Cold Regions Research Centre

Wildlife Health and Surveillance in a Changing Arctic With Dr. Susan Kutz
2023-04-04 15:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
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You are invited to a Cold Regions Research Centre public lecture:
Wildlife Health and Surveillance in a Changing Arctic
With Dr. Susan Kutz
Tuesday, April 4, 3:30 ET Via Webinar
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Dr. Susan Kutz is a Professor at the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, a Canada Research Chair in Arctic One Health, and a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

In partnership with Indigenous communities, Dr. Kutz initiated and maintains community-based wildlife health surveillance programs with the goal of early detection of change in wildlife populations, protection of public health, and facilitating the incorporation of local and traditional knowledge into wildlife co-management. Her research brings local, traditional and scientific knowledge together to understand the impacts of a warming Arctic on the health of muskoxen and caribou and the consequent effects on food security in the Arctic.

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Centering Arctic Knowledge in Climate & Security Cooperation With Melody Brown Burkins
2023-03-08 16:00 - 17:30 | Balsillie School of International Affairs, 67 Erb Street West, Waterloo, ON, N2L6C2, Canada
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Mark your calendars! Laurier’s Cold Regions Research Center and the BSIA Environment and Resources Cluster invite you to a co-sponsored event:
Centering Arctic Knowledge in Climate & Security Cooperation
With Melody Brown Burkins | Wednesday, March 8, 4:00-5:30 ET
Location in person: Balsillie School of International Affairs, Room 143, 67 Erb St. W. Dinner follows for all attendees. Attendance also available via Zoom.
Please register here (both in-person and Zoom links available).
The Arctic region is warming several times faster than the rest of the planet, imperiling Arctic communities as sea ice and permafrost degrade, coastlines erode, Arctic storms intensify, and the seasonal patterns of animals and plants rapidly shift. Amidst these changes, there is increasing pressure for resource extraction, including critical minerals for global transitions to low-carbon economies. Meanwhile, new geopolitical tensions have put cooperative activities with Russia on hold, including meetings of the Arctic Council – a trusted platform for science and policy cooperation between Arctic Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples for over 25 years. Arctic lands and waters have been stewarded for countless generations by diverse Arctic Indigenous Peoples. To reach sustainable, peaceful solutions to the parallel challenges facing the Arctic today, the co-development of knowledge and policy with Arctic Indigenous communities must be at the heart of future Arctic climate and security cooperation.
Melody Brown Burkins, PhD, is the Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies in the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth. She also serves as the 2022-2026 UArctic Chair in Science Diplomacy and Inclusion and, last spring, was honored to be named an International Science Council (ISC) Fellow for her work to advance more inclusive, ethical science policy and diplomacy in the Arctic and around the world.

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Finding North - Susan Nerberg
2023-01-18 16:00 - 17:30 | Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, 232 King Street North, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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When: Wednesday, January 18th, 4:00-5:30 ET

Where: hosted at the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada, 232 King Street North
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What’s the meaning of “north”? Canadians tend to think of themselves as northern, yet most of us are clustered between the 42nd and 49th parallels, latitudes that aren’t even in the boreal region. What does this do to our perception of the North and to our understanding of Canada?

Susan Nerberg will share observations from her work in the Canadian Arctic, ranging from Tasiujaq (Eclipse Sound) in the east, to Tuktuyaaqtuuq in the west. Meeting Indigenous Peoples, northerners and scientists has amplified her understanding of “north” to include thousands of years of innovation and ingenuity, but also climate change happening at two to four times the global average. As we race to understand the drivers and impacts of change, the most important voices are those of the people who animate the North and live with the consequences of decisions often made in the South.

Susan Nerberg is a freelance journalist, writer and editor. An immigrant to Canada and a settler on Turtle Island, she’s also Indigenous, with Sámi roots on the coast of northern Norway. Her work has appeared in multiple publications, including Canadian Geographic, Broadview Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Report on Business Magazine, The Globe and Mail, and Azure Magazine.

