2012-13 Fulbright NEXUSNetwork for Applied Regional Research

The Fulbright Program is sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, and administered by

the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars

Orientation Meeting, November 8-12, 2012Banff, Alberta, Canada

Organized by the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States

(Fulbright Canada)

A Message from Professor Dan Kammen NEXUS II Distinguished Lead ScholarAs we proceed to our research for the Fulbright NEXUS program, I wanted to thank the State Department, the Institute of International Education, and Fulbright Canada, and to congratulate all of the fellows for participating in this exciting and important program.

Collectively, we are looking at climate, water, and energy in the Americas at a moment when new tools to assess the benefits of energy services and the effects of energy poverty are critical. I am particularly concerned about the lack of ‘use-inspired, basic research’ initiatives that build on scholarly advances with a strong eye to the on-the-ground impact. Your proposed projects for the Fulbright NEXUS Program are some of the most innovative proposals that I have seen in this area. My hope is that by working with you and supporting each of your projects, we can collectively make a difference on the best scientific practices in eco-tourism, island water management, off-grid and distributed energy systems, the use of information technology for both traffic management and pollution assessment, and many other areas critical to building a storehouse of knowledge, but also a community of collaborating researchers to make sustainability natural, and social science and engineering a reality.

In building these partnerships, we have a unique opportunity to organize into research teams that can build on your individual experiences and produce a set of team efforts that will address current issues. We have a number of topical suggestions, including land-use change, distributed energy planning and deployment, water security, and sustainable energy and local economic development. The most important team topic for the next few weeks however, is to get feedback from you, the fellow. We have a unique opportunity for collaboration and shared-learning, and serving a hemispheric sustainability agenda. Welcome to the program!

Dr. Dan Kammen

2012-13 Fulbright NEXUS

Fulbright NEXUS Program Overview

NEXUS Orientation Meeting Agenda

Distinguished Guests Distinguished Lead Scholar

The 2012-13 Fulbright NEXUS Scholars

Acknowledgements & Evaluations

Orientation MeetingNovember 8-12, 2012

Banff, Alberta Canada

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In the context of an increasingly globalized world, the Western Hemisphere faces shared opportunities and challenges that require societies to be open to innovation, entrepreneurship, and the generation of new knowledge that transcends national boundaries. To achieve inclusive prosperity and national well-being, nations must fully utilize the creativity and dynamism of all sectors of their economies and societies. Effectively addressing pressing public policy issues in the region requires that knowledge and solutions be generated through the synergistic efforts of governments, the private sector, and civil society.

The Fulbright Program has long pioneered exchange programs that promote cooperation among these sectors to increase mutual understanding and address critical global issues. Launched in 2010, the Fulbright NEXUS Program offers a collaborative model for regional scholarly exchange. It brings together researchers, applied practitioners, members of civil society, and the public and private sectors, for a year of multi-national, multi-disciplinary, and multi-sectoral research that moves beyond theory and into practice.

This year’s cohort will be working in the areas of Climate Change, Sustainable Energy, and Innovation under the guidance of Distinguished Lead Scholar, Dr. Daniel M. Kammen. The 2012-13 NEXUS cohort includes scholars from Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, the United States, and Uruguay. These scholars will participate in a series of seminar meetings, and a residential exchange. Scholars will cultivate partnerships with local and regional stakeholders, linking science and policy through innovative projects with long-term social impact.

Working in thematic groups, scholars from a wide range of disciplines will address issues such as changes in air quality, the predominance of water and food-borne diseases and/or weather-related injury or death, and disaster and emergency preparedness. At its core, the Fulbright NEXUS Program fosters innovative and multi-disciplinary research to confront problems faced by Western Hemisphere nations.

Fulbright Regional Network for Applied Research

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Thursday November 8th

6:30pm-8:30pm

NEXUS Orientation Meeting Agenda November 8-12, 2012

Arrival of scholars throughout the day

Participants take the shuttle to Banff Springs Hotel(travel time is 1 hour, 45 minutes)

Opening Reception and Welcoming RemarksMount Stephen Hall, Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel

Ms. Ann Stock (via video)Assistant Secretary of StateBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)United States Department of State

Ms. Meghann Curtis Deputy Assistant Secretary for Academic ProgramsBureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) United States Department of State

Dr. Michael K. HawesChief Executive OfficerFoundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United States of America (Fulbright Canada)

Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Distinguished Lead ScholarDistinguished Professor of Energy and Nuclear EngineeringDirector, Renewable and Appropriate Energy LabUniversity of California, Berkeley

Ms. Susan R. CrystalMinister-Counselor for Public Affairs U.S. Embassy Ottawa

Dr. M. Eugenia (Jenny) VerdaguerChief, Western Hemisphere Fulbright Programs Branch Bureau of Educational and Cultural AffairsUnited States Department of State

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Friday November 9th

7:00am-8:30am

8:45am

8:45am-9:30am

10:00am-11:45pm

12:00pm-1:00pm

1:00pm-1:45pm

2:00pm-2:30pm

2:30pm-3:30pm

Buffet Breakfast at The Bow Valley GrillBanff Springs Hotel

Bus departs at the Main Entrance of Banff Springs Hotel

Bus to Lake Louise / working session in transit Grant Administration Q & A Session

Ms. Katrin DeWindtAssistant Director, Western HemisphereCouncil for International Exchange of Scholars

