2013 WINTER SEMESTER SCHEDULE

Date

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

Location

Jan 18th

Rose Redfield

UBC

The origins of life, social media and the #arseniclife debacle

Canfor Theatre (Jointly hosted with CMBIG)

Jan 25th

Brad Hawkes

Canadian Forest Service

Response of Southwest Yukon Forests to Spruce Beetle

7-158

Feb 1st

Philip Jessop

Queen's University

CO₂-Triggered Switchable Solvents and Surfactants

7-158

Feb 8th

Kathreen Ruckstuhl

University of Calgary

Applying Social Network Theory to Wildlife

7-158 (Sponsored by UNBC TWS Student Chapter)

Feb 15th

John Pineau

Canadian Institute of Forestry

Sustainable Forest Management In Canada - A Brief Overview

7-158

Feb 22nd - Reading Week - No Colloquium

Mar 1st

Sonja Ostertag

UNBC

A community-based approach to assessing the risk of mercury toxicity in beluga whales from the western Canadian Arctic

7-158

Mar 8th

Hugo Asselin

UQAT

Links between biological and cultural diversity in the Canadian boreal forest

7-158

Mar 14th

Rick Cunjak

University of New Brunswick

The response of Atlantic salmon to extreme warming in rivers

6-213 (Canfor)
Peace Williston Lecture; Reception to follow in 6-205/211

Mar 15th

Peter Lee

Executive Director of Global Forest Watch Canada

Industrial Land Uses and Changes in the Peace Region of NE BC

Weldwood Theatre (7-238)

Mar 15th 7:00pm

Karsten Heuer with Invited Speakers

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Protected or in Peril? The Peace River Break in the Canadian Rockies

Weldwood Theatre 7-238

Mar 22nd

Asa Rennermalm

Rutgers University

Greenland ice sheet meltdown: A perspective from the ground

7-158

Mar 29th - Good Friday - No Colloquium

Apr 5th

Panel Discussion: Wade Davis, Paul Michel, Gerry Thiessen

National Geographic, UNBC, Mayor of Vanderhoof

Maintaining Environmental, Cultural, & Community Values & Opportunities on a Changing Landscape

Canfor Theatre 6-213