Alexandre Legault

The last time I was in Prince Edward Island was in 2007. Next week, I’ll finally return to Charlottetown—this time, to attend the Coastal Zone Canada Conference. I’ll present in two conference sessions, so feel free to drop by if you’re around!

In session 5F — Flooding & Adaptive Structures on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 (13:00–14:30), I’ll talk about the Acadian diaspora connections to Nova Scotia dykeland and tidal wetland landscapes (co-authored with Kate Sherren). I’ve presented the first part of this work several times before (in Vancouver, Orford, and Halifax), but this is the first time I’ll discuss the design of a follow-up study that pushes it further. This project was funded by NSERC ResNet, who is generously supporting me to attend the conference.

In session 8A — Law, Governance, & Decision Making on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 (10:30–12:00), I’ll speak about Embedding climate change action in decision making by coastal municipalities (co-authored by Sandra Toze and Isabelle Caron). Since this is the first time I’m presenting this work, I’m a little bit nervous. But I’m really proud of this one, and I think that there’s a lot of value in the project. I’ll talk about what it means to study the use of evidence in coastal policy-making from the perspective of information science, and I’ll highlight what we can learn from the design of previous studies to make research questions more relevant. This project is funded through a Canada First Excellence Research Fund grant and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada scholarship.