PRESENTATIONS – Invited Talks and Panels

Peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowland – Summary for Regional Assessment Working Group (November 2025)
Invited expert presentation for Ring of Fire Regional Assessment Working Group Peatlands Workshop (online)

Canada’s Peatlands – The Big Picture (November 2025)
Invited talk on the status of peatland science and policy in Canada for the Weston Family Foundation Peatlands Workshop (online)

Mining, roads, and peatlands – Ontario’s Ring of Fire and Northern Road Link (November 2025)
Invited talk for Osgoode Law Clinic at York University with guests from Neskantaga First Nation (online)

Mines and roads in peatland landscapes (October 2025)
Invited talk for Can-Peat Knowledge-Sharing Seminar Series (online)

Threats to land carbon in the Northwest Territories – a focus on industry and peatlands (February 2025)
Invited talk for Government of Northwest Territories Landscape Carbon Workshop, Yellowknife, Canada

Policy gaps and solutions for land carbon in the Northwest Territories – a focus on peatlands (February 2025)
Invited talk for Government of Northwest Territories Landscape Carbon Workshop, Yellowknife, Canada

Five reasons we depend on wetlands: the case for protecting peatlands in Canada (February 2024)
Invited keynote talk and panel for World Wetlands Day Symposium, Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada

Quantifying the effects of disturbances on peatland C stocks & fluxes: connecting science and policy (May 2023)
Invited talk for Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) Meeting, Banff, Canada

Quantifying the essential carbon service provided by the Hudson Bay Lowland peatlands (December 2022)
Invited talk for American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Chicago, USA (online)

Protecting global peatlands for climate and biodiversity (December 2022)
Invited talk for panel Q&A by IUCN and partners in Canada Pavilion at COP15, Montreal, Canada

Protecting peatlands in Canada for climate and biodiversity (December 2022)
Invited talk for panel Q&A by IUCN and partners in Nature Positive Pavilion at COP15, Montreal, Canada

Peatlands in Canada (November 2021)
Invited talk for ‘Peatland Rights and Cultures’ panel by Scottish Government at COP26, Glasgow, UK (online)

Forested Peatlands in Canada (November 2021)
Invited talk for panel Q&A by WCS and IUCN at COP26, Glasgow, UK (online)

Peatlands in Canada: Linking science, policy, & practice to protect an essential carbon service (September 2020)
Guest talk for the Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) Wetland Knowledge Exchange webinar series (online)

Science for a Sustainable Society (January 2016)
Invited panel speaker at Science for a Sustainable Society Symposium, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Peatlands, wind farms, and the aquatic environment (March 2012)
Guest talk at Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Scottish Hydrological Group evening seminar, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

The purpose of peatland restoration – a regulatory overview (January 2011)
Invited speaker at Carbon Landscape and Drainage (CLAD) network meeting, Glasgow University, UK

Climate Change and Land Management – SEPA’s role (October 2009)
Invited speaker at inaugural Carbon Landscape and Drainage (CLAD) network meeting, Glasgow University, UK

Wind farms on peatlands (May 2009)
Invited speaker and panel member at SNH ‘Sharing Good Practice Event: Good Practice during Wind Farm Construction’, Battleby, UK

PRESENTATIONS – Conferences (selected)

Risks and opportunities for major industry projects in peatland landscapes in Canada (May 2026)
Talk at Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) meeting, Halifax, Canada

Quantifying the essential carbon service provided by the Hudson Bay Lowland peatlands (November 2022)
Poster at Hudson Bay Summit 2022, Montreal, Canada

Estimating the magnitude of carbon loss due to permafrost thaw in boreal peatlands (December 2020)
Talk at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting (online)

Ecohydrology constrains microform development in small basin peatlands (April 2019) Talk at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria

Sensitivity of peatlands of the Hudson Bay Lowland to climate change (August 2016) Talk at Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting, Fort Lauderdale, USA

The role of lichen on peatland development in the Hudson Bay Lowlands in Canada (April 2015) Talk at European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

The structure and function of peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowlands (December 2014) Poster at American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA

Groundwater Dependent Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTE) – assessment of significant damage (May 2008)
Poster at Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) Annual Conference, Washington DC, USA