INSPIRING CONVERSATIONS

Presented by Dr. Kerry Black and Park by Sidewalk Citizen

DATE: Thursday March 21

TIME: 6:30 pm

LOCATION: Park By Sidewalk 340 13th Ave SW

We are excited to partner with Dr. Kerry Black, Canada Research Chair in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary to present Inspiring Conversations - “What does 3-eyed seeing mean: What can we all do” with Dr. Myrle Ballard. Event begins at 6:30pm with finger foods at Park By Sidewalk Citizen (340 13th Ave SW) with the talk beginning around 7pm, followed by a discussion and mingling. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Orange Shirt Society.

Dr. Myrle Ballard is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Earth, Energy, and Environment at the University of Calgary. She stood-up the new Indigenous Science Division at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Anishnaabe from Lake St. Martin First Nation, Dr. Ballard’s latest research explores Three-eyed seeing and how her fluency in Anishinaabe mowin can transform approaches to water resource management using Anishinaabe mowin baseline indicators.  Dr. Ballard also serves on a number of committees and working groups, two of which are recent appointments as Scoping expert for the second IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services; and Expert for the IPBES task force on Indigenous and local knowledge. She currently holds NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) and CIHR (Canadian Institutes for Health Research) grants. Her other research interests include; but are not limited to, climate, species at risk, sustainability of flooding/displacement. 

Dr. Kerry Black is an Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair and UNESCO Co-Chairholder in the Department of Civil Engineering, at the University of Calgary, in Treaty 7 territory.  Her research engages in a transdisciplinary research platform, incorporating technical civil and environmental engineering principles and research, with policy and socio-economic components, focusing on sustainable infrastructure for healthy and resilient communities.  She has worked extensively in the academic, public, private and non-profit sectors, employed in technical, scientific, policy, and management roles.  The majority of this experience has included working with and in partnership with First Nations communities on urgent and pressing water, sanitation, sustainability and infrastructure issues across Canada.  As a non-Indigenous settler, her work is guided by Indigenous partners and First Nations, and in full and meaningful partnership and collaboration.