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2016
Program
Annual Scientific Meeting
ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᕐᓯᐅᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᓂᕐᒃ
Réunion scientifique annuelle
5-9/12/2016, Winnipeg, MB
Together in the study of a changing Arctic
ArcticNet is funded by the Government of Canada through the Networks of Centres of Excellence program, a joint
initiative of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and Industry Canada.
Understanding the transformation of the Arctic environment is one of the great challenges faced by Canadians, the
Canadian government and the national and international scientific communities. ArcticNet brings together scientists
and managers in the natural, human health and social sciences with their partners from Inuit organizations, northern
communities, federal and provincial agencies and the private sector to study the impacts of climate change and
modernization in the Canadian Arctic. Over 150 ArcticNet researchers and 1000 graduate students, postdoctoral
fellows, research associates, technicians and other specialists from 34 Canadian universities and numerous federal
and provincial departments and agencies collaborate on 41 research projects with more than 150 partner organizations
from 14 countries.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
General Conference Program
p. 4
Student Day Program
p. 5
Plenary Program
p. 7
Topical Session Program
p. 9
Sponsors & Partners
p. 28
Exhibitors
p. 30
Advertisements
p. 35
Breakfast Options
p. 39
Conference Floor Plans
p. 40
ASM2016 Conference Program
General Program
GENERAL CONFERENCE PROGRAM
MONDAY
5 DECEMBER
TUESDAY
6 DECEMBER
WEDNESDAY
7 DECEMBER
THURSDAY
8 DECEMBER
FRIDAY
9 DECEMBER
08:30
Student Day
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
Student Day
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
Plenary Session
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
Plenary Session
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
Topical Sessions
10:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30
Student Day
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
Student Day
Topical Sessions
Topical Sessions
Plenary Session
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
12:00
Lunch
(Room: 2FGH)
Lunch
(Room: 2FGH)
Lunch
(Room: 2FGH)
Lunch
(Room: 2FGH)
Meeting adjourns
13:30
Student Day
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
ASM Opening
Session
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
Topical Sessions
Topical Sessions
15:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30
Student Day
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
Topical Sessions
Topical Sessions
Topical Sessions
17:00
Welcome Reception
/ Poster Session 1
(Room: 3-4,7-10)
Reception /
Poster Session 2
(Room: 3-4,7-10)
Women in Northern
Science Reception
(Room: 2GH - 2nd
Floor)
19:30
Winnipeg Art
Gallery
'Evening at the
WAG'
Inuit Culture Night
Banquet
19h30-22h00
AIP Awards
Ceremony
(Concert Hall)
4
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Student Day Program
STUDENT DAY PROGRAM
MONDAY, 5 DECEMBER
Room: 1-2,11-13 (Plenary)
08:30
ArcticNet Student Association Executive Committee
Welcoming Remarks/Icebreaker
09:00
Dr. Ashlee Cunsolo, Dr. Tristan Pearce,
Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman, Jamie Snook
Plenary #1 – Making Research Matter (Panel Discussion)
10:00
Coffee Break
10:30
Dr. Ian Mauro
Bridging the Gap: Communicating Academia to the Public
11:15
Shannon O'Hara and Carla Pamak
Improving Communication with Community Stakeholders
12:00
Lunch
13:30
Dr. Tristan Pearce and Linnaea Jasiuk
Community/Research Relationships in Arctic Research
14:15
Dr. Hugues Lantuit
Effective Networking and Relationship Building in Academia
15:00
Coffee Break
15:30
Dr. Martin Fortier
16:15
Social and Networking Opportunity
19:00
Evening Social (The Pint)
Plenary #2 - Memoirs of a mid-career Arctic research manager:
Did I really need that PhD?
5
ASM2016 Conference Program
Student Day Program
TUESDAY, 6 DECEMBER
Room: 1-2,11-13 (Plenary)
09:00
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
(President, Inuit Circumpolar Council – Canada)
Plenary #3
Panel Discussion (Work/Life Balance)
The life of an Early-career Researcher/Parent
Wonder what it's like balancing family and an Arctic career? We
are a diverse group of researchers who are navigating our way
through dissertations and careers while adventuring through
parenting. We work in a variety of fields, come from different
academic backgrounds, and research and / or live in all regions of
the Canadian Arctic. We don't have all the answers but we'll share
candidly with you insights gained from our experiences as earlycareer researcher-parents.
