Schedule
All talks will take place in the St. Lawrence Room. Please upload your presentation before the session you will be
presenting in.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st, 2014
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Meet and Greet Social in the Cedar Knoll House
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2014
7:30-8:00
Breakfast at the Watermark Restaurant
8:00-8:15
Welcome and Introduction (St. Lawrence Room)
Session 1: Biogeochemistry and Mining (Chair: Trent University)
8:15-8:30
8:30-8:45
8:45-9:00
9:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:00
10:00-10:30
David Camacho, McMaster University
Towards new monitoring tools for microbial acid generation in mine tailings contexts
Samuel R. Morton, University of Ottawa
Development of an aquifer capability screening tool: pilot study, Clarence-Rockland, ON
Michelle Reid, McMaster University
Sulfur biogeochemistry in an Athabasca oil sands composite tailings deposit undergoing reclamation
wetland construction
Sean Winland-Gatez, McMaster University
A community-level analysis of iron-sulfur geochemical effects on microbiological mercury methylation
in contaminated sediments
Priyanka Chandan, University of Toronto
Understanding mercury sources and biogeochemical cycling in natural systems using stable Hg isotopes
Shirley Ngai, University of Western Ontario
Determining effects of warming temperature and changing precipitation on physical and chemical
properties of Uinta Mountain Lakes, Utah, USA.
Daniel Gregoire, University of Ottawa
Maintaining redox homeostasis in an anoxygenic phototroph and its effects on mercury redox cycling
Coffee Break
Session 2: Biogeochemistry and Mining Continued
(Chair: National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)/ Universite de Montreal)
10:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-11:15
11:15-11:30
11:30-11:45
Daniel Arriaga Flores, McMaster University
Microbial Fe-S-C cycling in oil sands fluid fine tailings
Tara Colenbrander Nelson, McMaster University
Sulfur cycling in oil sands composite tailing by non-endemic sulfur metabolizing microbial communities
Francois Clayer, INRS
Modeling methane diagenesis in the sediments of a seasonally anoxic lake basin
Ed Bryson, University of Ottawa
Geochemical characterization of stream waters in the MacMillan Pass, Yukon: Metal mobility and
implications for mineral exploration.
Anežka Radková, Queen’s University
11:45-12:00
Geochemical behavior of antimony in mine drainage and tailings
Damilare Ogungbemide, Trent University
Investigation of fugitive dust emissions from a mine tailings site in Southern Ontario
12:00-1:00
Lunch at the Watermark Restaurant
Session 3: Toxicology (Chair: University of Ottawa)
1:00-1:15
Kira N. MacDougall, Queen’s University
Acute toxicity of diisoheptyl phthalate and diisononyl phthalate in Oryzias latipes
1:15-1:30
Claire Laperuque, INRS
Atmospheric deposition of organochlorine contaminants in Southern Québec lakes
1:30-1:45
Sandy Edmison, Royal Military College of Canada (RMC)
Bioaccessibility of arsenic in plants
1:45-2:00
Julia Matheson, University of Western Ontario
Effects of changing ocean acidity on the growth, physiology, and toxicity of the marine raphidophyte
Heterosigma akashiwo.
2:00-2:30
Rene Shahmohamadloo and Kevin White, University of Guelph
Effects of triclosan and triclocarban on emergence and growth of agricultural crops in biosolids amended
soil
2:30-2:45
Michele Parisien, RMC
Environmental and human health risk associated with cadmium in an organic matter rich soil
2:45-3:00
Rabia Nasir, Wilfrid Laurier University
Cu Toxicity to Americamysis bahia in estuarine environments: Effects on growth, survival and sexual
maturation
3:00-3:30
Coffee Break
Session 4: Toxicology Continued (Chair: McMaster University)
3:30-3:45
3:45-4:00
4:00-4:15
4:15-4:30
4:30-4:45
4:45-5:00
5:00-5:15
5:15-6:00 pm
5:30-6:30 pm
7:00-8:00 pm
8:00-10:00 pm
Mackenzie Denyes, RMC
Production and characterization of carbon sorbents for in situ remediation technologies
Prachi Deshpande, Wilfrid Laurier University
Nickel and copper mixture toxicity to Daphnia pulex-pulicaria in soft water
Philippe El-Akl, Universite de Montreal
Relating truly dissolved cerium to its bioavailability
Camille Guilleux, INRS
Silver uptake by liposomes used as a model membrane
Mason L. Lam, Queen’s University
Teratogenicity and gene expression effects of two phthalate diesters in Silurana tropicalis frog
embryogenesis
Cedrick Beaubien, INRS
Toxicity of three lanthanides on the green alga Chlorella fusca
Lori Manoukian, Queen’s University
Environmental risks associated with mining high-sulfidation epithermal gold deposits
Break
Poster Session (St. Lawrence Room)
Dinner at the Watermark Restaurant
