REFLECTING ON FRANKLIN: MOVING FORWARD June 18, 2018, Eaton Theatre 9:15 AM Registration & Light Refreshments 10:05 AM Welcome Mark Engstrom, Deputy Director, Collections & Research, ROM 10:10 AM Introductory Remarks Deborah Metsger, Assistant Curator of Botany, Department of Natural History, ROM Craig Cipolla, Associate Curator of North American Archaeology, Department of World Cultures, ROM 10:20 AM The Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror Inuit Guardians Program: A Successful Collaboration and a Work in Progress Tamara Tarasoff, Project Manager for the Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site at Parks Canada Betty Kogvik, Guardian and Canadian Ranger in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut 10:45 AM Arctic Narratives Erebus and Terror: Future Voyages Adriana Craciun, Emma Metcalf Chair of Humanities at Boston University Inuit Guidance and Surviving the Arctic Reneltta Arluk, Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre for the Arts Title TBD Anna Hudson, Professor in the Department of Visual Arts & Art History at York University 12:00 - 1:00 PM – Lunch Break (on own) 1:00 PM Arctic Space, Place and Heritage Piliriqatigiinniq/Ikajuqtigiinniq: Working Together for a Common Cause Barbara Okpik, Event Planner for the Umiyaqtutt Festival, Hamlet Councillor, Youth Advocate, and Inuit History Researcher Jennifer Ullulaq, Former Student Participant and Facilitator of the Nanivara Oral History Project, and Co- Founder of the Gjoa Haven Film Society Mark Stoller, PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia and former Facilitator and Director of the Nanivara Oral History Project in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut Reflections on the Nature of Oral Knowledge: Lessons Learned from Building a Pan-Arctic Map of Inuit Trails Claudio Aporta, Director of the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie University When the Ice Melts: Arctic Sovereignty and Climate Change Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia 2:15 PM – Coffee Break 2:45 PM Tackling the Changing Arctic Landscape Ice Conditions Along the Northwest Passage: From Franklin to the Present Day and Beyond Tom Zagon, Geographer and Manager of Field Services at the Canadian Ice Service, as part of Environment and Climate Change Canada The “Tree Rings” of the Arctic Seas: Using Coralline Algae to Understand Arctic Climate Change Natasha Leclerc, PhD student in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto 21st Century Conservation in a Changing Arctic Paul Crowley, Vice President of Arctic Conservation at WWF-Canada and Interim Director of their Global Arctic Program 4:00 PM – Coffee Break 4:30 PM Susan Horvath - President & CEO, ROM Governors Geordie Dalglish - Director, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation Closing Keynote Sheila Watt-Cloutier: Environmental, Cultural and Human Rights Advocate Sheila Watt-Cloutier Please join us for light refreshments in the Lower Rotunda, following the Closing Keynote. .