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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/research-projects/centre-species-discovery-change" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Beaty
Centre for Species Discovery</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> at the Canadian Museum of Nature is hosting their biennial symposium on <b>April 22</b></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">nd</span></sup></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">,
2021 (Earth Day)</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The topic is </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/research-projects/centre-species-discovery/biodiversity-symposium/symposium-pro" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">“The
Biodiversity Crisis.”</span></b></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Plenary speakers include </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=OK6zqaYAAAAJ" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Dr.
Camille Parmesan</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> and </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=JCSZqzsAAAAJ" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Dr.
Gerardo Ceballos</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">See the full symposium program </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://nature.ca/en/research-collections/research-projects/centre-species-discovery/biodiversity-symposium/symposium-pro" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">here</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">.</span></u></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Topics include the states of terrestrial and marine biodiversity, indigenous biodiversity monitoring, the role of natural history collections, and the interface between policy and conservation
practice.</span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Present your work! <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">The symposium is hosting a series of five-minute lightning talks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">If you would like to present, please submit a title and 300 word abstract to </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:dfraser@nature.ca" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">dfraser@nature.ca</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> by <b>April
6</b></span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">th</span></sup></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. Decisions on speakers will be made
by April 9</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><sup><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">th</span></sup></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://my.nature.ca/25816?_ga=2.152036281.1488912502.1616419158-111392695.1486157396" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">Registration</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> is
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<span class="eop"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="eop"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">--<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="eop"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Le
<a href="https://nature.ca/fr/recherche-collections/projets-recherche/centre-decouverte-etude-especes">
<b>Centre Beaty pour la D�couverte des Esp�ces</b> </a>du Mus�e canadien de la nature organise son symposium biannuel <b>le 22 avril 2021 (Jour de la Terre)</b> sur le th�me g�n�ral de
<b><a href="https://nature.ca/fr/recherche-collections/projets-recherche/centre-decouverte-especes/symposium-biodiversite">la � Crise de la biodiversit� �</a></b>.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">La
<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=OK6zqaYAAAAJ">Dre. Camille Parmesan</a> et le
<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=JCSZqzsAAAAJ">Dr. Gerardo Ceballos </a>sont les conf�renciers de la s�ance pl�ni�re. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Voir le programme complet du Symposium <a href="https://nature.ca/fr/recherche-collections/projets-recherche/centre-decouverte-especes/symposium-biodiversite/programme-s">ici</a>. </span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Les questions abord�es se rapportent � la biodiversit� marine et terrestre, la surveillance autochtone de la biodiversit�, le r�le des collections d’histoire naturelle et
le couple politiques et pratiques de conservation.</span></span><span class="eop"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Le programme du Symposium inclue une s�rie de courtes pr�sentations �clairantes (5 minutes) en lien direct avec le th�me g�n�ral. Si vous souhaitez pr�senter votre travail veuillez en soumettre le titre et
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