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CONCEPTS Science Workshop Report

Written on September 6, 2023.

– 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....

The Evolution of Canada’s Weather Enterprise: 150 years Anniversary Symposium

Written on August 3, 2023.

– 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. ...

The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021

Written on May 25, 2023.

– 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

Written on May 6, 2023.

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...

Towards the “Perfect” Weather Warning

Written on April 13, 2023.

– 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),...

Obituary notice for Emeritus Professor Isztar Zawadzki (1939 – 2023)

Written on April 9, 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...

Collaborating to Support Canadian Resiliency at CatIQ Connect

Written on January 9, 2023.

-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...

The importance of coastal foredunes as a nature-based solution for shoreline protection: What Hurricane Fiona tells us

Written on December 16, 2022.

-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...

The birth of the HAWC

Written on November 7, 2022.

-By Hind Al-Abadleh, Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Adam Bourassa, and Kaley Walker- On October 18, 2022, The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry...