Conference Schedule

Opening Ceremony and Ice Breaker Session

Opening Remarks and Coffee

Opening Keynote

COFFEE BREAK

Oral Sessions: Hydrology in the North

10:15AM-11:30AM

Using the Canadian Hydrological Model to Simulate Sublimation During a Blowing Snow Event

Brampton Dakin

Multi-Decadal Changes in Summer Flow for Two Watersheds of the Western Canadian Arctic

Nadia Abumazen

Overlooked and underrated: Snowmelt runoff rivals influence of river floodwaters on lake-level rise at a cold region freshwater delta

Arisha Imran

Assessing Lake Model Performance on Thermokarst Lakes in the Western Canadian Arctic

Alexander Fogal

Implications of Beaver Dams on the Hydrology of Arctic Watersheds

Jackson Seto

Hydrological Modeling of Lake-Rich Arctic Watersheds: Insights from Big Bear Lake in Trail Valley Creek

Arnab Singh

3-Minute Thesis

11:15AM-12:15PM

Determining Habitat Drivers and Demographic Structure in an Expanding Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) Range

Christine Dunbar

Multiple stressors: Venlafaxine and hypoxia exposure on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Mustajab Khalid

Seeds of Change: Impacts of Permafrost Thaw on Tundra Shrub Reproduction

Spenser Morouney

Analysis of the Temporal Variation in Sediment Metal(loid) Concentrations from a Pond in the Whooping Crane Nesting Region, Wood Buffalo National Park

Molly Dobrik

Assessing the toxicity of copper exposure on juvenile Arctic char in Arctic relevant conditions

Natalie M. Nykamp

Remote Sensing of Algae Bloom Dynamics on the Great Slave Lake

Andy Sekoh

Multi-scale mapping of landscape change over discontinuous permafrost

Will Bender

The Coupled Influence of Press and Pulse Disturbances on Boreal Peatland Hydrology

Amber Buston-White

Assessing Nutrient Concentrations in Transitional Moats of Burned and Unburned Peat Plateaus in The Scotty Creek Drainage Basin, Northwest Territories

Carter Sarson

Refining Cell Culture Test Methods for Environmental Protection

Logan Dammer

The Influence of Source Water Origins on Alpine River Systems in Tongait KakKasuangita SilakKijapvinga (Torngat Mountains National Park), Nunatsiavut, Labrador

Katryna Barone

Understanding climate change impacts through Cultural Keystone Places: Inuit Knowledge and repeat photography in Nunatsiavut

Taylor Montgomery-Stinson

What makes a patch a good patch? Bake

Tara Ryan

LUNCH

Oral Sessions: Water Quality and Biology

1:15PM-2:15PM

Bioaccumulation of Nd, Pr, and Y, mixtures in Daphnia magna

Celine Do

Chronic sublethal neodymium toxicity to rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Jane Morgan

Establishing baseline metal(loid) concentrations for aquatic sediment quality monitoring in the Whooping Crane Nesting Region (Wood Buffalo National Park)

Amy Lacey

The effects of parental exposure to lead fishing gear on a freshwater snail

Sabrina St-Hilaire

Reconstructing the Chemical Loads in North American Arctic Rivers From 2000 to 2023

Xiaochuang Bu

COFFEE BREAK

Oral Sessions: Remote Sensing

2:30PM-3:30PM

Identifying shifts in snow phenology from 2000-2023 in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Lisa Marno

3-Dimensional Modelling of Great Bear Lake

Kirin Lorente

Bridging seasonal monitoring gaps in Canadian peatlands: Evaluating remotely sensed and modelled data for improved seasonal estimates of carbon dioxide exchange

Katie Hettinga

Evaluating long-term land cover change in Old Crow Flats, Yukon, using satellites, drones, and dendrochronology

Quinn Nixon-Goebel

Evaluating RADARSAT Constellation Mission Compact Polarimetry for Lake Ice Monitoring: Case Study of Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory

Saba Dezyani

Field Work Workshop

Coffee/Networking

Panel Session

COFFEE BREAK

Oral Sessions: Ecology and Water Quality

10:45AM-11:45AM

Water quality characteristics in Cambridge Bay, Nu from source to tap

Caroline Duncan

The impacts of beaver impoundments on tundra streams, benthic communities and food webs

Mathew Mervyn

From the boreal with love: Habitat and resource selection of muskoxen below treeline

Nick Luymes

Red foxes increase white spruce seed production at its northern range limit

Justin Benjamin

Spatiotemporal Variation in Ringed Seal Density and Habitat use in western Hudson Bay

Jessica Roberts

Poster Session

11:45AM-12:15PM

Impact of chronic sublethal neodymium exposure on fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas)

Ravleen Kaur

White Ice formation on small High Arctic Lakes

Ernest Groh

Comparing stream food webs above and below beaver (Castor canadensis) dams in Nunavik

Katelyn Gao

Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Land Change in Boreal Region of Canada

Akintayo Afolabi

Effect of Climate change on the performance of Seasonal Frozen Capillary Barrier Divergence cover in Artic Region

Abdul Nasir

Testing the effects of hypolimnetic aeration in a polluted northern lake

Eryn Wolfe

The Impact of Permafrost Thaw on Caribou Lichen Across the Northwest Territories

Katerina Coveny

Spatially Distributed Modelling of Ice Thickness on Small/Medium Sub-Arctic Lakes Using Remotely Sensed Data

Gifty Attiah

Examining Hydrological Change in Northwest Territories

Elaine Cota

Seismic Line Restoration in Northeastern B.C.: A Look at In-line Mounding & Hummock Transfer

Henry Gibbons

A changing landscape: Aspen Running Canker in central Yukon forests

Mackenzie Mihorean

Assessing Burn Severity in Northern Boreal Peatlands: A Case Study on NWT Wildfire 2022-FS-012

Katie Schill

Evaporation modelling at Qikiqtalik Lake, Iqaluit, Nunavut

Jakob Hadden

Assessing created overwintering habitat to support at-risk reptiles in an industrial landscape

Victoria Steblaj

Bathymetry of Northern Lakes Under Ice Using Ground-Penetrating Radar

Alicia Pouw

Laurier’s Yellowknife Research Facilities & Amenities

Isabel Hilgendag

Growth Rate and Traits of Aspen Running Canker (Neodothiora populina) on Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Yukon Territory

AJ Kellough

LUNCH

Oral Sessions: Peatland and Agriculture

1:15PM-2:30PM

The effects of mining access roads on carbon storage in boreal peatlands

Carissa MacKenzie

Impacts of Burn Severity on the Physical and Chemical Properties of Sub-Arctic Peat Soils

Joshua Meyer

Effects of Seismic Lines and Their Restoration on Peatland Carbon Exchange

Nazia Tabassum

Nutrient availability and nutrient-use efficiency from land at different stages post conversion from boreal forest to agriculture

Aman Dhindsa

Comprehensive Assessment of Soil Fertility and the Environmental Impact of Crop Production in Labrador, Canada

Akintayo Afolabi

Hydrological responses to agricultural land-use change and climate change in cold water-limited regions

Lijie Guo

COFFEE BREAK

Oral Sessions: Permafrost and Cryosphere

2:45PM-3:45PM

Studying permafrost thaw and contaminant transport with probes and ground-penetrating radar

Tobias Leonhard

Permafrost mass wasting in the Mackenzie Valley, NWT

Joseph Younh

You are what you eat: Permafrost thaw slumps change stream food web structure

Maria Dolan

How do seismic line disturbances affect timing and depth of snow cover in boreal forests?

Maryam Bayatvarkeshi

Early winter weather variability and its implications for ice road construction

Arash Rafat

CLOSING CEREMONY