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May 2015 Volume 1, Issue 2
Dr. Cathy Driscoll (Management) will be presenting a paper on “An Assessment of Sustainability Integration and
Communication in Canadian MBA Programs" at the 2015 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada
Conference. The conference takes place in Halifax this year and sponsored by the Sobey School of Business (June
13-16). This paper is co-authored with Shelley Price (SMU Business doctoral student), Jason Nicholls (SMU MBA
student), and Dr. Margaret McKee (Management).
Faculty Highlights
In February, the Patrick Power Library Faculty Author Series featured Dr. Brian Bartlett (Department of English)
who gave a presentation on the genesis of his book Ringing Here & There: A Nature Calendar (Fitzhenry and
Whiteside, 2014). In March, while on a brief writer-in-residency at UPEI, he led a workshop for students and the general public, “The Attractions of Nature Writing,” and in late April he will give a similar workshop in Riverview,
NB as part of the annual Moncton-based Frye Festival. This June in England he’ll be reading from Ringing Here &
There in London, Manchester, Leeds, and York. Currently he is revising a fifty-entry “waterside journal” of plein-air
writing all drafted outdoors over eighteen months by various bodies of water (bays, lakes, rivers, brooks, ponds,
vernal pools, waterfalls). Dr. Bartlett will be teaching The Writer and Nature (ENGL 2318) in the upcoming
Summer Session and Winter 2016.
On-Campus Facilities and Resources
Welcome to Emily Chapman who will be joining the Aquatic Ecosystem Health Laboratory. Dr. Linda Campbell’s
lab has acquired an NSERC Engage Grant for a research project this summer to investigate the remediation of
mining waste using ecotoxicology approaches. Research will take place in the new Clean-room Trace-element
Environmental Analytical Laboratory (CTEAL).
Sustainability in Business
Performing environmental research this summer? In need of equipment to get the job done? The Community-
Based Environmental Monitoring Network might be able to help you out! Check out our Environmental Equipment
Bank for equipment available to loan out this field season! We’ve recently purchased a new 15’ flow probe and
new pH pens through funding from the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies as well as a new in-
field Turbidity Meter purchased through TD’s Friends of the Environment Foundation. Discover what equipment
we have to loan out at cbemn.ca/equipment-bank
Publications
The CURA H2O Project Coordinator, Sarah Weston and Research Coordinator, Dr. Cathy Conrad have recently been
published in the peer reviewed journal Environment and Nature Resources Research. This article reviews the state of
Community-Based Water Monitoring (CBWM) in the province and how CURA H2O has played a role in improving
it. Additionally recommendations from CBWM in Nova Scotia and CURA H2O’s research are made which can be
carried over to other provinces by incorporating integrated water management, applying consistent technical
standards, maintaining reciprocity with volunteers, and ensuring knowledge and resource-sharing. The article can be
found at: ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/enrr/issue/view/1280
Linda Campbell (ENVS) and research team member, Emily Chapman have been published in the Environmental
Science and Pollution Research Journal. As well, Linda has co-authored a chapter in the book Environmental
Contaminants: using natural archives to track sources and long-term trends of pollution.
Inside this
issue:
Facilities
and
Resources
1
Faculty
Highlights
1
Publications 1
Student
Opportunities 2
Research/
Conference
Opportunities
2
Congrats! 3
Course
Offerings
3
Links 4
Events 4
The Writer in Nature
Newsletter
Student Job, Volunteer, Scholarship Opportunities
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The Offshore Energy Research Association (OERA) has
an 'Open Proposal Program' available three (3) times a
year for potential research funding in the areas of marine renewable energy, petroleum geosciences and seismic &
marine sound. Proposals will be due to OERA on the last
day of January, May and October of any given year.
For more information: oera.ca
Javitech is hiring full and part-time positions for fisheries observers throughout Atlantic Canada. Javitech is a
great opportunity for students interested in working in the fishing industry. Applicants should attach the
contact name, Dan Mombourquette, to their resume.
For more information: javitechatlantic.ca
Contact: [email protected]
Internship Opportunities with South
African Shark
Conservancy (SASC)
http://www.sharkconservancy.org
Contact info:
Congratulations!
The SMU Academic Initiative Fund for Sustainability Proposal Winners :
Curriculum Development and Research Cluster on Environmental Sustainability, Innovation and Entrepreneurship;
Ahmed Khan, Ryan Gibson, Eric Crowell and team.
