Welcome to the 2023 Queen's Northern Research Symposium!
Panel sessions will take place in Mackintosh-Corry Hall, room B201.
Poster sessions will be held in Mackintosh-Corry Hall E202.
Lunch and Keynote, Mackintosh-Corry Hall D201.
9:00am Registration - Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B201
Coffee
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9:30am Opening Remarks - Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B201
Land Acknowledgement & Welcome – Laura Thomson
Reflections on QNRS – Paul Treitz
Program Overview – Laura Thomson
10:00am Session 1: Qikkiqtaaluk - Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B201
Micky Renders • Queen’s University
Art and Wastes in Panniqtuuq (Pangnirtung), Nunavut
Brianna Lane • University of Toronto
Examining variability in snow and lake ice using digital camera imagery in the Canadian High Arctic
Julianah Adediji • Queen’s University
Vegetation Effects on Soil Organic Matter Quality in High Arctic Ecosystems
Chris Omelon • Queen’s University
Using transient electromagnetics to evaluate the nature and extent of
groundwater activity at Expedition Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut
11:30am Lunch - D201
12:30pm Keynote Lecture & Discussion
Julia Christensen • Queen’s University
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Dr. Amanda Boetzkes • Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory
University of Guelph
“Geofetishism and the Pursuit of the Rare Earth”
1:30pm Session 2: Sub-Arctic - Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B201
Dominic Wood • Queen’s University
Long-term low-level nutrient addition and experimental warming in the
low-Arctic
Bronwyn Chorlton • Queen’s University
Resilience to wildfires in Indigenous, Northern, and remote communities
Rasheeda Slater • Carleton University
A study of the cumulative effects of mining and environmental change on water quality and sediment flux for tributaries of Mayo Lake, Yukon
Evan Jones & Jamie Would • Queen’s University
A paleolimnological assessment of past mining practices on Na-Cho Nyäk Dun First Nation lakes, Yukon.
3:00pm Poster Session & Coffee - Mackintosh-Corry Hall, E202
3:30pm Closing Remarks - Mackintosh-Corry Hall, B201