Group ExcursionHike at Lake Louise

Lunch Great Bear Room, The Lodge of the Ten Peaks

Return to Banff by bus 45 minutes in transit

Alumni Panel I: Your Fulbright Community (State Alumni)Coleman Room, Banff Springs Hotel Ms. Susan R. CrystalMinister-Counselor for Public AffairsU.S. Embassy Ottawa

Alumni Panel II: Perspectives from NEXUS I

Moderator:Dr. M. Eugenia (Jenny) VerdaguerBranch Chief, Western Hemisphere Fulbright Programs

Panelists:Dr. Patrick Feng Assistant Professor, Department of Communications University of Calgary

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3:30pm-3:45pm

3:45pm-5:30pm

5:30pm-5:45pm

5:45pm-6:00pm

6:00pm-

Saturday, November 10th

7:00am-9:00am

9:00am-10:00am

10:00am-11:00am

11:00am-11:15am

11:15am-12:30pm

Dr. Sandy Ng Senior Analyst, Strategy, eHealth Ontario

Dr. Maria-Paz Gutierrez Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture UC Berkeley

Break

Thematic Working Groups: Breakout Session I Coleman Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Review of Day IColeman Room, Banff Springs HotelDr. Dan Kammen, Distinguished Lead Scholar

Closing Remarks Mr. Tom Healy, Chairman, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, US Department of State

Free Evening

Buffet Breakfast at The Bow Valley GrillBanff Springs Hotel

Lead Scholar SessionDr. Dan Kammen, Distinguished Lead Scholar

Small Group Project Presentation Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Break

Research Panel Perspectives on Energy and the Environment: Building a Research Program Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Moderator: Dr. Michael Hawes, CEO, Fulbright Canada

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12:30pm-1:00pm

1:00pm-2:00pm

2:00pm-

6:00pm-

Sunday November 11th

7:00am-9:00am

9:00am-10:30am

10:30am-10:45am

10:45am-12:00pm

Panelists:Dr. William ShotykBocock Chair in Agriculture and Environment Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences University of Alberta

Dr. Andrew LeachScholar in Residence, Environment Canada Associate Professor, Faculty of BusinessUniversity of Alberta

Plenary Session and Wrap-Up Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Lunch at the Upper Rundle LoungeBanff Springs Hotel

Sightseeing in Banff

Free Evening

Buffet Breakfast at The Bow Valley GrillBanff Springs Hotel

Commercialization Panel:From Innovation to Market Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Mr. Roger Straathof Senior Vice-President, Commercial, Financial and Energy Services, Royal Bank of Canada

Break

Thematic Working Groups: Breakout Session II Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

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12:00pm-1:00pm

1:00pm-2:15pm

2:15pm-2:30pm

2:30pm-3:30pm

3:30pm-5:00pm

6:30pm-8:30pm

Monday November 12th

7:00am-8:00am

8:15am-9:00am

9:30am

Lunch at the Upper Rundle LoungeBanff Springs Hotel

Thematic Working Groups: Breakout Session III Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Break

Thematic Working Groups: Breakout Session IV Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Plenary Session: Working Groups Report Ivor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Farewell Dinner The Maple Leaf Grill and Lounge 137 Banff Ave, Banff, AB, Canada

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon, President and Vice-Chancellor University of Calgary

Introduction: Dr. Michael HawesClosing Remarks: Dr. Daniel Kammen

Check-out & Buffet Breakfast at The Bow Valley GrillBanff Springs Hotel

Final Session: Roles and Logistics for ColombiaIvor Petrak Room, Banff Springs Hotel

Dr. Daniel M. Kammen, Distinguished Lead Scholar

Dr. M. Eugenia (Jenny) Verdaguer, Chief, Western Hemisphere Fulbright Programs Branch

Scholars DepartScholars depart by shuttle to the Calgary airport

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U.S. Department of State

Ms. Ann Stock is the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), which promotes international mutual understanding through a wide range of academic, cultural, private sector, professional, youth and sports exchange programs. From September 1997 to June 2010 Ms. Stock was vice president of Institutional Affairs at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts where she oversaw the Center’s expanded efforts to increase its national and international profile.

She also managed the Center’s International Arts Management Programs, and oversaw its Government Relations Office, Press Office, and Office of Institutional Affairs. From 1993-1997, Ms. Stock served as Deputy Assistant to President William J. Clinton and as Social Secretary at the White House. Prior to that, she was vice president of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Bloomingdale’s Department Stores. During the 1980 and 1984 Presidential election campaigns, Ms. Stock was Deputy Press Secretary to Vice President Walter F. Mondale. She started her career as an elementary school teacher. Assistant Secretary Stock, a native of Indiana, holds a B.A. from Purdue University.

Ms. Meghann Curtis serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Academic Programs at the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) where she oversees all academic programs sponsored by the Department. Ms. Curtis is also responsible for international student advising and marketing of American higher education resources through EducationUSA’s network of offices around the world. Prior to joining ECA, Ms. Curtis served as Senior Advisor in the Office of the Counselor and Chief of Staff at the Department of State. DAS Curtis advised Secretary of State Clinton and the Counselor and Chief of Staff on

international development policies and strategies. Her duties included serving as the Director of the Department’s post-earthquake Haiti Task Force and heading the Department’s implementation team for the development components of the Secretary’s Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review and the President’s Policy Directive on Global Development. DAS Curtis worked in the Secretary’s Policy Planning Office, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, and the Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance. She holds a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a bachelor’s degree in urban planning from Vassar College.

