BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.177.157//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240523T004527EDT-2155b4cjTU@132.216.177.157 DTSTAMP:20240523T044527Z DESCRIPTION:NEW DATE! Come celebrate the launch of McGill’s first Biodivers ity Plan on Tuesday\, Sept. 26 from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Y-Inter section just north of the Roddick Gates on the Downtown Campus. Join McGil l experts on guided nature walks\, learn how to identify and document spec ies to support their protection\, and connect with McGill groups and local organizations working on environmental initiatives. As McGill embarks on a collective\, coordinated effort to protect and improve biodiversity\, co me discover how the new Biodiversity Plan will guide university-wide actio ns through to 2030.\n\nBioBlitz: Contribute to Biodiversity Monitoring on Campus\n\n🌿 Get ready to explore the incredible biodiversity around us! Pa rticipate in McGill’s BioBlitz\, happening during the Biodiversity Festiva l\, from Sept. 18 to 26 at the Downtown Campus\, Macdonald Campus\, and Ga ult Nature Reserve. Whether on one of our guided nature walks or on your o wn\, join us in discovering the rich tapestry of life that calls our campu ses home. Learn more here.\n\nGuided Walks and Workshops on Campus\n\n\n Ti me\n \n \n Topic\n \n \n About\n \n \n Organization/Expert\n \n \n Details for Partici pants\n \n \n 9 am – 12 pm\n \n \n Guided Bird Walk on Mount Royal\n \n \n The McGi ll Students’ Birding Club is offering a guided birdwatching walk on Mont-R oyal. Fall migration is underway\, and many migratory birds can be spotted moving through urban greenspaces on their way south!\n \n \n McGill Students ' Birding Club (led by Anthony Zerafa)\n \n \n Meet at the Sir George-Étienne Cartier Monument\, bordering Avenue du Parc on the east side of Parc du M ont-Royal for a departure at 9:00 am. The outing will end on the McGill Do wntown Campus.\n\n Dress for the weather\, bring a filled water bottle\, SP F (if applicable)\, and binoculars (if you have).\n\n More details here.\n \n \n 9:30 – 11 am\n \n \n Intro to Forest Bathing: Walk on Mount Royal\n \n \n Jo in apprentice guide\, Jacky Farrell (McGill Science Outreach)\, for a Shin rin Yoku (Forest Bathing) walk on Mount Royal. Forest Bathing helps us slo w down\, open our senses\, and follow our curiosities.\n \n \n Office of Scie nce Outreach (led by Jacky Farrell)\n \n \n For McGill students. Meet on the front steps of the Education Building (3700 McTavish St.) at 9:20 am to ch eck in.\n\n Space is limited. Registration required by Sept. 25th at noon. \n\n More details here.\n \n \n 12 – 3 pm\n \n \n Collective Art Mural\n \n \n Come add to our collective mural to share your ideas on how we can protect biod iversity as part of the McGill Biodiversity Festival!\n\n Come visit Vitori a Glynn\, PhD candidate in coral reef resilience from 1-2 pm\, and Milton Riaño\, former Artist in Residence from 2-3 pm\, to chat about the connect ions between art and science and see some of their own artwork!\n \n \n Offic e of Science Outreach and STEMM Diversity@McGill\n \n \n Join us in the Redpa th Dell (by the fountain) and tell us what you think!\n\n What does biodive rsity mean to you?\n Why is biodiversity important to you?\n What are some a ctions we can take to protect biodiversity on campus?\n There will be vario us art materials to choose from.\n \n \n 12 – 1 pm\n \n \n Cyanotype Workshop #1 \n \n \n Join us in the sun for a botanical cyanotype workshop. Cyanotype\, s ometimes called sun-print\, is a 19th century photographic process that cr eates a beautiful blueprint using special paper and bright sunshine. Parti cipants will learn about cyanotype and have the chance to create a persona lized print to take home.\n \n \n McGill Library\, Rare Books & Special Colle ctions (led by Jennifer Garland)\n \n \n Meet at the Pollinator Garden outsid e of Burnside Hall (next to the ramp leading to the Otto Maass courtyard). \n\n Space is limited. Registration required by Sept. 25th at noon. \n\n Pap er\, tools\, and instructions will be provided. We will be working in the sun and in the shade\; crouching in the garden\; and washing our prints wi th a hose. Please dress appropriately.