2025 Latornell Conservation Symposium Sponsors
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the sponsors of the 2025 Latornell Conservation Symposium. Your generous support is invaluable and plays a key role in ensuring the success of this important event.
Are you interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Latornell? Explore our 2025 Sponsorship Prospectus to learn more about the available opportunities and select the perfect option for your organization. We look forward to partnering with you!
Conservation Champions
Aquatic Aeration Solutions
Aquatic Aeration Solutions offers a variety of systems and services to improve water quality including surface aeration, solar aeration systems, and floating wetland treatment systems.
Stormwater Ponds are now a reality in every existing and new subdivision and industrial complex.
No longer to be neglected or just fenced off, they are integral for environmental sustainability and water management.
Gardiner Roberts LLP
Founded in the 1920s, Gardiner Roberts LLP has grown to become a strategically placed multi-disciplinary law firm with a diverse client base which includes several of Canada’s largest banks, numerous medium to large-sized municipalities, agencies, boards and commissions and other government entities, high tech and software companies, real estate developers, lenders and investors.
A number of our lawyers have enjoyed in-house corporate positions and been appointed as board members of tribunals or as judges.
Booth #24Montrose Environmental
Montrose Environmental Group, Inc. (MEG) is a leading environmental solutions company focused on supporting commercial and government organizations as they deal with the challenges of today and prepare for what’s coming tomorrow. Montrose Environmental Solutions Canada Inc. (Montrose Environmental) is a Canadian subsidiary of MEG. Our collective team includes over 700 employees across 20 locations in Canada, backed by a community of ~3,400 professionals across 100+ global locations. Together, we combine comprehensive environmental expertise with deep knowledge of local markets, industries, and regulations.
Montrose Environmental’s Canadian team includes past acquisitions of consulting and engineering provider, Matrix Solutions Inc.; soil and environmental consulting specialists, Paragon Environmental; and air quality, environmental health and safety, and emissions testing expertise from LEHDER Environmental Services (all now operating as Montrose Environmental Solutions Canada Inc.). Core markets include infrastructure, energy, renewables, midstream, and mining.
Our integrated environmental solutions for the Canadian market include:
- Site Assessment, Remediation, and Reclamation
- Environmental Planning and Natural Resources
- Sustainable Water Resources Solutions
- Comprehensive Air Quality Services
- Digital Services
North-South Environmental
Since 1999, North-South Environmental Inc. (NSE) has provided ecological services to private and public sector clients. As a specialized ecological consulting firm, we provide expertise in aquatic, terrestrial and wetland ecology, natural heritage/environmental inventories, impact assessments and natural heritage/environmental planning. We apply a science-based foundation and a strong ethical standard to find practical environmental solutions with positive outcomes for our clients and the natural environment. Our staff includes experts in ecology, environmental policy, natural environmental planning and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
NSE’s vision is a sustainable and healthy natural environment for all. This vision informs all of what we do; we strive to embody this vision in our work, our decision-making and how we operate as a business. Our mission flows from this vision: to create sustainable solutions for natural systems. This is foundational to our work.
As experts in aquatic, terrestrial, wetland ecology, land use and natural environment planning and GIS, we work with planners, engineers, hydrogeologists, landscape architects, urban foresters and other professionals to find sustainable solutions that maintain, restore and manage natural environment systems in the context of urbanizing environments, as well as rural or wilderness settings. Based in Cambridge, Ontario, NSE provides services across Ontario and beyond.
Booth #15Exhibitors
Aquanty Inc.
Aquanty Inc. is a cutting-edge water science and technology firm empowering water solutions globally, specializing in predictive analytics, simulation and forecasting, and research services. We provide cutting edge hydrogeological computer modelling software and services across a broad base of industrial sectors. Our flagship platform, HydroGeoSphere, is a class leader in fully-integrated three-dimensional surface/subsurface modelling. Our mission is to deliver holistic water resource and climate solutions to support and empower our clients to make informed decisions in an ever-changing world. Our latest innovation is HydroSphereAI — a cutting-edge solution transforming hydrological forecasting with the power of advanced machine learning. As floods and droughts continue to pose significant challenges, HydroSphereAI offers precise and reliable streamflow predictions to help mitigate their impacts on lives and livelihoods.
Booth #22Beacon Environmental Ltd.
Beacon is an incorporated, proudly Canadian and employee-owned company based in Ontario celebrating 20 years of service in 2025, founded in response to the growing need for high quality environmental assessment, strategic advice and planning services. At Beacon, we specialize in all aspects of terrestrial and aquatic ecology and provide environmental services in geomorphology, landscape architecture, arboriculture, agrology and limnology. Our team provides services from five offices and is able to communicate with clients in five languages. We have proudly played a lead role in thousands of projects in Ontario, across Canada and internationally. Beacon Environmental brings together a team of highly skilled and experienced professionals who provide specialized expertise to a wide array of satisfied clients across sectors.
