eSummit 2022

PanCanadian Parks and Protected Areas Research Network

2022 Research eSummit Legacy Page

The Canadian Parks, Protected, and Conserved Areas Leadership Collective (CPPCL), with support from Parks Canada and the Canadian Parks Council, hosted a Virtual Research Summit. By holding a virtual event, we decreased our carbon footprint, increased accessibility for participants, and supported social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Plenary sessions and at least one concurrent session were offered with simultaneous French/English interpretation. Recordings are available below on this page. 

200 registered participants

5 plenary sessions

10 concurrent sessions

13 rapid talks

Shawnithan!

Thank you!

The CPPCL team is grateful for Gùdia – Mary Jane Johnson – Lhu’ààn Mân Ku Dań Elder who opened the Summit to help us be ready to hear different perspectives, and closed the Summit with thoughtful and hopeful words to fulfill the commitment of Reconciliation in conservation.

Parks Canada is a founding partner of the Parks and Protected Areas Research Network

Plenary Sessions

Concurrent Sessions

Rapid Talks

Research Network Group

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Selection Committee

The CPPCL Parks and Protected Areas Research Network Virtual Research Summit warmly thanks the selection committee for compiling a diverse and captivating schedule of presentations to help make this event informative and engaging.

Allison Bishop

Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership

AJ Wray

Doctoral Student, Geography & Environment Research Assistant, ParkSeek Canada Human Environments Analysis Lab

Briana Hamilton

The Canadian Parks, Protected, and Conserved Areas Leadership Collective

Chris Lemieux

Wilfred Laurier University and Canadian Council on Ecological Areas

Christine Persohns

Parks Canada

CJ Blye

Instructor, Recreation Management Program Health and Human Performance

Connie Van der Byl

Academic Director, Insttitute for Environmental Sustainability Associate Professor, Bisset School of Business

Craig Paulson

Recreation Section Head Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy

Delano Lewis

Black Field Scientist

Peter Larivière

Special Advisor
Indigenous Affairs Branch

Don Carruthers Den Hoed

Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia

Erica Flora D'souza

Independent Tourism Consultant and Strategist

Garry Donaldson

Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Ebany Carratt

The Canadian Parks, Protected, and Conserved Areas Leadership Collective

Heather Knowles

City of Edmonton

Jessica Elliott

Yukon Parks and Canadian Council on Ecological Areas

Kathie Adare

Transition Manager
Canadian Parks Council

Mkhabela Masuku

Development Officer
Town of Norman Wells

Olaf Jensen

Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada

Pam Shaw

Research Director
Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute
Vancouver Island University

Paul F. Wilkinson

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University

Peter Soroye

PhD Student

Samantha Knight

Program Manager
Weston Family Science
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Sonya Jakubec

Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery Faculty of Health, Community and Education

Tara Sharma

Protected Areas Establishment and Conservation, Parks Canada

Victoria MacPhail

Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University