BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260413T032411EDT-7063pBA2dw@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260413T072411Z DESCRIPTION:Aspiring to work in the environment? Looking for a green career ? Wanting to make an impact on our world? Industry Insider: Green Careers Week Edition is where you can hear from professionals working in these are as and more! Check out all the events running from March 22 to 24.\n\n\nIn dustry Insider - A Closer Look at Careers in Nature\n March 22\, 2022\n 11:0 0 am -12:00 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nWant to travel the world and disc over new species? Ever wonder how being a curator at a natural history mus eum can impact our understanding of the history of the planet? Or how patt erns of biological diversity can reveal environmental and historical cause s? Come hear what Dr Chakrabarty has to say and have your questions answer ed.\n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n\nDr. Prosanta Chakrabarty is a Full Professor and th e Curator of Fishes at the Museum of Natural Science and Department of Bio logical Sciences at Louisiana State University. He is also a Research Asso ciate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York\, Smithsonian’ s National Museum of Natural History in Washington\, D.C and the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa\, Canada. He is a systematist and an ichthyolog ist studying the evolution and biogeography of fishes\, his work has taken him to more than thirty countries around the world (including Japan\, Aus tralia\, Brazil\, Taiwan\, Madagascar\, Panama\, and Kuwait). He has descr ibed over a dozen new species and published more than 85 peer-reviewed pap ers and several books.\n\nDr. Prosanta grew up in New York City\, his unde rgraduate degree is from McGill University in Montreal (the city where he was born) and his PhD is from the University of Michigan. He is a former P rogram Director at the National Science Foundation\, an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, a TED Senior Fel low. and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair.\n\n\nIndustry Insider: A Closer Look at Fisheries Assessment Careers with Fisheries & Oceans Canada\n March 22\, 2022\n 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nDo you wonder what it would be like to swim with spawning salmon or fly over them in a helic opter? Or use video or sonar technology for enumeration? Collect biologica l samples that help contribute to the understanding of population dynamics and marine distribution and survival? Come hear what Nicolette Watson has to say about the salmon world on the West Coast of Canada and have your q uestions answered.\n\nSpeaker/Bio: \n\nNicolette grew up in Southern Alber ta\, riding horses in the Rocky Mountains. She always had a love for natur e\, the environment and learning about different ecosystems and their flor a and fauna. She graduated from Lethbridge Community College with a diplom a in Renewable Resource Management and decided to live and learn near the ocean. She moved to Vancouver Island and went to the University of Victori a\, graduating with a co-op degree in Biology. She spent time studying at Bamfield Marine Sciences Center\, and completed 4 co-op jobs while trying to decide what to do for a career. Her final co-op work term in 2008 was w ith the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada working in Salmon Stock Assessment in the Strait of Georgia. Ever since then\, Nicolette made a ca reer out of this final co-op opportunity and enjoys working with Salmon wh ere she enumerates stocks\, collects biological samples and monitors recre ational marine catch.\n\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Look at Engineering for Sustainable Development Careers\n March 23\, 2022\n 11:30 am -12:30 pm \n RSVP through myFuture\n\nCurious what a Researcher in Climate Risk and S ustainable Energy does? Want to learn more about research careers in clima te change or how to combine engineering with sustainable development? Come hear what Akaraseth Puranasamriddhi has to say\, find out how he made his way working abroad\, and have your questions answered. \n\nSpeaker/Bio:\n \nAkaraseth is a Researcher in Climate Risk & Sustainable Finance at the U niversity of Cambridge and Associated Researcher in Energy Access at Unive rsity College London. He is also a Trustee at Engineers Without Borders UK . Previously\, he worked as a Research Assistant at University of Oxford\, focusing on sustainable energy transitions in sub-Saharan Africa. He also worked as a Climate Change Consultant at United Nations Development Progr amme in delivering sustainable energy and climate change mitigation strate gies across the Asia-Pacific region.  \n\n\nIndustry Insider - A Closer Lo ok at Environmental Specialist Careers\n March 24\, 2022\n 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm \n RSVP through myFuture\n\nCurious what an Environmental Specialist at Hea lth Canada does on a day to day basis? Or to learn more about working in R egulatory Management of Waste In Environment and Climate Change Canada? Co me hear what Allison Lapierre has to say and answer your questions.