At Beacon, our focus is on applying our skills to a wide range of environmental projects using integrated and collaborative approaches and welcome new staff from diverse backgrounds.
Booth #3Blazing Star Environmental
Blazing Star Environmental works with you to grow economically and environmentally prosperous communities where families have natural areas to explore, clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. We provide cost-effective, scientifically defensible solutions to organizations and individuals who strive to achieve this goal. Blazing Star Environmental offers a wide array of ecological consulting and land management services to the public and private sectors. Our team of skilled professionals ensures that our work exceeds the expectations of our clients and regulatory agencies. You can rest assured that the solutions to your environmental challenges are in our hands.
Booth #20EnviroPod
EnviroPod™ International, with a legacy dating back to 1996, delivers advanced, engineered stormwater solutions for Canadian municipalities and infrastructure. Leveraging over 29 years of dedicated research and development, we deliver high-performance, at-source technologies, notably the EnviroBasin® and LittaTrap™. These systems are engineered to efficiently remove a wide spectrum of pollutants, including gross litter, fine sediments, hydrocarbons, and other non-point source pollutants, significantly mitigating stormwater pollution at its origin. Our solutions are rigorously tested to meet and exceed stringent Canadian environmental standards, ensuring compliance and supporting sustainable urban development. Beyond product delivery, we offer comprehensive technical support and consultation, partnering with Canadian communities to implement effective, long-term stormwater management strategies and protect local waterways.
Booth #9Forests Canada
Forest health and resilience is at the heart of everything we do at Forests Canada. From the annual collection of millions of viable tree seeds ensuring a reliable and consistent future supply, to supporting local communities and economies through our tree planting, forest stewardship and education programs, we have proudly built the infrastructure and network needed to help achieve the greatest possible outcomes for Canada’s forests today, and for generations to come.
Forests Canada is a non-profit charity on a mission to conserve, restore, and grow Canada’s forests to sustain life and communities. Learn how you can get involved today at www.ForestsCanada.ca.
Booth #19GEI Consultants Canada Ltd.
GEI Consultants Canada is an engineering, management and technology consulting firm that delivers value by providing professional services to improve our world’s built environments. With over 400 staff in Ontario, we provide multi-disciplined engineering and technical services to a range of private and public sector clients domestically and abroad.
Booth #7GEO Morphix Ltd.
At GEO Morphix, we are a team of professional geoscientists and environmental experts focused on geomorphology, earth surface processes, and watershed science. Our team specializes in river and shoreline restoration, erosion hazard delineation and mitigation, environmental monitoring and hydrometrics, and projects that require an in-depth understanding of erosion, sedimentation and sediment transport. Our team of industry leaders provide observation-rich answers based on a balanced application of quality science and years of experience to achieve practical, implementable, and acceptable solutions for all stakeholders. A successful project is one that meets or exceeds our client’s objectives.
Booth #5Greenbelt Foundation
The Greenbelt Foundation stewards Ontario’s Greenbelt – over 2 million acres of protected farmland, forests, wetlands, rivers, and lakes that nourish us, safeguard our water, fight climate change, and enhance our quality of life. We invest in the Greenbelt’s interconnected natural, agricultural, economic, and cultural systems, to ensure a working, thriving Greenbelt for all.
Booth #25Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd.
Established in 1975, Kerr Wood Leidal Associates Ltd. is an employee-owned firm focused on water infrastructure and riverine assessment and restoration projects. The KWL team of 270 full-time employees are in offices in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and Yukon. We provide consulting services in geomorphological assessment, habitat restoration, community planning, design and construction, and project management. Our clients include governments, First Nations, academic institutions, small communities, not-for-profit organizations, and industry. We are a flexible and nimble firm with a reputation for building long-term trust relationships with our clients and for going above and beyond to achieve exceptional project outcomes as demonstrated by the list at left of some of our award-winning projects.
Booth #13Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists
The Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) is a non-profit, self-governing regulatory body and professional association of over 21,000 members.
OACETT is Ontario’s independent certifying body for engineering and applied science technicians and technologists and confers the certifications C.Tech. (Certified Technician) and C.E.T. (Certified Engineering Technologist). These certifications are recognized across Canada by employers and other engineering professionals.
