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Wednesday 3 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 30 minutes

Opening remarks from the Organizing Committee and the Vice-Dean for Research of the Faculty of Sciences of UQAM (Ms. Isabelle Marcotte)

9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM | 45 minutes

Title: 40 years of science … for the future of belugas Biography Pierre Béland: Always interested in discovery and the acquisition of knowledge, I was a researcher in paleo-ecology (dinosaurs) and in marine ecology (models) bef...

10:45 AM
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Yvan Simard, Samuel Giard, Nathalie Roy, Florian Aulanier, Véronique LesageUtilisation de l’habitat à méso-échelle par le béluga de l’Estuaire du Saint-Laurent au cours du cycle annuel à partir d’un réseau de surveillance acoustique 10:45Samuel Giard, Yvan Simard, Nathalie Roy, Florian Aulanier, Véronique LesageUtilisation circadienne et tidale de l’habitat estival par le béluga de l’estuaire du Sain...

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Tyler Bonnell, Robert Michaud, Angélique Dupuch, Véronique Lesage, Clément ChionEstimating spatial mixing within the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga population13:30Jaclyn Aubin, Marie-Ana Mikus, Robert Michaud, Daniel Mennill, Valeria VergaraAcoustic analysis of complex contact calls confirms social structuring in St. Lawrence belugas13:45Ankita Shukla, Voncarlos Macelo de Araújo, C...

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Stéphane Lair, Robert Michaud, Véronique Lesage, Pierre Béland, Nadia Ménard, Daniel MartineauQuarante ans de nécropsies de bélugas de l'estuaire du Saint-Laurent : L'évolution de l'occurrence des cancers et des niveaux de contamination de l'écosystème par les hydrocarbures aromatiques polycyc15:15Benjamin Jakobek, Stéphane Lair, Jory Cabrol, Geneviève Parent, Véronique Lesage, Samuel Turgeon&...

4:45 PM
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Écologie et populationAlbert Michaud & Robert MichaudComportement socio-sexuel chez les bélugas du Saint-LaurentAlexandre Bernier-Graveline, Sherrill Meredith,Valeria Vergara, Tracy Romano, Dennis, Christen, Chuck Knapp, Véronique Lesage, Limoilou-Amélie Renaud, Jonathan Verreault, Robert Michaud Détection des grossesses chez les bélugas en nature et en aquarium par photogrammétrie

6:00 PM
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 3 hours

Opening reception with cocktail and music with the band Accent Jazz.

Thursday 4 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | 45 minutes

Title: Science for the conservation of the St. Lawrence beluga Biography: During her studies in biology, Nadia Ménard had decided not to seek to work on marine mammals, orienting herself more towards the ecotoxicology of aquatic food webs. Her career path decided ...

9:45 AM
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM | 45 minutes

Jonathan Verreault, Antoine Simond, Valérie Jolicoeur, Magali Houde, Véronique Lesage, Robert MichaudPossible rôle du stress et des polluants organiques persistants dans la dérégulation de l’axe thyroïdien chez les bélugas du Saint-Laurent09:45Holly Barrett, Jonathan Verreault, Magali Houde, Frank Wania, Hui Peng Integrated Screening of Bioactive Contaminants Contributing to the High Receptor Activit...

11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Frank Wania, Faqiang Zhan, Yuening Li, Jenny Oh, Chubashini Shnuthirasingham, Ying Duan Lei, Zhe Lu, Amina  Ben Chaaben, Abigaëlle Dalpé Castilloux, Nick   Alexandrou, Chunwen  Weng, Hayley HungIdentifying and Quantifying Atmospheric Sources of PCBs to Saint Lawrence Estuary Beluga Habitat11:00Faqiang Zhan, Knut Breivik, Frank WaniaModelling Atmospheric Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB...

1:30 PM
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 15 minutes

Clément Chion3MTSim: Un outil d’aide à la concertation pour réduire les impacts de la navigation sur les bélugas et les grands rorquals dans le Saint-Laurent et le Saguenay13:30Florian AulanierAtlas des paysages acoustiques océaniques et des risques d’impacts acoustiques de l’Estuaire et du Golfe du Saint-Laurent (ESGL) 13:45Dominic LagroisNiveaux de bruit à la sou...

3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM | 1 hour

Veronique NoletQuel est le rôle de la R&D d'un point de vue technologique pour aider à réduire l'impact du trafic maritime sur le béluga du Saint-Laurent 15:15Chloé L'Ecuyer-Sauvageau, Clément Chion, Jérôme Dupras, Jie He, Lynda Gagné, Simon Gagnon, Faby-Anne Gagné-Mimeault, Patrick Lloyd-Smith, Olivier RobinUne analyse coûts-bénéfices de scénarios de réduction de vitesse des navires marchands da...

4:15 PM
4:15 PM - 6:00 PM | 1 hour 45 minutes

Écologie et populationAlbert MichaudComportement socio-sexuel chez les bélugas du Saint-LaurentAlexandre Bernier-GravelineDétection des grossesses chez les bélugas en nature et en aquarium par photogrammétrieCoralie Bernier-BretonLe secteur aval du parc marin du Saguenay–Saint-Laurent devrait-il être ajouté à l'habitat essentiel du béluga du Saint-Laurent ? Analyse d...

5:00 PM
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 2 hours
7:00 PM
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 2 hours

Registration for the general public activity at the Cœur des sciences, the Cabaret béluga We are pleased to announce that registration for the general public activity organized on the sidelines of the Symposium, the Cabaret béluga, which will take place on Thursday, May 4 at 7 p.m. at the Agora of the Cœur des sciences pavilion at UQAM, will begin on April 20 via the Cœ...

Friday 5 May, 2023

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
9:00 AM
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM | 45 minutes

Title: The challenges and successes of a small population exposed to multiple anthropogenic stressors and a changing climateBiography Véronique Lesage has been a researcher at Fisheries and Oceans Canada since 2001 and started working on the St. Lawrence beluga in 1990, when she was in control and studyin...

9:45 AM
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM | 15 minutes

Instructions from the Organizing Committee for the organization of thematic workshops.

10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Thematic workshops: Workshop discussion led by two co-chairs with the participants focusing on three components: 1. State of knowledge 2. Knowledge gaps 

1:15 PM
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes

Synthesis of the discussions by the co-chairs on each of the thematic workshops followed by a plenary session with the audience.

2:45 PM
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