologist, Retired, Former owner of Ecological Research Services Inc. and Science, Ecological Research and Education Inc. Consulting Groups
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Hog-nosed snakes and the function of coastal and nearshore systems
Marcus Maddalena, County Biologist / Stewardship Coordinator, County of Huron / Huron Stewardship Council
SESSION 5
TUESDAY, October 27
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SPEAKER SERIES:
Lake Huron's Plastic Problem
SPEAKER SERIES: 6pm - 8pm
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SPEAKERS:
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Drummond Island to Penetanguishene: A Father/Daughter tandem SUP pilgrimage across Lake Huron for microplastics research
Scott & Acadia Parent, Explorer/ Photographer/ Standup Paddleboard Guide
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Getting to the Bottom of Microplastics: The Persistence of Microplastics in Offshore Benthic Sediments of Lake Huron
Sara Belontz, PhD Candidate, Department of Earth Sciences, Western University
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​A cleanup initiative: Seabins in the Great Lakes
Cassandra Sherlock, Community Outreach and Research Specialist, U of T Trash Team
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​The Pollution of the Great Lakes with Plastic Pellets
Dr. Patricia Corcoran, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences, Western University
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What Citizen Science Can Tell Us About Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes
Tanya Otero, Assistant Manager, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
SESSION 6
TUESDAY, November 3
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SPEAKER SERIES:
Protecting 20% of the world's freshwater - Water quality & restoration work on Lake Huron
SPEAKER SERIES: 1-3PM
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SPEAKERS:
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The perplexing contrast between water quality concerns at the shoreline and the open waters of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay
Todd Howell, Great Lakes Ecologist, Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
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​The unseen source: impact of groundwater-lake interactions on nutrient and fecal contaminants in nearshore waters
Dr. Clare Robinson, Associate Professor, Western University
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​Rehabilitating Coastal Habitat in Severn Sound
Michelle Hudolin, Wetlands & Habitat Biologist, Severn Sound Environmental Association
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​Together with Giigoonyag - Saugeen Ojibway Nation Fisheries Assessment Program
Ryan Lauzon, Fisheries Assessment Biologist, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
& Alexander Duncan (MScF), Fisheries Research Coordinator, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation
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