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Monday 8 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:00
13:00
Poster session
4 hours, 13:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)

Poster session
4 hours, 13:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)

Poster session
4 hours, 13:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)

Welcome of the participants
4 hours, 13:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - Entrance hall

13:30
13:30

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Negar Valizadeh (Master of ceremonies)

Sara Vieira, Seneca College (Speaker)

Chloé Reiser, University of New Brunswick (Speaker)

Maryam Foroutan, Memorial University (Speaker)

Monika Imeri, Carleton University (Speaker)

SERGIO SILVA BORGES, University of Ottawa (Speaker)

(Im)migrants undergo significant transitions when settling in Canada and especially when the...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

Zoe Meletis, University of Northern British Columbia (Master of ceremonies)

Amy Abdel-Malak, Unbc (Speaker)

Amy Abdel-Malak, University of Northern British Columbia (Speaker)

Derrek Eberts, Brandon University (Speaker)

Dominic Lapointe, UQAM (Moderator)

Please join us to present and discuss research on tourism, conservation, and/or recreation in North America. During t...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

Hulya Arik, University of Toronto (Master of ceremonies)

Galina Scolnic, University of Windsor (Master of ceremonies)

Wajiha Mehdi, University of British Columbia (Speaker)

Anahid Shirkhodaee, Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy (Speaker)

Seif Malhas, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Yannis-Adam Allouache, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (Speaker)

Session organizers:Dr. Galina Scolnic, University of Windsor, Ontario
New territories / conservation
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3340

Relationships humans-nature and resistance
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

15:00
15:00
Coffee break - SH-4800
30 minutes, 15:00 EDT - 15:30 EDT
Don't forget to bring your reusable cup.Breaks will be held in the multipurpose room (SH-4800).Coffee and ...
15:30
15:30

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Negar Valizadeh (Master of ceremonies)

Sara Vieira, Seneca College (Speaker)

Chloé Reiser, University of New Brunswick (Speaker)

Susana Cadavid, National University of Colombia (Speaker)

Maryam Foroutan, Memorial University (Speaker)

Monika Imeri, Carleton University (Speaker)

(Im)migrants undergo significant transitions when settling in Canada and especially when the...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

Zoe Meletis, University of Northern British Columbia (Master of ceremonies)

Yihang Zhang, University of Northern British Columbia (Speaker)

Amy Abdel-Malak, Unbc (Speaker)

Amy Abdel-Malak, University of Northern British Columbia (Speaker)

Dominic Lapointe, UQAM (Moderator)

4. Zhang and Meletis.  Integrated trails: Combining real and virtual tour...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

Galina Scolnic, University of Windsor (Master of ceremonies)

Hulya Arik, University of Toronto (Master of ceremonies)

Seif Malhas, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Yannis-Adam Allouache, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore (Speaker)

Wajiha Mehdi, University of British Columbia (Speaker)

Anahid Shirkhodaee, Wilfrid Laurier Univeristy (Speaker)

SESSION 2: Everyday and cultural geographies of Islam/Muslims: Queering Affect1. Arabs ...
New territories / conservation
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3340

Relationships humans-nature and resistance
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

Tuesday 9 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:30
7:30
Welcome of the participants
1 hour 30 minutes, 7:30 EDT - 9:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - Entrance hall

8:00
8:00
Poster session
9 hours, 8:00 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Salle polyvalente (SH-4800)

8:30
8:30

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Amphithéâtre (SH-2800)

Nathalie Gravel, Université Laval (Speaker)

8:45
8:45

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Amphithéâtre (SH-2800)

Juan-Luis Klein, UQAM (Speaker)

Yannick Hémond, Université du Québec à Montréal (Speaker)

9:00
9:00
Opening conference by Rodolphe de Koninck
1 hour, 9:00 EDT - 10:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Amphithéâtre (SH-2800)

Rodolphe De Koninck (Speaker)

10:00
10:00
Coffee break - SH-4800
30 minutes, 10:00 EDT - 10:30 EDT
Breaks will be held in the multipurpose room (SH-4800).Coffee and pastries will be provided throughout the day (while supplies last!).
10:30
10:30
Issues in economic geography as it relates to Canada
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3320

Jesse Sutton, Western University (Master of ceremonies)

Roger Picton, Trent University (Speaker)

Sébastien Breau, McGill University (Speaker)

Georgina Morris, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Speaker)

Cloé St-Hilaire, Université de Waterloo (Speaker)

Mikael Brunila, McGill University, Urban Planning and Governance Lab (Speaker)

