Symposium 2025
NOHEIC's first symposium, entitled “L'ONICSE et les sciences au cœur de la vie citoyenne” (“NOHEIC and science at the heart of civic life”), was held from May 25 to 27, 2025 at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT). The event featured scientific conferences, as well as lectures for the general public, networking activities, discovery activities and a participatory workshop. The symposium was free for all participants, and open to anyone interested in the impact of contaminant emissions on health and the environment.
Please note: the lectures made available on this page were originally presented in French. The titles have been translated by artificial intelligence, and the French version prevails in the event of any discrepancy between the two versions. Recordings are available in French only.
Recordings
Opening remarks and presentation of NOHEIC
By Daniel Proulx, NOHEIC's Director and Louis Imbeau, UQAT Research and Creation Vice-Rector
« History of rock »
By Daniel Proulx, NOHEIC'S Director
« New methods for metal contaminant source attribution: SP-ICP-ToF-MS »
By Kevin Wilkinson, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal
« Polymetallic mining contamination in Rouyn-Noranda monitored by biomonitors »
By Maikel Rosabal, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and Antonin Landa, PhD student, UQAM
« Metal contamination and health risk assessment for urban agriculture in Rouyn-Noranda »
By Émilie Telmosse, UQAM graduate
« Exchange with members of NOHEIC's scientific council »
Discovery activity with the following members: Iuliana Laura Calugaru from Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Cathy Vaillancourt from Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Maryse Bouchard from INRS, Nolwenn Noisel from Université de Montréal, Lauriane Dinis from the Geological Survey of Canada, Maikal Rosabal from UQAM and Jérôme Deschênes from UQAT.
« Rouyn-Noranda citizens' experience of Glencore's Horne smelter operations »
By Évelyne Corriveau of Université Laval
« Regulatory power and heterogeneous frames of reference in the mobilization for environmental health in Rouyn-Noranda »
By Gabriel Lévesque of McGill University
« Citizen monitoring of contaminants: SCCANER project »
By Daniel Green of the Société pour vaincre la pollution
« Caring: a political act »
By Jennifer Ricard-Turcotte of Mères au front
« How pollution can affect your brain's health »
By Dave Saint-Amour, Professor at the Department of Psychology, UQAM
« Detection of heavy metal accumulation on rock outcrop capping around the Rouyn-Noranda smelter, Quebec »
By Joël Masimo Kabuanga of UQAT
« Selenium in the soil-plant system exposed to mine effluent and its treatment in mine effluents »
By Selma Etteieb and Iuliana Laura Calugaru of CTRI
« Passive dolomitic drain treatment for contaminated effluents »
By Iuliana Laura Calugaru of Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue
« Environmental inequalities, or how the environment generates health inequalities »
By Nolwenn Noisel, Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Université de Montréal School of Public Health
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Do you have an idea for a research project? Do you have an unanswered question?
The participatory workshop organized during the symposium gave participants the opportunity to express their views on scientific research projects of interest. Do you have concerns about the impact of contaminant emissions? Have you identified gaps in knowledge on the subject? Contact us to share your ideas.
Program
Media coverage of the symposium
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT). « Observatoire national sur les incidences des émissions de contaminant sur la santé et l’environnement : premier colloque et nouvelle plateforme de diffusion ». Communiqué de presse, 1 mai 2025. https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/observatoire-national-sur-les-incidences-des-emissions-de-contaminant-sur-la-sante-et-l-environnement-premier-colloque-et-nouvelle-plateforme-de-diffusion-851616790.html.
Arsenal Media. « Observatoire national sur les incidences des émissions de contaminant sur la santé et l’environnement : Un premier colloque et une nouvelle plateforme de diffusion ». Mon Abitibi, 1 mai 2025. https://monabitibi.ca/observatoire-national-sur-les-incidences-des-emissions-de-contaminant-sur-la-sante-et-lenvironnement-un-premier-colloque-et-nouvelle-plateforme-de-diffusion/.
« Un premier colloque de l’ONICSE ». Des matins en or. Radio-Canada, 2 mai 2025. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/des-matins-en-or/episodes/928129/rattrapage-vendredi-2-mai-2025.
« Mieux vivre à côté d’une fonderie ». Les années lumière. Radio-Canada, 25 mai 2025. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/les-annees-lumiere/segments/rattrapage/2078576/fonderie-horne-un-observatoire-sur-contaminants.
« Premier colloque pour l’ONICSE ». Ça vaut le retour. Radio-Canada, 26 mai 2025. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/ca-vaut-le-retour/episodes/928325/rattrapage-lundi-26-mai-2025.
« Rouyn-Noranda : Un premier colloque sur la qualité de l’air ». Vidéo. TVA Abitibi-Temiscamingue. TVA Abitibi-Temiscamingue, 26 mai 2025. https://tvaabitibi.ca/2025/05/26/rouyn-noranda-un-premier-colloque-sur-la-qualite-de-lair/.
« Faut-il taire les recherches scientifiques qui déplaisent? » Audio. Des matins en or. Radio-Canada, 27 mai 2025. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/des-matins-en-or/episodes/928124/rattrapage-mardi-27-mai-2025.
Poirier, Gabriel. « Polluants dans l’air : un écologiste veut taire les études qui nuisent aux causes sociales ». Radio-Canada. 27 mai 2025. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2167677/contaminants-fonderie-pollution-observatoire-sante.