BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.8//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9@usnn.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251016T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251017T170000 DTSTAMP:20251003T153536Z URL:https://usnn.ca/events/symbiosis-creating-interrelationships-towards-e nvironmental-action/ SUMMARY:Symbiosis: Creating Interrelationships Towards Environmental Action DESCRIPTION:\n\nWhen a relationship exists between different species allowi ng the collaboration between the species to the advantage of  either one or both parties\, it is called\nsymbiosis.\n\nThe Climate Change Adaptat ion Collaborative\, Children's Environmental Health Collaborative\, and  Sustainability Education Alliance—collaboratives under the NBEN—aim to explore this type of relationship and see how\, together\, we can symbiot ically drive environmental action.\n\nThis conference will offer:\n\n liv e interpretation between French and English\n a catered lunch and health breaks with coffee\, teas\, and snacks\n a great array of speakers\, work shop hosts and guides\n opportunities for networking and creating space f or future collaboration\n\nSee the draft Agenda below for details on sessi ons\, followed by Speaker Biographies.  (Nb. the agenda and speaker list will continue to be updated as sessions are confirmed.)\n\nThis event is o ffering a one day registration fee if you can only attend one of the two d ays.\n\nRegistration Fee Structure:\n\n\n\nSingle Day:\n Full Conference: \n\n\n\n\n General Admission: $80\,\n NBEN Members: $70\,\n NBEN Associ ates: $70\,\n NBEN Indigenous Groups: $70\,\n Students: $60\n\n\n\n\n G eneral Admission: $145\,\n NBEN Members: $125\,\n NBEN Associates: $125\ n NBEN Indigenous Groups: $125\,\n Students: $105\n\n\n\n\n\nNb. There i s an Early Bird discount of $10 until October 2nd.\n\n\nEvent Information\ n\n\n\nEvent Date\n16 October\, 2025 9:00 am\n\n\nEvent End Date\n17 Octob er\, 2025 5:00 pm\n\n\nCut off date\n14-Oct-2025\n\n\nLocation\nKingswood Resort\, Hanwell\, NB (near Fredericton)\n\n\nCategories\nAnnual Provincia l Conference\, CEH Annual Conference\, CCAC Conference\, SEA Conference \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 1 — Thursday\, October 16th\n&nb sp\;\n\n\n8:30\n\nRegistration | Networking\nRegister\, mingle and network with fellow participants. Get seated with a beverage and snacks for the m orning's sessions.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n9:00\n\nWelcome and Introductions \nNBEN facilitators will orient you to the venue and interpretation\, then introduce you to the organization and its collaboratives before setting t he stage for the keynote speaker.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n9:15\n\nKeynote Sp eaker - Psi-te Ntolonapemok - All My Relations\nWolastoq Grand Chief spasa qsit possesom Ron Tremblay\n\nAir\, Water and Earth are dynamic and creati ve elements that sustain all life and without any of these essentials ther e would be no life. Air\, Water and Earth are interconnected and it’s no t possible to separate them for in our understanding as Wolastoqiyik\, eve rything in life is related and connected.\n\nAir is the breath of Mother E arth that supplies life to every living species. Without Air\, nothing cou ld or would exist. Air is a gift\, so we as humans can communicate through words in song\, laughter\, crying and most importantly\, speaking words o f gratitude for life.\n\nIn this constant ebb &\; flow\, that Water nou rishes &\; cleanses the entire world. It makes up who we are\, as well as the other living beings. We live\, grow\, play\, work\, wash\, cook\, d rink\, rest\, pray and celebrate with Water. What we do to the Water\, we do to ourselves.\n\nEarth is our foundation of life! Nothing could grow or populate without Earth. In our Creation Story\, we derived from the depth s of Mother Earth through the roots of the Great Cedar Tree. Because of ou r existence\, we are Earth and Earth are we.