09:20
Kaitlin Breton-Honeyman,
Dr. Mariane Marcoux,
Agata Durkalec,
Jennifer Provencher
and Dustin Whalen
10:00
Coffee Break and WAG/RBC Announcement at 10:15
Concurrent Sessions
1. Moving North: Adjusting to Life after Graduation
Sarah Beattie, Maha Ghazal, Peter Sinkins, Jullian MacLean, and Colleen Parker
10:30
You’ve researched the land, water and people of the North, and admired its beauty and
culture - and you LOVE it. But have you ever thought of moving up to the place that you’ve
studied? Heading North after graduation may seem daunting (What will work be like? Will
I have a social life?). Many young scientists and researchers do it every year. Come out
to this workshop to learn about the joys and challenges of working and living in Canada’s
North, from a panel of young, diverse researchers.
(Room: 1-2,11-13)
2. Keeping your Data Safe: How to Organize and Protect your Data
Gabrielle Alix (Polar Data Catalogue)
Data management is an integral part of graduate studies, however few universities provide
training to graduate students in order to teach the essentials of proper data management. In
this workshop, we will present the importance of data management and discuss how to take
good care of your data and information.
11:15
12:00
Mr. Sammy Kogvik
(Gjoa Haven Master Corporel Ranger)
(Room: Presentation Theatre)
Plenary #4: The History, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge,
and Co-operation that Led to the Discovery of the HMS Terror
Adrian Schimnowski
(Arctic Research Foundation)
Lunch
6
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Plenary Program
PLENARY PROGRAM
TUESDAY, 6 DECEMBER (13:30-15:00)
Room: 1-2,11-13 (Plenary)
Chair: Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director, ArcticNet
13:30
Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director, ArcticNet
Welcome Address
13:35
Bernie Boucher
Chair – ArcticNet Board of Directors
Opening Remarks
13:40
Natan Obed
President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Co-Chair – ArcticNet Board of Directors
Opening Remarks
13:50
Dirk Notz
Head – Sea Ice in the Earth System, Max-PlanckInstitut
When is all that sea ice gone?
14:10
Kevin Kablutsiak
Director – Arctic Inspiration Prize
The Arctic Inspiration Prize and FOXY / SMASH
Candice Lys
Executive Director – FOXY / SMASH
14:30
Michael Byers
UBC CRC in Global Politics and International Law
Russian rockets and polynyas, environmental protection, Inuit
rights and Canadian foreign policy
14:50
Darlene Wight
Winnipeg Art Gallery – Curator of Inuit Art
Early Masters: Inuit Sculpture 1949-1955
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER (08:30-10:00)
Room: 1-2,11-13 (Plenary)
Chair: Mylene Riva
Institute for Health and Social Policy, and Department of Geography, McGill University
08:30
Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director – ArcticNet
Opening Remarks
08:35
Sarah Kalhok Bourque
Director – Northern Contaminants Program
The Northern Contaminants Program: 25 years of partnership in
science and action
08:50
Trevor Bell
Memorial University - Dept. Geography
Protecting Inuit health with evidence based decision-making – the
legacy of the Muskrat Falls Hydro Project Agreement
09:05
Panel Discussion - ‘Vision for Sustainable Arctic Communities’
Chair: Chris Furgal
Members: Natan Obed, Jamie Snook, Sherilee Harper, Shelly Elverum
Garfield Mitchell
Director – The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
09:40
The W. Garfield Weston Foundation: Presentation of the Weston
Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
Monique Bernier
Director – Association of Canadian Universities for
Northern Studies
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Plenary Program
THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER (08:30-10:00)
Room: 1-2,11-13 (Plenary)
Chair: David Barber
Canada Research Chair in Arctic System Science
Associate Dean (Research), Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
08:30
Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director, ArcticNet
Opening Remarks
08:35
Nancy Karetak-Lindell
President – Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada
An international era of “big science”: Where are the opportunities
for Inuit and Society?
08:50
Ian Mauro
University of Winnipeg – Dept. Geography
Fishing with our hands: Visualizing Commercial and Traditional
Activities in Pangnirtung’s Char Fishery
09:05
Stephan Schott
Carleton University – School of Public Policy and
Administration
Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Major Challenges and
Opportunities
09:20
Panel Discussion – ‘Vision for Sustainable Arctic Development’
Chair: Martin Fortier
Members: Adamie Delisle Alaku, Tim Keane, Ashlee Cunsolo, Tristan Pearce
FRIDAY, 9 DECEMBER (10:30-12:00)
Room: 1-2,11-13 (Plenary)
Chair: Maribeth Murray
Director – Arctic Institute of North America, University of Calgary
10:30
Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director – ArcticNet
Opening Remarks
10:35
Jane Francis
Director – British Antarctic Survey
The UK’s Polar Programme in the Arctic and Antarctica
10:50
Alain Leclair
Director – Science & Technology,
Polar Knowledge Canada
Polar Knowledge Canada: Collaborating for the Future Canada’s Polar Agency
Panel Discussion – ‘Vision for Sustainable Arctic Science’
Chair: Warwick Vincent
Members: Peter Harrison, Lisa Loseto, Trevor Bell
11:05
11:40
Louis Fortier
Scientific Director – ArcticNet
Canadian Arctic research at a cross-roads: towards a new
roadmap
11:55
Leah Braithwaite
Executive Director – ArcticNet
Closing Remarks
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Topical Session Program
TOPICAL SESSION PROGRAM
TUESDAY, 6 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00
ARCTIC FISH AND FISHERIES
Chair: Caroline Bouchard
Room: Presentation Theatre
15:30
Stig Falk-Petersen
Lipids for life: A case study of daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus)
15:45
Nigel Hussey
Tracking the impossible at depth: mark report satellite tags reveal a large-scale directed migration of
Greenland sharks
16:00
Angela Young
Movement of Arctic Char in Nunavut’s largest lake
16:15
Caroline Bouchard
Climate warming enhances juvenile arctic cod recruitment in Canadian arctic seas
16:30
Jasmine Brewster
Defining the Niches of Beaufort Coastal Fishes using Biotracers: Stable Isotopes, Fatty Acids and Total
Mercury
GLACIER CHANGES
Chairs: Anna Crawford and Luke Copland
Room: Pan Am
15:30
Achim Roth
Ice Cap Surface Elevation Changes Derived from ICESat and TanDEM-X Elevation DATA: Example
Devon Ice Cap
15:45
Colleen Mortimer
Recent warming over Canada’s High Arctic Glaciers: glacier surface temperatures and albedo change
for the Queen Elizabeth Islands (2000-2015)
16:00
Luke Copland
Long-term glacier slowdown in the Canadian Arctic
16:15
Juliana Marson
Modelling Greenland Icebergs: Evaluating their freshwater contribution to the North Atlantic
16:30
Laurent Mingo
Radar Instrumentation and Methods for Long Term Glacier and Ice-Island Monitoring
16:45
Lorenz Meire
Use of transect studies and moorings to assess seasonal productivity in a sub-Arctic fjord adjacent to the
Greenland Ice Sheet
COMMUNICATION
Chair: Megan Highet
Room: Millenium
15:30
Talia Wells
Un-Muzzling Science: Science Communication and Science-to-Policy in the Canadian Arctic
15:45
Zoe Martos
Climate Change Knowledge Mobilization for Decision-Makers in Nunavut: Case Studies
16:00
Ashley Rudy
Permafrost Comics: Bridging the gap between science and society
16:15
Megan Highet
Through a Child's Eyes: HowVisual Media Can Be Used to Engage Northern Aboriginal Youth in
Knowledge Exchange Activities for Community-Driven Health Research
9
ASM2016 Conference Program
Topical Session Program
TUESDAY, 6 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00 (CONTINUED)
OCEAN-SEA-ICE-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION
Chair: Brian Butterworth
Room: 2E
15:30
Eric Mortenson
A model approach to carbon exchange in the air, sea, and ice of the marine Arctic
15:45
Brian Butterworth
Air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide in the Antarctic marginal ice zone
16:00
Emma Dodd
Towards a Combined Surface Temperature Dataset for the Arctic from the Along-Track Scanning
Radiometers
16:15
Emma Mungall
A novel source of oxygenated volatile organic compounds in the summer time marine Arctic boundary
layer
16:30
Yuta Ando
Short break of Polar night jet in early winter related with cooling over Siberia
16:45
Neil Bailey
Determination of the Henry’s Law Constant of Carbon Dioxide at Freezing Temperatures
PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Chair: Bill Williams
Room: 17
15:30
Juliana Marson
Cascading off Davis Strait seen from NEMO model results
15:45
Kenneth Hughes
High-spatial-resolution oceanography of the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago
16:00
Benjamin Scheifele
Turbulent Dissipation Rates, Mixing, and Heat Fluxes in the Canadian Arctic from Glider-based
Microstructure Measurements
16:15
Nathan Grivault
Volume and freshwater exchange inside and outside of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 10:30 to 12:00
KITIKMEOT REGION 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARS ERA - TERRESTRIAL SYSTEM
Chairs: Kristina Brown and Donald McLennan
Room: 1-2,11-13
10:30
Donald McLennan
Application of Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring under the CAFF Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring
Program: Designing and Implementing Terrestrial Monitoring to Establish the Canadian High Arctic
Research Station as a Flagship Arctic Environmental Monitoring Site
10:45
Lisa-Marie Leclerc
Dolphin and Union (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi) caribou herd abundance and trends,
Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut
11:00
Fabien Mavrot
Is Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a zoonotic bacterium and recent cause of mortality in muskoxen, new to
the Arctic?
