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Thank you to our many pub night speakers for their contributions to the L-SETAC pub nights!

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Date
Speaker
Title
Location
06/13/2024
Emily Choy
From heart rate to heat stress: monitoring direct and indirect effects of climate change and pollutants to arctic seabirds
Southern Ontario
02/12/2024
Joanna Wilson
Is Metformin a pharmaceutical of concern for fish health?
Southern Ontario
11/20/2023
Richard Frank
A Science boom in Canada’s Oil Sands Region: characterizing complex mixtures in an even more complex environment
Southern Ontario
10/03/2023
Ryan Prosser
Microplastics = microproblem?
Ottawa
11/02/2021
Michael Rennie
Impacts of a whole lake addition of nanosilver on fishes
Ontario - Virtual
04/07/2021
Gretchen Lescord
Food for thought; mercury, arsenic, and chromium in Ontario’s wild fish
Ontario - Virtual
03/22/2021
Chris Metcalfe
Serendipity and the Environmental Toxicologist
Ontario - Virtual
12/03/2020
Robert Delatolla, Mark Servos, Denina Simmons
Panel: Poop and the Pandemic
Ontario - Virtual
11/24/2020
Andy Turko
Physiology, behaviour, and conservation of the endangered redside dace
Ontario - Virtual
10/28/2020
Marilyn Vera-Chang
Transgenerational hypocortisolism and behavioural disruption induced by the antidepressant fluoxetine in male zebrafish Danio rerio
Ontario - Virtual
06/17/2020
Shumaila Fraz
The effects of paternal exposure to pharmaceuticals on offspring reproductive health in zebrafish
Ontario - Virtual
04/20/2020
Phuoc Tyler Nguyen, Sue Zhang, Yol Monia Reyes, Helina Gyasi, Magda Celejewski
Student Spotlight
Ottawa, Virtual
02/26/2020
Panel: Catherine Mavriplis, Nancy Hamzawi, Norma Domey, Adrian Chan
Fostering inclusivity in science and engineering
Ottawa
02/18/2020
Miriam Diamond
Old and new faces of gender and diversity bias in science
Southern Ontario
01/29/2020
Adam Morris
Contaminants, climate change and time: observations on Hudson Bay polar bears, a priority species in a changing ecosystem
Ottawa
11/27/2019
Sara Rodney
Effects of glyphosate on non-target wildflowers and a case for plant reproductive endpoints in ecological risk assessment
Ottawa
10/30/2019
Yamini Gopalapillai
Metals in the environment: towards improved monitoring and risk assessment
Ottawa
10/30/2019
Sarah Gewurtz
ECCC's wastewater monitoring program: evaluating chemical substances in WWTPs across Canada
Southern Ontario
10/16/2019
Miriam Diamond
Chemical contaminants and us: exploring the indoor environment
GTA
09/25/2019
Paul Craig
The cost of living in the Grand River: energetics, stress, and epigenetics
Southern Ontario
09/25/2019
Jose Luis Rodriguez Gil
The BOREAL project: simulating diluted bitumen spills in a boreal lake
Ottawa
04/24/2019
Carole Yauk
The legacy of parental exposures to toxicants: characterizing chemically induced heritable genetic effects
Ottawa
04/02/2019
Yamini Gopalapillai
Fate and effects of metal inputs into the environment via industrial activity
GTA
03/27/2019
Scott Smith
The importance of DOC in metal ecotoxicology
Southern Ontario
03/27/2019
Amber Dyck, Julie Cox, Cynthia Cheney, Tasnia Sharin, Sue Zhang
Student Spotlight
Ottawa
02/27/2019
Jennifer Bruin
Exploring the link between environmental pollutants and diabetes
Ottawa
02/05/2019
Cora Young
New approaches to understanding sources and transport of contaminants
GTA
01/30/2019
Jason O'Brien
Genomics in ecological risk assessment: are we there yet?
Ottawa
01/16/2019
Mike Dutton
Reflections on a career as a scientist in the private sector
Southern Ontario
12/04/2018
Duncan Boyd
Communicating science so policy will listen (applying science to decision-making)
GTA
11/28/2018
Jesse Vermaire
Microplastic pollution in freshwater ecosystems
Ottawa
11/21/2018
Denina Simmons
Omics in the field of environmental toxicology and chemistry
Southern Ontario
10/24/2018
Jonathan Hill
Establishing marine environmental quality measures to address pressing stressors on marine ecosystems
Ottawa
10/24/2018
Anne Wilson
Talking about climate change so people listen: psychological insights and practical considerations
Southern Ontario
10/09/2018
Andrea Kirkwood
It's where we live - understanding the ecotoxicology of urban waterways and why it matters
GTA
09/19/2018
Chelsea Rochman
The impacts of plastic debris in aquatic ecosystems
Southern Ontario
04/25/2018
Adrienne Ethier
Strengths, issues and complexities of risk assessment and communication
Ottawa
03/27/2018
Denina Simmons
Environomics: toxicology and chemistry
GTA
01/23/2018
Karen Kidd
Mercury and other contaminants in aquatic food webs: does context matter?
Southern Ontario
10/25/2017
Philippe Thomas
PAHs as endocrine disrupting chemicals in free-ranging river otters: from poo to populations
Ottawa
09/27/2017
Stacey Robinson
Effects of neonicotinoids on amphibian life-history traits, anti-predator behaviour and susceptibility to parasitism
Ottawa
09/27/2017
Mike Gilbertson
Forensic eco-social epidemiology of premenopausal breast cancer in female customs inspectors at the Ambassador Bridge
Southern Ontario
05/09/2017
Eve Gilroy
Heads and tails: use of the comet assay to assess DNA damage in freshwater mussels
Southern Ontario
03/29/2017
Dave Rodgers
Why is "no observed effect" a dirty word in aquatic toxicity testing in Canada?
Southern Ontario
01/18/2017
Erin McCallum
Invasive fish in the steel city: responses of round goby to legacy contaminants and wastewater effluents in Hamilton Harbour
Southern Ontario
12/06/2016
Tom Krug
Restoring the American Dream: breathing new life into a toxic waterway in Brooklyn
Southern Ontario
11/30/2016
Philippe Thomas
Monitoring the impacts of exposure to alkylated-PAHs in a bioindicator species the River Otter (Lontra canadensis) through community-based monitoring programs
Ottawa
11/03/2016
Graham White
Perfluoroalkyl (PFA) substances (PFOA, PFOS, FTOHs and the like) in the environment, in consumer products and in Canadian regulation
Ottawa
11/02/2016
Dave Moore
Waterbird studies on the Laurentian Great Lakes - from contaminants to conservation
Southern Ontario
09/20/2016
Chris Green and Arlene Slocombe
Off grid living in Guelph
Southern Ontario
04/27/2016
Birgit Braune
What can Arctic seabirds tell us about changing emission patterns of contaminants
Ottawa
03/31/2016
Sarah Alderman
From cells to performance: effects of diluted bitumen exposure on the cardiovascular system of sockeye salmon
Southern Ontario
03/30/2016
Mike Wade
Heads of the hydra: toxicology studies of flame retardants
Ottawa
02/24/2016
Jennifer Gibson
Levels and trends of contaminants in human populations in the Arctic
Ottawa
02/17/2016
Amila De Silva
They're everywhere: perfluorinated substances in freshwater ecosystems
Southern Ontario
01/27/2016
Heidi Swanson
Mercury levels in northern fishes: ecology, life history, and links to human health
Southern Ontario
12/15/2015
Joanna Wilson
It is a long, cold winter: multiple stressors in developing whitefish
Southern Ontario
11/11/2015
Nigel Rain
Pesticide impacts on bees: from individual behaviour to pollination services
Southern Ontario
10/28/2015
Chris Charron
Baseline environmental monitoring in Ontario's Ring of Fire
Southern Ontario
10/28/2015
Genevieve Tardif
Multivariate analysis of Canadian water quality data
Ottawa
03/25/2015
Donna Speranzini
Science-based "production system framework"
Southern Ontario
03/25/2015
Katie Gibbs
The roles of governments and scientists in evidence-based public policy and democracy
Ottawa
02/24/2015
Brian Ahearn
What are the Challenges for the Canadian Refining Sector?
Ottawa
01/28/2015
Dina Schwertfeger & Jessica Velicogna
Effects of Silver Nanoparticles in Soil: Challenges and Perspectives
Ottawa
10/29/2014
John Chételat
Environmental controls on the fate of metal pollution in Arctic lakes
Ottawa
03/27/2013
Izhar Khan
Contaminating Water and Food: Are People or Animals to Blame?
Ottawa
02/27/2013
Ammar Saleem
An introduction to modern analytical techniques used in the study of emerging environmental contaminants
Ottawa
11/05/2012
Mark Richardson
Exposures and Risks Posed by Components of Common Dental Restorative Materials
Ottawa
04/25/2012
Pat Rasmussen
The Canadian House Dust Study
Ottawa
03/28/2012
Brian Burns
Science, EcoSustainability, and Communication
Ottawa
02/29/2012
Stephanie Douma
‘Natural toxicant’ is not an oxymoron. The need to protect by predicting. An example from New Brunswick drinking water.
Ottawa
02/01/2012
Laurie Chan
From power to seafood safety: effects of global pollution on our children’s health
Ottawa
11/23/2011
Thomas Moon
Are emerging contaminants and in particular PPCPs, really an issue?”
Ottawa
10/26/2011
Dalibor Breznan
Toxicology of Urban Particulate Matter: In Vitro and In Vivo Bioassays
Ottawa
04/27/2011
Yasir Sultan
Nanomaterials and associated regulatory/scientific challenges
Ottawa
03/02/2011
David Lee
Contaminated-Sediment Assessment in the Ottawa River near the Chalk River Laboratories
Ottawa
01/26/2011
Paul A. White
Determining the Ecological Relevance of Genotoxic Effects in Aquatic Systems
Ottawa
11/17/2010
Pedro Carriquiriborde
Three decades of Ecotoxicology and Environmental chemistry in Latin America
Ottawa
10/20/2010
Jamie Doyle
Down and dirty research - estimating soil and sediment exposure for risk assessment
Ottawa
04/21/2010
Christopher Fraser, Rick Scroggins
Assessing Contaminated Soils in Canada’s Boreal and Northern Regions – from test method development to application
Ottawa
03/16/2010
Gerry Stephenson
Alternatives to Synthetic Chemical Pesticides for Landscapes
Ottawa
01/27/2010
Pierre Mineau
Are we barking up the wrong perch? Delusions about our assessment of pesticide safety to birds.
Ottawa
11/02/2009
Alexandre Poulain
Redox rocks detox: microbial redox-based strategies as potential detoxification mechanisms
Ottawa
04/29/2009
Jules Blais
The Changing North: Seeing Humanity’s Global Impact Through the Arctic Lens
Ottawa
04/01/2009
Mark Bonnell
Modernizing Requirements for the Ecological Assessment of Chemicals: The Move to Intelligent Testing Strategies
Ottawa
02/04/2009
Danielle Fortin
Stability of natural bacteriogenic iron oxides (BIOS) and their role in Sr cycling
Ottawa
12/03/2008
Mark Richardson, Samantha Fulton
A Preliminary Canadian Environmental Emissions Inventory for Endogenous and Retail Pharmaceutical Estrogens
Ottawa
11/05/2008
Bruce Hollebone
The Behaviour, Fate and Impacts of Biodiesel Spilled in the Environment
Ottawa
04/30/2008
Frances Pick
The ‘rise of slime’: toxic cyanobacteria on the move
Ottawa
03/19/2008
Dwayne Moore
A Refined Probabilistic Model For Estimating Risk to Birds Exposed to Flowable Pesticides
Ottawa
02/20/2008
Christine Norman Robert Chenier
Chemical Substances: Scientific risk assessment, the use of precautionary principle & Canada's New Chemicals Management Plan - The new approach to protecting human health and the environment from chemical substances
Ottawa
10/24/2007
Birgit Braune
The ‘ups’ and ‘downs’ of chemical contaminants in the Canadian Arctic
Ottawa
09/19/2007
Uwe Schneider
The art and science of bringing the into the 21st century the Canadian Water Quality Guidelines for the Protection of Aquatic Life
Ottawa
03/28/2007
Dr. Paul White and Christine Lemieux
Mutagenic hazards of complex mixtures of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in soil
Ottawa
02/28/2007
Dr. Pierre Mineau
Choosing your poison wisely: Measuring the environmental footprint of in-use pesticides
Ottawa
01/24/2007
Anita Miettunen
Perfluorinated Substances - Emerging Contaminants of Global Concern
Ottawa
11/22/2006
Bruce Kilgour
Monitoring Designs that Detect Environmental Change: An Example from the Oil Sands Region in Northern Alberta
Ottawa
09/20/2006
Juliska Princz, Jessica Head
Multiple
Ottawa
04/26/2006
Dr. Dwayne Moore
A Probabilistic Model for Estimating Exposure of Birds to Granular Pesticides
Ottawa
03/01/2006
Kathleen Hedley
Challenges Associated with Making Aquatic Toxicology Work for Decision-Making
Ottawa
01/25/2006
Pierre Mineau
Predicting bird mortality from acute exposure to insecticides
Ottawa
11/30/2005
Nelson, O'Driscoll, David Lean
Mercury cycling in a Wetland Dominated Ecosystem: A Multidisciplinary Study in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.
Ottawa
10/26/2005
Tomasz Wlodarczyk
Challenges for Scientists in the Environmental Impact Assessment Process
Ottawa
09/21/2005
Katie Harding, Jennifer Gibson, Annick St. Amand
Multiple
Ottawa
05/18/2005
Paul A. White
Assessing Population-Level Impacts of Genotoxic Substances in Aquatic Systems.
Ottawa
04/04/2005
Peter Delorme
Assessment Endpoints for Ecological Risk Assessments of Pesticides: A Scientific Perspective.
Ottawa
02/28/2005
Brent Loney
Human Health Risk Assessment of Contaminated Sites: A General Overview and Comparison of Provincial Methods Applied to a Hypothetical Site
Ottawa
11/03/2004
Manon Bombardier Miguel Providenti
Screening Level Ecological Risk Assessment for Products of Biotechnology under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act: Context, Methodology and Preliminary Experimental Data
Ottawa
09/29/2004
Marc Demers, Loren Knopper, Jessica Head, Maxine Croteau
Multiple
Ottawa
04/21/2004
Susan Roe and Wayne Bond
Water Quality Index: Coming Soon to a Water Body Near You!
Ottawa
03/24/2004
Jules Blais and Cecilia Tolley
Biogeochemistry of Persistent Pollutants: Processes Affecting Transport of Contaminants to Remote Areas
Ottawa
01/19/2004
Rick Scroggins
Future Priorities for Research and Standardization of Biological Test Methods for Assessing the Effects of Contaminants in Soil
Ottawa
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