Stories and Recordings
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Meet the speakers
Get to know a bit more about our speakers and the road that led them to the topic of their Sustainability Lecture.

Can hunting and local harvest solve the dietary crisis in Northern Indigenous communities?
Michael Robidoux works directly with Dene and Métis communities to strengthen food security.
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Fort Mac’s AltoNative History
Tanya Kalmanovitch returns to her home to write the Tar Sands Songbook.
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A Walk in the Park
University of Alberta alumna Kira Hunt’s journey into landscape design.
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Angeline Letourneau’s path to environmental sociology
University of Alberta PhD candidate is researching Alberta oil sands workers’ self-conceptions of masculinity.
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Teaching Machines to Fight Fire
After a summer spent fighting fires in B.C., ALES graduate student Jessica Zerb is using AI to predict future wildfires.
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Unlearning colonialism to overcome the climate crisis
Education professor Dwayne Donald on his work’s connections to sustainability.
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Victor Lieffers: Protecting forests under fire
“The issue is not unsustainable logging. The problem is climate change.”
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