Agenda
Following is the detailed agenda, including session abstracts, for the Fourth International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. A free Virtual Day takes place on June 9, followed by the in-person conference at the University of Ottawa from June 16-19, 2026.
Navigate below to view the detailed agenda by date for both the Virtual Day and in-person conference. An overview of the agenda can be download here (as of 30APR2026).
Please note, that if you have registered for the Virtual Day, you will need to sign up for the particular sessions you wish to attend to receive the Zoom webinar link. To do so, click on the link for each session and sign up accordingly.
For the in-person conference, while most sessions are open for all to attend, based on room capacity, some sessions indicate “sign-up required.” Confirmed conference registrants will be given a link to sign up for capacity-limited sessions.
An overview of the conference--including both the Virtual Day (June 9) and the in-person portion (June 16-19)--is available here (as a PDF).
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Jun 9 | Jun 16 | Jun 17 | Jun 18 | Jun 19
Environmental Peacebuilding and Environmental Reviews: Concepts, Approaches and Methods [sign-up required]
Jun 16, 2026 |
9.00
- 12.30
Training
Participants
Charles Kelly, Independent (United States)
Experiential Peacebuilding in Nature - Essentials of a Reflective Approach [sign-up required]
Jun 16, 2026 |
9.00
- 12.30
Training
Participants
Flavio Bollag, Outward Bound Center for Peacebuilding (United States)
Josephine Baran, Outward Bound Canada (Canada)
George Biesmans, Independent (Belgium)
Morning Site Visit: Paddle for Peace on the Rideau Canal [sign-up required]
Jun 16, 2026 |
10.00
- 12.30
Participants
Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Max Finkelstein, Kichi Sìbì Mìkànsan Institute (Canada)
Coffee Break
Jun 16, 2026 |
10.30
- 11.00
Designing Effective Survey Questions and Questionnaires: Exercise [sign-up required]
Jun 16, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Training
Participants
Päivi Lujala, University of Oulu (Finland)
Afternoon Site Visit: Paddle for Peace on the Rideau Canal [sign-up required]
Jun 16, 2026 |
12.30
- 15.00
Participants
Becca Farnum, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
Max Finkelstein, Kichi Sìbì Mìkànsan Institute (Canada)
Lunch (on your own)
Jun 16, 2026 |
12.30
- 13.30
Investing in Actors, Not Just Projects: How Strengthening Organizational Capacities for Conflict Sensitivity Can Help Advance Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 16, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Workshop
Participants
Heloise Heyer, PeaceNexus (Switzerland)
Transformative Approaches to Environmental Diplomacy
Jun 16, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Workshop
Participants
Laura Aumeer, Conciliation Resources (United States)
Ambika Vishwanath, Kuberneine Initiative (India)
Irtaza Muhammad (Pakistan)
Care in Action: From the Interpersonal to the Political in Environmental Peacebuilding [EnPAx Gender Interest Group]
Jun 16, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Workshop
Participants
Maryruth Belsey Priebe, EnPAx Gender Interest Group/ axxelerate (Canada)
Natalia Jiménez Galindo, EnPAx Gender Interest Group (Colombia)
Exploring the Appropriate Role of the Military in Environmental Peacebuilding: Identifying the Evidence, Gaps, Best Practices, and Priorities of Work
Jun 16, 2026 |
13.30
- 3.00
Workshop
Participants
Richard Marcantonio, University of Notre Dame (United States)
Enhancing Our Environmental Peacebuilding Practice
Jun 16, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Workshop
Participants
S. Ama Wray, University of California Irvine (United States)
Stephanie Martinez, University of California Irvine (United States)
Adapting Survivor-Centered Tools for Environmental Displacement: Workshopping Freedom Lifemap for Refugee Protection
Jun 16, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Workshop
Participants
Angela Robinson, University of California Irvine (United States)
“Decolonization is Not a Metaphor”: Unsettling Environmental Peacebuilding through Anti-Colonial Approaches
Jun 16, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Workshop
Participants
Sol Santos, Independent (Argentina/Switzerland)
Mohammad Khadim Habibzai, War Child Canada (Afghanistan)