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n10:05\n\n Health Break\n\n\n\n10:20\n\n\n\n\nWorld Café\nUpon arrival\, participant s will sign up to interact with four of the Table Hosts(TH) listed below. During the session\, participants will rotate through their list of TH in the order of sign-up\, with each round lasting 15 minutes.\n\nTable Hosts for Children's Environmental Health:\nMarg Milburn &\; Bonnie Hamilton Bogart — An overview of the Environmental Rights Caucus and their work on Bill 19: An Act Respecting the Right to a Healthy Environment\n\nTable Hosts for Climate Change Adaptation:\nArmin Nikkah\, CLIMAtlantic — A guided introduction to ClimateData.ca\nCharles Thibodeau\, NBEN — An in troduction to the Benefit-Cost Analysis Tool for Nature-based Solutions (N bS)\n\nTable Hosts for Sustainability Education:\nTBD — Learn about th e NB Indigenous Career College\nJulie Cyr — Learn about Brilliant Labs \nCatalina Ramirez\, Master's Student in Education\, York University — Nature\, Urbanization and Sustainability in Humber Bay Park\, a Research p resentation\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n11:40\n\nSharing Session\nParticipants wil l have the opportunity to reflect and share takeaways from the presentatio ns they attended in the previous session.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n12:00\n\nL UNCH\n\n\n\n1:00\n\n\n\n\nPanel Discusssion\nA panel discussion evaluating the benefits of Greening the Education System on Climate\, Education\, an d Health.\n\nModerator:\nMichelle Thibault\, Education and Early Childhood Development\nPanelists:\nMasah Douabul\, Student\nJarrett Francis\, EECD (Office of First Nation Education)\nRyan Jones\, EECD (Anglophone)\nDre. R enee Turcotte\, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment\nTB D\, Department of Environment &\; Local Government\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n \n2:10\n\nConcurrent Indoor Workshops\nParticipants will choose between th e two workshops below:\n\nClark Dedum and Sara McCafferty\, Esgenoôpetitj First Nation — Current projects\, working with Guardians\, community\, and Traditional Knowlege\nAnnie Furman\, Conservation Council of New Brun swick— Environmental Literacy Framework\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n3:30\n\nConc urrent Outdoor Workshops\nParticipants will choose between the workshops b elow:\n\nTatem Andrews — Medicinal Plant Identification Walk\nJessika G auvin — Mushroom Identification Walk\nWolastoq Grand Chief spasaqsit po ssesom Ron Tremblay — Penniac Sacred Land\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDay 2 — Friday\, October 17th\n \; \n\n\n8:30\n\nRegistration| Networking\nRegister\, mingle and network with fellow participants. Get seated with a beverage and snacks for the mornin g's sessions.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n9:00\n\nWelcome and Introductions\nNBE N facilitators will orient you to the venue and interpretation\, then set the stage for the first speaker.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n9:15\n\nMorning Pre senter\nShawna O'Flaherty\, VALORĒS\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n9:55\n\nHealth Break\n\n\n\n10:10\n\n\n\n\nConcurrent Sessions\nParticipants will choose one of the sessions below:\n\nSession 1:\nLyle Vicaire\, Maqamigew Anqotum eg Inc. —\n\nSession 2:\nCrystal Roberts\, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development —\n\nSession 3:\nTBD —\n\n\n\n \;\n\ n\n11:20\n\nOpen Space\nThis session is structured around several pre-sele cted discussion topics\, while also allowing a few participants to introdu ce a topic of their choice. This invites others to join in as they feel in spired.\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n12:00\n\nLUNCH\n\n\n\n1:05\n\n\n\n\nEngaging in Partnerships\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n2:45\n\nDELG Update\nDanielle Lé ger\, Director of Adaptation\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://usnn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Symbi osis-graphic-social-media1.png CATEGORIES:Conference LOCATION:https://nben.ca/en/get-involved/events/1216-symbiosis-creating-int errelationships-towards-environmental-action/individual-registration.html END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR