– By Kimberly Strong, CMOS President and Professor & Chair, Department of Physics, University of Toronto –
The news is awash with stories of ongoing, climate-related disasters from...
Changing of the Guard: Paul Kushner Hands CMOS Presidency Over to Kimberly Strong
Message from the Outgoing President, Paul Kushner:
It’s hard to believe that my time as CMOS President is coming so quickly to a close and that these will be my final ‘Words’ to this great community....
CMOS at the IUGG General Assembly in Montreal, July 9th to 14th
Formed in 1919, the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) this year celebrates 100 years, and CMOS gets to be a part of it, as our congress coincides with their general assembly in Montreal...
In Memoriam: Wayne Evans
Dr. Wayne Evans, Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science (CRESS) at York University from 1976 onwards, passed away in Seattle, Washington on April 27th, 2019. Although...
Message from the CMOS President for April 2019: Building Resilience to Climate Change, with Grace under Pressure
– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and CMOS President –
The warnings started in mid April: a deep and rapidly melting central/eastern Canadian snowpack and many...
Message from the CMOS President for February 2019: Advancing Climate Action in Canada
– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and CMOS President –
At the end of February I was grateful for the special opportunity to participate in the National Climate...
Message from the CMOS President for December 2018: Anthropogenic climate change and environmental sustainability
– By Paul Kushner, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Toronto and CMOS President –
To complete our review of the stewardship themes I identified at the time of the Halifax congress, it’s...
In Memoriam: Terry J. Gillespie,
January 5, 1941 – December 2, 2018
Dr. Terry Gillespie, Professor Emeritus University of Guelph, passed away suddenly on December 2, 2018 following a brief illness. Terry was a well-known educator and researcher, who specialized in...
William (Bill) Andrew Gault, 1939-2018
William (Bill) Andrew Gault was born in Ottawa on May 25, 1939 and received his B.Sc. from Carleton University in 1961. In 1967 he completed a thesis entitled “A Study of the Twilight Airglow Emissions...