\n\nSpe aker/Bio:\n\nAllison Lapierre\, Environmental Specialist\, Health Canada\n \nAllison works at Health Canada as an Environmental Specialist for Canada ’s Chemicals Management Plan. Since joining the government she also worked at Environment and Climate Change Canada in the Industrial Chemicals and Waste Division in regulatory management. She has a BSc in Ecology and an M ENV in Environmental Assessment\, both from Concordia University. As a stu dent Allison participated in the data collection for the Urban Transit Exp osure study lead by Health Canada\, and worked at the municipality of Mont -Tremblant on the Shoreline inspection program. Allison’s first career job was at a small company specializing in software development for environme ntal compliance\, where she learned about the industry perspective of comp lying with environmental and health and safety regulations. Allison plans to continue working within the federal government\, and will likely contin ue to seek out new opportunities within and outside of Health Canada. At t he beginning of the pandemic she temporarily joined the Health Products an d Food Branch at Heath Canada to support the licensing and recalls of hand sanitizers and disinfectants.\n\n\nGreen Careers Alumni Panel\n March 24\, 2022\n 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm\n RSVP through myFuture\n\nAre you an environment student? Or aspiring to work in the environment and have a green career? C ome hear how these four alum transitioned from school to work\, what paths they’ve taken and have your questions answered.\n\nSpeaker Bio: \n\nConor DeSantis\n Network Development Analyst\n Exo – Réseau de transport métropol itain (RTM)\n\nDuring my last year of my Bachelor of Science degree at McG ill University (2019 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences\, Major: Envi ronment: Ecological Determinants of Health\, Population Stream\, Minor: Ge ographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing)\, I had applied for a non -thesis master’s in urban planning at both the Université de Montréal (Ude M) and McGill University\, ultimately choosing UdeM to improve my french. While studying at UdeM\, I had worked as a research assistant on several G IS-based research projects within the department of architecture and the d epartment of urban planning\, respectively studying the effects of sea lev el rise on tall buildings and the movement of industrial areas in Hanoi. D uring my final semester\, while working on my travail dirigé (supervised p roject for my program)\, I had sent out applications to several engineerin g firms and public organisations (such as the city of Montréal\, the Autor ité régional de transport métropolitain and Exo). I had conducted a few in terviews before starting the interview process with Exo around November 20 21\, and I eventually received an offer in early December. I submitted my travail dirigé at the end of November\, concluding my master’s degree\, an d started work at Exo in early January.\n\nDan-Tam Nguyen\n Policy Analyst \n Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)\n\nAfter completing a BSc. in Environme nt - Renewable Resources Management Stream at McGill's School of Environme nt (with a minor in International Development)\, Dan-Tam went on to comple te a course-based one-year MSc. in Environmental Change and Management at the University of Oxford (2018-2019).  Dan-Tam now works as a policy analy st at Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). She joined the Department in 2020 as part of the Policy Analyst Recruitment and Development Program (PARDP) of NRCan. In her current position\, she works on climate mitigation via Ca rbon Capture\, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) policy. \n\nBoryan Ristovski \n National Manager of Environment\, Health and Safety\n Six Points Collecti ve\n\nBoryan Ristovski is the National Manager of Environment\, Health and Safety at Six Pints Collective\, a division of MolsonCoors Beverage Compa ny. He graduated from McGill University’s School of Environment in October 2016. Over the next five years he pursued an environmental internship\, l eading to two coordinative roles\, a senior specialist role\, and a manage r’s role at several large corporations. Boryan is passionate about environ mental sustainability\, occupational health\, travelling\, his family and his cat Rachel. Boryan lives and works in Montreal\, travelling frequently . He speaks English\, French\, Russian\, Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian. \n \nDeneyn White\n Junior Water Quality Modeller\n WSP / Golder \n\nDeneyn gra duated from McGill in 2019 with a degree in Environmental Sciences\, domai n Earth Sciences and Economics. Their honours research project was on the stochiometric saturation and reactivity of biogenic Calcites in seawater. After graduation\, Deneyn worked for a waste hauling company as a strategi c support supervisor and admin for 2 years before starting at WSP/ Golder in 2021 as a Junior Water Quality Modeller.\n\nJia Yi Fan\n Habitat Data Of ficer\n Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)\n\nJia Yi graduated fr om a Hons. BSc. in Environment - Renewable Resources Management Stream and Minor in Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing in 2020. Her t hesis investigated heat mortality due to urban heat island and socio-econo mic vulnerability in Montreal\, which was later published in a peer-review ed journal. After applying to the EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students (ERASMUS+) program\, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and University of Toronto\, she chose to compl ete a course-based\, professional Master of Environmental Science at the l atter school. Its internship requirement landed her a job at the Canadian Wildlife Service Branch\, where she has been working since May 2021.\n\n\n The Zoom meeting link will be sent to all registrants in advance of the co urse start time. To qualify for CCR recognition\, you must register for an d sign into the online zoom event using your McGill email address.\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220324 SUMMARY:GREEN CAREERS WEEK EDITION 2022 URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/caps/channels/event/green-careers-week-edition-20 22-337550 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR