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Ocean Decade Community of Practice

Written on September 6, 2022.

– By Jia Yi Fan – The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (referred to as Ocean Decade) is an effort to catalyze action and innovation in order to achieve “the science...

Recap: PRODIGY field school on Quadra Island

Written on September 1, 2022.

– By Isabelle Lao – In May 2022, leading faculty from the University of British Columbia (UBC), Victoria (UVic), and Waterloo (UWaterloo) held a weeklong field school at the Hakai Coastal Ecological...

Ship with a soul: a brief history of CSS/CCGS Hudson (1963-2022)

Written on July 10, 2022.

– By Donald Gordon- After serving the Canadian oceanographic community with distinction for almost sixty years, the CSS/CCGS Hudson is being retired. Her history and that of the Bedford Institute...

Assessing Drift and Dispersion in Models of the St. Lawrence Estuary

Written on July 4, 2022.

– By Donovan Allum – 1. Introduction The largest estuary in the world is the St. Lawrence Estuary and connects the – aptly named – St. Lawrence River to the Gulf of St. Lawrence...

Timothy R. Parsons – Obituary for the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

Written on June 27, 2022.

Professor Timothy (Tim) R. Parsons (OC, FSRC) passed away in hospital on April 11, 2022, in the company of his family. Tim was one of Canada’s most eminent marine scientists and recipient of many national...

Listening to Narwhal

Written on February 3, 2022.

– By Kristin Westdal – Mittimatalik (formerly Pond Inlet) is a small hamlet on the north end of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Surrounded by mountains, rivers, and glaciers, the community...

Advancing Canadian Researcher Involvement in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development: Town Hall Outcomes form December 3, 2021

Written on December 16, 2021.

– By Alexa Goodman – Friday, December 3, 2021: An interdisciplinary and intergenerational group of 40 Canadian marine researchers came together for a town hall to sketch an actionable path...

A Town Hall to Increase Canadian Participation in the UN Decade of the Ocean

Written on November 26, 2021.

Are there Canadian marine researchers who want to work together on proposing research related decade activities and actions?

UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development – Profiled at the 2021 CMOS Congress Town Hall Session

Written on August 23, 2021.

– By Andi White and Helen Joseph – Overview The 2021 CMOS Congress, under the theme of Climate Change – Risk, Resilience, Response, provided an opportunity to showcase efforts emerging under...