Schedule

* All times are based on Canada/Eastern EDT.

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    Wednesday

    Feb. 19

    Thursday

    Feb. 20

    Friday

    Feb. 21

    Saturday

    Feb. 22

    07:30

    Canada/Eastern

     2 parallel sessions
    07:30 - 08:30 EST
    Wentworth and Chedoke Foyers

    BREAKFAST

    Continental breakfast is included in your registration.

    07:30 - 17:00 EST
    Chedoke Foyer

    REGISTRATION

    Registration Desk is open.

    08:30

    Canada/Eastern
    08:30 - 09:20 EST
    Chedoke B/C

    Opening Ceremonies

    Welcome to SCAS 2025. Indigenous land acknowledgement. A message from the President. Meeting housekeeping.

    09:20

    Canada/Eastern
    09:20 - 10:00 EST
    Chedoke B/C

    Stevenson Award & Lecture: Jacob Brownscombe

    Toward Digital Twins of Natural Ecosystems: The Technological Era of Natural Science and Management

    1

    10:00

    Canada/Eastern
    10:00 - 10:20 EST
    Chedoke foyer/Wentworth concourse

    Coffee break

    Coffee break (coffee/tea/juice/pop and snacks available)

    10:20

    Canada/Eastern
    10:20 - 11:00 EST
    Chedoke B/C

    Frank Rigler Award & Lecture: Shelley Arnott

    Ecological context shapes zooplankton response to salinization

    1

    11:00

    Canada/Eastern
    11:00 - 11:20 EST
    Chedoke B/C

    Robert H. Peters Award & Lecture: Chun Ngai Chan

    Experimental Ecosystem Eutrophication Causes Offsetting Effects on Emissions of CO2 CH4 and N2 O from Agricultural Reservoirs

    1

    11:20

    Canada/Eastern
    11:20 - 11:40 EST
    Chedoke B/C

    Plenary 1: Vivian Nguyen

    Provisioning fisheries: a human dimensions framework for recognizing the fuzzy boundaries around commercial, subsistence, and recreational fisheries

    1

    11:40

    Canada/Eastern
    11:40 - 12:00 EST

    Plenary 2: Paul Snelgrove and Liisa Peramaki

    Making Science Count in Canada’s Oceans

    1

    12:00

    Canada/Eastern
    12:00 - 13:20 EST
    OFF SITE

    LUNCH (off site)

    13:20

    Canada/Eastern

     6 parallel sessions
    13:20 - 15:20 EST
    Wentworth A

    (1A) RS16 Fish, Fisheries, and Stock Assessment, Part 1

    Chairs: Marten Koops and Jon Midwood [Fisheries and Oceans Canada], Erin Dunlop [Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources]

    6
    13:20 - 15:20 EST
    Wentworth B

    (1B) SS3 Freshwater Biodiversity, Part 1

    Freshwater biodiversity under threat: Conserving Canada’s freshwater Species at Risk - Chairs: Markelle Morphet, Jennifer Powell, Dominique Rumball [University of Toronto Scarborough], Andrew Drake, [Fisheries and Oceans Canada]

    6
    13:20 - 15:20 EST
    Wentworth C

    (1C) SS9 Molecular Tools, Part 1

    Using molecular tools to monitor aquatic ecosystem changes - Chairs: Valérie Langlois [McGill University], Geneviève D’Avignon [Université de Sherbrooke], Joanna Gauthier [University of Ottawa], Yuanyu Cheng [McGill University]

    6
    13:20 - 15:20 EST
    Chedoke A

    (3A) RS17 Harmful Algal Blooms

    Chair: Francis Pick [University of Ottawa] and Gertrud Nurnberg [Freshwater Research]

    6
    13:20 - 15:20 EST
    Chedoke B

    (3B) SS8 River Thermal Regimes

    River thermal regimes: processes, analysis, and modelling - Chairs: Andre St-Hilaire, Eva Enders, Normand Bergeron [INRS - Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement]

    6
    13:20 - 15:20 EST
    Chedoke C

    (3C) RS13 Aquatic Food Webs, Part 1

    Chairs: Charlotte Ward and Reilly O'Connor [University of Guelph]

    6

    15:20

    Canada/Eastern
    15:20 - 15:40 EST
    Wentworth and Chedoke Foyers

    Coffee break

    Coffee break (coffee/tea/juice/pop and snacks available)

    15:40

    Canada/Eastern

     6 parallel sessions
    15:40 - 17:00 EST
    Wentworth A

    (1A) RS16 Fish, Fisheries, and Stock Assessment, Part 2

    Chairs: Marten Koops and Jon Midwood [Fisheries and Oceans Canada], Erin Dunlop [Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources]

    4
    15:40 - 17:00 EST
    Wentworth B

    (1B) SS3 Freshwater Biodiversity, Part 2

    Freshwater biodiversity under threat: Conserving Canada’s freshwater Species at Risk - Chairs: Markelle Morphet, Jennifer Powell, Dominique Rumball [University of Toronto Scarborough], Andrew Drake, [Fisheries and Oceans Canada]

    4
    15:40 - 16:40 EST
    Wentworth C

    (1C) SS9 Molecular Tools, Part 2

    Using molecular tools to monitor aquatic ecosystem changes - Chairs: Valérie Langlois [McGill University], Geneviève D’Avignon [Université de Sherbrooke], Joanna Gauthier [University of Ottawa], Yuanyu Cheng [McGill University]

    3
    15:40 - 17:00 EST
    Chedoke A

    (3A) RS19 Urban Water Management

    Chair: Andrea Kirkwood [Ontario Tech University]

    4
    15:40 - 17:00 EST
    Chedoke B

    (3B) RS18 Indigenous Knowledge Systems

    Chair: Preston Lennox [Minnow Environmental]

    4
    15:40 - 17:00 EST
    Chedoke C

    (3C) R13 Aquatic Food Webs, Part 2

    Chairs: Charlotte Ward and Reilly O'Connor [University of Guelph]

    4

    17:00

    Canada/Eastern
    17:00 - 18:00 EST
    Chedoke A

    SCAS Business Meeting

    Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

    18:00

    Canada/Eastern
    18:00 - 19:00 EST
    Webster A/B/C

    Poster Session (Level 3)

    Please attend the poster session. Pizza is provided, plus coffee/tea/juice/pop; cash bar available.

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