Conferences

Organization of conferences

Annual seminar for OHMI Nunavik. Quebec, Canada. Dec. 2015, 2016, 2017. Organization of three-day conference for 35 people. Plenary sessions and participatory workshops. Presentation of awarded projects funded by LabEx DRIIHM. 

Presentations and organization of sessions (86)

  • Keynote speaker: presentation at plenary session 
  • Organization of three international conferences (EU DG Environment)
  • Organization and mediation of 3-day international participatory workshops 
  • Organization and chair of sessions at international conferences
  • Moderator and rapporteur 
  • French Ecology Society (SFE). Oct. 2018.
  • ArcticChange. Quebec. Dec. 2017. Tukisikasuagativik (OHMi Nunavik). ‘Understanding together. A France–Canada programme for multidisciplinary research addressing societal and environmental challenges in Nunavik’. Sylvie Blangy, Monique Bernier, Audrey Simon, Emilie Herbert-Houle, Mathieu Montfette, Laine Chanteloup, Pascale Weber, Marion Macé, Pascale Ropars.
  • ArcticChange. Quebec. Dec. 2017. ‘BOAZU. A Sameby-driven research project investigating the cumulative impacts of environmental and social change on reindeer herding and the future for Saami youth.’ Sylvie Blangy, Amélie Broage.
  • ArcticChange. Quebec. Dec. 2017. ‘Planting seeds in Nunavik: citizen-science conversations on the future of agriculture for Northern food sovereignty.’ Lamalice, A., Herrmann, TM., Blangy, S., Coxam, V. & Haillot, D.  
  • ArcticNet. Winnipeg. Dec. 2016. ‘Responsible research: addressing community concerns in a holistic approach. Building bridges between academics for improving the wellbeing of Inuit communities’. OHMI Nunavik. Bernier, Monique & Blangy, Sylvie.
  • The Changing Arctic. Nordic-French seminars. Norway. Oct. 2016. ‘The Changing Arctic. Environment and Governance’. FRAM High North Research Centre on Climate and the Environment and the University of Tromsø, Norway. Institut Français of Sweden (IFS), ‘Adaptation measures to cumulative effects of global changes in Nunavik for improving the wellbeing of Inuit communities’. Blangy, Sylvie & Bernier, Monique.
  • 5th World Conference on Research Integrity. Amsterdam. May 2017. ‘Participatory action research in support of research integrity: engaging the parties concerned. A different way to support scientific integrity’. Philippe Feldmann, Sylvie Blangy, Jacques Chevalier.
  • 20th Congress of Inuit Studies: Inuit Piusitu/Kangit / Inuit Traditions. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Oct. 2016. Blangy, Sylvie & Bernier, Monique. ‘Responsible research: addressing community concerns in a holistic approach. Building bridges between academics for improving the wellbeing of Inuit communities’. 
  • 20th Congress of Inuit Studies: Inuit Piusitu/Kangit / Inuit Traditions. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Oct. 2016, LAMALICE, A., AVARD, E., COXAM, V., DESBIENS, C., WIITRANT, Y, Blangy, S. ‘Nordic agriculture. Can community and participatory horticultural projects contribute to the development of a new sustainable food system in Nunavik?’ 
  • The Changing Arctic. Nordic-French seminars. Finland. June 2016. Sylvie Blangy and Annie Lamalice. ‘How can community greenhouse projects help secure food and improve health in Nunavik?’ Oulu Univeristy, Finland. Institut Français of Sweden (IFS).
  • Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW). The Fourth International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-4). The third International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP III). Toyama, Japan. April 2015. ‘Mine closure, local well-being and caribou livelihoods: What pathways to socio-ecological resilience in mine-impacted Inuit communities?’ Sylvie Blangy, Annabel Rixen.
  • IASSA, ICASS VIII (Social Sciences in the Arctic) triannual conference. Prince George, British Colombia, Canada. May 2014. Sylvie Blangy ‘OHMI Nunavik and TUKTU (mining and caribou)’.
  • 19th Inuit Congress. Quebec. Ottawa. Oct.–Nov. 2015. Sylvie Blangy, Annabel Rixen, Marine Jourdren (Master’s students) on mining impacts in Nunavut and Nunavik.
  • Congress on Indigenous peoples and regional integration. Rennes, France. Nov. 2014. Sylvie Blangy, Annabel Rixen and Marine Jourdren on TUKTU and TUKISIG (OHMI Nunavik) mining and caribou projects.
  • European Center of Eco Excellence. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Dec. 2014. Presentation of OHMI and TUKTU and the comparative studies of the development of mining projects between First Nations Lutselk’e Dene, the Inuit of Qamani’tuaq, the Inuit of Nunavik and the Saami of Sweden. 
  • ARCTICHANGE, Arctic Net. Ottawa, Canada. Dec. 2014. Sylvie Blangy and Annabel Rixen. Comparative studies on mining and jobs carried out by OHMI Nunavik and the TUKTU project, funded by IPEV. Organization of a participatory session on mining and caribou with Brenda Parlee of the University of Alberta at Edmonton. Presentation of Annabel Rixen.
  • Congress of the National Committee of French Arctic and Antarctic Research. Paris. May 2014. 11th year of science days. Sylvie Blangy presented TUKTU Qamanit’uaq and Etienne Le Merre presented the mining project TUKISIG in Nunavik.
  • Arctic Science Summit Week: Arctic International Science Committee, ISAR IV, ICARP III. Toyama, Japan. April 2014. Sylvie Blangy presented the TUKTU project.
  • Annual seminar of LabEx DRIIHM and the Human–Environment Observatory network. June 2014. Marine Jourdren, Sylvie Blangy and Annabel Rixen: ‘A comparative view of jobs and the contribution of mining to the development of an Inuit community in Nunavik. Village of Kangiqsujuaq, Raglan mine and exhibition. 
  • CEFE/CNRS ‘BIOCON’ day. April 2014. Annabel Rixen, Marine Jourdren and Sylvie Blangy. ‘The social-economic impacts or mining in the Canadian Arctic: a comparative study between Qamani’tuaq, Nunavut, and Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik’.
  • ICASS VII, International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences. University of Northern British Columbia. Prince George, Canada. May 2014. Sylvie Blangy & Anna Deffner: ‘Mining impacts on caribou livelihoods in Baker Lake’. Presentation
  • RESILIENCE ALLIANCE International Conference. Montpellier. May 2014. Session 24 463 presentation. Sylvie Blangy, Monique Bernier, Pierre Philie, Najat Bhiry, Dominique Marguerie: ‘Collaborative research in the Arctic: How to address community concerns in a changing environment?’ 
  • 81st ACFAS Congress. Quebec. May 2013. Deffner, Anna and Blangy, Sylvie: ‘The TUKTU project: understanding the change in relationships between the Inuit of Baker Lake and caribou following the development of mining’. Part of the session ‘Mining development and Inuit and Cree communities. 
  • ARCTIC WORKSHOP. Paris. June 2013. Blangy, S., Tester, F and Deffner, A. ‘The impact of mining on the health of people and caribou at Baker Lake in Nunavut: the main scientific issues’. 
  • 18th Inuit Conference. Washington DC, USA. Oct. 2012. ‘Industrial development & mining impacts: What are the lessons from the past & how can we build the future?’ Session chairs: Sylvie Blangy & Frank Tester. Speakers: Warren Bernauer, Frank Tester, Sylvie Blangy, Willow Scobie, Alan S. Boraas & Catherine H. Knott. 
  • 62b. 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology. 
  • ELOKA Workshop on Data Management and Local Knowledge: Building a Network to Support Community-Based Research and Monitoring. National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States. Nov. 2011. Sylvie Blangy, Holly Donohoe, Scott Mitchell. ‘Developing a Geocollaboratory for Indigenous Tourism Research’. 
  • ICASS VII. The 7th International Congress of Arctic Social Sciences. Akureyri, Iceland. June 2011. ‘Circumpolar Perspectives in Global Dialogue: Social Sciences beyond the International Polar Year’. 
