Join us for the School of Environmental Studies Colloquium Series featuring Giorgia Reeves and Adelle D'Urzo
Location: On zoom
Giorgia Reeves “Exploring Farm Succession and Transition Challenges and Opportunities on Wolfe Island”
Giorgia recently completed her MES, where she focused on farm succession/ transition and alternative farming practices on Wolfe Island, ON. She also has a Community Development and Environmental and Sustainability Studies degree from Acadia University.
Through interviews with both generational and newer farmers to Wolfe Island, Giorgia’s research explored how concepts of generativity are still present regardless of clear or unclear lines of succession. It also investigated generative legacies in agriculture, generativity among new farmers, land acquisition, connections made between generational and new farmers, income and livelihoods, community connections, sustainable farming practices, selling local food, and generative farming on Wolfe Island in the future.
Adelle D’Urzo “Survey tools in small-scale fisheries research”
Adelle D’Urzo is in her second and final year of the Master of Environmental Studies program at ˴Ƭ. She previously completed a BSc Honours in Environmental Science and a Certificate in Law at Queen's as well.
Her thesis research is looking at the use of participatory research and survey tools in small-scale fisheries networks. In partnership with an emerging network of seafood harvesters, NGOs and academics called Local Catch Canada (LCC), Adelle co-developed an onboarding survey tool to collect member information deemed valuable by the network. This information can then be used by LCC to tailor network initiatives to fit the current and future needs of its members and subsequently strengthen the viability of small-scale seafood businesses as they navigate a highly commercialized, "conventional" seafood market