Distinguished Guests

Meghann Curtis

Ann Stock

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Ms. Susan R. Crystal joined the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa as its Minister Counselor for Public Affairs in August 2010. The U.S. Mission to Canada is comprised of Embassy Ottawa and consulates/representative offices in Halifax, Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The public affairs sections conduct U.S. public diplomacy programs in Canada including cultural, educational and professional exchanges, cultural and informational programming and media and electronic outreach. Just prior to her assignment in Canada, she served as

the Director of the Office of Alumni Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. The Office of Alumni Affairs coordinates engagement with alumni of international exchange programs in collaboration with U.S. Missions and various offices within the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State. A career Foreign Service Officer, Susan has held public affairs/public diplomacy positions in Australia, South Africa, Mauritius, Ecuador and Haiti. In Washington, she worked in the Office of Youth Programs, the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Office and the Office of Andean Affairs at the State Department and the former U.S. Information Agency. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from the Pennsylvania State University and speaks French and Spanish.

Dr. M. Eugenia (Jenny) Verdaguer is Chief of the Western Hemisphere Fulbright Programs Branch in the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. She oversees all academic exchange programs across the region, formulating, planning, managing, and executing Fulbright and other ECA-sponsored programs. A product of international exchange herself, Dr. Verdaguer has over twenty years of professional experience in the field of higher education, having lived, studied, and worked across the Latin American region for many years. Before joining the Branch as Program Officer in July 2007, she directed the

Bachelor of Individualized Study Program at George Mason University and, from 2000 to 2005, she was a Visiting Research Fellow at The Catholic University of America. Earlier in her career, she was educational advisor at the Organization of American States and Senior Program Officer of International Fellowships at the AAUW Educational Foundation. Dr. Verdaguer is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from American University. She has taught courses on the Sociology of Latin America at American and George Mason University and has published on Latino immigrant faith communities, gender, and entrepreneurship in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Susan Crystal

Eugenia Verdaguer

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J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Mr. Tom Healy, Chairman of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, is a poet and writer. His book, What the Right Hand Knows, was a finalist for the 2009 L.A. Times Book Prize and the Lambda Literary Award. Healy teaches at New York University and was recently a fellow at the Goree Institute in Dakar, Senegal. He served as President of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and received the 2006 New York City Arts Award from Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his work to rebuild the downtown art community after 9/11. Healy opened one of the first contemporary art galleries in Manhattan’s Chelsea

neighborhood. Under President Clinton, Healy served on the White House Council on HIV/AIDS and has remained engaged in AIDS and microfinance projects across the world. He received an A.B. from Harvard University and an M.F.A. from Columbia University. Healy was appointed to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board by President Barack Obama in 2011.

Tom Healy

Ms. Mary Evans works at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the Western Hemisphere Fulbright Programs Branch. Her portfolio includes Brazil, Peru, the UGRAD Program, and providing support for the NEXUS regional research program for scholars. Before arriving at Fulbright, Mary worked with the Inter-American Dialogue and the United Nations Association’s Global Classrooms® Washington, DC Program. She holds a B.A. in English and Spanish from the University of California at Irvine, and an M.A. in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies from the George Washington University.

Mary Evans

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Fulbright Canada

Dr. Michael Hawes is the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America and the Executive Director of the Canada - U.S. Fulbright Program. Michael has been a professor of international political economy and international relations in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University since 1985. During the 1999/2000 academic year Michael was the J. William Fulbright Distinguished Professor of International and Area Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and the John A. Sproul Senior Research Fellow in the Canadian Studies

Program. He has held posts as visiting scholar at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico in Mexico City, visiting professor of International Relations at Tsukuba University in Japan, and, on several occasions, visiting professor of international political economy at o the International University of Japan. Michael has published widely on foreign policy, political culture, international economic relations, regional integration in North America and East Asia, and related subjects.

Ms. Ava Kovats is Senior Finance Officer and Office Manager at the Foundation for Educational Exchange between Canada and the United States of America. She studied at Concordia University, has a diploma in Business Administration from Algonquin College, and has considerable experience in administration and finance. Her previous positions include Support Services Officer at Algonquin College and Business Officer at the Government-Business Consulting Group. Her role at the Foundation includes responsibility for general financial management, budgeting, and financial reporting, along with oversight of the office and the

human resources portfolio. She liaises with both governments, and with the private sector, on all budget, taxation, and financial matters. In addition, she handles scholar payments and program budgets. She is the primary support person for all grantees and all partners on matters relating to finance. She has been with the Foundation for fifteen years.

Ava Kovats

Michael Hawes

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Council for International Exchange of Scholars

Ms. Katrin DeWindt is the Assistant Director for the Western Hemisphere at the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), a division of the Institute of International Education (IIE). She moved to Washington, D.C. after joining the CIES in 2009, having relocating from Bogotá, Colombia where she worked with the Foundation for the Future of Colombia (COLFUTURO), an international higher education scholarship program aimed at facilitating the access of Colombian professionals to graduate education abroad. Katrin has over 10 years of experience working in international higher education and non-profit organizations. She earned her graduate degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida and has lived in Argentina, Colombia, Peru and Mexico.

Katrin DeWindt

Alumni Panel II: “Perspectives from NEXUS I” Speakers

Dr. Patrick Feng is an assistant professor in the department of Communication and Culture at the University of Calgary. His research area is science and technology policy, with a focus on the social and political implications of new technologies. Past projects have studied the development of scientific and technical standards in diverse fields (computing, health, food safety) and the role that international standards organizations play in shaping technological change. He has a keen interest in democracy and how citizens can be better represented in

scientific and technological policy-making. Dr. Feng has travelled extensively, and has lived in the United States, China, and the Netherlands. With the support of a Fulbright student award, he pursued graduate studies in the United States, receiving his Ph.D. in Science and Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2002. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Feng has received a number of awards including a Celanese Canada Internationalist Fellowship and fellowships from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the National Science Foundation. In 2001, he was a visiting scholar at the Center for Social Studies of Science at Peking University in Beijing, China. He moved to Calgary in 2005.

Patrick Feng

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Dr. Sandy Ng possesses a Doctorate in Microbiology and Immunology and a Master of Public Administration from Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario, Canada. She aspires to build a career in public health, utilizing her unique combination of expertise in research and policy, to (i) facilitate and strengthen scientific research and (ii) promote research translation into evidence-based practices. She currently works as a health analyst in the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, where she helps coordinate the province’s Patient Safety Initiative, wherein the

Ministry collects, monitors and publicly reports on eight selected patient safety indicators and provide support for evidence-based health policies for Ontario. Other highlights of her work include: 13 peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, an independent consultation paper for Public Safety Canada (“Emergency Preparedness in Canada: Case Studies in Vulnerable Populations in Large-scale Crises,” Jan 2009), as well as invited participations as speakers or panelist on various health related topics.

Dr. Maria Paz Gutierrez is a U.S. citizen, Chilean-born registered architect, researcher, and educator whose research focuses on integrated multifunctional building systems aimed to radically advance resource efficiency. In 2008, she founded BIOMSgroup, a new interdisciplinary research initiative that develops funded research on biologically inspired technologies through collaboration with biosciences. She is recipient of various research grants from organizations such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Gutierrez has projects in

the US, Chile, and Brazil, and her work has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally. She is recipient of the 2006 Best Interior Design Award - Interior Design Magazine (ECCB), the AIA Academic Medal (first Prize), Spayd Design Prize, and a semi-finalist of 2006 PHL Intl Airport walls competition. In 2009, she received the Helman Faculty Award at UC Berkeley (promise of research distinction), and the First Prize of the Blue Award 2009 International Competition (supervisor) – Sustainable Building Systems category by the University of Vienna, Austria. Gutierrez has two inventions currently on patenting process. For NEXUS, Gutierrez developed an affordable housing prototype that tests the integration of solar based energy storage and greywater recycling for thermal and water management suitable for flood zones. The prototype - SHAPING Recycling and Thermal Control - intersects and expands Gutierrez’s current funded research and specifically flood prone areas in Chile. Maria Paz is a former 2011-12 NEXUS grantee.

Maria Paz Gutierrez

Sandy Ng

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Research Panel Speakers“Perspectives on Energy and the Environment: Building a Research Program”

Dr. William Shotyk earned his B.Sc. (Agr.) at the University of Guelph (Soil Science and Chemistry) in 1981, and his Ph.D. at the University of Western Ontario (Geochemistry) in 1986. After postdoctoral research at the University of California, Riverside (1987) and at the University of Western Ontario (1988-1989), Shotyk joined the Geological Institute at the University of Berne, Switzerland, as Oberassistent. He completed his Habilitation (Geochemistry) at the University of Berne in 1995. In October of 2000, Shotyk joined the University of Heidelberg as Professor,

becoming Director of the Institute of Enviromental Geochemistry. As of October 2011, Shotyk holds the position of Bocock Chair in Agriculture and Environment at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences, Renewable Resources.

Dr. Andrew Leach is an environmental economist, energy enthusiast, and passionate advocate for good environmental policy. He earned his Ph.D. from Queen’s University in Economics, and his B.Sc (Environmental Sciences) and M.A. (Economics) from the University of Guelph. After completing graduate school, Leach became an Assistant Professor at HEC Montreal, an international business school. After three years, Leach left HEC Montreal to move to the University of Alberta in 2006, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Alberta School of Business. Leach teaches courses in energy markets as

part of the Natural Resources, Energy and Environment programs. His research interests span climate and energy economics.

Andrew Leach

William Shotyk

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Commercialization Panel Speaker“From Innovation to Market”

Mr. Roger Straathof leads one of the largest commercial banking centres in Canada and covers knowledge-based industries and the energy services industry in Alberta. He is the RBC executive champion for the energy services industry in Canada and is a member of the KBI executive counsel. The centre is a leader in revenue growth, new business development and in the use of innovative finance structures and cash management services. After joining RBC in Calgary in the energy banking business in 1982, Roger has worked in Toronto, Frankfurt,

London UK, and Vancouver in senior corporate banking roles, risk management, leadership roles, and as executive assistant of the Chairman of the Royal Bank of Canada. He is a landed immigrant from the Netherlands with a Bachelors of Economics from the University of Rotterdam and a MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management.