Social the Cedar Knoll House
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2014
7:30-8:00
Breakfast at the Watermark Restaurant
Session 5: Method Development (Wilfred Laurier University)
8:00-8:15
Samantha Clay, McMaster University
Identifying microbial carbon sources during ethanol, toluene, and MTBE biodegradation in an
experimental aquifer system using isotopic analysis
8:15-8:00
Maya Ashoka, Wilfrid Laurier University
Evaluation of fluorescence quenching as a speciation method for divalent metal cations and lanthanides in
model and natural systems
8:15-8:30
Nicholas Baggaley, Queen’s University
Optimization of a green chemistry method for the synthesis of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI)
8:30-8:45
Carol Cheyne, University of Toronto
Using lead isotopes to understand contamination and to verify sediment dating methods in two northern
Ontario lakes
8:45-9:00
Ildephonse Nduwaez, Universite de Montreal
Speciation of samarium using an ion-exchange resin
9:00-9:15
Kim Proulx, Universite de Montreal
Separation, detection and characterization of engineered nanoparticles in environmental matrices using
hydrodynamic chromatography coupled to light scattering and multiple off-line detectors
9:15-9:30
Alyssa Dunbar, University of Ottawa
Optimizing surficial geochemical sampling methods as a tool for future exploration of blind VMS
deposits
9:30-9:45
Felix Morin, University of Ottawa
Development, application and ecotoxicological validation of microbial biosensors of oxidative stress
9:45-10:00
Marc-Andre Suthiere, RMC
Fuel cells: clean energy for the future
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
Session 6: Remediation (Queens University/RMC)
10:30-10:45
Katie Kendra, McMaster University
Bacterial community responses to fen-style reclamation development in Athabasca oil sands composite
tailings
10:45-11:00
Kawina Robichard, Universite de Montreal
Innovation of a bioremediation system for hydrocarbon and metal contaminated soils using an ecosystembased approach in a sub-arctic climate
11:00-11:15
Scott Robinson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Effect of mixing on phosphate removal in effluent wastewater
11:15-11:30
Holly Gray, Wilfrid Laurier University
Nitrogen and phosphorus recycling from wastewater treatment plant effluents using commercially
available sorbents
11:30-11:45
Kelly Milliken, RMC
Preparation of solid support resins for the removal of radionuclides from contaminated water
11:45-12:00
Kelly Martin, McMaster University
Examination of carbon sources on microbial mediated arsenic release in contaminated Bangladesh
drinking wells
12:00-12:15
12:15-12:30
Lauren Bradford, McMaster University
Tracking changes in microbial population size and carbon source using lipid and isotope analysis
Closing Remarks
Poster Presentations
Adelaide Jane Fearnley, Royal Military College of Canada
The protective effect of sub lethal levels of iron on apoptotic stimuli
Alexandra Carvajal, Wilfrid Laurier University
Determination of lanthanides speciation in freshwater using the fluorescence quenching technique
Brandon Khan, University of Ottawa
Impacts of gamma (y-) sterilization on the physio-chemical properties of bactierogenic iron oxides (BIOS)
Chris Cooper, Wilfrid Laurier University
Influence of dissolved organic carbon concentration and source on chronic nickel toxicity to the mysid, americamysis
bahia
Gaganprit Gill, Wilfrid Laurier University
Nickel binding to marine/estuarine organic matter determined using Ni2 ion selective electrode: implications for biotic
ligand model development
Ildephonse Nduwaezu, Universite de Montreal
Speciation of samarium using an ion-exchange resin
Jake Nesbitt, Queens University
Combination of principal component analysis and mineral liberation analysis
Jessica Henry, Royal Military College of Canada
The interrelationship between hormesis and anti-apoptosis
Leosveys Alessandra Diaz, Universite de Montreal
Characterization of nanoparticles by analytical ultracentrifuge
Lorena Torres, Universite de Montreal
Characterization of alkylammonium surfactant self-assembly at solid/liquid interfaces using a combined TIR
RAMAN/SHG technique
Maria Eloisa Sia, University of Western Ontario
Effects of fish stocking on sedimentary chlorophyll-a concentration in oligo-mesotrophic
Mary Coulas, University of Western Ontario
Canadian food security: loal food policy in municipal agendas
Melissa Jocelyne Djap, McGill University
Removal of CECs from wastewater using Aclarus Ozonation technology
Sébastien Maillette, Universite de Montreal
Agglomeration and heterocogulation of nanosilver in freshwaters
Shegufa Merchant, Trent University
Synthesis and Molecular weight control in entirely lipid derived Aliphatic polyester diols