# Event Details - **Event Name**: Indigenous Ocean Justice: Opening Keynote with Dr. Kelsey Leonard - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm – Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Just Ocean and Coastal Futures Conference convenes future-oriented scholars who integrate reparative frameworks into coastal & ocean studiesAbout this Event is a water scientist, legal scholar, policy expert, writer, and enrolled citizen of the Shinnecock Nation. Dr. Leonard is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo, where her research focuses on Indigenous water justice and its climatic, territorial, and governance underpinnings. Dr. Leonard seeks to establish Indigenous traditions of water conservation as the foundation for international water policymaking. She represents the Shinnecock Indian Nation on the Mid-Atlantic Committee on the Ocean, which is charged with protecting America’s ocean ecosystems and coastlines. She also serves as a member of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board of the International Joint Commission. Her regional ocean policy work in collaboration with Tribes, state, federal and fishery management council entities received a Peter Benchley Ocean Award for Excellence in Solutions.This event is free and open to the public and campus communities. The location for this event will be updated in early September.The Just Ocean and Coastal Futures Conference brings together future-oriented scholars at all career stages who integrate reparative frameworks into coastal and ocean studies. The purpose of the conference is to share and produce knowledge while imagining, designing, and supporting strategic action. Over three days of individual presentations, invited keynotes, roundtable discussions, workshop sessions, and communal events, participants will acknowledge, identify, and challenge pernicious ocean and coastal inequities including past and present events and structural processes at local, regional, and global scales. This will be an intimate gathering of professional scholars and graduate students from around the US, working domestically and internationally, committed to catalyzing just futures in coastal and ocean studies via knowledge and practice sharing, networking, and solidarity building to reaffirm our commitments to changing the culture of ocean and coastal research and policy in a time of fear and retrenchment.The Just Ocean and Coastal Futures Conference is coordinated by of the Ashley School of Global Development and Environment and sponsored by the and the at Cornell University. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ithaca/indigenous-ocean-justice-opening-keynote-with-dr-kelsey-leonard/100001997856630964 - **Event Categories**: business, conferences, workshops, art, literary-art, contests - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Physical Sciences Building - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Ithaca - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Physical Sciences Building - **lat**: 42.4498495 - **long**: -76.481743 - **full address**: Physical Sciences Building, 245 Feeney Way, Ithaca, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Indigenous Ocean Justice: Opening Keynote with Dr. Kelsey Leonard - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/706feed0b136fcac26f8920b26d358a82895743a15ac1ff437611ac2a8611dac-rimg-w1200-h600-dc080808-gmir.jpg?v=1786755607 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Indigenous Ocean Justice: Opening Keynote with Dr. Kelsey Leonard being held? - **A:** Indigenous Ocean Justice: Opening Keynote with Dr. Kelsey Leonard takes place on Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 05:00 pm to Thu, 10 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Physical Sciences Building, 245 Feeney Way, Ithaca, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Indigenous Ocean Justice: Opening Keynote with Dr. Kelsey Leonard? - **A:** Indigenous Ocean Justice: Opening Keynote with Dr. Kelsey Leonard is organized by Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. Center for Racial Justice and Equitable Futures has a verified profile on AllEvents where you can read reviews and explore their upcoming events. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Indigenous Ocean Justice: Opening Keynote with Dr. Kelsey Leonard is ideal for professionals, entrepreneurs, startup founders, and networking enthusiasts eager to grow their connections. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Ithaca, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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