\n \n \n 1 – 2 pm\n \n \n Guided Garden Wa lk\n \n \n Join us on a garden tour of the Burnside Hall pollinator patch\, a certified Wildlife-Friendly Habitat since 2018. This garden features a bi odiverse selection of native and introduced herbal and medicinal plants. W e will identify and collect plants together.\n \n \n Led by Ingrid Birker and Prof. Vikram Bhatt\n \n \n Meet at the Biodiversity Festival booths just nor th of the Roddick Gates.\n\n We will supply food-safe collecting bags. Plea se bring your own snips and wear suitable clothing for harvesting.\n \n \n 1: 30 – 2:30 pm\n \n \n Beginners' Tree Identification Walk\n \n \n Want to develop skills to help you identify trees? Come join us for a beginner tree ident ification walk\, to learn about several trees around campus and how you ca n recognize them.\n \n \n Office of Science Outreach (led by Megan Phillips) \n \n \n Meet at the Biodiversity Festival booths just north of the Roddick G ates.\n\n Please arrive 5 minutes in advance and come dressed for the weath er (e.g.\, water bottle\, sunscreen\, hat\, etc.). It is recommended (but not mandatory) to download iNaturalist before the walk\, as we will be usi ng it to help us ID trees.\n \n \n 2 – 3 pm\n \n \n Cyanotype Workshop #2\n \n \n J oin us in the sun for a botanical cyanotype workshop. Cyanotype\, sometime s called sun-print\, is a 19th century photographic process that creates a beautiful blueprint using special paper and bright sunshine. Participants will learn about cyanotype and have the chance to create a personalized p rint to take home.\n \n \n McGill Library\, Rare Books & Special Collections (led by Jennifer Garland)\n \n \n Meet at the Pollinator Garden outside of Bu rnside Hall (next to the ramp leading to the Otto Maass courtyard).\n\n Spa ce is limited. Registration required by Sept. 25th at noon.\n\n Paper\, too ls\, and instructions will be provided. We will be working in the sun and in the shade\; crouching in the garden\; and washing our prints with a hos e. Please dress appropriately\n \n \n 2 – 5 pm\n \n \n Guided wildlife observati on walk\n \n \n The Montreal Biodôme is offering a guided walk on Mount Royal . This will be an opportunity to discover the wildlife of the park and lea rn to recognize certain species with a focus on amphibians/reptiles and bi rds.\n \n \n Montréal Biodôme (Jean-Philippe Gagnon / Gheylen Daghfous)\n \n \n Meet at the Peel staircase (at the intersection of avenue des Pins and rue Peel). Departure at 2pm.\n\n Adapt your clothing to weather conditions. Br ing a bottle of water\, sunscreen\, and binoculars (if you have).\n \n \n 2:3 0 – 3:30 pm\n \n \n Guided Insect Walk\n \n \n Join Christopher Cloutier\, teach er at Vanier College and co-developer of the Campus Biodiversity Network\, for a casual stroll around the campus to discover some of our 6-legged fr iends who share this beautiful campus with us.\n \n \n Campus Biodiversity Ne twork (led by Chris Cloutier)\n \n \n Meet at the Campus Biodiversity Network booth just north of the Roddick Gates.\n\n It is recommended (but not mand atory) to download iNaturalist before the walk\, as we will be using it to help us ID insects.\n \n \n 3:30 – 4:30 pm\n \n \n Garden Harvest Event\n \n \n Th e Redpath Museum Society is a group of students who connect through their love of museology\, natural history\, science\, and discovery. We welcome you to our garden space to harvest herbs and learn about a variety of plan ts!\n \n \n Redpath Museum Society\n \n \n Meet at the Pollinator Garden outside of Burnside Hall (next to the ramp leading to the Otto Maass courtyard). \n\n Please wear appropriate footwear in case of muddy grounds. We encourag e you to bring personal bags and containers to collect herbs and scissors to cut stems.\n \n Booths \n\n\n Organization\n \n \n Theme\n \n \n About\n \n \n Gaul t Nature Reserve\n \n \n Intro to Participatory Science\n \n \n The Gault Nature Reserve\, owned by McGill University\, is located at Mont-Saint-Hilaire a nd protects more than 1\,000 hectares of natural forest.\n \n \n McGill Offic e of Sustainability\n \n \n McGill's Biodiversity Plan\n \n \n McGill aims to mo nitor\, protect\, and enhance biodiversity through our research\, teaching and operations\, while raising awareness and engaging community members b oth on and beyond our campuses.\n \n \n Canadian Wildlife Federation\n \n \n Pro gram and Careers\n \n \n The Canadian Wildlife Federation is a non-profit org anization whose mission is to conserve and inspire the conservation of Can ada’s wildlife and habitats for the use and enjoyment of all.\n \n \n GUEPE\n \n \n Program and Careers\n \n \n GUEPE is a non-profit organization offering e ducational and professional services to youth and the general public in th e field of natural and environmental sciences\, as well as in outdoor recr eation. By making nature more accessible to our clientele\, we increase aw areness and encourage the respect of biodiversity.\n \n \n STEMM Diversity@Mc Gill / Graduate Association of the Redpath Museum\n \n \n Program and Careers \n \n \n Come join biology graduate students from STEMM Diversity and the Gra duate Association of the Redpath Museum (GARM) as they showcase the biodiv ersity in ecosystems they study\, as well as right here on campus!\n \n \n Le s amis de la montagne\n \n \n Initiatives and Volunteer Opportunities\n \n \n Le s Amis de la montagne is a non-profit organization that protects\, improve s and promotes the sustainability of Montréal’s Mount Royal through commun ity involvement\, environmental education and stewardship. Come and chat w ith members of their various teams to find out more about their conservati on\, advocacy and education initiatives!\n \n \n Mission Monarch - Montreal I nsectarium\n \n \n Initiatives and Volunteer Opportunities\n \n \n Mission Monar ch is a community science program aiming at gathering data on monarch and milkweed distribution and abundance. This knowledge will allow researchers to identify the monarch’s breeding hotspots and implement efficient conse rvation actions.\n \n \n Campus Biodiversity Network\n \n \n Program and Careers \n \n \n Started in Montréal\, Québec\, the Campus Biodiversity Network (CBN) is an international network of colleges and universities working to monit or and protect biodiversity on our campuses.\n \n \n Quebec Centre for Biodiv ersity Science (QCBS)\n \n \n Program and Research\n \n \n The Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS) is a partnership between 14 academic institut ions\, a public institution\, and a federal ministry that brings together more than 110 researchers and 400 students and postdocs. The QCBS's strate gic mission is to increase Quebec's ability to monitor the state of its va rious ecosystems and their biodiversity\, to make predictions about change s in biodiversity and to use this knowledge to support decision-making.\n \n \n Technoparc Oiseaux\n \n \n Initiatives and Volunteer Opportunities\n \n \n T echnoparc Oiseaux is a citizen group of nature and biodiversity lovers\, d efending one of Montreal's last unprotected wetlands and natural greenspac es.\n \n Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science Speaker Series\n\nExplore th e captivating world of biodiversity science through the Quebec Centre for Biodiversity Science's Speaker Series the week of the Sept 18 at the McGil l Stewart Biology Building or online! Register here to join us and discove r how science is driving conservation efforts and shaping a sustainable fu ture for all.\n\nMacdonald Campus\n\nNEW DATE! Come celebrate at the Macdo nald Campus\, the launch of McGill’s first Biodiversity Plan on Tuesday\, Sept 26 from 12 to 2pm at the Ceilidh. Join Mac students and groups on a b ird walk\, learn about biodiversity research and initiatives occurring her e at Mac Campus\, and test your biodiversity knowledge in a raffle for pri zes. More details here.\n\nGault Nature Reserve \n\nJoin the Biodiversity Festival activities taking place at the Gault Nature Reserve in Mont-Saint -Hilaire\, QC\, on Saturday\, Sept 23rd\, between 11am and 4pm. Register h ere for a spot on the free shuttle that will leave the Downtown campus at 10:30am and return to campus around 3:30pm.\n DTSTART:20230926T160000Z DTEND:20230926T210000Z LOCATION:CA\, QC\, Montreal\, Y-Intersection\, Downtown Campus SUMMARY:Biodiversity Festival URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/channels/channels/event/biodiversity-festival-350 352 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR