Day 1 of the TranSECT workshops.
I spent Monday and Tuesday this week in workshops with my colleagues in the Transforming Climate Action TranSECT project. Overlooking the new blue whale skeleton in the Beaty Centre for Marine Biodiversity, we talked about nature-based solutions, dykeland futures, risk governance and citizen science, with an eye toward policy impact. The conversations were particularly enriched by the UQAR colleagues who made the trip from Rimouski for the event, Guillaume Marie, Pascal Bernatchez and Antoine Police. Particular thanks also to the expert discussants–Danika van Proosdij, Tony Bowron and Nancy Anningson–who joined us for the dykeland session from the ‘other TCA’, TransCoastal Adaptations Centre for Nature-based Solutions, to talk about their experience with managed dyke realignment in the province. A final thanks to all the HQP who helped out, working as organizers, note-takers, presenters, etc. Great to see this team in action, and make some concrete progress toward our milestones.