11:15
Milla Rautio
First inventory of biodiversity and productivity of Cambridge Bay lakes, Victoria Island, High-Arctic
Canada
11:30
Matthew Gilbert
A field-based assessment of the temperature tolerance of migratory Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus)
11:45
Donald McLennan
Integration of terrestrial and freshwater research and monitoring in the CHARS ERA
10
ASM2016 Conference Program
Topical Session Program
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 10:30 to 12:00 (CONTINUED)
WELL-BEING, HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Chair: Mylene Riva
Room: Presentation Theatre
10:30
Gwen Healey
Youth perspectives on sexually transmitted infections and sexual health in Northern Canada and
implications for public health practice
10:45
Andrea Andersen
Determinants of healthy aging in Labrador: Perspectives from older adults and seniors
11:00
Alexandra Sawatzky
Inuit-identified pathways for good wellbeing: An exploration of the land’s role as a determinant and
source of wellness in Nunatsiavut, Labrador
11:15
Jennifer Wakegijig
Recruit and Retain - Making It Work: Addressing Recruitment and Retention Challenges in the Health
Sector in Northern and Arctic Communities
11:30
Christina Hackett
Going off, growing strong: Results from a mixed-methods program evaluation targetting at-risk Inuit
youth
ARCTIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 1
Chair: Catherine Lalande
Room: Pan Am
10:30
David Yurkowski
A dynamical shift in intraguild predation increases inter-specific competition between near-top
predators in a changing Arctic
10:45
Francis K. Wiese
Why has the world not collapsed and what should we do to keep it that way?
11:00
Evan Edinger
New field observations on distributions of cold-water corals and sponges in Baffin Bay and the
Northern Labrador Sea
11:15
Dimitri
Kalenitchenko
Marine Protists in Emerging hotspots North of Baffin Bay
11:30
Catherine Lalande
Spatial and temporal variability in phytoplankton and particulate matter export in the Beaufort Sea
(2014-2015)
11:45
Alec Aitken
Frobisher Bay: A Natural Laboratory for the Study of Environmental Change in Canadian Arctic Marine
Habitats
11
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Topical Session Program
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 10:30 to 12:00 (CONTINUED)
ARCTIC LAKES, RIVERS AND ESTUARIES
Chair: Michelle Kamula
Room: Millenium
10:30
Michelle Kamula
Patterns and Sources of Sediment and Particulate Organic Carbon in Lake Melville, Labrador:
Inferences from 210Pb, 137Cs, and d13C
10:45
David Fortin
Propagation of fluvial sediment pulses in a glacial-fed lake, Brooks Range, Alaska
11:00
Igor Lehnherr
Coupled Terrestrial-Aquatic Climate Impacts on the Watershed of the High Arctic’s Great Lake (Lake
Hazen, Nunavut)
11:15
Masoud Goharrokhi
Evaluation of suspended sediment sampling techniques for use in sediment fingerprinting in the Nelson
River and Hudson Bay
11:30
Philip Marsh
Integrating high resolution field observations and modelling in order to improve our understanding of
hydrological change
SEA ICE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 1
Chair: C.J. Mundy
Room: 2E
10:30
Jørgen Berge
New Ice-tethered observational platforms in the Arctic Ocean pack ice
10:45
Feiyue Wang
Mesocosm-scale studies of sea ice properties and processes at the Sea-ice Environmental Research
Facility (SERF): a five-year synopsis
11:00
Jack Landy
Sea ice roughness: the key for predicting Arctic summer ice albedo
11:15
Nix Geilfus
Estimates of ikaite export from sea ice to the underlying seawater in a sea ice–seawater mesocosm
11:30
Jeremy Whitehead
Inorganic carbon variations in response to under ice algae blooms and growth
11:45
C.J. Mundy
Sea ice nutrient measurements: the role of ice algal intracellular nutrients
CONTAMINANTS
Chair: Jason Stow
Room: Hall B
10:30
John Chételat
Does growth rate influence mercury accumulation in Arctic freshwater fish? Evidence from muscle
RNA:DNA ratios
10:45
Marlene Evans
Investigations of fish health and contaminants in lakes and rivers in the Northwest Territories: case
studies investigating community concerns
11:00
Kang Wang
Mercury in the Marine Waters of the Canadian Arctic
Adam Morris
Relationships between organic contaminants and metabolomics profiles in muscle and liver of polar
bears from two subpopulations in Hudson Bay, Canada
11:15
11:30
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Topical Session Program
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 10:30 to 12:00 (CONTINUED)
LITERACY AND EDUCATION
Chair: Alexander McAuley
Room: 17
10:30
Tess Miller
