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Symposium on Science and Public Policy

2018: The fourth Symposium will be held on Monday, November 19, 2018 and will explore the relationship of among science, public policy and the Canadian peat industry. 

The Symposium program is available here

Details

Date: Monday, November 18, 2018
Time: 2:30 - 6:30 PM
Location: McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Montreal

 

2017: The third Symposium will be held on Tuesday November 28 and focusses on the activities of the Trottier Fellows (Jeff McKenzie, Tony Ricciardi & Nancy Ross and Peter Douglas, Graham MacDonald, Mylene Riva & Adrien Vetta) and initiatives in Science and Public Policy.

The Symposium program is available here

Details

Date: Friday, November 28, 2017
Time: 2:30 – 6:00 PM
Location: McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Montreal

Please contact Tim Moore at tim.moore [at] mcgill.ca (subject: TISPP%202017%20Symposium)  for further information.

 

2016: The second Symposium will be held on November 18 and deals with the effect of human activities on the nitrogen cycle, nitrogen footprints and their management.

Humans have fundamentally altered the global nitrogen cycle - even more profoundly than the carbon cycle. The creation of ‘reactive nitrogen’ has fuelled human progress and helped to vastly increase food production, but has unintended consequences for air and water pollution that have immense costs to society. See Galloway and Leach (2016) ‘Your feet’s too big’ Nature Geoscience 9: 97-8 and Fats Waller (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in1eK3x1PBI).

There is now a movement to better identify the sources and effects of ‘reactive nitrogen’, to create a ‘nitrogen footprint’ at individual, institutional and national levels and examine ways to reduce the magnitude of this footprint. This Symposium examines the science, causes and effects of accelerated nitrogen use, the development of nitrogen footprints and ways in which footprints can be reduced, either personally or institutionally. It brings together researchers from the USA and Canada, presents the N footprint for McGill and includes a Panel Discussion on what can be done.

The Symposium program is available here PDF icon N Footprint Symposium

Details

Date: Friday, November 18, 2016
Time: 2:30 – 6:00 PM
Location: McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Montreal

Please contact Tim Moore at tim.moore [at] mcgill.ca (subject: N%20footprint%20Symposium) for further information.

 

2015: The Trottier Institute for Science and Public Policy held its inaugural Symposium on Friday, September 25, in the Faculty Club. The Institute encourages McGill researchers to ensure that their findings have an effect on public policy.

The Symposium included presentations on their activities by the three 2013-2015 Trottier Fellows, Elena Bennett (School of Environment and Natural Resource Sciences), Lea Berrang Ford (Geography) and Catherine Potvin (Biology); the three new 2015-2017 Fellows, Jeff Mackenzie (Earth & Planetary Sciences), Tony Ricciardi (School of Environment and Redpath Museum) and Nancy Ross (Geography); and a Panel Discussion on issues linking science and public policy. The Symposium was followed by a reception.

Details

Date: Friday, September 25, 2015
Time: 3–6 PM
Location: McGill Faculty Club, 3450 McTavish Street, Montreal

The presentations in the Symposium can be viewed here PDF icon TISPP inaugural Symposium

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