Abstract: Queerburbia is a neologism coined as a counterargument to queer metronormativities. By bringing the queer and suburban into focus, it redirects attention to the less visible LGBTQ2S lives lived across the peripheries of metropolitan areas. Conceptually, it seeks to alter North American suburbia’s iconic reputation for heterocisnormative erasure and enrich the suburban studies “diversity paradigm” by integrating peripheral queer placemaking practices.

(9:00 - 10:00)
Richard Cruess, MD
How I See the World

(10:00 - 11:00)
Houman Farzin MD, MSc, CCFP
"The Role of Experiential Learning in Psychedelic Medicine Training and Education”

Abstract: The tropics are experiencing dramatic changes as a result of climate change and land-use change. Shifts in carbon flux dynamics, water cycling, and species composition are resulting in feedbacks with globally important consequences. However, tropical forests are not a monolith. They vary enormously in terms of species diversity, climate, soils, human interactions, and much more. As a result, tropical forest ecosystems will almost certainly vary in their responses to global change. Yet, these differences remain highly uncertain and poorly understood.

Abstract: There is an increasing interest for urban greening as intervention to improve health and well-being in cities worldwide. The following presentation will explore the role of urban greening as a determinant of health, addressing its contributions to mental and physical health, and its potential to promote social cohesion.

One equation helps solve three paradoxes in the spatial ecology of predators and prey

Mark Lewis, University of Victoria
Tuesday April 15, 12-1pm
Zoom Link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/89914150820
In Person: 550 Sherbrooke, Room 189

Community Detection in Networks: Pruning and Picking Parameters

Peter J. Mucha, Dartmouth College
Tuesday April 22, 12-1pm
Zoom Link: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/89914150820
In Person: 550 Sherbrooke, Room 189