Past UERC Symposia
Since 2018 abstracts and other symposium materials are available in the PDX Scholar UERC archive
UERC Symposium 2026
16 March 2026
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union
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Roy Iwai - The heart of collaboration in conservation: is it ecology or culture?
Pamela Slaughter - People of Color Outdoors
UERC Symposium 2025
17 March 2025
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union
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Gabe Shoeships - Cultural Ecology in the urban landscape: lessons from ancestors
Dr. Leslie P. King - Vulnerability and Injustice: Visualizing Environmental Health Impacts
UERC Symposium 2024
11 March 2024
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Reed College
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Dr. Sara Petrita Bombacio - Invisible Injustice, Resilient Communities, and Just Urban Futures
Dr. Mason Fidino - The Urban Wildlife Information Network
UERC Symposium 2023
4 April 2023
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union
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Dr. Stewart Pickett - The Baltimore School of Urban Ecology as a Movable Feast
Diego Ellis Soto - Using Multiple Media to Illustrate how Redlining Affects Biodiversity Sampling and Animal Movement
UERC Symposium 2022
7-8 March 2022
Virtual
Agenda
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Dr. David G. Lewis - Curating Settler Colonialism in The Wapato Valley of Oregon
Dr. Alan Yeakley - Portland: Explorations on the Green Edge
UERC Symposium 2021
1-2 March 2021
Virtual
Agenda
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Nalini Nadkarni - Branching Out: Forests from the Canopy Perspective
PK Das - Building Sustainable Ecology Through Participatory Planning
UERC Symposium 2020
8 March 2020
8:00 am - 6:00 pm
Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union
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Dr. Vivek Shandas - Social construction of urban ecosystems in a time of rapid [climate] change
Dr. Ana M. Alvarez - Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the environmental movement