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College of Sustainability

ESS Lecture Series Schedule

Winter 2025 Term

ESS Lecture Series

Since 2010, the College of Sustainability has hosted a weekly ESS (Environment, Sustainability and Society) Lecture Series that is open to the public. Local and international scholars, journalists, social activists, artists, public intellectuals, and elders share their wisdom and experience on wide ranging topics related to environmental sustainability, social justice, Indigenous perspectives, and the impacts of the climate crisis.

For several semesters during the COVID pandemic, the lecture series was presented virtually on Zoom. Going forward, the series will be presented in a hybrid format 鈥� with most speakers presenting live, in person in the Ondaatje Auditorium in the McCain building as well as livestreaming to Zoom.

Unless otherwise noted, all lectures run Thursday evenings 7:15-8:35 p.m. in the Ondaatje Auditorium, 6135 University Avenue, Marion McCain Arts & Social Sciences building. All welcome. Free of charge.

Please write to sustlife@dal.ca for the Zoom link.

Group photo of 80-100 students in Ondaatje Auditorium wearing green "Leading Change" t-shirts.

Thursday 9 January 2025 - NO LECTURE

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Thursday 16 January 2025 - The Determinants of Planetary Health

Nicole Redvers
Western Research Chair & Director, Indigenous planetary Health
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Unversity of Western Ontario

The Determinants of Planetary Health

Presented in association with the Dalhousie Heath Justice Institute 2024/2025 Seminar Series

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Thursday 23 January 2025 - What Really Counts

(Partial film screening, followed by discussion)

Ron Coleman, author, political scientist
Kent Martin, filmmaker

A short excerpt of the film What Really Counts will be shown, followed by a discussion and question and answer session with the film鈥檚 subject, Dr. Ron Coleman, author/political scientist, and filmmaker, Kent Martin.

What Really Counts is a thought-provoking documentary that challenges the dominant economic narrative centered around the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The film argues that the world's reliance on GDP and its demand for constant economic growth is leading to devastating consequences, such as poverty, war, climate change, and mass extinctions.

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Thursday 30 January 2025 - (?) Dalhousie Environmental Racism/Social Justice

Isaac Saney
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Black and African Diaspora Studies
Dalhousie

Isaac Saney is a Black Studies and Cuba specialist and coordinator of the Black and African Diaspora Studies (BAFD) program at Dalhousie. 听He holds a PhD in history from the School of Oriental and African Studies - University of London. His teaching, research and scholarship encompass Cuba, Africa, the Caribbean, Black Canadian history, the global Black liberation struggle, and reparations. 听Isaac was also the Director of Dalhousie University's听Transition Year Program, the ground-breaking program founded in 1970 to redress the educational barriers and injustices that confront the Mi鈥檏maq Nation, other Indigenous peoples in Canada, and the African Nova Scotian community.

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Thursday 6 February 2025 - Water for Life (film & discussion)

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Water For Life follows Indigenous activists in Latin America as they face death threats and murder to save their precious water resources from mining and hydroelectric projects. Water For Life tells the story of three extraordinary individuals: Berta C谩ceres, a leader of the Lenca people in Honduras; Francisco Pineda, a subsistence farmer in El Salvador; and Alberto Curamil, an Indigenous Mapuche leader in Chile, all of whom refused to let government supported industry and transnational corporations take their water and redirect it to mining, hydroelectric projects or large scale agriculture. The film illuminates a growing recognition of Indigenous rights and a rising demand for corporate responsibility and environmental justice. It is a story that begins and ends with water.

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Thursday 13 February 2025 - The Career Path of a Research Biologist

John Brazner
Wetland Ecologist

John Brazner worked with the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables (DNR) for over a decade as a wetland biologist.
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Thursday 20 February 2025 - Study Break (NO LECTURE)

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Thursday 27 February 2025 - SUST 1001 Midterm (NO LECTURE)

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Thursday 6 March 2025 - Inuit Contributions to the Protection of the Marine Environment

Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk
President, Inuit Circumpolar Council

Lisa Qiluqqi Koperqualuk was born in Puvirnituq, Northern Quebec (Nunavik), Canada. Raised by her grandparents, her elementary schooling was done in Nunavik. She holds a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Political Science from Concordia University, Montreal, and a Master鈥檚 degree in Anthropology from Laval University, Quebec City. Lisa served as ICC Canada鈥檚 Vice President of International Affairs from 2018-2022 before being acclaimed as President of ICC Canada at the 14th General Assembly in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik on July 18, 2022. As VP of International Affairs Lisa focused much of her work in the areas of international shipping regulations successfully leading the ICC to receive provisional status at the International Marine Organization (IMO) where Inuit are the first Indigenous People.

Lisa works for Inuit interests in self-determination advocating Inuit political and economic autonomy, social justice (particularly through Inuit law), and protection of the environment, culture and language.

Presented in collaboration with MELAW and the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie.

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Thursday 13 March 2025 - (?) SMU climate policy, ethics, hope

Kate Ervine
International Development Studie, Saint Mary's University

Kate Ervine holds a PhD in Political Science from York University. Her research draws on the traditions of critical political economy and political ecology to examine global environmental governance, the politics of climate change mitigation, global carbon markets and carbon offsetting, climate finance to the Global South, and climate justice. Kate is currently working on co-producing Carbon Addicts, a short documentary film funded through a collaborative grant under the SSHRC-funded project The Hidden Costs of Global Supply Chains. The film will be carried by Scientific American upon completion. She is also working on a book project, The Everyday Politics of Global Environmental Problems.

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Thursday 20 March 2025 - Sustainable Urban Transportation

Sean Gillis
Transportation Demand Management, HRM

Sean Gillis is a Licensed Professional Planner with a planning degree from Dalhousie University. Sean uses stories and discussion about cities and transportation to explain big social, economic and political issues. Last year he began leading HRM鈥檚 Transportation Demand Management team.

Sustainable (or green) transportation is a common buzzword. But what do we really mean by this term? Is it simply swapping gas vehicles for electric vehicles? Putting up a few bike racks or some new bus stops? While these things are helpful, we should aspire to more fundamental changes. Join transportation planner Sean Gillis to discuss challenges and approaches to building a truly sustainable transportation network in our cities and suburbs.

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Thursday 27 March 2025 - Best of ESS Lectures Winter 2017 Spotlight: Megan Leslie

Civic Engagement: Why Activism, Politics and Community Matter More Than Ever 听

Watch this highlight of the Winter 2017 ESS Lecture Series (VIMEO LINK). Megan Leslie is President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund. She served for two terms as the federal Member of Parliament for Halifax and as the NDP environment critic. Megan has a long history of community engagement, social justice advocacy and tireless collaboration on health, environmental and poverty issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social & Political Thought and History, a Certificate in Refugee and Migration Studies (both from York University), and a law degree from Dalhousie.

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Thursday 3 April 2025 - NO LECTURE

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Halifax NS Canada B3H 3P8
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