Conference Themes
The Fifteenth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability features research addressing the following annual themes.
Theme 1: Environmental Sustainability Theme 2: Sustainability in Economic, Social and Cultural Context Theme 3: Sustainability Policy and Practice Theme 4: Sustainability Education
Plenary Speaker – Charlene Aleck
Charlene Aleck is serving a third term as elected council of Tsleil Waututh Nation, a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. She is working on the TWN Sacred Trust Initiative team, whose mandate is to oppose the Trans Mountain Expansion Project pipeline (TMX project). She is a mother of four and a grandmother
Plenary Speaker – Robert Gifford
Robert Gifford is an environmental psychologist and Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the International Association of Applied Psychology, and he is the recipient of a Career Award from the Environmental Design Research Association. Professor Gifford is the author of 140 refereed publications and book chapters in addition to five editions of Environmental Psychology: Principles and Practice. His 2016 book (as editor) is Research Methods for Environmental Psychology. He was the Chief Editor of the Journal of Environmental Psychology for fourteen years and has served as President of the Environmental Psychology division of the International Association of Applied Psychology, APA’s Population and Environment Division, and CPA’s environmental section. He also tries to grow roses and vegetables at his rocky hillside home, but the deer and raccoons think he is growing them for their benefit.
Plenary Speaker – Eduardo Jovel
Eduardo Jovel is a Mayan-Pipil descendant. He is an Associate Professor and Director of the Indigenous Research Partnerships, Faculty of Land & Food Systems at UBC. His research interests include Indigenous people’s worldviews and the role Indigenous knowledge, particularly plant uses and medical practices and ceremony, health, and wellness. He also explores the intersections between gender, research ethics, and culturally respectful mobilization of Indigenous knowledge. Dr. Jovel aims to integrate interdisciplinary research practices, Indigenous knowledge, and biocultural diversity to support Indigenous resurgence, education, and research. He is actively engaged in building Indigenous land-based research and education environments.
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