Co-sponsored by the Cold Regions Research Centre and the Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada

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35th Annual Cold Regions Conference
2022-11-24 - 2022-11-25 | Ontario
35th Annual Cold Regions Conference
Nov 24, 2022| Nov 25, 2022

Venue:
45 Lodge Street
Waterloo, ON N2J 2V5
Canada
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Events this year include
Two days of student research talks3-minute research synopsis competition2 Keynote talks including

Emerging Researcher Keynote,
CRRC Closing Keynote Speaker,

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3Min Thesis Presenter

Cold Regions Conference: DAY 1 – THURSDAY, NOV. 24 2022

Session 1: Modelling species and/or habitat distributions

9:15 -9:30 am

Regional muskox density in the Northwest Territories

​Charlotte Rentmeister

9:30-09:45 am

Investigating the hydrologic impacts of increasing beaver activity on lakes and streams in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region

Dilshan Kariyawasam

09:45-10:00 am

Implications of Beaver Dams on the hydrology of Arctic Watersheds

​Jackson Seto

10:00-10:15am

Multispecies modelling of an ecologically intact protected area, Thaidene Nëné Indigenous Protected Area, NWT

Eric Jolin

Session 2: Snow and Ice Monitoring

10:30-10:45 pm

Changes in the Shallow Firn Layer of Devon Ice Cap, Nunavut between 2011 to 2022

Danielle Halle

10:45-11:00 am

Innovative approaches to monitoring lake snow in Canada’s Sub-Arctic

Alicia Pouw

11:00-11:15 am

Air-snow-ice-water interactions and variability in northern lakes

Arash Rafat

11:15-11:30 am

Using CSA SWOT Lake Altimetry Data to Advance the Understanding and Modelling of Thermokarst lakes and Lake Networks in the Canadian Arctic

Alexander Fogal

11:30-11:45 am

Bulk Snow Density Estimates from Passive Microwave Remote Sensing and Automatic Weather Stations

Jeffrey Welch

Break: 11:45-12:30 pm

Session 3: Disturbance impacts on ecosystems and species

12:30-12:45 pm

The drying of the Arctic and future changes: a case study from the Western Canadian Arctic

Brampton Dakin

12:45-01:00 pm

Post-fire changes in sub-canopy radiation and permafrost degradation at Scotty Creek, NWT, Canada

Maude Auclair

01:00-01:15 pm

Indigenous Resurgence and Settler Accumulation: a discussion of environmental stewardship & colonial economies

Ryan Planche

01:15-01:30 pm

A participatory mapping approach to Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area monitoring and management in Sambaa K’e First Nation, Northwest Territories, Canada

Michael McPhee

01:30-01:45 pm

Effect of Rare Earth Elements Nd, Pr and Y, Individually and in Mixtures to Daphnia magna

Celine Do

02:00-02:15 pm

Characterization of growth and the GH-IGF1 pathway in juvenile mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) exposed to ammonium chloride

Olena Kuntyj

Break : 03:00 – 03:10

Three-Minute Talks
03:10– 04:15pm

Stuart Anderson, Elise Brown-Dussault, Maria Belke Brea, Jocelyn Biro, Claire O’Brien, Claudia Haas, Caitlyn Lyons, Ida Moalemi

Break: 02:00-03:00 pm

Three-Minute Talks/h6>
03:10-04:15 PM

Madeline Patenall, Nicole, Andreola, Gabriel, Spizzirri, Iain Thomson, Nadia Abumazen, Daniela Klicper, Ali Reza Shahvaran, Laura Anderson, Malcolm Brockett, Eric Leonard

Break: 04:15-04:30pm

Keynote: 04:30-06:00pm

Social at Wilf’s: 06:30pm

Cold Regions Conference: Days 2 – FRIDAY, NOV. 25 2022

Arrivals and registration: 8:30-9:00

Day 2 Welcome and opening remarks: 9:00-9:15

Session 4: Hydrology & Water Quality

09:15-09:30 am

Pairing isotopic and direct measurements to capture both dimensions of a water balance

Evan Wilcox

09:30-09:45am

Future climate may enhance arsenic release from mining pollution-affected peatlands near Yellowknife, NT

Jeremy Leathers

9:45-10:00 am

An integrated framework for monitoring water quantity, water quality and contaminant deposition at lakes across the Peace-Athabasca Delta (Alberta, Canada)

Laura Neary

10:00-10:15 pm

Hydrological and limnological trajectories of shallow lakes in a northern delta over space and time since 2015

Arisha Imran

Break: 10:45-11:00

Session 5: Remote Sensing of Cold Regions

11:00-11:15am

The Role of Climate Change on Algal Biomass

Michael Dallosch

11:15-11:30am

Monitoring Lakes Surface Temperature in the North Slave Region, NWT using remote sensing

Gifty Attiah

11:30-11:45am

Passive Microwave Sea Ice Edge Estimation over the Eastern Canadian Arctic

Armina Soleymani

11:45-12:00am

Snow Observations from Above: Mapping Spatial Heterogeneity of Snow for Polygonal Terrain using Drones

Branden Walker

Launch: 12:00-13:00

Working with Indigenous Communities workshop: 13:00-14:45

Break: 14:45-15:00pm

Keynote: 15:00-16:30pm

Keynote: Conservation of Arctic Marine Mammals in a Noisy Ocean
William Halliday, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and University of Victoria

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Dr. Laura Brown
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment
Title: “How did I get here?”
I was sitting on Bathurst Island in the High Arctic last summer, having a break from data collection, eating lunch on the tundra with my team of graduate students and pilot – I should probably have been thinking about something scientific, but instead, I was marveling at the amazing landscape around me pondering happily ‘how in the world did I get here??’. Join me to hear about how I adjusted from an early career researcher to a PI: things that went well, things that definitely did not go well, and interesting science things I learned along the way!

Dr. William Halliday
Conservation Scientist, Arctic Acoustics Program Lead, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
Title: Conservation of Arctic Marine Mammals in a Noisy Ocean
Abstract: Arctic marine mammals are facing multiple concurrent threats caused directly and indirectly by climate change. Not only are marine mammals facing habitat loss and ecosystem changes due to a reduction in sea ice, but they are also facing increased human activity, including increased underwater noise. In this presentation, I will discuss my research program, which focuses on 1) monitoring Arctic marine mammals and their exposure to underwater noise; 2) measuring the impacts of underwater noise on Arctic marine mammals; and 3) examining management and mitigation strategies for reducing underwater noise exposure to Arctic marine mammals.
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Charting change at the top of the world: Panel discussion on the Upper Indus region, Pakistan ​
2022-11-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Senate and Board Chamber, Paul Martin Centre, Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada
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When: Thursday, November 3 6:30-8:00 PM

Where: Senate and Board Chambers, WLU Waterloo Campus
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All are welcome; free event

Glacier resources, the “Karakoram anomaly”, and climate-related hazards of the Indus Basin

Ken Hewitt, Professor Emeritus, Geography and Environmental Studies, WLU

Road Construction, Mobility & Social Change in Gojal, Gilgit-Baltistan

David Butz, Geography & Tourism Studies, Brock University

Nancy Cook, Sociology, Brock University

Partnerships for Academic Exchange, Cultural Heritage Research, and Global Tourism in Northern Pakistan

Abderrahman Beggar, Religion and Culture, WLU

Jason Neelis, Religion and Culture, WLU

Ali Zaidi, Religion and Culture and Global Studies, WLU

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Co-sponsored by Departments of Religion and Culture; Global Studies

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Iteration and Integration - How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project
2022-04-27 14:00 - 15:00 | Ontario
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The Cold Regions Research Centre invites you to join us for the next event in our annual speaker series.
Iteration and Integration – How models guide observations in the NGEE Arctic project
Wednesday April 27, 2 PM Eastern, Via Zoom – REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Supported by the Biological and Environmental Research program with the Department of Energy, the overarching goal of the long-term NGEE Arctic project is to advance our understanding of the rapidly changing terrestrial Arctic by combining boots-on-the-ground observations with the predictive power of Earth System models. Our interdisciplinary team spans four national laboratories and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and we investigate processes at scales from microbe to landscape.

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Dr. Stan Wullschleger

Associate Laboratory Director for Biological and Environmental Systems Science as well as an Oak Ridge National Laboratory Corporate Fellow. He directs the Department of Energy’s Next-Generation Ecosystem Experiments Arctic project, a long-term endeavor that brings together 140 scientists from national laboratories and universities to advance Earth system models that predict how thawing permafrost in the Arctic impacts global climate systems. His research focuses on global change biology and plant ecology.

Dr. Colleen Iversen

Distinguished Staff Scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Group Leader of the Plant-Soil Interactions group. She uses a variety of field and laboratory techniques to understand and predict how ecosystems are shaped by environmental change. Her work takes her from upland forests to flooded peatlands to thawing Arctic tundra, chasing a better understanding of the secret lives of roots hidden beneath the soil surface.

