Schedule
Schedule
Thursday April 26, 2012 – Open to the public, by registration
Friday April 27, 2012 – By invitation only
Thursday April 26, 2012 – Open to the public, by registration
State of affairs in Quebec (8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
Montréal Botanical Garden, Henry-Teuscher Auditorium
8:00 a.m. Greeting of participants
8:30 a.m. Opening speeches
9:00 a.m. Governance of the territory covered by the Plan Nord
Mr. Robert Sauvé, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Natural Resources and Wildlife
10:00 a.m. Health Break
10:30 a.m. Environmental protection and conservation of the territory covered by the Plan Nord
Ms. Diane Jean, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks
11:00 a.m. From ecological knowledge to ecological planning
Mr. Patrick Beauchesne, Director, Department of Ecological Heritage and Parks, Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks
12:00 p.m. Lunch
Montréal Botanical Garden, Henry-Teuscher Auditorium
1:00 p.m. Québec’s commitment to the international community
Nik Lopoukhine, chair of the World Commission on Protected Areas, IUCN
1:30 p.m. Northern ecosystems from a global perspective
David Schindler, Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta
2:15 p.m. Sustainable designs from ecoregional patterns
Robert G. Bailey, Ecological Geographer, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
2:45 p.m. Conservation goals in the context of ecologically based land-use plans
Fiona Schmiegelow, Professor, Northern Environmental and Conservation Sciences, University of Alberta
3:15 p.m. Health Break
3:45 p.m. Aboriginal-led land-use planning in Canada’s north: a review across Canada and the issues that need to be considered
Valérie Courtois, Senior Advisor, Aboriginal Relations, Canadian Boreal Initiative
Norman Barichello, Ross River Dena First Nation
Norman Sterriah, Ross River Dena First Nation
Mike McKenzie, Vice-Chief of the Uashat mak Mani-Utenam community
4:15 p.m. Connectivity conservation, biodiversity, and climate change: implications for ecological land use planning and lessons from the Australian continent
Brendan Mackey, Director of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program, Griffith University, Australia
4:45 p.m. Pitfalls to avoid and lessons learned in ecological land-use planning from around the world
James Levitt, Director, Program on Conservation Innovation at the Harvard Forest, Harvard University
5:15 p.m. Closing of sessions
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Friday April 27, 2012 – By invitation only
Workshop sessions about the state of affairs in Quebec (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.)
Workshop A: How to ensure conservation of biodiversity in large territories?
The Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre, amphitheatre
Moderator: Luc Bouthillier
Workshop B: What are the conditions for successful implementation of ecological land use planning in Quebec?
Montréal Botanical Garden, Henry-Teuscher Auditorium, room B 106
Moderator: Louise Gratton
8:30 a.m. Greeting of participants
8:45 a.m. Workshop A: Speaker-Workshop introduction – Stephen Woodley, senior advisor, IUCN
Workshop B: Speaker-Workshop introduction – Didier Babin, Senior Programme Officer, Biodiversity for Development and Poverty Eradication, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
9:00 p.m. Workshop A: Workshop dialogue begins
Workshop B: Workshop dialogue begins
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Presentation: “A northern approach to development: A Premier’s perspective” Stephen Kakfwi, former Premier of the Northwest Territories and former Grand Chief of the Dene Nation
The Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre, amphitheatre
2:00 p.m. Workshop A: Workshop review and summary
Workshop B: Workshop review and summary
3:00 p.m. Health break
3:30 p.m. Plenary session: Review and summary of the workshops by each facilitator
“List of concrete recommendations and questions for Quebec”
The Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre, amphitheatre
4:45 p.m. Address by the Minister of the Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Mr. Pierre Arcand
5:00 p.m. Closing of the International Scientific Symposium
