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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">.
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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">.
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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"><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
free.</span></span><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 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 Découverte des Espèces</b> </a>du Musée canadien de la nature organise son symposium biannuel <b>le 22 avril 2021 (Jour de la Terre)</b> sur le thème général de
<b><a href="https://nature.ca/fr/recherche-collections/projets-recherche/centre-decouverte-especes/symposium-biodiversite">la « Crise de la biodiversité »</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 conférenciers de la séance plénière. <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 abordées se rapportent à la biodiversité marine et terrestre, la surveillance autochtone de la biodiversité, le rôle 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 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"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Venez présenter votre travail</span></b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span lang="FR-CA" style="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 série de courtes présentations éclairantes (5 minutes) en lien direct avec le thème général. Si vous souhaitez présenter votre travail veuillez en soumettre le titre et
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