Keynote
Speakers


Robert Bateman
Adjunct Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies, Faculty of Social & Applied Sciences, Royal Roads University
Lifelong lecturer & resource person in art, photography, nature & conservation...
John Donihee
John Donihee is one of Canada’s foremost experts in environmental, regulatory, administrative and Aboriginal law in Canada’s north. John’s particular focus is on environmental approvals for...

Francis First Charger
Francis First Charger of the Kainai was born and raised on the Kainai First Nation (Blood Indian Reserve). He was raised in the traditional, cultural and spiritual ways of
the...

As a sound designer in Hollywood, Paula has worked on some big TV series, not only Game of Thrones, but Lost, The Strain and The River. She has also worked on films ranging from the action- packed Snow White and ...
Paula Fairfield
Andrew
Nikiforuk
For more than three decades Andrew Nikiforuk has written about energy, economics and the West for a variety of Canadian publications including...



Charlie Russell
Charlie is well known for study of bears in the wild, his understanding of bear behaviour, his approach to bear management and his ten years of field work in Kamchatka. Charlie accepted orphaned grizzly cubs from...
Dr. Thomas Serfass
Chair, and Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Biology and Natural Resources at Frostburg State University, and Adjunct Professor at the Appalachian Laboratory – University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. A large portion of my...