Project Paradise Panel Discussion

Faculty members and community experts connected with the MacMarsh initiative will present views on the challenges and benefits of restoring a wetland marsh on west campus Parking Lot M. This three-part panel will reflect on the past, present and future of the wetland marsh.Open to the public. No registration required. A public reception and student art exhibition in the Wilson Hall Atrium will follow the presentation.

Panelists:

Randy Kay (Restore Cootes)

Tys Theysmeyer (Head of Natural Lands, Royal Botanical Gardens)

Ken Cruikshank (Dean of Humanities, moderator)

Logan MacDonald (School of the Arts/ Indigenous perspective)

Susan Dudley (Biology – buffer and bioswales)Wayne Terryberry (Nature at McMaster, moderator)

Jim Quinn (Biology – fish and birds)Patricia Johanson (Hooker Visiting Scholar, landscape architect, artist)

Mike Waddington (Geography and Earth Science – hydrology)

Nancy Doubleday (Peace Studies)

This event is a part of Paradise Revisited series. McMaster University’s natural lands and environs are the setting for an ambitious, multi-facted, six-month-long initiative which welcomes faculty, staff, students and community members to re-acquaint themselves with our rich landscapeActivities include field trips, panel discussions, lectures, readings, art activities and exhibitions. Participants are provided with sketchbooks to document their observations; and these sketchbooks will be shared at a showcase on October 25.

Email: socrates@mcmaster.ca 

Phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 26848

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