Critical Climate Week: The Climate/Biodiversity Feedback Loop Shaping Our Future
Description
Join Ontario Tech University's third annual Critical Climate Week!
This year, the focus is on Biodiversity in a Changing Climate. Join us for an engaging online panel where scholarly experts will discuss the positive feedback loop of climate change and biodiversity loss, and how it affects us globally, regionally, and right here in Oshawa, Ontario.
Moderated by Dr. Peter Stoett, Professor of International Relations and Environmental Governance, Ontario Tech University
Lineup
Alejandro Ordonez
Associate Professor and Head of the Section of Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Aarhus University; Member of the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel; Co-chair of the IPBES Task Force on Scenarios and Models Global-change ecologist and macroecologist whose research integrates ecoinformatics, macroecology, climatology, and invasion ecology. He aims to understand and forecast how ecosystems respond to climate change, biodiversity loss, and invasive species across large spatial and temporal scales.
Dr. Andrea Kirkwood
Professor of Biological Science, Ontario Tech University Principal Investigator of the CLEAR research group, which focuses on the impacts of human activities, including climate change, on freshwater ecosystems.
Dr. Nicholas Mandrak
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough Developed and leads a professional Master’s program in Conservation. His lab conducts research on the biodiversity and conservation of freshwater fishes, particularly endangered and invasive species, in Canada and South Africa.
Isabel Savransky
Sustainability Planner, Ontario Tech University; Master of Environmental Science Candidate, University of Toronto Scarborough Oversees sustainability planning, reporting, engagement, and implementation at Ontario Tech University. Background in wildlife conservation, rehabilitation, and sustainability communications.
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