Conferences
ONICSE organizes scientific conferences and public lectures throughout the year to share knowledge between members of the scientific community and the Rouyn-Noranda population. Whenever possible, recordings of these lectures are made available for subsequent listening.
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.
Proposed health-based air quality objectives for arsenic by Health Canada
Julie Bourdon-Lacombe, Head of Air quality assessment section at Health Canada
Presented on July 15, 2026 at UQAT
Lessons from community collaboration: 50 years of research on the health impacts of contaminants
Donna Mergler, professor emerita in the department of biological sciences at UQAM and founding member of the Center for interdisciplinary research on well-being, health, society, and the environment (Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur le bien-être, la santé, la société et l’environnement-CINBIOSE)
Presented on November 6, 2025 at the Petit Théâtre du Vieux Noranda
A century of activity in Abitibi: spatial and temporal evolution of atmospheric emissions of metals into the environment
Nicolas Benoit and Josué J. Jautzy, geoscience researchers, and Joëlle Marion, research professional in the Environmental Geoscience Program at the Geological Survey of Canada, Natural Resources Canada (GSC-NRC)
Presented on October 6, 2025 at UQAT
International trade in electronic waste: understanding Rouyn-Noranda's place in a global economy
Cynthia Morinville, Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)
Presented on March 6, 2025 at UQAT
The contribution of isotopes to the understanding of atmospheric pollution phenomena: an example from the Rouyn-Noranda region and the rest of the world
David Widory, Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Presented on January 27, 2025 at UQAT