OACETT promotes the interests of engineering and applied science technicians and technologists in industry, educational institutions, the public and government. OACETT was incorporated in 1962 and legislated under the Statutes of Ontario by the OACETT Act of 1984. The Act established OACETT as a self-governing body with right to title for its members. The provincial legislature passed the OACETT Act of 1998, a revised act that includes a description of work for technicians and technologists.
Booth #12Ontario Phragmites Action
The Ontario Phragmites Action (OPA) program is an exciting new effort to enhance a coordinated response to invasive Phragmites across Ontario. The program has been made possible thanks to an important new investment from Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and is implemented by the Invasive Species Centre, Nature Conservancy of Canada, and a number of other key partners.
Booth #1Ontario Woodlot Association
The Ontario Woodlot Association is a community of woodlot stewards that live, work and play in our forests. Together we restore, manage and advocate for healthy forest ecosystems. As an organization built by enthusiastic and engaged people, committed to using best management practices, we want our woodlots to be sustainable and productive, ecologically healthy and diverse, and spiritually and physically renewing.
Booth #14Silt Sock Canada
At Silt Sock Canada, we stand out by combining innovation, sustainability, and a deep commitment to supporting local communities. As a 100% Canadian-owned company, we prioritize using locally sourced materials and partnering with Canadian suppliers, ensuring our products are tailored to the unique environmental conditions across Canada.
We manufacture Silt Sock filter sock and supply a variety of other sediment & erosion control products including silt fence, silt sack, inlet filter mat, wood stakes, filter cloth and more! Our promise is to continue to evolve right alongside the construction industry. We are committed to accelerating the industry’s transition to sustainable solutions and products.
Booth #4University of Guelph
The University of Guelph is one of Canada’s top comprehensive and research-intensive universities and has been delivering quality co-operative education programs for over 40 years.
During this time, our program offerings have grown to over 60, ranging from the Arts, Commerce, Computing, Agriculture, Sciences and Engineering. For many employers, co-op provides short and long-term recruitment solutions. Students can rotate into established co-op positions within an organization or fill short-term contract needs.
Booth #8University of Toronto - Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences
The University of Toronto is Canada’s top university and home to several renowned co-op and internship programs. The Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences (DPES) has academic researchers, state-of-the-art analytical facilities, and a wide variety of graduate programs interested in academic-industry partnerships. Our department also hosts several world-renowned faculty members who are highly sought after for their expertise in geochemistry, geohydrology, environmental contaminants, and environmental systems modelling.
Our department offers a Master of Environmental Science (MEnvSc) program committed to developing well-trained practitioners in environmental science, primarily to meet the needs of industry, governments, and environmental policy/education organizations. To learn more about our program and how you can hire one of our students, please visit https://www.uoft.me/interns.
Booth #26Wastenot Farms
Wastenot Farms creates high value soil additives to rehabilitate soil, regenerate life, and grow resilience. Since 2013 we have used organic residuals as feedstock for red wiggler worms who manufacture our signature product Jocelyn’s Soil Booster Worm Manure, a concentrated soil supplement for rehabilitating compacted, dead dirt into resilient, regenerative plant ecosystems.
Booth #6Water's Edge
Water’s Edge is an employee-owned, niche consulting firm located in Cambridge (Galt), Ontario that provides fluvial geomorphological, natural channel design and water resources engineering services to government, agency and land development clientele. Our company was incorporated in 2004 by the president, Dr. Ed Gazendam. Our staff are committed to an integrated, multi-disciplinary design approach utilizing an Adaptive Environmental Management framework. Learn more at http://www.watersedge-est.ca.
Booth #16À La Carte Sponsors
Beacon Environmental Ltd. (Lunch Sponsor)
Beacon is an incorporated, proudly Canadian and employee-owned company based in Ontario celebrating 20 years of service in 2025, founded in response to the growing need for high quality environmental assessment, strategic advice and planning services. At Beacon, we specialize in all aspects of terrestrial and aquatic ecology and provide environmental services in geomorphology, landscape architecture, arboriculture, agrology and limnology. Our team provides services from five offices and is able to communicate with clients in five languages. We have proudly played a lead role in thousands of projects in Ontario, across Canada and internationally. Beacon Environmental brings together a team of highly skilled and experienced professionals who provide specialized expertise to a wide array of satisfied clients across sectors.
At Beacon, our focus is on applying our skills to a wide range of environmental projects using integrated and collaborative approaches and welcome new staff from diverse backgrounds.
Dynex Construction Inc. (Lunch Sponsor)
Since its inception over 35 years ago, Dynex has provided its clients with industry-leading experience and excellence in the Erosion Control field. We have proudly served the Greater Toronto Area and its surrounding regions, during which we have continued to satisfy our clientele by constantly adapting and improving ourselves as a company.