Welcome!
Welcome to the SENS 2023 Spring Research Symposium! This symposium is a chance for SENS M.E.S. and Ph.D. students to present their work, using the 3-minute thesis format.
We will be using this Zoom link for all parts of the symposim. You can leave and rejoin using the same link.
Presentations are judged on their quality and clarity by SENS faculty, staff, students, and guests. Please use this form to rate student presentations. The top choices are awarded a small prize and bragging rights. You can also view a showcase of last year's presentations on this page.
Schedule
March 29, 2023
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9:30 AM |
Opening remarks and welcome from Elder Gary Carriere of Cumberland House (Zoom) |
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9:40 AM |
SENS Alumni Ambassador Talk by Shashank Kumar, Environmental Scientist, Arcadis (Zoom) |
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9:55 AM |
Alumni Ambassador Q&A (Zoom) |
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10:00 AM |
Keynote Talk by Dr. Angela Bedard-Haughn, Dean and Professor, College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan (Zoom) |
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10:20 AM |
Keynote Q&A (Zoom) |
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10:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
Viewing of Recorded Presentations & Lunch (Panopto) |
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1:00 PM |
Concurrent Presentation Q&A Sessions (Zoom) |
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2:30 PM |
Wrap-up and Awards (Zoom) |
Concurrent Q&A Sessions
Please note that session A and session B will both start at 1pm. The two concurrent sessions will be set up as breakout rooms.
Students will provide a short (60 sec) reminder of their work, then the session chair will open the floor to questions.
Please don't forget to use this judging form to rate student presentations.
1:00 PM SESSION A - Chair: Oscar Zapata (Zoom)
| Student | Presentation title | Degree | Supervisor(s) |
| Virginia Moreno | Social acceptability of Bioenergy: Exploring community members’ preferences over attributes of energy projects | MES | Oscar Zapata |
| Daniela Álava Loza |
Conceptual framework to better understand the energy needs that promote social wellbeing of remote Indigenous communities. Case study in PukaYaku and Campus, two Andwa communities located on the Bobonaza river shores, in the Ecuadorian rainforest |
MES | Oscar Zapata & Greg Poelzer |
| Derek Eisner | Sustainable Indigenous Housing and Community Development |
PhD | Lori Bradford |
| Shivangi Jha | Turning Trash into Treasure | PhD | Oscar Zapata |
| Sydney Kuppenbender |
Bringing Animal Voices to the Table: Interspecies Communication Methods in Land Management |
MES | MJ Barrett |
| Ethan Doney | The Complicating Dimensions of Positive Attitudes Toward Wildlife |
PhD | Douglas Clark |
1:00 PM SESSION B - Chair: Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt (Zoom)
| Student | Presentation title | Degree | Supervisor(s) |
| Maryam Vatanparast |
Modeling the Water Quality of Lake Diefenbaker Under Projected Climate Change |
MES | Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt |
| Melika Makremati | Hydrological Balance in Moose Mountain Provincial Park | MES | Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt |
| Jacqueline Twilley | Understanding Links Between Flow Regime and Fish Populations in the Saskatchewan River Delta | MES | Timothy Jardine & Eva Enders |
| Ayden Draude | Salt transport and accumulation under a changing climate in the prairies |
MES | Andrew Ireson & Colin Whitfield |
| Xiaowen Ji (by email) | Development of a passive sampling strategy for monitoring of organic pollutants and their impacts in aquatic systems | PhD | Markus Brinkmann |