  • Organization of a session with Hannu Heikkinen:
  • Session 02.65: Collaborative scenario building regarding mining, tourism, climate change and local livelihoods in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions
  • Presentations in three sessions: 
  • Session 10.20: Data Management and Knowledge Stewardship: Perspectives and Practice from Communities and Researchers: Blangy, Sylvie (Chair of tourism, UQAM, Canada); Mitchell, Scott (Carleton University, Canada); Doubleday, Nancy (McMaster University, Canada): Indigenous ecotourism: Connecting communities through participatory, integrated, open source, Web-based technologies and mapping.
  • Session 02.56: Tourism, People and Protected Areas in Polar Wilderness. Blangy, Sylvie (Chair of tourism, UQAM, Canada); Labba, Britt-Marie (Min Eallin, Övre Soppero, Sweden); Labba, Niklas (Saami Cultural Center, Tromsø, Norway); Nutti, Nils Tornbjorn (Nutti Sámi Siida, Jukkasjärvi, Sweden): Aboriginal Ecotourism in the Arctic: a collaborative research project between the caribou Inuit and Saami reindeer herders.
  • Session 02.65: Blangy, Sylvie (Chair of tourism, UQAM, Canada); Avaala, Vera (Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada); Hachey, Kiah (Department of Sociology, Carleton University, Canada); McGinley, Robin (Cree Outfitting Tourism Association, Canada); Labba, Britt-Marie (Min Eallin, Övre Soppero, Sweden): Impact of mining in Qamani’tuaq, Nunavut 
  • Participatory workshop ‘Integration of local knowledge in scientific research’. Paris. June 2011. Conception and organization of the workshop (logistics, choice of speakers, hotels, restaurants, facilitation) and mediation of the 3-day workshop with the aid of Peter Pulsifer. 25 participants: academic researchers, representatives of the Saami, Inuit, Cree and Innu of Canada, USA, France, Sweden, Norway. http://www.aboriginal-ecotourism.org/spip.php?rubrique205&lang=en
  • 2nd Seminar for Exchange. Network of Human–Environment Observatory (INEE). Toulouse. June 2011. Blangy, S., Webster, D., Torrance, K. ‘Update on the Qamani’tuaq Human–Environment Observatory’. 
  • International Conference Polar Worlds. Paris. Jan. 2011. ‘Environmental and Social Sciences to Understand Observed Changes. Collaborative research in the Arctic between the Caribou Inuit of Baker Lake and the Saami Reindeer Herders of Övre Soppero’. Blangy, S., Avaala, V. & Labba, BM.
  • 17th Congress of Inuit Studies. Val D’Or, Quebec. Oct. 2010. Two presentations: ‘Arctic tourism: Inuit and Saami research collaborations’ and ‘How to Design Thematic Tourism Offers Which Will Unite Inuit Enterprises Around a Proposed Tourist Destination’. 
  • 1st Seminar for Exchange. Network of INEE Human–Environment Observatories. Aix-en-Provence, ECOREV. June 2010. Blangy, S. ‘Collaborative research and the integration of local expertise in research projects: approaches, tools and partnerships. Feasibility of a Human–Environment Observatory in Quamani’tuaq.’ Mediated a participatory assessment with all participants.
  • IPY Oslo Science Conference. Human dimensions of change: health, society and resources. Norway. June 2010. Blangy, S. Avaala, V. Labba, B.M. ‘Aboriginal Ecotourism in the Arctic: collaborative research project between the caribou Inuit and Saami reindeer herders’.
  • 2nd International Polar Tourism Research Network Conference. Tourism, People and Protected Areas in Polar Wilderness. Abisko, Sweden. June 2010. Blangy, S., Labba, Britt Marie. ‘Saami tourism, entrepreneurship and preservation of reindeer herding economies.’
  • IRD conference on local knowledge and sustainable development in the context of globalization. Maison des Sciences de l’Homme, Montpellier. June 2010. Blangy, S. ‘Sharing and co-construction of knowledge between local experts and scientists in the adaptation of Arctic communities to global change’.
  • STAQ annual conference of the Indigenous and Inuit tourist industry in Québec. Quebec, Canada. March 2010. Organization and mediation of a participatory workshop with Benoit Hurtel. (35 participants). ‘Perspectives on our indigenous tourist offer’. 
  • Arctic Frontiers Conference, Living in the High North. Tromso, Norway. Jan. 2010. Sustainable communities in the High North. ‘What is the role of Aboriginal Ecotourism in preserving caribou and reindeer herder livelihoods?’
  • International TUKTU–PORO–AHTIK workshop. Ottawa. 2009. Tuktu–Poro Collaborative Research Network. University of Ottawa, InterCulture Department.
  • SAS2 Community of Practice. Celebrating Dialogue: An International SAS2 Forum. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Nov. 2008. http://www.sas2.net/index.php?page=cd-welcome
    Blangy. S, R. McGinley, J. Chevalier. ‘Aboriginal tourism in northern Canada: how collaborative research can improve community engagement in tourism projects’.
  • CNRS conference for researchers on evaluating sustainability. Cargèse, Corsica. Oct. 2008.
    ‘Evaluation of the sustainability of Indigenous tourism projects in Canada.’ Led a participatory assessment exercise using SAS2 on the last day.
  • Cree Outfitting Tourism Association, SAS workshops. Footsteps and Paddle Strokes Projects. Preparation, design, co-facilitation & documentation with Jacques Chevalier, Robin McGinley & Jason White. Kick-off meeting in Mistissini, April 2008. Community meetings in Mistissini, June 2008. AGM in Nemaska, August 2008.
  • Canadian Association of Geographers annual meeting. Quebec City, Canada. May 2008. Panel on Aboriginal Tourism: ‘Aboriginal Ecotourism in Northern Canada: a collaborative research approach to improving product and project quality and sustainability’.
  • The Canadian Anthropology Society Annual Conference. Carleton University. May 2008. Ethnography, Entanglements & Ruptures. http://www.casca2008.anthropologica.ca. Session II. A. 1. ‘Doing Research with Ethnic Minorities in China: Lessons from the Field I’, chaired by Marie-Françoise Guédon. Blangy, S. ‘Aboriginal tourism as a way of preserving cultures & languages’.
  • TIES Public Forum ‘Indigenous Business Leaders in Ecotourism’. House of Sweden, The International Ecotourism Society, Washington DC, USA. April 2008. Blangy, S. ‘Aboriginal Ecotourism around the world: collaborative research and community engagement’.
  • International Polar Year, 3rd PPS Arctic 2008 Scientific Meeting. St. John’s, Newfoundland. April 2008. Blangy, S. ‘Aboriginal ecotourism, environmental and economic changes, livelihood and traditional knowledge. Comparative analysis between the Caribou Inuit of Baker Lake in Nunavut and the Saami reindeer herders of Övre Soppero in Northern Sweden’.
  • Founder Seminar of the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies. Carleton University. Jan. 2008. ‘Aboriginal ecotourism; the use of web-based technologies and Social Analysis Systems² (SAS²) concepts and tools to support collaborative research and community engagement’.
  • STAQ 2nd Conference on the Tourist Industry of the First Nations and Inuit in Quebec. The value of Indigenous tourism: the richness and authenticity of a millenary presence. Quebec. Nov. 2007. Two 1½ hour presentations in two sessions, one in English and one in French: Blangy, S. ‘Indigenous tourism initiatives in the world: an equalled cultural and biological treasure and a little-exploited market’.
  • Secretariat for the Convention of Biodiversity workshop: Arctic workshop on Indigenous Tourism, web-based technologies and biodiversity. Quebec, Canada. Nov. 2007. ‘Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-based Technologies’. Preparation, design, co-facilitation with Jacques Chevalier, Oliver Hillel, Olivier Pessin. http://www.aboriginal-ecotourism.org/spip.php?rubrique192&lang=en
  • The International Ecotourism Society 2nd Northern American Ecotourism Conference. Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Sept. 2007. Two presentations, chaired one panel: Blangy, S. ‘Indigenous Ecotourism: Connecting Communities through Integrated and Web-Based Technologies’.
