Iram Afzal

Jasveen Brar's Bio

Jasveen Brar | Executive Director, Youth Climate Lab
Energy Roundtables: March 17, 3:00-4:15pm

Jasveen (she/her) is a climate educator from the prairies. Her work centres around environmental justice, intersectional environmentalism and ensuring that youth are involved in decision-making. She holds a B.Sc. from Dalhousie University in Biology and Sustainability and has experience working in ocean conservation, polar policy and education.

Jasveen is also the Executive Director at Youth Climate Lab, a Canada-based, global non-profit organization of youth mobilizing youth to create just, climate-resilient futures.

Youth Climate Lab

Shafak's Bio

Shafak Sajid | Senior Advisor, Indigenous and Community Relations, Pathways Alliance
Round Tables (Friday afternoon)

Shafak Sajid has 10+ years of experience in research, policy analysis, community engagement, stakeholder relations, and communications. Currently, she is a Senior Advisor, Indigenous and Community Relations at the Pathways Alliance. Prior to this role, she was Manager, Policy and Stakeholder Relations at the Oil Sands Community Alliance, where she is undertook a collaborative approach to engage communities in the Athabasca region to advance solutions for a sustainable future.

Shafak moved to Canada from Karachi, Pakistan to pursue a Master’s in Public Policy at the University of Calgary. She is passionate about managing complex issues, finding success and achieving impact. In her career, she has worked on a host of policy areas ranging from energy, environment, trade, labour, infrastructure, social and Indigenous policy.

Pathways Alliance

Dr.Valerie's Bio

Valerie Miller | Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, University of Alberta Future Energy Systems
Innovation Gallery (Saturday morning)

Valerie Miller completed her PhD in land reclamation at the University of Alberta in 2019, working at a diamond mine in northern Canada to build soils using mine waste, before joining Future Energy Systems (FES).

As Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, Valerie supports and mobilizes FES personnel seeking to share their research with external audiences through opportunities such as lab tours, talks, classroom programs, videos, and events. She is also the author of The Energy Adventures of Tommy and Remi series. 

Future Energy Systems

Elizabeth's Bio

Elizabeth Murphy | MSc student, Chemistry Department, University of Alberta
Innovation Gallery (Saturday 11:15-12:15)

Elizabeth Murphy completed her BSc in chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Western Ontario before moving to Edmonton in 2021 to pursue her masters. She is currently a second year MSc student in the department of chemistry, researching the conversion of atmospheric CO2 into useful fuel precursors using transition-metal catalysts. This research has a long-term goal of developing net-CO2-zero fuels by repurposing CO2 waste.

Department of Chemistry - University of Alberta