Events

Schedule of Canadian participation at AAAS

For abstracts and scheduling details, visit  http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2010/webprogram/start.html

Thursday, February 18

Canada Reception. (5:00 p.m.)
Suzanne Fortier, President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Opening Remarks.
David Fransen, Canadian Consul General, Los Angeles. Canada and California.
Chad Gaffield, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Closing Remarks.

Friday, February 19

Ron O'Dor, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Dalhousie University. How New Tracking Technologies Can Help Manage Sustainable Fisheries (8:30 a.m.)
Dirk Steinke, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph. Marine Barcoding for Improved Monitoring of Biodiversity Changes in Ecosystems? (8:30 a.m.)
Kevin N. Dunbar, University of Toronto. Changing Concepts in Science Students: Why It Is Sometimes Easy, but Often Difficult (8:30 a.m.)
Stephen Raverty, British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. Harbour and Dall's Porpoises: Early Indicators of Cryptococcosis in People and Pets (8:30 a.m.)
Karen Kohfeld, Simon Fraser University. Overview of Dust in the Earth System (1:30 p.m.)
Jennifer Jacquet, University of British Columbia. Discussant: Limits to Sustainability of Coral Reef Fisheries (1:30 p.m.)
Mark L. Winston, Simon Fraser University. Moderator and discussant: Speaking Scientific Truth to Power
Peter Nicholson, Council of Canadian Academies. Making the Voice of Reason Heard (3:30 p.m.)

Saturday, February 20

Barry Smit, University of Guelph. Discussant: Coastal Adaptation (8:30 a.m.)
Villy Christensen, Co-organizer, and Stephen Sheppard, Discussant, University of British Columbia. Bridging Science and Society for Sustainability: The Role of Visualization
Sherman Lai, University of British Columbia. Use of Visualization To Inform Societal Decision Making on Sustainable Fisheries (8:30 a.m.)
David Keith, University of Calgary. The Case for Geoengineering Research (8:30 a.m.)
Andrew G. Fraser, University of Toronto. Analysis of Gene Function Through RNAi Screens in C. elegan (8:30 a.m.)
Lloyd Axworthy, University of Winnipeg. Perspectives on Arctic Oceans Governance: A View from Canada (10:30 a.m.)
John F. Helliwell, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and University of British Columbia. Social Capital and Well-being in Nations, Neighbourhood, and Workplaces (10:30 a.m.)
Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia. Beyond Duplicity and Ignorance in Fisheries (1:30 p.m.)
David Keith, University of Calgary. What Guidelines Should Govern Geoengineering Research? (1:30 p.m.)

Sunday, February 21

Canada Press Breakfast (8:00 a.m.)
Karen Spierkel, Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR). Moderator.
Chad Gaffield, President, Social Sciences ands Humanities Research Council of Canada. Opening Remarks.
David Keith, Canada Research Chair in Energy and the Environment. Discussant.
Nancy Edwards, Scientific Director, Institute of Population and Public Health, (CIHR). Discussant.
Noorjehan Johnson, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar, Cultural Anthropology. Discussant.
Suzanne Fortier, President of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Closing Remarks.

Gerda de Vries, University of Alberta. Bursting: A Case Study in Multiple-Scale Modeling and Emergent Behaviour (8:30 a.m.)
John Robinson, University of British Columbia. Tackling Normative and Action-Oriented Dimensions: The Georgia Basin Futures Project (8:30 a.m.)
Monique Frize, Carleton University and University of Ottawa. Women, Science and Engineering: The Canadian Experience (8:30 a.m.)
Simon Donner, University of British Columbia. Projected Changes in Coral Cover on Reefs (1:30 p.m.)
Robert C. von Borstel, University of Alberta. Organizer and Moderator: Mutators Versus Antimutators in Evolution and Medicine (1:30 p.m.)
Jennifer Jacquet, University of British Columbia. Guilt Versus Shame in Efforts to Improve the Global Commons (1:30 p.m.)
W. Thomas Boyce, University of British Columbia. Poverty and the Biology of Misfortune (1:30 p.m.)