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SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT SPEAKER SERIES
The Science and Environment Lecture Series runs from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each month from October to June using the Zoom Webinar format. The on-line format allows large numbers of CALL members to participate and access to a wide range of speakers. A Q& A feature in the Webinar platform provides an opportunity for participants to post questions for the speaker. These are addressed in a curated Q & A session at the end of each presentation. Feedback on each session as well as suggestions for improvement, future topics and so on can be left for the team organizing the lecture series using the Chat feature.
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SEARCH FOR HABITABLE EXOPLANETSCANCELLED |
 | The past thirty years of exoplanet research have revealed an overwhelming diversity of planetary environments that are completely unlike the Solar System, sparking many questions on how life may emerge in these extreme conditions. This talk will explorate the ongoing search for habitable worlds beyond Earth, including how the James Webb Space Telescope is advancing our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres and potential biosignatures. It will also highlight the forthcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), a mission poised to directly image Earth-like planets and further our pursuit of life beyond Earth. Click here to see a video how NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory will search for Life. |
Speaker: Dr. Emma V. Turtelboom is the William & Caroline Herschel Postdoctoral Fellow at McMaster University. She recently received her PhD in Astrophysics from UC Berkeley. Currently, her research focuses on understanding how efficiently planets can form around low-mass stars, and characterising multi-planet systems in order to understand how unique our Solar System may be in the Milky Way. |
ENERGY SECURITY: HUMANITY’S TOP PRIORITY
We use energy in everything we do – feeding ourselves, building places to live and work, creating all the products we consume, and traveling by land, sea and air.
Energy is life. We cannot attain any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations regards as essential for modern life without abundant, affordable and readily available energy. Yet we sometimes lose sight of that principle in striving for other specific goals.
Let’s explore how to create energy security for all 8 billion+ people on earth as practically, economically and sustainably as possible.
Presenter: Brad Hayes is President and Principal Consultant of Petrel Robertson Consulting Ltd., a geoscience consulting firm working in oil and gas, critical minerals exploration, carbon capture and storage, geothermal energy and water resource management.
Brad holds a PhD in geology from the University of Alberta, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and past Outreach Director for the Canadian Society for Evolving Energy.
Brad was awarded the Stanley Slipper Gold Medal by the Canadian Energy Geoscience Association (CEGA) in 2022, and the Canadian Professional Geoscientist Award by Geoscientists Canada in 2024.
| Date: | Tuesday, February 3, 2026 |
| Time: | 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 PM |
| Where: | via Zoom |
| Speaker: | Brad Hayes |
| Register: | Register |
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