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DESCRIPTION:The next presentation in the NRS Environmental Biology Seminar 
 Series features Dr Melissa Arcand\, Assistant Professor\, Department of So
 il Science\, University of Sasktchewan\n\nThe seminar will take place onli
 ne on Thursday November 5th from 11h30-12h30\, followed by a discussion fr
 om 14h00-15h00Join us on Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/94800804662\n\nFir
 st Nations in the Prairies hold millions of acres of reserve land under ag
 ricultural production. The vast majority of this land is farmed by non-Ind
 igenous producers. First Nations have expressed concerns about degraded so
 il quality on land leased to non-Indigenous farmers that could reduce land
  productivity and undermine cultural ties to the land. While the soils on 
 First Nations reserve lands in Saskatchewan were surveyed in the 1960s\, d
 ata on the effects of long-term agricultural leasing on soil health are la
 cking. We are working with two First Nations in Saskatchewan to assess agr
 icultural land use and current soil health based on conventional soil surv
 ey methods—but interpreted through Nêhiyawin (Cree world view) on land. T
 he objectives of this work are to begin filling the gap in knowledge of th
 e impacts of agriculture on reserve lands\, to provide updated soil inform
 ation to communities for future land use planning\, and to increase within
 -community capacity in soil management.\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKER:\n\nDr. Melis
 sa Arcand is a soil biogeochemist whose research program investigates root
 -microbe-soil interactions to understand how agricultural systems can cycl
 e nutrients more efficiently and store more carbon in their soils. Her lab
  employs stable isotope techniques with microbiological and biochemical an
 alyses to characterize nutrient and carbon cycling. Alongside this work\, 
 she has developed a new area of nationally recognized applied and interdis
 ciplinary research in Indigenous agricultural land management.\n
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LOCATION:Online
SUMMARY:Cultivating collaborative soil health research with First Nations f
 or sustainable agricultural management on reserve lands
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