– By Kevin Hamilton –
The extraordinary 2023 Canadian wildfire season has been in the public eye for much of this spring, but during June 7-8 the event entered a new phase of global media...
CONCEPTS Science Workshop Report
– By Smith, G.C., P. Pernica, Y. Lu, N. Soontiens, R. Horwitz, F. Dupont, M. Dunphy, Y. LeClainche, I. Gaboury, F. Davidson, C. Bourgault-Brunelle, A. Leroux, A. Holdsworth, D. Lavoie, R. Hourston,...
The Evolution of Canada’s Weather Enterprise: 150 years Anniversary Symposium
– By Stella Melo, Mireille Chaput-Dyer and Paul Joe –
Abstract
The virtual CMOS-MSC Symposium on 150 Years of Weather Services in Canada, took place during the CMOS Congress in 2021. It...
The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021
– By Cuiyi Fei, Rachel H. White, Chris Rodell –
The extreme heatwave that occurred at the end of June 2021 across the Pacific Northwest region of North America was so unprecedented and...
Obituary notice for Dr. Peter Summers
Husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, scientist, tennis and badminton player, bridge player, world traveller and dessert lover.
Peter passed away peacefully and surrounded by his children...
Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning
– By Brian Golding –
This book is a product of the 10-year High Impact Weather (HIWeather) project of the World Weather Research Programme in World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), drawing...
Obituary notice for Emeritus Professor Isztar Zawadzki (1939 – 2023)
– By Jacques Derome, Frédéric Fabry, Henry Leighton and Man K. (Peter) Yau –
On February 11th, 2023, Emeritus Professor Isztar Zawadzki, internationally known for his ground-breaking work...
Collaborating to Support Canadian Resiliency at CatIQ Connect
-By Caroline Floyd-
Hurricane Fiona, flooding in British Columbia, massive hailstorms in Calgary – catastrophic events have increasingly captured Canadian headlines in recent years. Insured losses to...
The importance of coastal foredunes as a nature-based solution for shoreline protection: What Hurricane Fiona tells us
-By Jeff Ollerhead, Robin Davidson-Arnott, and Bernard O. Bauer-
Figure 1: A) Foredune erosion at the Greenwich Dunes eastern beach access post-Fiona (photo taken west to east). The inset shows the...