Research Café II Feb. 12, 2013

 “Environmental Sustainability in a Changing Climate”

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, 4:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., Pond Inlet
This is a FREE public event. Light refreshments will be available.

Please RSVP to mapping@brocku.ca OR esrc@brocku.ca

Looking past the thermometer reading on a scorching summer day, the far-reaching impacts of climate change are much greater than expected. The environmental and social repercussions of climate change — the long-term shift in weather conditions — ripple throughout the world challenging present energy needs, food supply, manufacturing processes, business operations, community interactions and day-to-day life that we take for granted.

Brock’s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre (ESRC) is on the front line, nationally and internationally, connecting with industries, communities and government to look for answers and to create strategies to address pressing environmental challenges. The panel will provide a glimpse into the ESRC’s work to facilitate society’s transition to sustainability.

Panel:

Ryan Plummer, Director, ESRC, and Professor, Tourism and Environment
“Pursuing Sustainability in a Complex World: Governance of social-ecological systems”

Julia Baird, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Associate with the ESRC
“Climate Change Adaptation Governance: A social network perspective”

Debbie Inglis, Director, Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI), and Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
“Innovation, Integration, Adaptation: A winning response to climate change for the Ontario grape and wine industry”

Kerrie Pickering, MA Student, Geography, and project manager for the ESRC
“Assessing the adaptive capacity of the Ontario wine industry for climate change adaptation”

Liette Vasseur, Professor, Biological Sciences, and ESRC associate 
“The importance of linking ecosystem to sustainability in resource-based communities: from Ontario to Atlantic Canada”

Sarah Merza, Honours Graduate, Biological Sciences
“The effects of simulated drought and heavy rainfall events on the growth and sexual reproduction of grass-leaved goldenrod”

CALL FOR POSTERS 
The ESRC invites faculty and graduate students from all disciplines to submit poster abstracts on the café theme by Friday, Feb. 1. See more details about ESRC Call for Posters.

Funding for this event was provided in part by the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre.

Mapping the New Knowledges events are presented as a partnership of

• Faculty of Graduate Studies
• Office of Research Services
• Graduate Students’ Association

Before and following the panel presentation, guests will have an opportunity to view research posters and speak with faculty and graduate student researchers about their work.