What regions are most at risk? A pilot study of the geography and potential employment impacts of automation in...
Planetary displacement
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

Violaine Jolivet, Université de Montréal / CRACH (Master of ceremonies)

alessandra renzi, Concordia University (Speaker)

Aba Sadki, Université de Montréal - TRAMES (Speaker)

Martin Blanchard, Regroupement des comité logement et associations de locataires du Québec (Speaker)

1) AI Ecosystems of Displacement Alessandra Renzi, Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Concordia U...
Migration. Dislocation. Method. Policy.
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

Ebenezer Narh, The University Of Western Ontario (Master of ceremonies)

Shannon Leitch, University of Ottawa (Speaker)

Senanu Kutor, Western University (Speaker)

Blair Cullen, Wilfrid Laurier University (Speaker)

Authors: Ebenezer Narh and Dr. Michael Buzzelli, Geography and Envi...
Infrastructure / Territorial development
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3340

Reflection
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:30 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

12:00
12:00
Lunch
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 EDT - 13:30 EDT
Lunch Meeting Study Group Governance
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 EDT - 13:30 EDT

Pavillon Président-Kennedy (PK) - PK-1140

13:30
13:30

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3260

Étienne Gariépy-Girouard, Université du Québec à Rimouski (Master of ceremonies)

Pascale Biron, Concordia University (Master of ceremonies)

Janie Vin-Deslauriers, UQAC (Speaker)

Jean-François Bernier, Université Laval (Speaker)

Sydney Meury, Université Laval (Speaker)

Véronique Létourneau, Université Laval (Speaker)

Miriam Lebeau, GMRC (Speaker)

Peter Ashmore, University of Western Ontario (Speaker)

Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, Université du Québec à Rimouski (Speaker)

The concept of Anthropocene is commonly used to characterize the era in which human activities become the main driver of the Earth system evolut...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

Violaine Jolivet, Université de Montréal / CRACH (Master of ceremonies)

Chloé Reiser, University of New Brunswick (Speaker)

Tamara Vukov, Université de Montréal (Speaker)

Sepideh Shahamati, Concordia University (Speaker)

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

Ann Marie Murnaghan, York University (Master of ceremonies)

Esra Alkim Karaagac, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Nick Revington, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Speaker)

Nina Duque, UQAM (Speaker)

Laure Minassian, UTSEUS (Speaker)

Chair: Ann Marie Murnaghan, York This session aims to highlight new research in the Geographies of Children, Youth & Youn...
Food Security
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3320

Infrastructure / Territorial development
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3340

Risk / Adaptation
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

15:00
15:00
Coffee break - SH-4800
30 minutes, 15:00 EDT - 15:30 EDT
Breaks will be held in the multipurpose room (SH-4800).Coffee and pastries will be provided throughout the day (while supplies last!).
15:30
15:30

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Sarah Breen, Selkirk College (Master of ceremonies)

Ryan Gibson, Univeristy of Guelph (Speaker)

Kelly Vodden, Memorial University, Grenfell Campus (Speaker)

John Dale, Univeristy of Guelph (Speaker)

Heather Hall, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Globalization and the interconnections between people, places, and ideas has changed the nature of work globally, and r...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3260

Étienne Gariépy-Girouard, Université du Québec à Rimouski (Master of ceremonies)

Pascale Biron, Concordia University (Master of ceremonies)

Janie Vin-Deslauriers, UQAC (Speaker)

Jean-François Bernier, Université Laval (Speaker)

Sydney Meury, Université Laval (Speaker)

Véronique Létourneau, Université Laval (Speaker)

Miriam Lebeau, GMRC (Speaker)

Peter Ashmore, University of Western Ontario (Speaker)

Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, Université du Québec à Rimouski (Speaker)

The concept of Anthropocene is commonly used to characterize the era in which human activities become the main driver of the Earth system evolut...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

Nick Revington, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (Master of ceremonies)

Ann Marie Murnaghan, York University (Speaker)

Debbie Watson, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol (Speaker)

Zakara Stampp, Western University (Speaker)

Haifa Alarasi, University of Toronto (Speaker)

Chair: Nick Revington, INRSChildism in Children’s Geographies: Can we have it both ways?    ...
Food security
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3320

Infrastructure / Territorial development
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3340

16:30
16:30
Suzanne Mackenzie Memorial Lecture and reception
3 hours 30 minutes, 16:30 EDT - 20:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Agora du Coeur des sciences

Sharlene Mollet, University of Toronto Scarborough (Keynote speaker)

Event detailsThe doors will open at 16h30The lecture will start at 17h30The lecture takes 1,5 hr (including...

Wednesday 10 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00
8:00
Welcome of the participants
30 minutes, 8:00 EDT - 8:30 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - Entrance hall

8:30
8:30

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Amphithéâtre (SH-2800)

9:30
9:30
Coffee break - SH-4800
30 minutes, 9:30 EDT - 10:00 EDT
Breaks will be held in the multipurpose room (SH-4800).Coffee and pastries will be provided throughout the day (while supplies last!).
10:00
10:00
Panel - Early Career Roundtable
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Nancy Worth, University of Waterloo (Master of ceremonies)

Roza Tchoukaleyska, Western University (Master of ceremonies)

This roundtable is an opportunity to discuss the topics, issues, and processes that frame the transition from a PhD / P...
Panel - Filipinx Geographies
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3340

May Farrales, Simon Fraser University (Master of ceremonies)

Magie Ramirez, Simon Fraser University (Speaker)

Arnisson Andre Ortega, Syracuse University (Speaker)

James Pangilinan, University of British Columbia (Speaker)

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

Suzanne Mills, McMaster University (Master of ceremonies)

Nancy Worth, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Esra Alkim Karaagac, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Emily Reid-Musson, St. Francis Xavier University (Speaker)

Émile Baril, YorkU (Speaker)

Allison Williams, McMaster University (Speaker)

This call for papers brings together scholarship in labour geography and geographies of work and employment in Canada and abroad. The past few y...
Vegetation / boreal
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3260

Gender and feminist
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

Territorial transformations from local to global
1 hour 30 minutes, 10:00 EDT - 11:30 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

12:00
12:00
Lunch
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 EDT - 13:30 EDT

Pavillon Président-Kennedy (PK) - PK-1140

13:30
13:30

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3320

Marie Louise Aastrup, Memorial University (Master of ceremonies)

Annika Airas, Simon Fraser University (Speaker)

Richard Nyiawung, University of Guelph (Speaker)

Roza Tchoukaleyska, Western University (Master of ceremonies)

Sylvia Wood, Habitat, Director of Research and Development (Speaker)

Building durable and meaningful research connections with communities is central to our research and work. Through this...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

Mario Bédard, UQAM DGÉO (Speaker)

Au-delà du partage d’ambitions communes, la pensée géographique s’exprime différemment selon les contextes spatio-temporels et géoculturels où e...
Geographical education for/about/in the age of the Anthropocene
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

Niem Huynh, Depart. Geography, Planning, Environment / Concordia University (Speaker)

Chantal Déry, Université du Québec en Outaouais/campus St-Jérôme (Speaker)

This session aims to highlight the variety of work that is being done in geographic education across Canada. Although school programs differ fro...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

Jean-Marc Fontan, UQAM (Speaker)

Juan-Luis Klein, UQAM (Master of ceremonies)

Marco Alberio, Università di Bologna (Speaker)

Mélanie Doyon, UQAM (Speaker)

bernard PECQUEUR, université Grenoble (Speaker)

Michel Guenet, Université de Montréal (Speaker)

Séance bilingue / Bilingual Session
Special Session -- Geographies of Asia panel(s)
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3260

Thomas Waldichuk, Dept. of Environment, Culture, & Society, AE135, Thompson Rivers University (Master of ceremonies)

Kyle Gibson, Yale-NUS College (Speaker)

Yogi Joseph, Concordia University (Speaker)

Translating landscapes of Japan in the early 1950s from the perspective of an American Geographer living temporarily in Tokyo
Gender and feminist
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Territorial transformations from local to global
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3340

Territorial transformations from local to global
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

15:00
15:00
Coffee break - SH-4800
30 minutes, 15:00 EDT - 15:30 EDT
Breaks will be held in the multipurpose room (SH-4800).Coffee and pastries will be provided throughout the day (while supplies last!).
15:30
15:30
Annual General Meeting
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Chaufferie

17:00
17:00
5@7 Networking - Awards Ceremony and CAG Address
3 hours, 17:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Agora du Coeur des sciences

Thursday 11 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
8:00
8:00
Welcome of the participants
30 minutes, 8:00 EDT - 8:30 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - Entrance hall

8:30
8:30

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Amphithéâtre (SH-2800)

Laure Waridel (Speaker)

9:30
9:30
Coffee break - SH-4800
30 minutes, 9:30 EDT - 10:00 EDT
Breaks will be held in the multipurpose room (SH-4800).Coffee and pastries will be provided throughout the day (while supplies last!).
10:00
10:00
Mapping Accessible Mobilities
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Victoria Fast, University of Calgary (Master of ceremonies)

Rob Feick, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Kevin Manaugh, McGill University (Speaker)

Amanda Bishop, University of Calgary (Speaker)

Tim Elrick, McGill (Speaker)

Mapping Accessible Mobilities
Geographies of Care and Caregiving
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

Sophie Geffros, McMaster University (Master of ceremonies)

Samantha Thompson, University of Washington (Speaker)

Aishah Cader, Queen's University (Speaker)

Trevor Wideman, University of British Columbia (Speaker)

Rachel Herron, Brandon University (Speaker)

This session aims to explore the extension of care ethics across several sectors, including formal paid care, the workplace, housing, issues of ...
Climate / People / Health / Environment
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

Socio-ecology of development
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

Mapping / new technological development
2 hours, 10:00 EDT - 12:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

12:00
12:00
Lunch
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 EDT - 13:30 EDT
Environment and Resources Study Group (ERSG)
1 hour 30 minutes, 12:00 EDT - 13:30 EDT

Pavillon Président-Kennedy (PK) - PK-1140

13:30
13:30

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Alysha van Duynhoven, Simon Fraser University (Master of ceremonies)

Rob Feick, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Navid Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou, University of Montreal (Speaker)

Liliana Perez, Université de Montréal (Speaker)

Alysha van Duynhoven (Simon Fraser University), Liliana Perez (University of Montreal); and Suzana Dragicevic (Simon Fraser University) will be ...
Sustainable communities in a time of change
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

Marie Louise Aastrup, Memorial University (Master of ceremonies)

Richard Nyiawung, University of Guelph (Speaker)

Annika Airas, Simon Fraser University (Speaker)

Session convenors: Marie Louise Aastrup, Memorial University and Roza Tchoukaleyska, Western University

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

Yenny Vega Cárdenas, Observatoire international des droits de la Nature (Speaker)

Nathalie Gravel, Université Laval (Speaker)

Ines Carine Singhe, Université Laval (Master of ceremonies)

Abdoulaye SOCK, Université Laval (Speaker)

Inès Benadda, Observatoire international des droits de la Nature (OIDN) (Speaker)

Le fleuve Saint-Laurent joue un rôle majeur dans l’organisation territoriale du Québec bâti où plus&...
Climate / People / Health / Environment
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

Environment / Industry
1 hour 30 minutes, 13:30 EDT - 15:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

14:00
14:00
Special student activities
1 hour, 14:00 EDT - 15:00 EDT
15:00
15:00
Coffee break - SH-4800
30 minutes, 15:00 EDT - 15:30 EDT
Breaks will be held in the multipurpose room (SH-4800).Coffee and pastries will be provided throughout the day (while supplies last!).

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

Nathalie Gravel, Université Laval (Speaker)

Alain Létourneau, université de sherbrooke (Speaker)

15:30
15:30

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3420

Alysha van Duynhoven, Simon Fraser University (Master of ceremonies)

Rob Feick, University of Waterloo (Speaker)

Navid Mahdizadeh Gharakhanlou, University of Montreal (Speaker)

Liliana Perez, Université de Montréal (Speaker)

Alysha van Duynhoven (Simon Fraser University), Liliana Perez (University of Montreal); and Suzana Dragicevic (Simon Fraser University) will be ...

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3620

Nathalie Gravel, Université Laval (Master of ceremonies)

Ines Carine Singhe, Université Laval (Speaker)

Raymond KABO, University Laval (Speaker)

Raphael Onguene, Université de Douala (Speaker)

Inès Benadda, Observatoire international des droits de la Nature (OIDN) (Speaker)

En collaboration avec le CentrEau, ce panel explore les convergences entre divers milieux hydriques vulnérables et mena...
Climate / People / Health / Environment - Partie 2
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3540

Climate / People / Health / Environment - Partie 1
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3360

Environment / Industry
1 hour 30 minutes, 15:30 EDT - 17:00 EDT

UQAM - Pavillon Sherbrooke - SH-3560

17:00
17:00
Résilience, risques et catastrophes - Les 15 ans du programme !
3 hours, 17:00 EDT - 20:00 EDT
Available

UQAM - Coeur des sciences - Agora du Coeur des sciences

Le programme de formation du DESS résilience, risques et c...

Friday 12 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
7:30
7:30
Confluence des paysages naturels et culturels du fleuve Saint-Laurent 
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