Ahmednoor Bashir, The KESHO Alliance (Kenya)
EnPAx Membership Meeting (Open to all)
Jun 16, 2026 |
15.30
- 16.30
EnPAx Interest Group Meetings
Jun 16, 2026 |
16.30
- 18.00
EnPAx Trax: Environmental Peacebuilding Songs "In the Round"
Jun 16, 2026 |
18.00
- 20.00
Workshop
Participants
Austin Willacy, 2024 EnPAx Arts Fellow (United States)
Mawa Zacharia, Playing for Change (South Sudan/Uganda)
Jimmy Waltman, Trinity Laban Conservatoire (United States/United Kingdom)
Montreal Benesch, Trans Research in Linguistics Lab, University of California Santa Barbara (United States)
Environmental Peacebuilding in an Increasingly Turbulent and Uncertain World (PLENARY)
Jun 17, 2026 |
9.00
- 10.15
Participants
Erika Weinthal, Environmental Peacebuilding Association (United States)
Josh Ramisch, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Claudette Commanda, University of Ottawa (Algonquin/Canada)
Marcel Labelle, Birch Bark Canoes by Mahigan (Métis Nation/Canada)
Saila Ipirq-Procyk, EnPAx Conference Fellow (Canada)
Group Photo
Jun 17, 2026 |
10.15
- 10.30
Coffee Break
Jun 17, 2026 |
10.30
- 11.00
From Environmental Stress to Instability: Using Tools to Identify Early Warning Signals for Peacebuilding
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Penny Beames, Global Water Security Center, University of Alabama (Canada)
Caily Schwartz, Global Water Security Center, University of Alabama (United States)
Penelope Mitchell, Global Water Security Center, University of Alabama (United States)
Environmental Peacebuilding in Myanmar
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Carol Sivpey-Te, PeaceNexus (Myanmar)
Jack Jenkins Hill, University College of London (United Kingdom)
Sheila Htoo, York University (Myanmar)
Zung Ting, Just Transition Now! (Myanmar)
Urban Environmental Peacebuilding: Improving Policy, Practice, and Understanding for Safer and More Resilient Cities [EnPAx Urban Interest Group]
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Silvia Danielak, George Mason University (United States)
Hector Camilo Morales Munoz, adelphi; Humboldt Universität zu Berlin (Germany)
Laura Peters, Oregon State University (United States)
Matti Lehtonen, UN Environment (UNEP) (United States)
From Conflict to Climate Resilience: Integrating Environmental Restoration in Peace Processes
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Erin McCandless, University of Johannesburg (South Africa)
MaryHope Schwoebel, Nova Southeastern University / University of Johannesburg (United States)
Francis Onditi, Riara University, Nairobi (Kenya)
Munini Mutuku, National Cohesion and Integration Commission (Kenya)
Hail Marys and Strange Bedfellows: Risk-Taking and the Future of Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Roundtable
Participants
Chair: Tracy Hart, World Bank (United States))
Oli Brown, Chatham House (United Kingdom)
Richard Matthew, UC Irvine (United States)
Joanne Lebert, IMPACT (Canada)
Peter Schwartzstein (United States)
Reimagining Environmental Peacebuilding in Yemen: Insights from a Longitudinal Survey of Yemenis on Catalyzers of Peace and Conflict
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Asim Zia, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)
Jeannine Valcour, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)
Lindsey Bouzan, Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security (United States)
Growing the WISEN (Wartime Incidents to Environment Database) for Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Workshop
Participants
Eoghan Darbyshire, The Conflict and Environment Observatory (United Kingdom)
Doug Weir, The Conflict and Environment Observatory (United Kingdom)
Investing in Peace through Intersectional and Localized Approaches to Women’s Land Rights
Jun 17, 2026 |
11.00
- 12.30
Panel
Participants
Chair: Asha Kurien, Christian Aid (United Kingdom)
Nicolás Parra Sánchez, Climalab NGO (Colombia)
Anita Conteh-Kargbo, Green Scenery Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone)
Lunch
Jun 17, 2026 |
12.30
- 13.30
Water, the State, and Civil Society: Challenges and Prospects for Environmental Peacebuilding
Jun 17, 2026 |
13.30
- 15.00
Panel
Participants
Chair: Ashok Swain, Uppsala University (Sweden)
Imtiaz Ali, University of Massachusetts, Boston (United States)
Jeannie Sowers, University of New Hampshire (United States)
Ghadir Salame, University of Ottawa (Canada)