Dr. Peter Thornton

Distinguished Staff Scientist in the Environmental Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and lead for the Earth Systems Science Section. He studies the interactions of land ecosystems with all other components of the Earth’s climate system, including biogeochemical and physical land-atmosphere feedbacks as well as interactions with human systems. His work includes model development, model evaluation, and model applications to discover emergent properties of ecosystems.

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CRRC Annual General Meeting
2022-04-19 15:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
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​Do you want to know more about what the CRRC does and how you can get involved?
Then please join us for the CRRC’s Annual General Meeting! The meeting will include a brief report on the centre’s activities over the past year, a preview of the coming year, and provide a forum for questions and feedback about the centre’s operations. Student engagement is highly encouraged. Plus, there will be a CRRC swag giveaway!

Date: April 19th
Time: 3-4 PM Eastern
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CRRC talk invitation: Future of the Arctic, with Ed Struzik
2022-02-16 14:00 - 15:00 | Ontario
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Wednesday, February 16, 2 PM Eastern Time, via Zoom
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Edward Struzik is an author, educator, public speaker and a research fellow at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy in the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. He is a regular contributing writer to Yale Environment 360, an international on-line magazine that offers analysis, reporting and debate on global environmental issues. Yale 360 is published at the Yale School of the Environment.
His many other articles and essays appear in newspapers and magazines such as the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, The Walrus, The Tyee, Narwhal and in journals such as Policy Options, Conservation Biology, and Foreign Policy Review. He was recently featured in the National Geographic documentary, The Last Ice, and Frozen Obsession, which was recently aired on PBS in the United States. https://www.pbs.org/video/frozen-obsession-nsbaqw/
Mr. Struzik has earned more than 30 international and national awards for his writing and his books. Included among them are the U.S.-based Grantham Prize, which honours and encourages excellence in writing on the environment; the Sir Sanford Fleming Medal, which honours one Canadian each year who has made an outstanding contribution to the understanding of science, the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy, which provides year-long funding for the exploration of a public policy issue of national and international interest, and the Michener Award for public policy.
His seventh book – Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat has been winning very favorable reviews in the Wall Street Journal, Sierra Magazine, Earth Island Journal, Library Journal and many others book review venues.
The event will feature a draw for a free copy of the book!
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CRRC Days Closing Keynote - Andrew Weaver
2021-11-26 15:30 - 17:00 | Ontario
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November 26th, 3:30 pm EST
Global warming: A question of priorities
Dr. Andrew WeaverProfessor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Victoria
Dr. Andrew J. Weaver is a Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria. He was also the Canada Research Chair in Climate Modelling and Analysis until he was elected as a BC Green Party MLA in the 2013 BC Provincial Election representing the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head. In 2015 Dr. Weaver assumed leadership of the BC Green Party, leading them to an historic election result in the 2017 provincial election with three elected MLAs holding the balance of power in an NDP minority government. He returned to UVic after completing two terms as an MLA.Dr. Weaver received his B.Sc (Mathematics and Physics) from the University of Victoria in 1983, a Master of Advanced Studies in Mathematics from Cambridge University in 1984, and a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia in 1987. He has authored or coauthored over 200 peer-reviewed papers in climate, meteorology, oceanography, earth science, policy, education and anthropology journals. He was a Lead Author in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th scientific assessments. He was the Chief Editor of the Journal of Climate from 2005-2009.
Dr. Weaver is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Over the years he has received a number of awards including the NSERC-Steacie, Killam and Guggenheim Fellowships and the CMOS President’s Prize, the Royal Society of Canada Miroslaw Romanowski Medal and the A.G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science. In 2008 he was appointed to the Order of British Columbia and in 2014 he received an honourary D.Sc. degree from McMaster University.
For his work developing British Columbia’s CleanBC economic plan collaboratively with the BC NDP, he and the Minister of Environment, George Heyman, received 2020 Clean 16 and Clean 50 awards for outstanding contributions to sustainable development and clean capitalism in Canada.
His book, Keeping our Cool: Canada in a Warming World was published by Viking Canada in September 2008. His second book, Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming was published by Raven books in 2011.

