Attending the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB 2024)? Connect with WCS Canada presenters!
Schedule of WCS Canada speakers
June 25
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
- Key Biodiversity Areas in Canada: A collaborative approach to applying an international conservation tool
Room 2311 | Peter Soroye
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
- Critical Ecosystems vs. Critical Minerals?
Great Hall | Justina Ray (Panelist)
June 26
8:00 am – 10:00 am
- Collaborative Identification of Nature’s Important Places: Where Should We Focus Conservation Efforts to Stop Biodiversity Loss?
MK Forum | Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Lucy Poley, Peter Soroye, Justina Ray
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
- The next frontier for climate change refugia: Bridging the science to implementation gap
Great Hall - North | Hilary Cooke
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
- National Biodiversity Strategies as a tool for transformative change and implementation of the new Global Biodiversity Framework in the US and Canada
Rooms 2306/2309 | Ciara Raudsepp-Hearne, Justina Ray - From concern to crisis: assessing the impact of Canada’s Species at Risk Act on ‘special concern’ species
Room 2504 | Meagan Simpson
June 27
8:00 am – 10:00 am
- Agroecology, Landscape Ecology, and Conservation Biology
Room 2311 | Zachary Moore - Identifying conservation sites based around ecosystems and areas of high ecological integrity: challenges and opportunities
Room 2314 | Lucy Poley - Walking in Two Worlds: Insights from implementing a Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in approach to bridging knowledge systems in conservation and land use planning
Great Hall - South | Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
- Conservation Towards Anti-Colonial, Action-Oriented Futures for Just and Inclusive Worlds
Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle | Rooms 2306/2309
