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Past Speakers

Sustainability Lecture Series

Launched in 2019-20, this lecture series brings together local expertise and global innovation across all fields of sustainability. Meet scholars from the 海角社区 and beyond in fields ranging from engineering to ecology, public health to poetry, native studies to nanotechnology.

The tables below show an overview of the speakers, talk titles, and access to recordings (if available):

2024-25
Overview of 2024-2025 Speakers
Speakers Talk Title Other info
Breanne Aylward and Hannah Baynei Climate change and our health N/A
Sustainable Development Goals Students' Alliance Climate Cafe and Lip Balm Making Workshop N/A
Wajed El-Halabi, Alberta Council for Global Cooperation Global Citizens not Global Robbers: In Classrooms, Internships, Travel, and Beyond N/A
Sarah DeLano Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Stewardship N/A
2023-24
Overview of 2023-2024 Speakers
Speakers Talk Title Other info
Jemimah Njuki Re-imagining solutions for gender equality in a time of crisis N/A

Canada’s households and the zero carbon transition
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Strategy for Sustainable Transitions

Innovation for Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions
Tackling Critical Evacuation Challenges with Human-Centered Approaches
, , , , , Selling Sustainability: Animal Agriculture's Disinformation Tactics
Crowdsensing-based Near-Real-Time Monitoring of Accessibility Status
The Poetry of Garbage in Contemporary Brazilian Culture
Carbon in Spatial Design: Embodied and Operational
Saving Italy from Big Oil N/A
REVIERa – a platform approach for regional sustainability transitions
Karen Lee Opportunities to Synergize Health and Sustainability Outcomes through the Healthy Community Guidelines
What does Sustainability mean in High-Latitude Cities? N/A
Fuel Science: Sustainable Mobility Based on Renewable Resources
Sustainability and Spatial Justice: A focus on recreational sites and facilities
Public Acceptance of Carbon Capture and Storage in Canada.

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Low Carbon Energy Transition
The Role of Culture and the Arts in the Climate Emergency
"nîya ayisiyiniw ôma ohci asiskiy" I am a human-being of this earth.
2022-23
Overview of 2022-2023 Speakers
Speakers Talk Title Other info
Building Equity in Planning Practice
Normalizing Sustainability: beyond behaviour change
Precision agriculture meets precision sustainability: the merits of making fields messy
The Stories That Trees Tell: Insights into urban environments and beyond from tree-rings
The Gate Keepers: Engaging Men in Gender Justice and Girls Education in Northwest Pakistan and Afghanistan
Healthcare in a Climate Crisis: The Need for Sustainable Health Systems

Does Coffee have a future? N/A
Municipal Grassroots Environmental Activism with Waste Free Edmonton
Beyond Counting Carbon: Universities, communities and the climate crisis
2021-22
Overview of 2021-2022 Speakers
Speakers Talk Title Other info
Hidden Waste: Lean construction for sustainability
Estimating and predicting greenhouse gas emissions from tailing ponds
Climate Change and Public Health (new IPCC report)
Dishing the Dirt on Soil Invertebrates and Sustainability
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How can we afford the future we must build together?
Indigenous Law and Public Legal Education
Doughnut Economics for Thriving Communities with Ben Geselbrecht N/A
Climate Change Theatre Action - UAlberta N/A
Managing without Growth: Slower by Design, not Disaster
Decolonial Approaches to Land, Labor, & Fashion with Aditi Mayer N/A
Intersections of COVID-19 and the climate emergency

 
Engineering community benefits: local engagement in practice
Edmonton Mayoral Candidate Climate Debate -------
Visit an ancient tropical forest
2020-21
/A
Overview of 2020-2021 Speakers
Speakers Talk Title Other info
Indigenous Healing Plants
Hidden Waste: Lean construction for sustainability N/A
Biomimicry: Design inspired by nature
Tar Sands Songbook
Land-based Food Security in Northern Indigenous Communities
Geeta Belas Bridging the Gender Gap with Design
Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People N/A
The Banff School of Fine Arts and the Public University
Green Capitalist Realism, CO2lonialism, and the Urban Climate Insurgency
The Route to Reinvention
Degrowth in the Time of COVID-19
Into the Arctic N/A
COP Hack: Student Engagement

Synergy and Creativity in a Pandemic World
Chelsea Miya
Oliver Rossier Geoffrey Rockwell 		 Right Research book launch N/A
Ecosystem restoration in coral reefs and boreal forests
2019-20
Overview of 2019-2020 Speakers
Speaker Talk Title Other info
Genomic Media / Sustainable DNA N/A
The Green Sheikh N/A
Perilous Voyages: Art, environment and the search for a global commons N/A
Beautiful Trouble: Imagining sustainable energy futures N/A
Stefano Muneroni Climate Change Theatre Action N/A
No Canary, No Coal Mine: Understanding sustainability for rural communities in Alberta N/A
Infrastructure, Fish and Indigenous & Traditional Peoples in Brazil's Amazon N/A
Forest Sustainability: Policy, social values and climate change
Homo Economics and Forgetful Curriculum
Moving Beyond Organic? Ecological farming and local food trends in Alberta
Anchoring the Climate Commons - Slave Ship Earth N/A
Green Drinks: Food and Climate Change N/A
COP 101: Understanding the UN Climate Talks N/A

Energy In/Out of Place N/A

 

Sustainability Keynote Speakers

"An innovative speaker can revolutionize how we see the world." The Sustainability Keynote Speakers bring renowned leaders from all over the world to speak on sustainability issues such as climate change, just development, clean tech and pollution. Lectures are free and open to the public, including alumni and community members.

Overview of Sustainability Keynote Speakers
Year Speakers
2022-23

2021-22
2020-21
2019-20
2018-19
2017-18
2016-17
2015-16
2014-15
2013-14

2012-13

2011-12