The Can-Peat and GRET Peatland Science Symposium 2025 was held on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at the beautiful Biogeoscience Institute site in Kananaskis, Alberta.
In fact, it was the 30th edition of PERG's annual symposium! A total of 65 people attended the event in person, and even 70 if you count remote participants. Researchers from Can-Peat and PERG, students and postdoctoral fellows, and industry partners presented the latest research in Canada, through 17 oral presentations and 18 posters, to foster collaboration and the exchange of ideas between experts in the field of peatlands and wetlands.
Following a presentation by guest speaker Yi (Abby) Wang (PhD candidate in the hydrometeorology research group at the University of Waterloo) on advances and challenges in estimating wetland evapotranspiration, several presentations focused on topics explored by the Can-Peat team, notably greenhouse gases, but also by students from U. Laval who are working on a peat harvesting method known as the ‘acrotelm harvesting method’.
See the collection of abstracts by clicking here.
Congratulations to Katie Hettinga (U. of Waterloo) and Steffy Velosa (McGill U.) who won the best student oral presentation awards, and to Sanghyeon Song (McGill U.) and Megan Schmidt (U. Waterloo) who won the best poster presentation awards.
Over the following days, several PERG meetings and Can-Peat activities took place.
Some photos of the event:
The PERG Quebec team delegation in Kananaskis, Alberta: Mélina Guêné-Nanchen, Line Rochefort, Éléonor Bergeron-de Pani, Olivier Gingras, Christophe Dea. (© M. Guêné-Nanchen) |
Éléonor Bergeron-de Pani's oral presentation (PhD candidate, U. Laval). |
The Can-Peat team in Kananaskis, Alberta. (© S. Cherry) |
Kananaskis landscape in Alberta. (© M. Guêné-Nanchen) |