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Geography, Sept. 2007. Don Waller, ‘Indigenous Ecotourism: Connecting Communities through Integrated and Web-Based Technologies’.
  • Cree Outfitting and Tourism Association Annual Tourism Conference and Members Meeting, Cree Community, Culture and Tourism Forum. Waswanipi, Quebec. Oct. 2007. Presentation and keynote speaker, Blangy, S. ‘Aboriginal tourism around the world’.
  • 75th Conference of the Francophone Association for Knowledge, New Perspectives for Promoting Tourism and Forest Areas. Trois-Rivières, Quebec. May 2007. Blangy, S. ‘Impact of Indigenous tourism on managing forest heritage’.
  • 3rd Northern Ontario Native Tourism Association annual conference. Ontario Aboriginal Tourism Summit, ‘The Past is the Future!’ Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. March 2007. Blangy, S. ‘Aboriginal tourism around the world’.
  • Science Day of the Sustainable Tourism Trade Fair ‘Alternative Tourism: offers, customers, labels … how to avoid the traps?’ Brussels. Oct. 2006. Organized by the Institute Arthur Haulot at the Haute Ecole Lucia de Brouckère and the Institute of Environmental Management and Land Development at Brussels Free University. Blangy, S. ‘Indigenous tourism: cultural renaissance and territorial reappropriation’.
  • 1st Encounters of the UNESCO/UNITWIN network. Culture, Tourism, Development. Sustainable development and cultural diversity: what is their role in teaching tourism today? Paris. March 2005. Blangy, S. ‘Indigenous tourism, Master’s degrees in ecotourism, European network of development agencies’.
  • AVEC workshop, Concerted Actions (FP5 funded). Capri, Italy. Oct. 2004. Blangy, S. ‘Ecotourism as part of the adaptation strategies in biodiverse regions undergoing change in use. Effects on land abandonment and global change on biodiversity, plant and animal communities’.
  • British Ecological Society, BES/EEF Annual Symposium. Ecology without frontiers: Environmental challenges across Europe. Exeter, UK. April 2004. ‘Ecotourism and Ecological issues in Europe’.
  • National Wildlife Research Centre, Carleton University. Ottawa, Canada. Dec. 2004. ‘Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation in Europe’.
  • Region of Tuscany and the United Nations Environmental Programme international and national tourism trade fairs to market sustainable and community-based tourism products. Florence, Italy. Nov. 2004. Panel on marketing sustainable tourism products: challenge and opportunities. Third Euromeeting: ‘European Regions: Tourism and Sustainable Development from Global to Local: Agenda 21 from Theory to Practice’.
  • World Tourism Organisation and George Washington University, Tourism Policy Forum. Washington DC, USA. Oct. 2004. ‘Sustainable Tourism Fairs in Europe’. 
  • AVEC workshop, Concerted Actions (FP6 funding). Capri, Italy. Oct. 2004. ‘Ecotourism as part of adaptation strategies in biodiverse regions undergoing change in use. Effects on land abandonment and global change on plant and animal communities’ 
  • Ecoturismo Italia. Breschia, Italy. May 2004. ‘International Year of Ecotourism: evaluation, follow-up and perspectives’, on behalf of TIES
  • International Tourism Forum. Hannover, Germany. Feb. 2004. ‘Innovative marketing in sustainable tourism: exploring new paths’.
  • Marseille Forum on Sustainable Tourism and Development. Aix-en-Provence, France. Sept. 2003. ‘Sustainable tourism: international cooperation and technical assistance. Second meeting of European Development Agencies. 
  • The World Park Congress. Durban, South Africa. Sept. 2003. Integrating sustainability into tourism policies: the role of certification. ‘The European VISIT Programme: harmonisation and marketing of tourism Ecolabels’ UNEP, TIES & RfA. 
  • International Institute for Peace Though Tourism (IIPT). Geneva Summit on Peace through Tourism, Switzerland. Feb. 2003. Sustainable tourism in Development Assistance: the European perspective. In the workshop ‘The role of Universities in International Donor Assistance related to Tourism in Developing Countries’. 
  • International Tourist Forum. Hannover; Germany. Jan.–Feb. 2003. ‘The ecotourism market of Europe’. 
  • Conference for National Ecotourism Strategy. Sofia, Bulgaria. Oct. 2002. ‘The marketing of ecotourism’ USAID/ARD, Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism.
  • FUNBIO programme. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Sept. 2002. Presentation at the ‘Best Ecotourism Practice in Europe’ conference. 
  • Tourism Quebec, World Ecotourism Summit. May 2002. ‘Marketing community-based tourism’ at the Arctic tourism workshop.
  • UNEP & World Tourism Organisation World Ecotourism Summit. Quebec. May 2002. Presentation of the four European Regional Conferences for the International Year of Ecotourism, moderator. 
  • Regional Conference of Ecotourism in the Islands and SIDS. Seychelles Islands. Dec. 2002. Expertise and audit of the ecotourism strategy in the Seychelles.
  • AFIT World Tourism Trade Fair. March 2002. The ecotourism market in France, WTO expert.
  • Regional Conference of the International Year of Ecotourism. Austria. Sept. 2001. Summary presentation of five ecotourism market studies in Europe, WTO expert. 
  • Fundacion Natura, Government of Catalonia. Barcelona, Spain. Dec. 2000. ‘Guidelines for sustainable tourism in protected areas in Europe’ in the framework of the first ecotourism workshop in Europe. 
  • Port Cros Conference, Fondation Total and CNRS. British Colombia, Canada and France. 2002. Ecotourism & biodiversity in Haida Gwaii. 
  • National Conference of Local Governments and Managers of Coastal Nature Areas and Conservation Sites. Lattes, France. Oct. 1997. ‘Protecting nature through tourism: nature tourism and ecotourism’. 
  •  Conference of the Cévennes National Park. Florac, France. May ‘Ecotourism in national parks’.
  • Regional Conference of Sustainable development, Mediterranean Environment Agency. Montpellier, France. Sept. 1996. ‘Coastal wetlands: ecotourism in the Petite Camargue’.  
  • NATO Advanced Workshop: Contribution of National Parks and Protected Areas to Heritage Conservation, Tourism and Sustainable Development. Krakow, Poland. Aug. 1996. ‘Ecotourism and Conservation in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve in Belarus’. 
  • 6th Conference on Ecotourism in the Caribbean. Guadeloupe, France. May 1996. ‘Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation on the Guiana Shield’. 
  • 5th World Congress on Adventure Tourism and Ecotourism. Bahamas. Nov. 1995. ‘The market for ecotourism and sustainable tourism in Europe’. The Adventure Travel Society, USA.
  • 1st Encounter for Ecotourism in French Guiana. Cayenne, French Guiana. June 1995. ‘The market for ecotourism in Europe: organizing sustainable tourism’. The Guiana Inbound Tourist Agencies Club.
  • National & International Congress of Ecotourism. Neiva-Huila, Colombia. May 1995. ‘Study of the potential for ecotourism on the Guiana Shield, Phase 1: Colombia’. Fundacion Salvemos el Medio Ambiente 
  • 2nd World Conference on Tourism and the Environment. Margarita Islands, Venezuela. Oct. 1993.  ‘Ecotourism guidelines as a tool for developing ecotravellers’. Jacana Trust.
  • ENGREFF & Ministry of the Environment. April 1992. ‘Ecotourism in North and Central America: study on the potential of French overseas departments’. Training course for the Director of the Environment for Overseas Departments.
  • 4th World Congress on National Parks and Protected Areas. Caracas, Venezuela. Feb. 1992.  ‘Ecotourism Guidelines’. 
  • World Conference on Tourism and the Environment. Canary Islands, Spain. Sept. 1989. ‘Nature tourism, the second generation of tools to protect and promote the environment in rural areas’.