ResNet is coming to an end in June 2026! We have trained over 35 students and postdoctoral fellows over the ~6 years of the project. Moreover, the Bay of Fundy dykeland case study (‘Landscape 1’) contributed to training folks from other universities such as McGill and Brock who were working in the cross-cutting Theme work packages. Landscape 1, in turn, learned more about ourselves from being studied as part of a larger landscape of natural resource decision contexts in Canada. When we wrote our ‘baseline’ paper about ecosystem services and decision-making in the Bay of Fundy dykeland context the literature was pretty sparse: we have added significantly to that (including with this synthesis) and many things are still in review.
Two events are happening in May and June to celebrate our wrap-up. Landscape 1 is one of the three case studies that ResNet PI Elena Bennett chose to highlight with a short documentary. She travelled here with the filmmaker Mark Wyatt last June to do interviews and shoot footage and her team has been working on it since then. It is now ready to show!
We will be showing the film, along with a panel-based discussion, in two free events and we welcome your attendance:
- First will be on May 20th (7-8 PM) in the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership meeting (with ACCESS) at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB. This is the public forum part of the conference, which brings in people from the community, and so is free to attend. You can find details of the meeting here.
- The second will be on June 1st (7-8:30 PM) at the Apple Blossom Festival! We have rented out the Al Whittle Theatre on Wolfville’s main drag to show the film as part of the festival. Tickets are free and you can get them here.
We have a little thank you gift for all attendees, and will be asking for (optional) feedback at both events, too, to help us understand the value of the documentary.
