Guest Speaker: Eva Kruemmel and Aynslie Ogden
Bridging Careers: From Science to Policy
When: April 1, 12:00 Est time
Register link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/697052289
Webinar ID:697052289
In the third and final webinar of our Science & Policy series, we will discuss how careers in science can lead into policy development.
Our first guest speaker is Dr. Eva Kruemmel, PhD Biology Specialization in Chemical and Environmental Toxicology, University of Ottawa. Eva will discuss how her contaminant research made her realize importance of ensuring scientific research is actually contributing to policy development. Her past research has led to working for the Inuit Circumpolar Council, relaying relevant research to international policy development such as the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Her research topics have been the importance of Pacific salmon as vectors of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), the relations of diet, contaminants and diabetes in two Native communities in northwestern Ontario, and the origin and fate of mercury in the Arctic. Eva started working for the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Canada Office in June 2008, and currently holds a position there as a Senior Policy Advisor on Environment & Health. In this capacity, she has been representing ICC in various international fora, for example at United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC) meetings on Mercury, and meetings of the Stockholm Convention on POPs. She attended those meetings either as an independent observer for ICC, or as part of the Canadian delegation representing ICC. Eva also represents ICC Canada in the Research Management Committee of the Northern Contaminants Program (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada) and in Arctic Council working- and expert groups, such as the Arctic Monitoring Assessment Programme (AMAP). She represents ICC as a board member to the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON), and is also a member of the SAON
Executive Committee.
