River Symposium “Ways of Knowing” | October 26-27, 2022

Schedule

Event Program
Decorative

Day 1: In-Person at the Ramada Inn, Cornwall
Wednesday, October 26th

Watch Day 1 Online
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08:45 - 08:55 EST

Opening

Henry Lickers, Canadian Commissioner, International Joint Commission
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08:55 - 09:00 EST

Welcome

Jeff Ridal, PhD, Executive Director, River Institute

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09:00 - 09:50 EST

Ways of Knowing – “Different Strokes for Different Folks”

Henry Lickers, Canadian Commissioner, International Joint Commission
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09:50 - 10:00 EST

Break

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10:00 - 11:00 EST

Session 1: It’s all connected – Part 1

Session Chair: Kayla Sunday

Indigenous Knowledge Perspective: Gifts from the Waters and Reciprocity – Kahté:raks, Quinney-Goodleaf
A Holistic Approach to Assessing Fish Population Health Along the St. Lawrence River and Bay of Quinte Using eDNA and Indigenous Knowledge – Stafford Maracle
The St. Lawrence River Strategy – Emilie DeRochie and Britney Bourdages
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11:00 - 11:10 EST

Break

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11:10 - 12:10 EST

Linking the Micro and Macro

Session Chair: Elizabeth Grater

Biological and Photochemical Reactivity of Dissolved Organic Matter in the St. Lawrence River – Elizabeth Grater
Temporal Variations of Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations in Rivers: Can Land Use Explain Regional Variability? – Jade Dormoy-Boulanger
Microbiome Profile of the St. Lawrence River and its Relationship with Physicochemical Properties – Maria Pelusi and Kelsey Cullen
Tracking Urban and Agricultural Inputs of E. coli in the St. Lawrence River Aboard the Lampsilis Research Vessel – Silvia Rodriguez
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12:10 - 13:10 EST

Lunch Break

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13:10 - 14:00 EST

Learning from Under the Surface

Jerome Marty, PhD, Executive Director, IAGLR & Jean-Louis Courteau, Experienced diver and accomplished painter
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14:00 - 14:10 EST

Break

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14:10 - 15:00 EST

Session 3: Nature Narratives

Session Chair: Stephany Hildebrand

Mixed Media Project with a Short Story-Telling: Linking Art with a Collective Awareness of Belonging to Mother Nature – Yafa Goawily
Pleasures and Perils of Life as an Unemployable Nomadic Peasant Scholars: the Energy East Pipeline – Fred Schueler, PhD and Aleta Karstad
An Artist’s Elegy for the Enigmatic American Eel – Beth Shepherd
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15:00 - 15:10 EST

Break

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15:10 - 16:20 EST

Session 4: At the Cutting-Edge

Session Chair: Matt Windle

Breeding Phenology of a Threatened Frog Species Using eDNA and Automatic Acoustic Monitoring – Orianne Tournayre, PhD
Development and Validation of 12 Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays for Invasive Species Detection in Eastern Ontario – Haolun Tian and James Liu
Environmental Heterogeneity Modulates Intraspecific Variation in the Diet and Specialization of an Aquatic Invader – Cristina Charette
Determining the “Success” of Aquatic Habitat Restoration Efforts in an Urban River – Jessica Reid
Using Cutting Edge Science to Monitor Fish and Habitats in the St. Lawrence River– Matt Windle
Decorative

Day 2: Online
Thursday, October 27th

Watch Day 2 Online
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08:40 - 08:45 EST

Welcome

Jeff Ridal, PhD, Executive Director, River Institute
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08:45 - 09:45 EST

Session 5: Diving into Citizen Science

Session Chair: Laura Gilbert

The Business Case for Community-Based Water Monitoring – Gabrielle Parent-Doliner
Canadian Bat Box Study – Bailey Bedard
Watershed Health Assessment and Monitoring Initiative: Including Citizen Science when Assessing River Health – Larissa Holman
Data Stream – An Open-Access Tool to Support Community Science and Data Sharing – Cristina Cismasu
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09:45 - 09:50 EST

Break

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9:50 - 10:50 EST

Session 6: It’s all connected – Part 2

Session Chair: Yanik Rozon

Karhá:kon, Kahentowánon, tânon Atsá:kta, In the Forest, the Field, and by the Waters: Creating a Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabeg Ethnobotanical Map and Field Guide to Southern Ontario – Jessica Dolan, PhD
Swimming Upstream: Using Augmented Reality to Reveal Fish in the Cataraqui River – Laura Murray, PhD
The Restoration of Clan Species and Conservation of Freshwater River Ecosystems that Includes Haudenosaunee Traditional Ecological Knowledge – Valerie Goodness, PhD
Connecting with the Community: The Quest for Transformative Change Through Social Engagement – Yanik Rozon
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10:50 - 11:00 EST

Break

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11:00 - 11:50 EST

Beautiful Teachings of Nikentsiá:ke

Jessica L. Jock, Remediation and Restoration Program Manager, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Environment Division
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11:50 - 13:00 EST

Lunch Break

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13:00 - 13:05 EST

Welcome Back

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13:05 - 13:55 EST

Becoming an ‘Amateur’: Love as a Route to Knowledge as we Learn with the St. Lawrence

Kathleen Vaughan, PhD, Professor of Art Education and Concordia University Research Chair in Art + Education for Sustainable Futures
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13:55 - 14:00 EST

Break

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14:00 - 14:50 EST

Session 7: Responding to change

Session Chair: Mackenzie Wylie-Arbic

Small Fish Making a Big Difference: Temporal and Spatial Trends of the Round Goby Invasion in the Upper St. Lawrence River – Mackenzie Wylie-Arbic and Cristina Charette
Native and Invasive Freshwater Snails in the St. Lawrence River Watershed – David Bruce Conn, PhD
Establishing an Integrated Amphibian Diversity Monitoring Toolset Along the St. Lawrence River – Bojian Chen, PhD
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14:50 - 15:00 EST

Break

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15:00 - 16:35 EST

Session 8: Inspiring the Next Generation

Session Chair: Emilie DeRochie

Biomimicry: Tapping into Nature’s Genius to Design Regenerative Solutions – Danielle Delhaes
Lessons Learning as an Environmental Educator and Social Science Researcher – Diz Glithero, PhD
Learning Through Doing: How Environmental Education Can Inspire the Next Generation – Cristina Charrette, Lexy Harquail and Alanna Akkermans
Lenses on the Land: Empowering the Younger Generation to Reflect on their Experiences with the Local Landscape – Kirsten Martin, PhD and Joshua Anderson, PhD
Bold Climate Action: Schools as Centers of Inspiration and Innovation for Multi-Generational Learning and Action – Michèle Andrews
The Evolution Revolution – Todd Royer
The Great River Rapport Inspiring Change: The Change Maker Series – Emilie DeRochie
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16:35 EST

Closing

Travis Cole, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne