Wəlastəkw / Saint-Jean / Saint John River Summit Agenda - English

Wəlastəkw / Saint-Jean / Saint John River Summit
November 7, 2018
The Ville Cooperative, 241 Canada Street., Fredericton, NB
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Traditional Welcome
9:30 am Gathering of the River Actors – Roundtable updates on what everyone is doing,
successes and challenges, and plans for the future
10:30 am Health Break
10:55 am Gathering of the River Actors cont’d.
12:30 pm Lunch (provided)
1:30 pm Aquatic Invasives in the St. John River: Status Update
Dr. Meghann Bruce Research Scientist, Canadian Rivers Institute
1:55 pm Diversity of cyanobacteria in the Saint John River: detection of toxin producing species
Dr. Adrian Reyes-Prieto, Biology Department, UNB.
2:15 pm Environmental Flows: Why they Matter and What Do They Mean for the River?
3:00 pm Health Break
Dr. Wendy Monk, Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change
Canada · Watershed Hydrology and Ecology Research Division and Molly Demma,
Executive Director, The St. John River Society
3:20 pm The River and the Sea: Redefining the Coastal Zone
Dr. Graham R. Daborn, Emeritus Professor, Acadia Centre for Estuarine Research/Acadia
Tidal Energy Institute
4:00 pm Closing Ceremony
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