Amundsen Science Outreach Workshop
Workshop registration info: Amundsen Science Outreach Workshop – March 23, 2021 @ 1:00pm EDT
2021 CMOS Tour Speaker: Dr. Katja Fennel
Scientific lecture registration info: CMOS Virtual Tour Speaker – February 24, 2021 – Scientific Lecture @ 2:00pm ET
Q & A session registration info: CMOS Virtual Tour Speaker – March 3, 2021 – Q & A Session @ 2:00pm ET
Black History Month for the Sciences
On May 25, 2020, Amy Cooper—a white Canadian woman—called the police on Christan Cooper—a black birdwatcher—after he asked her to leash her dog in an on-leash part of Central Park, New York City. From this incident rose Black Birders Week, an event organized by BlackAFinSTEM with the goal of increasing the viability of Black scientists in natural sciences and of highlighting the unique challenges and dangers faced by Black folks participating in outdoor activities.
2020-2021 Arctic Winter Seasonal Climate Outlook for Temperature and Precipitation
– By contributors from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Russia), Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, the Finnish Meteorological Institute, World Meteorological Organization, Climate Prediction Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, International Arctic Research Center (IARC, USA) –
2021 CMOS Congress – Call for Session Proposals
Dear CMOS member or past Congress participant,
The Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) 55th Congress will be held 31 May to 11 June, 2021, hosted by the Vancouver Island Centre. The Congress will be held using a virtual (on-line) format, extending over a longer period, 9-10 days, with reduced hours each day to accommodate multiple time zones.
2020-2021 Arctic Winter Seasonal Climate Outlook for Sea Ice
– By contributors from Environment and Climate Change Canada, University of Quebec at Montreal, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Finnish Meteorological Institute, World Meteorological Organization, Climate Prediction Centre of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the International Arctic Research Center –
Arctic Climate Forum Consensus Statement
An Update on CMOS’s 2021 Virtual Congress
Update 9 November 2020
1. The 2021 Congress will be entirely on-line, over the 2-week period: 31 May – 12 June. To accommodate different time zones across Canada, the daily conference hours will be shorter: 0800-1300h Pacific Time; 1100h-1600 Eastern Time.
The Challenge of Maintaining Fraser River Sockeye Salmon in a Warming World
– By David Levy –
This article first appeared in The Province on September 13, 2020.
Opinion: The DFO has done the right thing this year by closing Fraser sockeye fisheries.
The return of only 283,000 Fraser River sockeye in 2020, the lowest number recorded, has again triggered expressions of concern for these iconic salmon, debate as to what is causing their demise and recognition of the critical need for effective conservation strategies.
Remembering Louis Fortier
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dr. Louis Fortier in Quebec City, on the 4th of October at the age of 66, following a courageous fight against leukemia. He was the son of Pierre Fortier (1923-2012) and Louise Roy (1925-1989).