!!!!!!!12th!Annual!Earth!Day!Colloquium!

Thursday!April!9th,!2015!!Physics!and!Astronomy!Atrium!!!!!!

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Schedule!Overview!(see!page!2!and!3!for!presenter!list)!

9:00!–!9:30am! Registration!!

9:30!–!10:15am! Invited!Speaker!#1:!P&A!Room!148!Sujane!Kandasamy,!coBfounder!of!The$Starfish$Canada,!a!youthBbased!environmental!advocacy!group!

10:15!–!10:30am! Coffee!break!

10:30!–!11:15am! Session!1A:!P&A!Room!106!–!15!min!talks!Session!1B:!P&A!Room!148!–!15!min!talks!

11:20!–!11:50am! Session!2:!P&A!Room!148!!B!speed!talks!(5!min)!

12:00!–!1:30pm! LUNCH!and!Poster!Session:!P&A!Atrium!

1:30!–!2:15pm! Invited!Speaker!#2:!P&A!Room!148!Mary!Muter,!Chair!of!Sierra$Club$Canada’s!Great!Lakes!Section!

2:20!–!3:05pm! Session!3A:!P&A!Room!117!–!15!min!talks!Session!3B:!P&A!Room!148!–!15!min!talks!

3:15!–!4:00pm! Invited!Speaker!#3:!P&A!Room!148!Sybil!Taylor!from!Steam$Whistle$Brewing!!

4:30!–!6:00pm! KEYNOTE!SPEAKER:!Natural!Science!Room!145!John!Dunn,!wilderness!photographer!and!arctic!explorer!

After!keynote! Reception:!Grad!Club,!Middlesex!College!Bldg!!

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Student!Presenter!List!

Session!1A:!P&A!Room!106!–!15!min!talks!10:30!–!11:15!am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Impacts!on!Biodiversity!

10:30am! Paul!George![!Quality!over!quantity:!The!importance!of!functional!traits!within!the!context!of!biodiversity!

10:45am! Nicholas!Harris![!The!Response!of!Antarctic!Hair!Grass!(Deschampsia*antarctica)!to!elevated!temperature!and!atmospheric!CO2

11:00am! Andrea!Boyer![!Effects!of!Recurrent!Inclement!Winter!Weather!Cues!on!WhiteBThroated!Sparrows!(Zonotrichia*albicollis)!!

!Session!1B:!P&A!Room!148!–!15!min!talks!10:30!–!11:15am!!!!!!!!!!!!!A!Closer!Look!at!Waste!in!our!Society!

10:30am! Anika!Ballent![!Microplastic!accumulation!in!Lake!Ontario!beach!and!bottom!sediments,!North!America!

10:45am! Tarek!Rashwan![!SelfBsustaining!Smouldering!as!an!Energy!Efficient!Alternative!for!Managing!Biosolids!

11:00am! Vi!Bui,!Holly!Stover,!Rebecca!Solinger,!Dimuth!Kurukulaarachchi!!B!A!look!in!your!garbage:!Evaluating!consumer!awareness!of!coffee!cup!recycling!on!Western!campus!

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11:20!–!11:50am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Session!2:!P&A!Room!148!!B!speed!talks!(5!min)!

11:20am! Natalie!Schott![!Environmental!Assessment!practitioner!guidelines:!a!method!to!overcome!regulatory!boundaries!in!the!field!of!climate!change!

11:25am! Jing!Tian![!Carbon!storage!in!and!beneath!a!British!peatland

11:30am! Proceedings*from*the*E&S*Multidisciplinary*Panel*Series!11:35am! Discussion!!Session!3A:!P&A!Room!117!–!15!min!talks!2:20!–!3:05!pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Aquatic!Ecosystems!

2:20pm! Rebecca!Doyle![!C!and!N!characteristics!of!terrestrial!and!aquatic!sources!for!Uinta!Mountain!(Utah)!lake!sediments

2:35pm! Nikita!Edgar!–!The!impact!of!urban!environments!on!Hg!contamination!of!local!aquatic!ecosystems!using!Orconectes*propinquus!as!a!bioindicator!species!

2:50pm! Mike!Thorn!and!Jeremy!Grimstead![!Introduced!vs.!Invasive:!True!Difference!or!a!Matter!of!Semantics?!

!Session!3B:!P&A!Room!148!–!15!min!talks!2:20!–!3:05!pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Interdisciplinary!Studies!

2:20pm! Lauren!Gilhooly![!Simian!Malaria!and!Tourism:!Parasite!Prevalence!and!Behavior!of!Macaques!at!the!Human!Interface!

2:35pm! Chad!Walker!and!Emmanuel!Songsore![!Wind!energy!development!in!Ontario:!Challenges!and!opportunities!

2:50pm! Catherine!Dieleman,!Amber!Gall,!Sabina!Rakhimbekova,!Niyomi!Khalid!–!Going!down!the!drain:!Canadian!perspectives!on!freshwater!resources!

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Poster!Session!

12:00!–!1:30!pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!POSTER!SESSION:!P&A!Atrium!! Host!Rock!Setting!and!Timing!of!High[Grade!Gold!Mineralization!in!the!Neoarchean!Central!Hearne!Mo!Asmail!!Comparison!of!Stream!Metabolism!Upstream!and!Downstream!of!a!Municipal!Wastewater!Lagoon!Discharge!Chris!Chesworth!!Assessment!of!Corrosion!Behaviour!of!Ni[Cr[Mo!Alloys!Using!Electrochemical!and!Surface!Analytical!Te!Nafiseh!Ebrahimi!!An!Evaluation!of!Regional!Geochemistry!in!Kirkland!Lake:!Towards!a!New!Gold!Exploration!Model!Kathy!Feick!!Radiolytic!Corrosion!of!Copper!Nuclear!Waste!Containers!under!Deep!Geologic!Repository!Conditions!Balsam!Ibrahim!!!Multiple!Methods!to!Quantify!Groundwater!Discharge!Along!Great!Lake!Shorelines!Tao!Ji!!Integrated!Geochemical!Fingerprinting!of!Uranium!Deposits!for!Sustainable!Exploration!&!Development!Thasan!Kandasamy!!Effect!of!Chloride!and!Various!Anions!on!the!Mechanism!of!Copper!Sulphide!Film!Growth!Taylor!Martino!!Large!Area!SEM!Imaging!and!Nano[Scale!HRTEM!Studies!to!Enhance!Mineral!Exploration!Efficiency!Dirk!Schumann!!Quantifying!Evapotranspiration!of!Green!Roofs!in!Three!Canadian!Cities!Maria!Eloisa!Sia!!Stormwater!Attenuation!by!Green!Roofs!Andrew!Sims!!Constraining!Gold!Mineralization!Sources!Between!the!South!Mine!Complex!and!the!Main/’04!Breaks!Liana!Stammers!!Trace!Element!Content!and!Speciation!in!Gold[bearing!Pyrite!Grains:!!Characterizing!“Invisible”!Gold!in!the!Dome!Mine!Ankerite!Veins,!Timmins,!Ontario!Jessica!Stromberg!!Transport!of!E.!coli!During!Intensified!Wave!Conditions!Laura!Vogel!

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