Symposium 2025 – 57th annual symposium

Keynote speaker

PROGRAMME

[ 2:00-3:30 pm ]
STC Board of Directors Meeting

STC Board Members Only

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[ 4:00-5:00 pm ]
ICT-2028 Vancouver 1st Planning Meeting

ICT Planning Committee Members Only

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[ 7:00-10:00 pm ]
Meet & Greet @ JOEY Rideau restaurant – 50 Rideau St E106/ Rideau Centre

All Attendees

[ 8:15 – 8:30 am ]
Welcome and Opening Remarks

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[ 8:30-09:45 am ]
SESSION I
Toxicological perspective on climate change

8:30 – 8:55 > The future is smoky: Wildfire smoke and human health in a changing climate
Stephanie Cleland, Simon Fraser University

8:55 – 9:20 > Impacts of climate change on infectious disease risks in Canada
Nicholas Ogden, Public Health Agency of Canada

9:20 – 9:45 > Climate change influence on the environmental fate of organic chemicals in the Arctic
Hayley Hung, Environment and Climate Change Canada

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[ 9:45-10:15 am ]
Coffee / Tea Break

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[ 10:15-11:00 am ]
Gabriel Plaa Award

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[ 10:15-11:00 am ]
Plenary – Exposome and Toxicology : the happy couple

Pr Rober Barouki, INSERM-Université de Paris
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[ 12:00 am – 1:00 pm ]
Lunch

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[ 1:00 – 2:05 pm ]
SESSION II
When nature becomes toxic, learn from the past to protect the future

1:00-1:15 > AFSA Master Class in animal-free safety assessment of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients
Shaarika Sarasija, Humane World
1:15-2:05 > Short oral Presentations

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[ 2:05-2:30 pm]
Coffee / Tea Break

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[ 2:30-4:00 pm ]
Poster Session and Selected Trainee Poster

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[ 4:00-5:00 pm ]
Trainee-Networking Session

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[ 6:30 pm ]
Reception & Awards

All attendees are welcome
finger food & refreshments provided and cash bar

[ 8:25 – 8:30 am ]
Welcome and Opening Remarks

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[ 8:30-10:10 am ]
SESSION III
Environmental and health impact of post-consumer and pharmaceutical waste

8:30-8:55 > PFAS are everywhere in our water, food, soils, sewage sludge and air – what’s next?
Sébastien Sauvé, Université de Montréal

8:55-9:20 > Micro-/nanoplastics and human health: what we’ve learned so far from mouse models and humans
Lindsay Cahill, Memorial University of Newfoundland

9:20-9:45 > Development of an in vitro neurovascular unit model for the screening of permeability-linked neurotoxicity
Gregory Knipp, Purdue University

9:45-10:10 > Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPS) and hormones in Canadian Municipal Wastewater 2010 to 2022
Sarah Gewurtz, Environment and Climate Change Canada

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[ 10:10 – 10:30 am ]
Coffee / Tea Break

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[ 10:30-11:15 am ]
Poster session

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[ 11:15-12:00 am ]
Barbara Hales Award

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[ 12:00 am -1:00 pm]
Lunch

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[ 1:00-1:10 pm]
Angela Hofstra – ICT 2028

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[ 1:10-2:30 pm ]
SESSION IV
Impact of the word “Natural” on risk perception and risk assessment

1:10-1:35 > Fungi or fungicide – where’s the risk? What does toxicology tell us?
Angela Hofstra, Syngenta

1:35-2:30 > Does “Natural” mean safe? What do we know about essential oils and how to assess the risk for human health
Clotilde Maurice, Health Canada

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[ 2:00-2:30 pm ]
Coffee / Tea Break

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[ 2:30-3:45 pm ]
SESSION V
May the future be greener

2:30-2:55 > Non-invasive aptamer-based monitoring of xenobiotics in live cells and animals
Maureen McKeague, McGill University

2:55-3:20 > TBD
Scott Grant, My Green Lab

3:20-3:45 > Green strategies toward the development of antimicrobial surface coatings
Lee Wilson, University of Saskatchewan