WeCLISH Graduate Student Conference 2023

Graduate Student Conference 2023

Human-induced climate warming and associated increases in extreme weather events (i.e., heatwaves, dry spells, and heavy storms) pose major threats to the human population’s health, food security, and livelihoods. These changes in the climate system are also affecting biodiversity, ecosystems, and ecosystem services by amplifying natural disturbances beyond their historical regimes. Climate change has also amplified the impacts of weather-related natural hazards causing significant increases in fatalities and damages to infrastructure systems and associated economic losses. However, the impacts of climate change on these different systems - climate, ecosystems and human society are not isolated but interconnected. Therefore, an interdisciplinary collaboration is needed in order to fully understand climate change risks and to effectively develop climate resilient systems. In response to this need, the Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods, and Health (WeCLISH; https://nest.uwo.ca/climatecentre/Research/Research%20Themes.html ) was established in 2021. One of the main goals of WeCLISH is to consolidate existing climate change, sustainable food systems and health research at Western. Therefore, WeCLISH is organizing its first Western Graduate Student Conference and is inviting submissions of titles and abstracts on research on climate change impacts and adaptation on the following broad thematic areas - 1) ecosystems (including biodiversity), 2) food security and livelihoods, 3) health, and 4) infrastructure systems. Submissions outside these broad thematic areas are welcome.

Location

Physics and Astronomy Building 106

Speakers

1. Dona Yahampath, Faculty of Education

2. Mariam Takkouch, Faculty of Education

3. Chukwuka Achu, Faculty of Law

4. Duncan McCallum, Don Wright Faculty of Music

5. Kamaldeen Mohammed, Faculty of Social Science

6. Senanu Kutor, Faculty of Social Science

7. Cornelius K.A. Pienaah, Faculty of Social Science

8. Daniel Amoak, Faculty of Social Science

9. Herwin Yengnone, Faculty of Social Science

10. Betty O. Adegebo, Faculty of Social Science

11. Nicole Struthers, Faculty of Health Sciences

12. Trevor Pettit, Faculty of Science

13. Cristina Turcu, Faculty of Science

14. Holly Deighton, Faculty of Science

15. Meghdad Rahimian, Faculty of Social Science

16. Julia Hammer, Faculty of Science