Farewell Dinner Speaker

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon was appointed the eighth president and vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary. As the leader of one of Canada’s top research-intensive universities, she an advocate for the importance of higher education in driving discovery and innovation, and finding solutions for the world’s greatest challenges. Dr. Cannon is a renowned expert in geomatics engineering, has served on numerous boards, and with national advisory groups and community committees. She was past president of Institute of Navigation; board member and interim chair of the Canada Foundation for Innovation; director of the

Enbridge Income Fund Holdings; and board member of the Royal Society of Canada, the Alberta Ingenuity Fund, and the TELUS World of Science. Elizabeth is the recipient of many awards, including the Johannes Kepler Award from the U.S. Institute of Navigation, NSERC’s E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, one of Canada’s premier science and engineering prizes; and the Canadian Council of Professional Engineers’ Young Engineer Achievement Award. In 1998 she was selected as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, and in 2006 she was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. During her years as an engineering professor at the Schulich School of Engineering she also won numerous teaching and research awards, and still takes great pride in following the success stories of the many graduate students she trained and mentored.

Elizabeth Cannon

Roger Straathof

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NEXUS Research Coordinator

Mr. Diego Ponce de Leon Barido is a Mexican first year MS/PhD student in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley, investigating the optimal distribution of energy and water resources for a wide variety of economic productive sectors in megacities. He has fieldwork experience in Chiapas (Mexico) working on microcredit schemes and river survey studies, has worked developing ‘low-tech high-impact’ water distribution systems for small communities in Uganda and Honduras, has used GIS models and InVest (Integrated Valuation of Environmental services and Tradeoffs) to develop a hydrological

model of the Linthipe Basin (Malawi), and, most recently, was involved in a project linking hydrological variability to the sectorial economies of Punjab and Telangana, in India. He holds degrees in Economics and Civil Engineering from Macalester College and the University of Minnesota respectively, and has published in a variety of healthcare economics and engineering journals.

Ms. Rebekah Shirley is a second year PhD student with the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley. She is from Trinidad and Tobago. After completing an undergraduate degree in Environment at McGill University (Quebec, Canada) she worked for two years at the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) in Trinidad and Tobago.

Diego Ponce de Leon Barido

Nexus Administration

Ms. Jessica Reilly is a first year MS/PhD student at the Energy and Resources group at UC Berkeley. Since graduating from Brown University with a degree in Ecology, Jessica has spent the last 11 years supporting research, ecotourism, and energy development in rural communities worldwide.

Rebekah Shirley

Jessica Reilly

NEXUS Group Research Liaisons

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Daniel M. Kammen is Professor in the Energy and Resources Group (ERG), Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy and is Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the founding Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL). Kammen received his undergraduate degree in physics from Cornell University, and his masters and doctorate in physics from Harvard for work on theoretical solid state physics and computational biophysics. He was the Wezmann & Bantrell Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Institute of Technology in the Divisions of Engineering, Biology, and the Humanities. First at Caltech and then as a Lecturer in Physics and in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Kammen developed a number of projects focused on renewable energy technologies and environmental resource management. Kammen received the 1993 21st Century Earth Award, recognizing contributions to rural development and environmental conservation from the Global Industrial and Policy Research Institute and Nihon Keizai Shimbun in Japan.

Dr. Kammen’s research interests include: the science, engineering, management, and dissemination of renewable energy systems; health and environmental impacts of energy generation and use; rural resource management, including issues of gender and ethnicity; international R&D policy, climate change; and energy forecasting and risk analysis. He is the author of over 90 journal publications, a book on environmental, technological, and health risks (Should We Risk It?, Princeton University Press) and numerous reports on renewable energy and development. He has been regularly featured on network and public broadcasting television and in print as an analyst of energy, environmental, and risk policy issues and current events.

Kammen advises the U. S. and Swedish Agencies for International Development, the World Bank, and the President’s Committee on Science and Technology (PCAST), and is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Working Group III and the Special Report on Technology Transfer). Dr. Kammen serves on the technical review board for the GEF (the STAP), is a lead author for the Special Report on Technology Transfer of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and advises the World Bank and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and well as the African Academy of Sciences.

The Distinguished Lead Scholar will provide the overall leadership and facilitation of the Fulbright NEXUS Program.

Distinguished Lead Scholar

Daniel M. Kammen

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Dr. Katie Arkema is a scientist with the Natural Capital Project, a partnership between Stanford University, The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Fund, and the University of Minnesota. Her research is focused on understanding how human activities and climate change influence the benefits that humans rely on from their natural environments. Katie has developed models and software for quantifying and valuing these services - clean water, food resources, protection from flooding and storms, climate regulation, and opportunities for recreation and aesthetic enjoyment. Her primary goal is to use science to influence challenging policy- and decision-

making processes. In collaboration with her colleagues, government and non-governmental partners worldwide, Katie is using these models to inform marine spatial planning, infrastructure permitting, and climate adaptation strategies. In all of her projects, Katie engages with stakeholders to understand the most pressing issues, and to design approaches and tools needed to inform management. Katie’s recent efforts include the development of an Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan for the country of Belize, and a nation-wide assessment of green infrastructure protection from sea level rise and storms for the coastline of the United States. Katie received her Ph.D. in marine ecology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her undergraduate degree is in ecology with a minor in Latin American studies from Princeton University.

