2025 AGM & Conference

CANADIAN RECLAMATION - GROWING SINCE 1975

March 5-7, 2025

The Alberta Chapter of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA) is excited to host and Welcome Canada to the 2025 CLRA National & Alberta Conference and Annual General Meetings (AGM) March 5 to 7, 2025 at the Edmonton Convention Centre in Edmonton, Alberta.

Haven’t attended before? Watch the video below to see why you shouldn’t miss it!

The Conference will consist of:

  • Large Interactive Trade Show & Exhibitor Booths Area

  • Two Days of Presentations Featuring Over 45 Sessions

  • Keynote Speaker Address; Anthony Morgan

    • Anthony Morgan the new co-host of The Nature of Things on CBC Television. He's also an award-winning science communicator, PhD researcher, startup founder and game designer who has hosted dozens of TV programs. He's obsessed with changing how people see, think and talk about science in their everyday lives. He's spent close to 20 years finding ways to do just that. He's worked at the Ontario Science Centre, with Asap SCIENCE, written for newspapers, hosted CBC Radio, collaborated with municipal governments and serves on the steering committee of the misinformation-tackling Science Up First. This work and more has earned him multiple distinctions and award nominations including a Falling Walls nomination for breakthrough science engagement initiative and being named one of CBC's top 20 millennial change-makers.

  • Panel Discussions

    • Drivers for Change: Past & Future Panel

      • This moderated panel discussion will have reclamation practitioners across Canada and the USA to give their insights on what are the biggest changes that have impacted the reclamation industry in their area’s and what are likely changes to come.

    • Indigenous Land Managers Engagement Panel

      • This moderated panel discussion will have Land Managers from SK, AB and BC providing their point of view on reclamation planning and how engagement/collaboration is working, the successes in their communities and what can be learned from each other.  

  • Networking Breaks

  • Optional Wednesday Workshop (Registration to open in early December)

    • The CLRA Indigenous Awareness Committee is working on a workshop that will provide a mix of presentations, discussions, and interactive sessions to facilitate knowledge sharing and networking among participants. By bridging traditional ecological knowledge with modern scientific methods, participants will gain valuable insights into creating more holistic and effective land reclamation strategies. 

  • Optional Wednesday Field Tour

    • Hosted at the Univeristy of Alberta, this event will highlight the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences (ALES), featuring insightful presentations from graduate students, including guided tours of their research in the faculty’s greenhouses and laboratories. (Registration is now open).

  • Wednesday Welcome Reception - an Evening Event

  • Thursday and Friday Breakfast and Lunch included

  • Thursday Banquet and Awards Presentation - This is a ticketed event.

Anticipated attendance includes over 800 delegates spanning diverse industry sectors such as oil & gas, forestry, mining, municipalities, and renewable resources. Participants will include professionals from consulting firms, industry service providers, government and regulatory bodies, research institutes, academics, and post-secondary students.

AccomModations

Discounted hotel reservations codes will be provided by December 1, 2024.

Carbon Off-Set

Carbon Offset Donation - to offset your carbon to travel to the Conference, please consider adding $10 to your registration fee which will be donated to the Project Forest Siksika Nation Community Shelterbelt Program. 

The money from your carbon offset donation will be donated to Project Forest for one of their initiatives (See below) of tree planting/re-wilding of abandoned/neglected Alberta landscapes. To ensure that the AB CLRA Conference has hosted a Carbon Neutral event, the AB CLRA Board will be topping the donation amount to Project Forest for each registered delegate (if required).

The AB CLRA Board will be partnering with Project Forest for their Siksika Nation Community Shelterbelt Program (a multi-year partnership between Project Forest and Siksika Nation).  For more than 100 years, the federal government gave trees to farmers across the prairies to plant shelterbelts, protecting them from the harsh elements and improving the growing conditions for their crops. Siksika Nation, and many other First Nations, were not offered access to these trees and the many benefits they provide. 

Project Forest is planting shelterbelts around the homes, communities and agricultural fields of Siksika Nation, the second largest reserve in Canada. Shelterbelts, up to five rows wide with food-bearing and medicinal plants interspersed, will benefit the members of Siksika Nation by creating privacy from the road, mitigating extreme weather, and offering spaces for traditional land use activities like berry-picking. 

To learn more click here: Project Forest Siksika Nation Community Shelterbelt Program

 

Registration

Early bird deadline: December 15, 2024.

Note: Banquet tickets are not included in delegate registration.

Sponsorship

Student Poster Session

We are pleased to sponsor a student poster session at the 2025 AGM and Conference.

Registration Cancellation Policy

  • Notice of cancellation must be received on or before February 1, 2025. 

  • Cancellations prior to February 1, 2025 will be subject to a $50 processing fee. 

  • No refunds or cancellations will be issued on or after February 2, 2025.