Plan St-Laurent - Pour un développement durable

PERISCOPE:  Film Programming

Series 2 – Vu du Large (Seen from the Open Sea, in French)

11:30 a.m. – Climate Change – Lakes and rivers are experiencing major climate change, as seen especially in the taking over of the environment by new exotic floral invasive species. We can see that communities have become involved in sampling activities. The second part was filmed primarily on the North Shore. The dialogue is mainly focused on erosion. Certain images are striking and a few comments are powerful. Mankind should humbly learn to live with this blue giant.

Place: Auditorium of the Musée de la civilisation

DISCOVERING THE ST. LAWRENCE

1:30 p.m. – Discovering a River – A Series of Three Lectures
To Know It is to Love It

Speaker: Maïka Tardif, Environment Canada's Biosphère

A major port of entry into the heart of our continent and an essential vehicle in its development for centuries, the St. Lawrence was and will remain extremely important for the inhabitants living on its shores or those navigating its waters. How can we take back this magnificent waterway? By learning more about it, we can better appreciate it. Its history, geography, incredible biodiversity, its current condition and its future are just some of the fascinating topics covered in this series of three lectures.

Place: Auditorium of the Musée de la civilisation

2:30 p.m. – Quantity of Water in the Upper Lawrence: The Effects of Regularization, Consumption and Climate Change

Speaker: Tom McAuley, Engineering Consultant, International Joint Commission

Several factors influence the volume of water that flows into the St. Lawrence River from the Great Lakes. The regularization of the St. Lawrence is done from the Moses-Saunders Dam, which spans the Canadian-American border between Cornwall and Massena. It influences the water level in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River up to Trois-Rivières. Since 2001, the CMI has examined the past and present regularization of the river and studied several new regularization plans. It will also be an issue of climate change scenarios for 2050, as well as the effects of existing derivations and water consumption in the Great Lakes basin.

Place: Auditorium of the Musée de la civilisation
Free entry

3:30 p.m. – Predicting what could happen to the St. Lawrence Through Environmental Digital Modelling

Speaker: Jean-François Cantin, Environment Canada, Canadian Meteorological Service.

A team from Environment Canada developed digital modelling tools, which, by using different data, can establish simulations to predict what could happen to the St. Lawrence in the future. Among other things, by digital modelling the river, we can simulate the currents and river levels with the different water supplies coming from the Great Lakes and tributaries. Combining these physical aspects with all living things, water chemistry and social economics is an innovative way of simulating the response of these different aspects of the ecosystem regarding the changes to come, whether from the climate, diversions or other sources.

Place: Auditorium of the Musée de la civilisation