Dr. Fernando Borraz was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and obtained a B.A. in Economics from the University of the Republic of Uruguay in 1996. Fernando got an Inter-American Development Bank scholarship to pursue his Master of Science in Economics at ILADES/Georgetown University in Santiago de Chile. He also obtained a Georgetown University graduate fellowship to get a Ph.D. in Economics at Georgetown University in 2004. Fernando’s research is in policy evaluation, development economics and applied microeconomics. He is a researcher at the Central Bank of Uruguay and professor at the University of the Republic. His research has been published in The Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Economic Inequality and the

National Bureau of Economic Research, among others. He received the first prize of the National Prize in Economics in 2004, granted by the University of the Republic. He also received the first prize in the 2011 Inter-American Award for Research in Social Security granted by the Inter-American Conference on Social Security.

2012-13 Fulbright NEXUS Scholars

Fernando Borraz

Katie Arkema

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Dr. Eleonora Campos is a molecular microbiologist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She has a B.A. and a Ph.D. degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Buenos Aires. She was also a postdoctoral fellow from National Council of Research (CNPQ) at Carlos Chagas-Fiocruz Institute-Curitiba. She is a researcher from the National Council of Research from Argentina, working at the Biotechnology Institute from the National Institute for Agricultural Research. Her area of expertise is molecular biology of cellulolytic bacteria for the generation of biofuels; more specifically, the study of enzymes that deconstruct cellulose and hemicelluloses in order to obtain bioethanol from agricultural or forestry residues.

Eleonora Campos

Dr. Megan Cox is a Barbadian who received the Fulbright NEXUS scholarship to continue her study on the impacts of karst sinkholes and suck wells on the groundwater quality in Barbados. Megan was educated in Barbados up to secondary level and continued her education in the UK at the University of Leicester where she received a bachelor’s in science studying interdisciplinary science. Megan continued her education at Lancaster University where she completed a master’s degree in Environmental Biochemical Toxicology. On completing University, Megan returned home and started working at the Caribbean Intuition of Meteorology and

Hydrogen (CIMH) as the Technical Specialist for OAS project titled: Assessment of the Effects of Drainage Wells (Suck Wells) and Karst Sinkholes on the Groundwater Quality of Barbados. CIMH recently reemployed Megan full time as the Water Quality Specialist. At CIMH, Megan designed and taught a module on water quality for the Hydrological technician’s course and Diploma in hydrology course.

Megan Cox

“Although Barbadians are aware of the various threats to the island’s primary source of portable water, their actions suggest that they do not appreciate the

magnitude of the problem.”

“Can soil microorganisms be a source of cellulose degrading enzymes useful for the generation of biofuels from cellulosic biomass?”

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Mr. Mathias Craig conceived of blueEnergy while conducting his graduate studies at MIT. blueEnergy is a social impact organization that connects the poorest, most isolated communities to energy, clean water and other essential services, and trains leaders to work globally for a more sustainable, equitable world. Since its founding in 2003, Mathias has served as Executive Director, providing leadership on strategic direction, program development, and resource development. Both blueEnergy and Mathias have been recognized by

CNN Heroes, Larry King Live, the Tech Awards (winner of 2007 Economic Development Award), the Energy Globe Awards (National Winner for Nicaragua and Finalist for Energy Globe World Award, 2008), the Ashoka Fellowship,m and most recently as a Fulbright Scholar. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mathias is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.

Dr. Hallie Eakin is an Associate Professor in Sustainability Science with the School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the adaptability, resilience and sustainability of food systems in face of global environmental and socioeconomic change. Her research has largely focused on the livelihoods of rural smallholders in Latin America (Mexico, Central America and Argentina). Recently, she has investigated processes of change and vulnerabilities in the Mexican maize system, and the adaptive capacity of Mesoamerican coffee farmers. Dr. Eakin has consulted with

the World Bank, the United States Agency for International Development, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency on projects in agricultural development, the use of seasonal forecasting in drought risk mitigation, and adaptation to anticipated climate-change impacts on urban water availability. She teaches courses on food systems sustainability, on adaptation and resilience and on proposal writing in sustainability research.

Hallie Eakin

Mathias Graig

“What interventions are likely to best enhance existing capacities for risk management?”

“Can the global goal of universal energy access be implemented on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua in a way that supports local development priorities?”

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Dr. Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras is an Associate Professor in the Agricultural Production Department in the Agricultural Sciences Faculty of Universidad de Talca, Maule region, Chile. At present he is also the Director of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural Sciences of his institution. He obtained a Biological Sciences degree from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (1992), and a Doctor in Science degree from Universidad de Chile (1999). During his graduate studies he received advanced training in entomology, ecology, and chemical ecology at Universidad de Chile, and in biological control during a research stay in the Entomology and Nematology Department in Rothamsted

Research, UK (1995). Since 2000 his main research line has been the integrated pest management of fruit crops in temperate areas. The key projects involve aphids and fruit moths as model insects, which are the key pests of pome (apple and pears) and stone fruit (peach, plum and cherry) production. Dr. Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras has received fellowships from Conicyt (Chile), Fundación Andes (Chile), and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. In addition, Dr. Fuentes-Contreras is responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Fruit Crop Protection and Integrated Fruit Production.

