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College of Sustainability

ESS Lecture Series Schedule

Fall 2025 Term

ESS Lecture Series

Since 2010, the College of Sustainability has hosted a weekly ESS (Environment, Sustainability and Society) Lecture Series that is open to the public. Local and international scholars, journalists, social activists, artists, public intellectuals, and elders share their wisdom and experience on wide-ranging topics related to environmental sustainability, social justice, Indigenous perspectives, and the impacts of the climate crisis.

The series is currently presented in a hybrid format, with most speakers presenting live and in-person as well as livestreaming to Zoom.

Unless otherwise noted, all lectures run Thursday evenings 7:15-8:30 PM in Potter Auditorium, Rowe Management building (6100 University Avenue). All welcome. Free of charge.

To attend virtually via Zoom, please write to sustlife@dal.ca听in advance for the Zoom link.

Group photo of 80-100 students in Ondaatje Auditorium wearing green "Leading Change" t-shirts.

Thursday 4 September 2025 - Environment, Sustainability & Society (ESS) Orientation & Welcome Back event

New and returning SUST students are invited to join us at the Mona Campbell Building atrium (1459 Lemarchant Street) from 7:00-8:30pm for snacks, music, and fun sustainability swag and prizes. Make friends, get to know your student societies, and meet staff members from the College of Sustainability!

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Thursday 11 September 2025 - Art of City Building (Conference keynote)

Shin-pei Tsay
Chief Research and Data Officer, City of Boston

Shin-pei Tsay's experience convenes policy, data, design, and governance to bolster inclusive and sustainable cities. She joined Boston's Innovation and Technology Cabinet in 2025 and continues to serve as the executive director for the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics.

Prior to joining the City of Boston, she was the global policy director for cities and sustainability at Uber, where she was named a Sustainability Star by AdWeek for her work on the company's first global sustainability commitment. She founded Make Public, a social impact analysis firm, and was executive director of Gehl Institute, a nonprofit focusing on public life to generate designs, plans, and governance for cities. Shin-pei also served as deputy executive director of TransitCenter, a national foundation focused on improving urban transportation. She created the Cities and Transportation program under the Energy and Climate Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she worked on developing an innovative revenue mechanism to fund the federal transportation program.

Shin-pei has served on the NYC Public Design Commission and taught urban design at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Art, and Preservation and the Parsons School of Design at the New School. She holds a BA in government from Cornell University and an MSc in geography from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Thursday 18 September 2025 - The Future of Global Health: Grave Risk and Persistent Hope

Stephanie Nolen, New York Times

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Thursday 25 September 2025 - ESS Alumni Panel Discussion

Panelists TBA!

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Thursday 2 October 2025 -How to Be Hopeful: Empowering Practices to Overcome Despair and Act for Climate Justice

Elin Kelsey
Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society
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Thursday 9 October 2025 - Thanksgiving Weekend (NO LECTURE)

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Thursday 16 October 2025 - Adaptation and Resilience

Erin Taylor
Director of Adaptation and Resilience; Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada

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Thursday 23 October 2025 -The Improvement Trap

Matthew Hoffmann

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Thursday 30 October 2025 -听Climate Change Governance

Bayo Majekolagbe
University of Alberta

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Thursday 6 November 2025 -听Environmental/Health Effects of Uranium Mining

Chief Tamara Young, Pictou First Nation
Nancy Covington, Retired physician
Laurette Geldenhuys, CAPE
Tynette Deveaux, CAPE

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Thursday 13 November 2025 - Study Break (NO LECTURE)

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Thursday 20 November 2025 - Indigenous Wisdom and Sustainability听

Shawn Feener
South Shore Reg Centre for Education听

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Thursday 27 November 2025 - Bicycles and Active Transportation

Landrick Bennett Jr.
School of Cities, Toronto

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Halifax NS Canada B3H 3P8
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