Promising practices in the assessment of language and literacy in Inuit communities
10:45
Alexander McAuley
Akuttujuuk: Catalyzing bilingual education in Inuit Nunangat via school, family and community
leadership
11:00
Shelley Tulloch
The Akuttujuuk framework for bilingual education in Inuit Nunangat
11:15
Nunia QanatsiaqAnoee
Family and community leadership in bilingual education: A case study
11:30
Sandy Campbell
A Community-Defined Digital Library for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
11:45
Peter Schmidt
Mikkelsen
ISAAFFIK Arctic Gateway
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 13:30 to 15:00
KITIKMEOT REGION 2: INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARS ERA - MARINE SYSTEM
Chairs: Brent Else and Oksana Schimnowski
Room: 1-2,11-13
13:30
Bill Williams
Adventures in a new Arctic frontier: Investigating the tidal-driven 'winter holes' and 'summer gardens'
of the Kitikmeot Marine Region of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
13:45
Aurelie Delaforge
Changes in the abundance and nucleic acid content of heterotrophic bacteria in the lower Northwest
Passage (Canadian Arctic) during the winter to summer transition
14:00
Karley Campbell
Seasonal dynamics of algal and bacterial communities in Arctic sea ice under variable snow cover
14:15
Nadja Steiner
(Helen Drost)
Modeling the physiological constraints of key Arctic marine species: A bottom up, field based approach
to ecosystem modelling
14:30
Randy Scharien
Characterization of sea ice type and ice melting state in the Kitikmeot Region using multi-frequency
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
14:45
Richard Dewey
Predicting Sea-Ice Conditions with a Local Thermodynamic Model Forced by Real-time Data from the
Cambridge Bay Ocean Observatory
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Topical Session Program
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 13:30 to 15:00 (CONTINUED)
WATER AND FOOD
Chair: Sherilee Harper
Room: Presentation Theatre
13:30
Carlee Wright
Household Stored Drinking Water in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut: Secondary Contamination and Potential Risk
Factors for Acute Gastrointestinal Illness
13:45
Stephanie Masina
Enteric pathogens in surface water in Iqaluit, Nunavut
14:00
Myriam Fillion
Food security experiences in Nunavik: Towards a multivariate understanding of a gender-based
approach to develop interventions and promote food security
14:15
Amy Caughey
Serving Country Food Project: Increasing access to traditional food in government-funded facilities &
programs in Nunavut
14:30
Chris Furgal
What we don’t understand about food security in the Arctic: insights and future directions
ARCTIC MARINE ECOSYSTEMS 2
Chair: Blanche Saint-Béat
Room: Pan Am
13:30
Laura Castro de la
Guardia
Role of Rivers and Storms Determining Arctic Productivity
13:45
Thibaud Dezutter
Warming conditions and the match-mismatch between phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Beaufort
Sea
14:00
Déborah Benkort
Understanding the complex relationship between the environmental variability and the physiology of
the Arctic krill Thysanoessa raschii and the Northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica
14:15
Alexandre RoyerLavallée
Isotopic composition of sedimentary Fe as tracer of Arctic Ocean biogeochemical pathways
14:30
Blanche Saint-Béat
Unraveling the intricate dynamics of planktonic Arctic marine food webs
14:45
Joost Verhoeven
Exploring the microbiome of two carnivorous sponge genera (Chondrocladia, Cladorhiza) from Baffin
Bay
COASTAL PERMAFROST 1
Chairs: Dustin Whalen and Hugues Lantuit
Room: Millenium
13:30
Matthew Asplin
Synoptic Meteorological Drivers of Storm Surges in the Western Canadian Arctic
13:45
Ravi Darwin Sankar
Spatio-Temporal Evaluation of Contemporary and Historic Shoreline Changes in response to the effects
of Climate Variability along Southwestern Banks Island – A quantitative analysis of Vulnerability
14:00
Dustin Whalen
The acceleration of change – how UAV technology is being used to better understand coastal permafrost
landscapes in the Mackenzie-Beaufort Region, NWT
14:15
Maria Belke Brea
First characterization of high Arctic snow physical properties and albedo, Ward Hunt Island (83° 4’ N,
74° 8’ W)
14:30
Philip Bonnaventure
Comparison of the Influence of coastal proximity on ground thermal regimes at two High Arctic sites
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Topical Session Program
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 13:30 to 15:00 (CONTINUED)
SEA ICE PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES 2
Chairs: C.J. Mundy and Mar Fernandez-Mendez
Room: 2E
13:30
Mar FernándezMéndez
Growth havens for Arctic algae: ridges and snow-ice interface
13:45
Virginie Galindo
Pigment composition and photoprotection of Arctic sea ice algae during spring
14:00
Nicole Pogorzelec
FTIR imaging analysis of cell content in sea-ice diatom taxa during a spring bloom in the lower
Northwest Passage of the Canadian Arctic
14:15
Ashley Elliott
UV-Protective Compounds in Sea Ice-Associated Algae in the Canadian Arctic
14:30
Hanna Maria Kauko
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: bio-optical feedbacks in a thinning Arctic icescape
14:45
Joannie Charette
Taxonomic composition and photoprotection strategy of melt pond algae in the Canadian Arctic
COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION 1
Chair: Peter Outridge
Room: 17
13:30
Jolène Labbé
Readiness for climate change adaptation in Nunavut, Canada
13:45
Peter Outridge
Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic (AACA) – Perspectives from the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort
(BCB) Regional Assessment
14:00
David Fawcett
Operationalizing Longitudinal Approaches to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment in the Arctic
14:15
Timothy Pasch,
David Bjerklie and
Mark Trahant
ArcticIDEA: Nunavut Broadband and Digital Entrepreneurialism
14:30
Tristan Pearce
Inuit Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), Subsistence Hunting and Adaptation to Climate Change
in the Canadian Arctic
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00
KITIKMEOT REGION 3: INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARS ERA - COMMUNITYRESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Chairs: Oksana Schimnowski and Donald McLennan
Room: 1-2,11-13
15:30
Matilde Tomaselli
Enhancing Wildlife Research and Co-management in the Kitikmeot Region: a Participatory Study on
Victoria Island Muskoxen
15:45
Susan Kutz
Monitoring and managing muskox health for food security and ecosystem and socio-economic
resilience: integrating traditional, local, and scientific knowledge: An ArcticNet Project
16:00
Mike Dempsey
5 Years of the Canadian Rangers Ocean Watch (CROW)
16:15
Matilde Tomaselli
Exploring the Importance of Muskoxen: Perspectives from Ikaluktutiak, Victoria Island, Nunavut
16:30
Ryan Flagg
Cambridge Bay’s Sub-sea Cabled Community Observatory: Partnerships, operations, community
work, and future plans
16:45
17:15
Oksana Schimnowski
and Donald McLennan
The CHARS ERA as a social ecological system - what can POLAR do to advance useful community
research relationships?
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Topical Session Program
WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00 (CONTINUED)
METRICS AND METHODS FOR POPULATION HEALTH
Chair: Ashlee Cunsolo
Room: Presentation Theatre
15:30
Gwen Healey
Applying indigenous analytical approaches to find answers to a public health question: A
reflection on Unikkaqatigiiniq (storytelling) and Sananiq (crafting)
15:45
Alexandra Sawatzky
Developing values-based environment and health metrics for surveillance with Inuit in
Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Labrador
16:00
Mylene Riva and Marie-Claude
Lyonnais
Developing culturally relevant indicators of community conditions to be included in
population health surveys in the Arctic
16:15
Manpreet Saini
Participation, contextual relevance and impact: Developing an evaluation framework for
Inuit health programs and a whiteboard video for health promotion
Linnaea Jasiuk
Inuit Women's Conceptualizations of, and Approaches to, Health in a Changing Climate
16:30
16:45
EDUCATION/COMMUNICATION/DATA MANAGEMENT
Chair: Melanie O'Gorman
Room: Pan Am
15:30
Geneviève Lalonde
Examining Strategies to Better Represent Inuit Culture and Modes of Learning in
Education: Case Study of Ulukhaktok, NWT
15:45
Melanie O'Gorman
Understanding Educational Achievement in Inuit Nunangat: An Analysis of the Aboriginal
Peoples Survey
16:00
Joel Heath
The Arctic Sea Ice Educational Package: Culturally relevant curriculum for northern
schools
16:15
Shirin Nuesslein
Evaluating Contaminants Learning: the experience of the Nunavut Arctic College
Environmental Technology Program’s wildlife, contaminants and health workshop
16:30
Brian Horton
Building student opportunities into applied hydrology research in the Yukon River basin
16:45
Shannon Christoffersen Vossepoel
Data Management Planning through the Data Lifecycle: A Guide for Polar Scientists
17:00
Gabrielle Alix
The Polar Data Catalogue: Data and Information for Canada and the World
COASTAL PERMAFROST 2