Dr. Vladimir Gil is a professor and researcher at the Environmental Development Master Program and the Department of Social Sciences at the Catholic University of Peru, and the Graduate Program in Mining Law & Environment at the Pacific University. He is Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Environmental Research & Conservation - The Earth Institute at Columbia University; and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Gil obtained his Ph.D., M. Phil, and M.A. degrees in Ecological and Economic Anthropology from Yale University, where he was a Fulbright fellow. He holds a B.A. in Social Sciences and Anthropology from the Catholic University

of Peru. Dr. Gil is the General Coordinator of the Consortium for the Study of the Economic Impact of Climate Change in Peru (EIECCP), a national study of climate change impacts on well-being and economic productivity. Dr. Gil is also the Director of the Consortium for the Climate Vulnerability Impact Assessment of the Global Ecosystem-based Adaptation Project in the Andes, formed by UNALM and Columbia University. Previously, Dr. Gil was Associate Researcher at the UP Research Center (CIUP). He also had a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Dr. Gil’s research focuses on socio-environmental issues, including the challenges of development, social conflicts and extractive industries, as well as adaptation to climate uncertainties in the Andean-Amazonian region.

Eduardo Fuentes-Contreras

Vladimir Gil

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Dr. Mauricio Giraldo participated in several industry and research related projects while studying Mechanical Engineering at the Pontificia Bolivariana University in Medellín Colombia. Projects ranged from the evaluation of boiler combustion to the design and building of a small wind turbine for a local public park. After graduating at the top of his class, he began his Ph.D. studies in Colombia financed by Colciencias, focused on the numerical evaluation of complex flow phenomena. During his Ph.D. he was able to secure a short stay at the University of Nottingham (UK) to work on the numerical models, and received

a Marie Curie Fellowship to conduct further research of fluid behavior at the sub-micron scale at the University of Leeds, also in the UK. After receiving his Magna Cum Laude Doctoral degree, he has was hired at the Pontificia Bolivariana University in Medellín, where he is teaching both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, consulting with local companies on energy related matters, and conducting research in the fields of numerical methods, energy, fluid mechanics and renewable energy systems. Currently he is the Mechanical Engineering Head of Department, in charge of the academic and administrative aspect

Claudia González-Brambila

Mauricio Giraldo

“What are the differences between Mexican and American Green Entrepreneurs?”

Dr. Claudia González-Brambila was born in Mexico City. She is a professor-researcher in Business Administration, and Coordinator of Entrepreneurship at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Dr. González-Brambila is an expert in Science and Technology Policy and has studied the determinants of research productivity and the impact of governmental programs on innovation. She received her Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), and her Master’s in Engineering (Planning) from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where she was awarded the Gabino Barreda Medal, the most prestigious

honor for UNAM students. Dr. González-Brambila has been Deputy Director General for International Affairs and Scholarships at the Mexican Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT), and visiting researcher at the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST). She is member of the National System of Researchers (SNI).

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Dr. Sharon Gourdji was born in New York City, and raised in Midland, Michigan. She received her B.A. in Mathematics from Columbia University, and then worked for six years in the financial software industry. After returning to graduate school, she received a combined Master’s degree in Applied Economics and Natural Resources and Environment, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Michigan. In the environmental field, she has worked on statistical and process-based models that aim to support decision-making in

the areas of water resource management, carbon monitoring and agricultural adaptation to climate change. She is currently a post-doc working in the Center for Food Security and the Environment and the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University.

Dr. Andreas Hamann is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta in the field of ecological genetics. He received his Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and his M.Sc. degree at the State University of New York, Syracuse. Subsequently, he has worked on conservation and natural resource management projects in the Philippines and Kenya. Currently, his research centers on conifer population genomics and adapting forest genetic resource management to climate change in Canada. His lab members work on ecological genetics of western North American

tree species, climate change adaptation strategies for the forestry sector, conservation genetics, dendrochronology, ecophysiology,

and phenology of tree species. He has recently initiated similar work for European tree species in collaboration with researchers from Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland under the auspices of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Sharon Gourdji

Andreas Hamann

“It is clear that we need to correctly match genotypes to new climatic realities to ensure continued forest health and productivity.”

“The maintenance of production on existing lands can help to forestall farm abandonment driven by crisis.”

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Ms. Tracy-Ann Hyman is currently a Researcher with the Climate Studies Group in the Department of Physics, University of the West Indies, Jamaica. She is responsible for providing technical research support to the Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Jamaica. This project is managed by the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the United Nations Environment Programme, and is funded by the European Union. The project’s objective is to increase resilience and reduce risks associated with natural hazards in vulnerable areas, thereby contributing to the sustainable development

of Jamaica. In 2008 Tracy-Ann received a Japanese Government Scholarship (MEXT), which allowed her to obtain a Master’s degree in Sustainability Science from the University of Tokyo, Japan. Her thesis won the ‘Best Paper Award’ at the 2010 Asia Pacific Forum in Beppu, Japan. Her main research interest lies in Disaster Management and Community Resilience for Caribbean coastal communities. This approach highlights the need for promoting a Community Empowerment Approach (CEA) towards disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes, sea level rise etc. It encourages local residents to be involved in all four stages of the Comprehensive Disaster Management Cycle.

Dr. David Hsu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies how environmental policy is implemented in cities through systems of infrastructure, buildings, institutions, behavior, and finance. Interest include energy and water, green buildings and building codes, consumer behavior, and how these are all affected by increasing amounts of data. Prior to academia, Professor Hsu worked in city government in Seattle and New York; as a financial analyst; and as a structural engineer and environmental designer. He received his doctorate from the University of Washington in Seattle, and was

previously educated at Yale and Cornell Universities, and the London School of Economics and Political Science.

