Friday, November 15, 2013

Faune Urbaine: Talk

There is an interdisciplinary panel on urban fauna organized by Université Québec à Montréal, Coeur des Sciences and the French Consulate this Thursday November 21st at 6:30pm.

À Qui la Ville? brings together Luc-Alain Giraldeau, an ethnobiologist and dean of science at UQAM, Jacques Dancosse, a veterinarian at Montréal's biodôme, Josée Duplessis, a city politician, Anne-Caroline Prévot-Juilliard from the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris (she has worked on the municipal dovecotes in the city) and myself.

It will be an informal conversation on the relation between the various animals (including humans) of the city. What are their physiological needs? What ethical, sanitary and cultural questions does the co-habitation pose? What other environmental urban initiatives have been done around the world? Could any be applied to Montreal?

It should be really interesting!