Symposium 2024 – 56th annual symposium

Programme Committee

PROGRAMME

STC Board of Directors Meeting

STC Board Members Only

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ICT-2028 Vancouver 1st Planning Meeting

ICT Planning Committee Members Only

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Meet & Greet @ @ 3 Brewers Pub / 3 Brasseurs , 275 Young Street M5B 1N8

All Attendees

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

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[ 8:30-10:10 am ]
SESSION I
What we eat: Food and dietary considerations

Chair Clotilde Maurice, Co-chair Mike Wade

8:30 – 8:55 > Metabolic, epigenetic and microbiome consequences of imbalanced intake of micronutrients: focus on methyl nutrients
Clara Cho, University of Guelph

8:55 – 9:20 > A case of environmental injustice: Dietary contaminants in traditional foods of an Inuit community
Amira Aker, Boston University

9:20 – 9:45 > Microbial Attitudes in Foods: From Pathogens to Probiotics and Communities
Nicola Linton, University of Guelph

9:45 – 10:10 > Does zero calories mean zero risk? Examining the bioactivity of sucralose in the gut.
Jill Rourke, Mount Allison University

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

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[ 10:30-12:00 am ]
SESSION II
Remembering Barbara Hales

Chair Clotilde Maurice, Co-chair Mike Wade

8:30 – 8:55 > Tribute to Barbara Hales
8:30 – 8:55 > Barbara Hales Award
Alison Holloway , McMaster University
Introduction – Michael G. Wade and Errol Thomson

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[ 12:00 am – 1:00 pm ]
Lunch and Poster Viewing

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[ 1:00-2:00 pm ]
SESSION III
What we eat, what we breathe, where we live.

Plenary-Air and Space in health: Lessons from Epidemiology
Joel Schwartz, Harvard

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[ 2:00 – 2:20 pm ]
Flash Talks, 2024 STC-Intertek Graduate Poster Award Finalists
Chair Ed Krol, Co-chair Ria Falvo

2:00-2:05  > Abithiny Selvarajah, McMaster University

2:05-2:10 > Sophia Richards, University of Toronto

2:10-2:15 > Genevieve Perono, McMaster University

2:15-2:20 > Madeleine Carew, Queen’s University

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[ 2:20 – 2:30 pm ]
ICT2028 Update

Angela Hofstra

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[ 2:30 – 2:45 pm ]
Coffee / Tea Break

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[ 2:45 – 4:00 pm ]
Poster Session

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

Science/Education/Training/Governance & the Next Generation
Zachary Currie, Sophia Schreckenbach

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Concurrent STC Annual Business Meeting – All STC Members

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[ 6:30 pm ]
Reception & Awards

All attendees are welcome – Venue: Poster Room Foyer, Victoria Room Foyer
finger food & refreshments provided and cash bar

[ 8:15-9:45 am ]
SESSION IV
What we breathe: Cannabis and vaping

Chair Ed Krol, Co-chair Aaron Shapiro

8:15 – 8:25 > AFSA Master Class in animal-free safety assessment of cosmetics and cosmetic ingredients
Shaarika Sarasija, Humane Society International Canada

8:25 – 8:30 > Opening remarks

8:30 – 8:55 > Cannabis vaping in Canada: A snapshot of surveillance and regulatory research findings
Hanan Abramovici, Health Canada

8:55 – 9:20 > A multi-omics assessment of the toxicological impact of vaping on the cardiopulmonary system
Carolyn Baglole, McGill University

9:20 – 9:45 > Cannabis and the Vulnerable Brain: Impacts of Age, Genetics and Routes of Administration
Jibran Khokar, Western University

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

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[ 8:30-9:45 am ]
SESSION V
Where we live: Environmental exposures

Chair Ria Falvo, Co-chair Clara Cho

10:15 – 10:40 > Analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in human plasma from Nunavik (northern Quebec)
Sophia Schreckenbach, Université Laval

10:40 – 11:05 > Toxicity of the tire-derived chemical 6PPD-quinone across fishes of commercial, cultural, and ecological importance
Markus Brinkmann , University of Saskatchewan

11:05 – 11:30 > From Antipsychotics to Antioxidants and Back Again: A Journey Through Xenobiotic Oxidation and Its Toxic Effects
Arno Siraki, University of Alberta

11:30 – 11:55 > Using spatial methods to explore socio-spatial inequities in exposure: A case study assessing lead exposure for public schools in British
Columbia Kristian Larsen, Health Canada

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[ 11:55 am – 12:55 am ]
Lunch

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[ 1:00-1:45 pm ]
Gabriel Plaa Award

Robin Walker
Introduction – Chris Nicol, Terence R.S. Ozolinš and Louise Winn
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[ 1:45 – 2:30 pm ]
Short oral Presentations
Chair Clotilde Maurice, Co-chair Ria Falvo

1:40-1:50 > Cristina Monaco, McMaster University

1:50-2:00 > Antoine Gillet, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

2:00-2:10 > Natasha Iaboni, Queen’s University

2:10-2:20 > Ke Xu, McGill University

2:20-2:30 > Question Period

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[ 2:30 – 2:50 pm ]
Coffee / Tea Break

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[ 2:50-4:05 pm ]
SESSION VI
Forensic toxicology: What we ate, what we breathed, where we lived

Chair Ed Krol, Co-chair Newton Tran

2:50 – 3:15 > Cocaine and driving: The highs and lows
Zachary Currie, Centre of Forensic Science

3:15 – 3:40 > Fentanyl and the Opioid Epidemic
Karen Woodall, University of Toronto

3:40 – 4:05 > Legal highs meet high tech: A high performance computing approach to identify novel psychoactive substances with high resolution mass spectrometry
Aaron Shapiro, UBC