This session is being facilitated by CRRC Early Career Researchers, Ryan Planche and Tim Ensom

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CRRC Days Emerging Leader Keynote - Frances Stewart
2021-11-26 09:00 - 10:30 | Ontario
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November 26th, 9:00 am EST
Three’s a team: Understanding past, present, and future wildlife response to northern landscape change
Dr. Frances StewartAssistant Professor, Dept. of Biology
Wilfrid Laurier University
The north has gone through many changes. Northern landscape change is undergoing ecozone scale shifts due to increased frequency and severity of drought and wildfires. These changes will alter resources for species and populations at risk, with important distributional and demographic consequences challenging long-term conservation and management planning. Understanding past conditions that wildlife have faced, quantifying current wildlife-landscape relationships, and using this knowledge to forecast anticipated wildlife change are some of the key goals of the WILDlab at Laurier. I will present a few case studies, highlighting skills, species, and concepts important for informing the future management and conservation of wildlife in Canada’s north. These span invasive and non-invasive field methodologies, modelling, and integrative forecasting projects on some of Canada’s charismatic megafauna. Importantly, combining our knowledge of the ecological theatre – from hydrology through to wildfire ecology provides promise to effectively, and adaptively, understand wildlife’s part on Canada’s northern stage..

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2021 Annual CRRC Days
2021-11-25 08:00 - 2021-11-26 17:00 | Ontario
2021 Annual CRRC Days
Nov 25, 2021| Nov 26, 2021

34th Annual Cold Regions Research Centre Days
CRRC Days is an annual early career research conference hosted by CRRC. This year the meeting will take place on zoom over two days in late November.
If you are a student or postdoc working in the north, please see our call for abstracts for details on how to participate.
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Events this year include
Two days of student research talks3-minute research synopsis competition3 Keynote talks including

CRRC Days Opening Keynote Speaker, Jonathan Price
Emerging Researcher Keynote, Frances Stewart
CRRC Closing Keynote Speaker, Andrew Weaver

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3Min Thesis Presenter

CRRC Days 1 – THURSDAY, NOV. 25 2021

8:45 -9:00 am

Registration

9:00-10:30 am

CRRC Days Opening Keynote Lecture

Dr. Jonathan Price

10:30-11:45 am

Climate Change Adaptation

Jennifer Temmer, Carla Johnston, Charlotte Rentmeister, Cory Wallace

11:45-12:30 pm

Break

12:30-1:30 pm

Remote Sensing of Cold Regions

Michael Dallosch, Emily Ogden, Dilshan Kariyawasam

1:30-2:30 pm

Peatland Hydrology and Biogeochemistry

Jeremy Leathers, Brampton Dakin, Robin Thorne

2:30-3:30 pm

Cold Regions Hydrology

Seamus Daly, Kristine Haynes, Philip Wright

3:30-4:30 pm

Three-Minute Thesis Session 1

Mikhail Mack, Rosy Tutton, Mason Dominico, Alicia Pouw, Tom Stanton, Ignacio Aguirre, Iain Thompson, Maude Auclair

CRRC Days 2 – FRIDAY, NOV. 26 2021

9:00-10:30 am

CRRC Emerging Leader Keynote

Dr. Frances Stewart

10:30-11:30 am

Northern Waters

Arisha Imran, Danielle Green, Evan Wilcox

11:30-1:00 pm

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1:00-2:00 pm

Social and Digital Research Methodologies

Mindy Price, Ryan Planche, Majid Hojati

2:00-3:00 pm

Three Minute Thesis Session 2

Arash Rafat, Jackson Seto, Ariana Mansigh, Katia Kent, Lee Nguyen, Ethan Lim, Armina Soleymani, Tim Ensom

3:00-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-5:00 pm

CRRC Days Special Closing Keynote

Dr. Andrew Weaver

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Dr. Frances Stewart
Assistant Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University
Dr. Frances Stewart is a new faculty member in the Biology department at Laurier. Her research group (the WILDlab) uses northern wildlife to understand current species-habitat relationships, management and conservation efficacy, while considering future landscape change. Dr. Stewart started her graduate work in Algonquin park while a MSc student at Guelph, and has since conducted and led large trapping, GPS collaring, wildlife camera, and ecological forecasting work in the Yukon, NWT, Alberta, and British Columbia. She is excited to bring this experience with her to Laurier and to learning more about everyone else’s work being conducted through the Cold Regions Research Centre.
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Dr. Jonathan Price
Professor (ret.) University of Waterloo
Jonathan is a recently retired professor within the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo with interests in peatland hydrology, wetlands, wetland chemistry and restoration and reclamation science. He serves as an associate editor for Mires and Peat. Before coming to Waterloo he held positions within the Geography Department at Queen’s University, Kingston, ON having gained his PhD at McMaster University, Hamilton, ON.

Dr. Andrew Weaver
Professor, University of Victoria
Dr. Andrew J. Weaver is a Professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria. He was also the Canada Research Chair in Climate Modelling and Analysis until he was elected as a BC Green Party MLA in the 2013 BC Provincial Election representing the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head. In 2015 Dr. Weaver assumed leadership of the BC Green Party, leading them to an historic election result in the 2017 provincial election with three elected MLAs holding the balance of power in an NDP minority government. He returned to UVic after completing two terms as an MLA.
His book, Keeping our Cool: Canada in a Warming World was published by Viking Canada in September 2008. His second book, Generation Us: The Challenge of Global Warming was published by Raven books in 2011.
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WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Presentations are reserved for Canadian student researchers and post-doctoral researchers working in the north. This means you have a research link through your supervisor or committee members, or others involved in your northern research. If you are a student or postdoc doing research in the north you are welcome to participate! And remember this is a free conference!
We are looking for talks from a variety of disciplines doing northern research from natural science, social science, and Indigenous perspectives.
If you have any questions about participating please email ecr.wlu@gmail.com to inquire. If you would like to participate but not present (i.e., Faculty researchers), please register for the zoom event at the meeting above..
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
There are two ways to participate in CRRC Days. You can do a paper presentation which is a 15-minute presentation of your research, or a lightning round talk, which is a 3-minute synopsis similar to the three minute thesis. For both types of presentation, you are required to submit an abstract (up to 250 words) when you register for the conference. The deadline for submission of abstracts is November 15, 2021. You will receive confirmation on your participation type/acceptance on November 20th, 2021.
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Go to following link to register and submit your 250-word abstract.

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CRRC Days Pre-Conference Technical Workshop
2021-11-24 13:30 - 15:30 | Ontario
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November 24th, 1:30 pm EST
R-Package Development – Technical Workshop
Dr. Jed Long is an Assistant Professor at Western University, where he leads the Geospatial Analysis Lab. Jed is also the author of popular R packages for the analysis of movement data, and will provide a technical overview of how to integrate R packages into your research. You should have some familiarity with the R statistical programming environment to gain the most from this workshop. You can follow along in a hands-on component. All attendees for CRRC Days are invited to participate in this pre-conference session – however this is an open session open to everyone to attend.
Note that separate Zoom Registration IS REQUIRED for this event, please use the zoom registration link below.

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CRRC Trivia Night # 3
2021-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
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When: Nov 4, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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CRRC Seminar Series - Stephen Howell
2021-10-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Ontario
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Arctic Ocean sea ice export: a cautionary tale for ship navigation in the Canadian Arctic
Dr. Stephen HowellClimate Research Division, Environment Climate Change Canada
Climate change has driven reductions in sea ice and this in turn has facilitated increased ship traffic across the Arctic. The latest-state-of-the-art climate models project profound shifts in ship-accessible season length, with 100% navigation probability for part of the year, regardless of vessel type, above 2 °C of global warming for many regions within the Canadian Arctic, including the Northwest Passage. However, climate models do not capture local-scale ice dynamic processes that pose hazardous conditions to ships transiting through the Canadian Arctic. One such process is the collapse of the ice arches in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and Nares Strait that allows thick multi-year ice from Arctic Ocean to flow southward into shipping lanes. Satellite derived sea ice motion from RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2, Sentinel-1, and the RADARSAT Constellation Mission was used to document the sea ice area (and volume) flux through these regions since 1997. Results indicate that these regions are becoming even larger outlets for Arctic Ocean ice area loss because of climate change. Continuation of this process will be problematic for the maritime industry.

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CRRC Seminar Series Pandemic Pivots
2021-10-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Ontario
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Pandemic Pivots: Cold regions research stories from the field in a global pandemic
Despite an unprecedented global health crisis, cold regions research has continued, adapted, transformed, and in many cases thrived, as researchers respond to the new and uncertain context of the past 18 months. This session will explore three perspectives from Cold Regions Research Centre graduate students who have had to make significant changes to their research design.
1. Jeremy Harbinson, MSc Student in the Remote Sensing of Environmental Change Research Group
Contrasting under-ice cycling of arsenic in a series of subarctic shield lakes with different morphometric propertiesThe subarctic shield near Yellowknife, NT is populated with many small (<1.5km2) lakes. Historic mining activities in the region have left a legacy of environmental impacts on the landscape, including widespread arsenic (As) contamination in lakes and soils. Subarctic lakes are characterized by a seasonal ice cover which can persist for more than half of the year, yet little is known about the under-ice As cycling. The objective of this study is to contrast seasonal changes in As cycling within and between a series of lakes with different basin morphologies. We used a combination of water profile sampling, sediment cores, bathymetric mapping, and snow and ice measurements to explore differences in As cycling between Handle Lake (Lk area= 0.21km2, max. depth= 4m), Small Lake (Lk area= 0.73km2, max. depth= 15m), Fiddler Lake (Lk area= 0.31km2, max. depth= 7m) and Jackfish Lake (Lk area= 0.53km2, max. depth= 8m) from November 2020 and August 2021. Continuous monitoring of lake physical properties (dissolved oxygen, temperature, and light) was conducted via data loggers installed at 1-m intervals in the lakes. Detailed profiles of water chemistry were collected monthly at the deepest part of each lake, examining numerous key water chemistry elements with a focus on dissolved and particulate As concentrations. This project will contribute important information on the winter cycling of As, which will help to inform our understanding of the chemical recovery of subarctic lakes from As pollution. Despite significant challenges and travel restrictions associated with COVID-19 pandemic, we were able adapt and move forward with the project thanks to our local project partners and the Government of Northwest Territories.
2. Mackenzie Bell, MA Student in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Climate Change Research in the Dehcho During Covid – 19For those of us in the fields of Environmental Studies and Geography the manner to which we have been able to conduct research has been drastically shifted due to the current Covid – 19 Pandemic. This presentation will discuss my research alongside the Dehcho First Nations and the Jean Marie River First Nations and will analyze how the Covid – 19 pandemic has affected my research regarding permafrost thaw and climate change in the Dehcho Region and how the application of traditional knowledge systems of the Jean Marie River First Nations can be effectively applied to develop a regional climate change plan for the Dehcho Region. This presentation will present a brief breakdown of this research alongside the Jean Marie River First Nations and discuss changes and adaptations that have been implemented due to the Covid – 19 pandemic. Additionally, this presentation will discuss future plans related to this research for the current academic year.
3. Alexis Jorgensen, MSc Student in the Forest Ecology Research Group
Boreal fire research during the pandemicClimate change is causing more and larger fires to burn in boreal North America. These changes are expected to influence the regeneration of both trees and ground vegetation, with implications for wildlife habitat. My research examines the recovery of major wildlife forage species after fire and how environmental conditions mediate recovery processes. I then use this information to attempt to predict when wildlife, such as moose or caribou, are likely to use burned areas. My results are intended to be of interest to land-use managers charged with the effective conservation of wildlife habitat, and northern communities who will be required to anticipate and adapt to the consequences of increased burning. To further this goal, I originally planned to spend the summer of 2020 living in the small northern community of Kakisa and working directly with Ka’a’gee Tu First Nation. However, my plans had to change when the Covid-19 pandemic closed borders and cancelled the 2020 field season.

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CRRC Seminar Series Dr. Pascale Roy-Léveillee
2021-03-25 14:00 - 15:00 | Ontario
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THERMOKARST LOWLANDS AND NORTHERN RESILIENCE TO PERMAFROST THAW
Thawing permafrost affects ecosystems and threatens the stability of northern infrastructure. While northern communities are facing the impacts of permafrost thaw, how can geocryologists contribute?Told early in her research career that she wouldn’t make it in science because she was ‘too interested in communities’, Dr. Roy-Léveillée discusses how a continued tension between a responsibility to serve northern communities and an interest for fundamental questions in permafrost geomorphology shaped her research program.Examples of recent projects that support permafrost-related hazard assessments, both in the context of built and natural environments, illustrate that collaborative efforts are key to help permafrost science support the resilience of northern communities in the face of climatic warming and environmental change.