Revitalization of the Campus Community Garden; Geordan Lynk, Meghan Clarke and team
Canadian Society for Ecological Economics
(CANSEE) 2015 Conference, Vancouver Oct 1-4 Proposals are being accepted for the 2015 CAN-
SEE-USSEE conference Pathways for Change:
Towards a Just and Sustainable Economy to be
held in Vancouver October 1-4, 2015 and can be
submitted up until May 15th.
Conference, Research, Paper Proposals
Call for Papers: Ocean Mapping
The Journal of Ocean Technology (JOT)
production team invites the submission of
technical papers that describe cutting edge
research related to ocean mapping for its fall
2015 issue. Deadline: June 1
Congratulations to the following Honours Students
for the successful defense of their Honours Theses:
Jon Bray, Honours Geography and Environmental Studies
Dylan Colbourne, Honours Geography and Environmental Studies
Jocelyn Kickbush, Honours Environmental Science
Vanessa Mitchell, Honours Geography and Environmental Studies
Marc Therrien, Honours Geography and Environmental Studies
Congratulations to the following Masters Students
for the successful defense of their Masters Theses:
Melissa Healey, Master of Science, Applied Science
Samantha Page, Master of Science, Applied Science
Volunteer for
Digital Earth 2015!
Apply for the 2015 John Davies
Memorial Award. Open to full time graduate students whose
research will assist in providing solutions
to problems encountered in the Arctic or in
cold ocean environments.
Email [email protected] for application procedures.
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Study the Environment at SMU
Across Saint Mary’s, the university offers a wide range of environmental education. Many environment-related courses are
available this coming summer, fall and winter. The School of the Environment is pleased to provide a new listing of
environment-related courses.
Click on the posters below for further information on new environment-related course offerings at Saint Mary's!
Saint Mary’s University
923 Robie Street
Halifax, NS
B3H 3C3
Canada
Phone: 902-420-5737
Fax: : 902-496-8213
E-mail: [email protected]
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Enviro Links
If you would like to contribute an item to the SoE Newsletter please email
[email protected] with your newsletter item, its deadline and contact info (if applicable).
Events
Enactus Smu—community of student, academic, and business leaders committed to using the power
of entrepreneurial action to transform lives and shape a BETTER, more sustainable world.
Organic Friends' E-Zine
The Deanery Project—Environment – Youth – Community – Natural Building – The Arts
Waterloo Institute for Disaster Management (WIDM)
The School of the Environment is the hub for environmental
education, research and outreach at Saint Mary’s University. It
brings together students and professors from all of the university’s
programs that are explicitly environmental in focus.
On everything from healthy communities to green business to
climate change, students and researchers at Saint Mary’s are
making a difference in Nova Scotia. We look forward to working with
business, government, and communities as we all move
towards more sustainable practices - both here and around the world.
Dr. Tony Charles
Director, School of the Environment
Saint Mary’s University
Halifax’s Green Drinks hopes to get local activists
together to talk environment and sustainability,
over a couple of cold ones. Follow them on
Facebook so you can join their next event!
Courtney Morrison hosts Green Drinks
monthly at the Henry House
As part of CURA H2O’s annual partner’s work-
shop, they will be hosting the Atlantic Watershed
Stewardship Showcase on May 8th & 9th. Come
between 2:30-3:30 in Burke 205 on Friday and
Saturday to see what the Stewardship Community
in Atlantic Canada is up to this year!
Stewardship Organizations from across the
Atlantic Region will be present, describing the
incredible environmental work that they are up to!
Contact: [email protected]
Subscribe to the
newly launched
SoE
You Tube page
to view our ongoing
series of
Environment
Seminars
Join the IDLE-FREE campaign!
WHO: The Children’s Clean Air Network - Canada’s Leading IDLE-FREE Campaign, ‘IDLE-FREE for
our kids’.
WHAT: Having a FLASH MOB to CLEAR THE AIR on IDLE-Myths.
WHERE: Port of Halifax (Samuel Cunard Circle, Farmers Market, TO BE CONFIRMED).
WHEN: Wednesday, June 3, 2:30PM. National Clean Air Day, part of Environment Week in Canada.
Contact info: [email protected]
WHY: INSPIRE Canadians to save $Millions in fuel in IDLE-Time when they’re parked!
Digital Humanities Summer Institute is being held at Dalhousie from May 4-15.
May 7th, 4pm"Mapping DH: Digital Humanities Content and Mobile Applications"
May 14th, 4pm "Under the Hood: Making for Meaning in the Digital Humanities"
For more information: Digital Humanities Summer Institute