David Hsu

Tracy-Ann Hyman

“As a rapidly urbanizing and developing country, Brazil’s lack of existing energy infrastructure is in some ways an opportunity to build a data infrastructure

correctly from the beginning.”

“How can a bottom up community empowerment approach strengthen resilience to climatic and natural disaster events?”

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Dr. André Lucena is an Associate Professor at the Energy Planning Program of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. His research interests include energy and environmental economics, integrated energy modeling and climate change. Dr. Lucena was born in Rio de Janeiro and graduated with a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University. After graduation he entered an Environmental Planning Master’s program, where he studied the relationship between economic development and environmental quality in Brazil. As a doctoral researcher, Dr. Lucena worked with integrated energy modeling and long term

energy scenario building. In 2008-2009, Dr. Lucena received an international exchange grant to work as a visiting scholar at the International Energy Studies Department of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. While there, he worked on a project to estimate the risk of climate change to California energy infrastructure. Since completing his doctorate, he has been working on energy and climate change related issues, teaching and advising students on Environmental and Energy Economics.

André Lucena

Dr. Mauricio Lopez is an Associate Professor and Associate-Dean of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Civil Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Since 2006 he is the editor of Revista Ingenieria de Construcción, a research journal recently included in Scopus. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1997 and 1999, respectively. He received his Master’s degree in Science in Civil Engineering and Doctorate degrees from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research and professional interests include concrete

properties, microstructure of materials, and sustainability in civil engineering materials, deterioration, and rehabilitation of materials and structures.

Mauricio Lopez

“Climate change poses a twofold challenge to energy security: there is a need to conciliate mitigation efforts with the provision of affordable energy services.”

“Results could be used to make feasible manufacturing FA-LWA using a technique with the minimum energy comsumption during the agglomeration and hardening

process.”

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Dr. Javier Naupari is an Associate Professor in Rangeland Ecology and Management and head of the Rangeland Ecology Lab at the Agricultural State La Molina University in Lima, Peru. Dr. Naupari is also the Academic Coordinator of the M.S. Program in Animal Production at La Molina University. Dr. Naupari, a Fulbright alumnus, received his Ph.D. degree in Natural Resources at the University of Idaho and M.S. degree in Range Animal Production at La Molina University. His research area is remote sensing and geographic information systems applied to ecological processes in mountain range ecosystems. He is currently involved

in assessing the ecological status and productivity of rangeland ecosystems and the impacts of climate change on livestock production.

Mr. Rene Mariaca is an academic and entrepreneur of the tourism sector in Bolivia. He has a B.S. in Management from the Catholic University of Bolivia and earned a Master’s degree in Marketing from Complutense University of Madrid, and a Master’s degree in Higher Education Management from University of Alcala de Henares. Since 2005, he has been a researcher and professor at the Catholic University. He is Head of the Department of Tourism Management and is acting Dean. He is a member of the Bolivian Chamber of Hotels, Association of Tourism Destination Management, Federation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia.

Rene is concerned with the changing dynamics of rural tourism as well as with environmental issues and economic and social growth. He worked as a consultant for the Bolivian Government, local municipalities and for different NGOs, always focusing his work on sustainable tourism.

Rene Mariaca

“Maybe mitigation efforts will reduce [climate change], but the simple inertia is just over us, adaptive strategies are needed.”

Javier Naupari

“We can contribute to the understanding of climate change adaptation strategies to enhance livelihood and quality of life for local and regional communities.”

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Mr. Carlos Roberto Pacas is from San Salvador, El Salvador. As an environmental engineer, he has been researching water and air pollution for over ten years. He is currently the Director of the Institute for Energy Research at University Don Bosco in San Salvador. This research institute works to educate and implement renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency practices within industry, government, and schools. In 2011, he received a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. His thesis is a statistical comparison between the gravimetric method and continuous method for measuring PM2.5

in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began air pollution research in 2005 with a project about Turbococina integration in rural communities. Better natural resource utilization and quality of life issues (such as indoor air quality and access to affordable fuel sources) for rural communities have remained a research interest. His research objectives include building and testing a new oven-stove-cooling system; studying biomass combustion efficiency and data with simulation software; and conducting comparisons of different oven-stove designs and biomass materials in the lab to corroborate positive results in El Salvador conditions.

Carlos Roberto Pacas

Dr. Pedro Wightman is an assistant professor at the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. He graduated with honors from his bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from the same institution. He worked as an instructor and researcher for a year, before being accepted to the Professor Formation Program at Uninorte, which allowed him to go to the University of South Florida to obtain his master’s degree and doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering, in 2007 and 2012 respectively, under the guidance of Dr. Miguel Labrador. His main research topics are Topology Control in Wireless Sensor Networks, more specifically

in energy-efficient protocols for topology construction and maintenance, and Location-based Information Systems, with an emphasis in implementation of LBISs in open source platforms and lately, location privacy preserving techniques.

Pedro Wightman

“The actual status of national resources has been compromised due to deforestation and non-adequate biomass uses. New prototypes for biomass combustion are needed

for conservation.”

“The impact in terms of new sources of pollution must be evaluated, so the quality of life of the communities will not be affected.”

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Acknowledgements

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Julia Gaffield

Fulbright Canada is grateful for the generous support of the Killam Fellowships Partners who made this

night possible.

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pour rendre cette soirée possible.

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