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CRRC Trivia Night # 2
2021-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
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CRRC Seminar Series - Dr. Robert Way
2021-02-25 14:00 - 15:15 | Ontario
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Perspectives on Cold Regions Science from Arctic and Subarctic Labrador
Dr. Robert Way, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Queens
In Labrador and northern Québec (including Nunavik, Nunatsiavut, Nitassinan and NunatuKavut), rapid regional warming observed over the past several decades has significantly impacted the quality of life for Indigenous Peoples and northerners. Similarly, thawing of regional permafrost, hydrological changes and vegetation growth may have future impacts on infrastructure development, natural hazards, archaeological sites, and cultural keystone species such as caribou and berry plants. This talk will discuss some of the contemporary Cold Regions Science issues and research activities underway in Arctic and Subarctic by the Northern Environmental Geoscience Laboratory at Queen’s University. In this talk, Dr. Way will discuss combining field observations, community-based monitoring, remote sensing and numerical modelling to bridge spatial scales and predict how landscapes in coastal Labrador will respond to climate change.
Dr. Way is a physical geographer who specializes in understanding the impacts of climate change on the terrestrial cryosphere (glaciers, permafrost, ice). Dr. Way is of Inuit descent (Nunatsiavummiut) and was born and raised in the central Labrador community of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL. Find out more about his research here.
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CRRC Seminar Series - Eli Enns
2021-01-28 14:30 - 15:30 | Ontario
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Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs): A New Era of Indigenous-Led Conservation in Canada and BeyondSpecial co-hosted speaker with the
Balsillie School of International Affairs Environment and Resources Research Cluster, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, and the John McMurry Research Chair in Environmental Geography
Thursday January 28, 2:30 pm EST
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CRRC Seminar Series - Dr. Nicolas Brunet & Alex Anaviapik
2020-12-17 14:00 - 15:00 | Ontario
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Understanding the Role of Inuit Youth Engagement in Scientific Research and Monitoring in NunavutThursday December 17, 2 pm EST
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Dr. Nicolas Brunet (University of Guelph-Env. Design and Rural Development)
2020-12-17 | Ontario
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2020 Annual CRRC Days
2020-11-26 08:00 - 2020-11-27 17:00 | Ontario
2020 Annual CRRC Days
Nov 26, 2020| Nov 27, 2020

33rd Annual Cold Regions Research Centre Days
CRRC Days is an annual early career research conference hosted by CRRC. This year the meeting will take place on zoom over two days in late November.
If you are a student or postdoc working in the north, please see our call for abstracts for details on how to participate.
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Events this year include
Two days of student research talks
3-minute research synopsis competition
3 Keynote talks including

Mike English Retirement Keynote
Emerging Researcher Keynote
CRRC / NWF Closing Keynote Speaker, Sheila Watt-Cloutier

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2020 Annual CRRC Days. Schedule
November 26th and 27th, 2020

9:45 -10:00 am

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10:00-11:30 am

Mike English Retirement Session

Student pathways through northern research

11:30-12:30 am

Tracking Change from Space

Gifty Attiah, Ana Sniderham, Chiranjib Chaudhuri

CRRC DAYS: DAY 2 (November 27th, 2020)

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Dr. Mike English

Mike will describe his perspective on northern research through the eyes of past students and their career trajectories. Several past students will be joining Mike for this session which promises to be an interesting thread of stories of how northern research can shape a future career path.

Dr. Homa Kheyrollah Pour

Homa will provide an overview of her rapidly growing research programme – highlighting the big questions, tools, and research approach that she is taking to building her new lab at Laurier.

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Sheila Watt-Cloutier
Nobel Peace Prize nominee
Watt-Cloutier is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and the recipient of the Aboriginal Achievement Award, the UN Champion of the Earth Award, the Norwegian Sophie Prize, the Jack P. Blaney award for Dialogue, and the Right Livelihood Award. Sheila will deliver a message of climate change, impacts on arctic communities, and her personal journey towards advocacy and policy making from local to international levels.

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WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
Presentations are reserved for Canadian student researchers and post-doctoral researchers working in the north. This means you have a research link through your supervisor or committee members, or others involved in your northern research. If you are a student or postdoc doing research in the north you are welcome to participate! And remember this is a free conference!
We are looking for talks from a variety of disciplines doing northern research from natural science, social science, and Indigenous perspectives.
If you have any questions about participating please email ecr.wlu@gmail.com to inquire. If you would like to participate but not present (i.e., Faculty researchers), please register for the zoom event at the meeting above..
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?
There are two ways to participate in CRRC Days. You can do a paper presentation which is a 15-minute presentation of your research, or a lightning round talk, which is a 3-minute synopsis similar to the three minute thesis. For both types of presentation, you are required to submit an abstract (up to 250 words) when you register for the conference. The deadline for submission of abstracts is November 9, 2020. You will receive confirmation on your participation type/acceptance on November 16th, 2020.
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Landscape legacies and the biogeochemistry of surface waters in permafrost-affected terrains
2020-11-17 14:30 - 15:00 | Ontario