Chairs: Dustin Whalen and Hugues Lantuit
Room: Millenium
15:30
Lingxiao Wang
Characterizing permafrost landscape features using object-based classification of TerraSAR-X imagery
15:45
Justine-Lucille
Ramage
(Hugues Lantuit)
Predicting Occurrences of Retrogressive Thaw Slumps and their Implications on the Near Shore Carbon
Budget Along the Yukon Coast, Canada
16:00
Sarah Beattie
An investigation into the impacts of permafrost slumping on the Thomsen River Watershed in Aulavik
National Park
16:15
Samuel Gagnon
Geomorphological and ecological interactions affecting permafrost thaw in the Narsajuaq river valley,
Nunavik, Canada
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WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00 (CONTINUED)
BEAUFORT SEA ICE AND OCEAN REGIME 1
Chair: Alexandre Forest
Room: 2E
15:30
Matthew Asplin
Regression Analysis of Winter Sea Ice Drift and Synoptic Atmospheric Forcing in the Southern
Beaufort Sea
15:45
Ed Ross
Spatial Variability of Sea Ice Drafts in the Continental Margin of the Canadian Beaufort Sea from a
Dense Array of Moored Upward Looking Sonar Instruments
16:00
Ryan Galley
Replacement of Multiyear sea ice and Changes in the Open Water Season Duration in the Beaufort
Sea Since 2004
16:15
Christian Haas
Sea Ice Thickness Variability in the Beaufort Sea
16:30
David Babb
Seasonal preconditioning and another ice free Beaufort Sea during September 2016
16:45
Sarah Zimmermann
A 14 year oceanographic time series of the Beaufort Gyre Region of the Southern Canada Basin:
results from Joint Ocean Ice Studies
COMMUNITY VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION 2
Chair: Rudy Riedlsperger
Room: 17
15:30
Jamie Snook
A 10 Year reflection on indigenous co-management implementation in Nunatsiavut.
15:45
Melissa Harris
Barriers and Best Practices for Sustainable Housing in the Canadian Arctic
16:00
Rudy Riedlsperger
Sustainable Housing in Northern Canada: Learning from Nunavik and Nunatsiavut
16:15
Alison Perrin
Putting Arctic Research into Practice: Evidence-based Decision-Making in a Northern
Context
16:30
Nathan Curry
Total Resource Utilization Habitats for Northern Communities
16:45
Jennifer Fiebig
Snowdrift simulation in wind tunnel testing as architectural design method for Arctic
buildings
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 10:30 to 12:00
HUDSON BAY 1 - OVERVIEW AND COMMUNITY
Chairs: David Barber and Lauren Candlish
Room: 1-2,11-13
10:30
David Barber
An overview of Hudson Bay and the on going research
10:45
Joel Heath
The Hudson Bay Consortium: Environmental Stewardship for the Greater Hudson Bay/
James Bay Region
11:00
Maryse Mahy
Working Together to Collect Marine Baseline Data in Wager Bay, Ukkusiksalik National
Park
11:15
Mishal Naseer
Land-Use Planning in the Nunavik Marine Region with regard to the Hudson Bay Region
11:30
Steven Ferguson
Hudson Bay: first we lose polar bears then seals?
11:45
Jonathan Andrews
Climate change and sea ice: marine shipping access in Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait
(1980 – 2014)
OIL IN THE ARCTIC 1
Chairs: Casey Hubert and Gary Stern
Room: Presentation Theatre
10:30
Michael Byers
Arctic Oil: Policy, Law, and International Cooperation
11:00
Dustin Isleifson
An Overview of Microwave Remote Sensing Technologies for Detection of Oil in Sea Ice
11:15
Thomas Neusitzer
Investigating the Complex Permittivity of Oil-Contaminated Sea Ice
11:30
Alexandre Forest
The integrated Beaufort Observatory (iBO)
11:45
David Barber
The Churchill Marine Observatory: A New Research Facility Dedicated to the Studies of
Detection, Impact and Mitigation of Oil Spills in Ice-Covered Arctic Waters
10:45
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION
Chair: Henry Burgess
Room: Pan Am
10:30
Marina Villegas
Spanish Polar Strategy: a window connecting both polar regions
10:45
Henry Burgess
United Kingdom and Arctic Science
11:00
Jane Francis
Arctic and Antarctic logistics with the British Antarctic Survey
11:15
Maia Olsen
Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring (GEM): Monitoring and long-term research programme on
ecosystems, climate change effects and feedbacks in the Arctic
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 10:30 to 12:00 (CONTINUED)
COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH 1
Chair: Carie Hoover
Room: Millenium
10:30
Kent Spiers
Toward Best Practices in Arctic Social and Ecological Sustainability: A Critical Evaluation of
Community-Based Monitoring Programs
10:45
Tim Soucie
Two Years of Youth-Driven Arctic Research in Mittimatalik: What Can the Learning-by-Doing
Approach Teach Us?
11:00
Lindsay Day
Integrative approaches to working with Indigenous and Western knowledge in Northern
Research: A survey assessment of the current state of practice
11:15
Nicolas Brunet
Evaluating the effectiveness of wildlife research communication in Nunavut communities
11:30
Carie Hoover
Regional Indicators for Marine Monitoring in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS 1
Chair: Marci Trana
Room: 2E
10:30
Cory Matthews
Longitudinal stable isotope-based datasets reveal unexpectedly high individual variation in beluga
life history and foraging ecology
10:45
Rowenna Gryba
Refining behavioral inferences from satellite tagged spotted and bearded seals using dive and
environmental variables
11:00
Marci Trana
Higher blubber cortisol in threatened beluga whales of the Canadian Arctic
11:15
Claire Hornby
Beluga whale habitat selection in the offshore Beaufort Sea during late-summer 2007-2009
11:30
Cortney Watt
A shift in foraging behaviour of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the threatened
Cumberland Sound population may reflect a changing Arctic food web
11:45
Ellyn Davidson
Distribution and habitat associations of two subpolar cetaceans, sperm whales (Physeter
macrocephalus) and northern bottlenose whales (Hyperdoon ampullatus), in Baffin Bay-Davis
Strait
ARCTIC TUNDRA AND VEGETATION 1
Chair: Jeffery Saarela
Room: Hall B
10:30
Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe
Temporal and spatial variability in berry productivity across the Canadian Arctic
10:45
Sandra Angers-Blondin
Biotic constraints to tall shrub recruitment in the tundra
11:00
Jeffery Saarela
Biodiversity of the Canadian Arctic Vascular Plant Flora: New Floristic Discoveries Represent
Critical Baseline Biodiversity Data
11:15
Esther R. Frei
Interacting effects of snowmelt timing and climate warming on Arctic tundra plants over the
past two decades
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 10:30 to 12:00 (CONTINUED)
ARCTIC INFRASTRUCTURES AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Chair: Louis-Philippe Roy
Room: 17
10:30
Heather Brooks
Permafrost-Supported Linear Infrastructure Risk Analysis Software - Design and Goals
10:45
Xiangbing Kong
Development of design tools for convection mitigation techniques to preserve permafrost under
north transportation infrastructures
11:00
Armelle Decaulne
Slope morphometry as an indicator of hazards and risks in southwestern Nunavik – case studies
from Umiujaq and Lac à l’Eau-Claire, Nunavik
11:15
Fabrice Calmels
Preparing the resilience to climate change of the Dempster Highway, YT, Canada
11:30
Louis-Philippe Roy
Development of a Climate-Resilient Functional Plan for Dempster Highway
11:45
Heather Brooks
Soil Bridging Effects within Permafrost and Cold Regions Infrastructure
THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 13:30 to 15:00
HUDSON BAY 2 - SCIENCE
Chair: Zou Zou Kuzyk
Room: 1-2,11-13
13:30
Tricia Stadnyk
Hudson Bay: Changing river discharge in northern Canada
13:45
Michelle Kamula
A comparison of water mass composition and nutrient distribution in two coastal marine
environments in Northwestern Hudson Bay: Chesterfield Inlet and Wager Bay (Ukkusiksalik
National Park)
14:00
Kathleen Munson
Hudson Bay watershed: recent increases in fish mercury concentrations from historically
impounded reservoirs of northern Manitoba
14:15
Zou Zou Kuzyk
Riverine organic matter entering Hudson Bay; can it inform us of change?
14:30
Celine Gueguen
Sr and 87Sr/86Sr in the coastal corridor in Southeast Hudson Bay
14:45
Annie Eastwood
Oceanographic Conditions under landfast Sea-Ice surrounding the Belcher Islands, Southeast
Hudson Bay
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 13:30 to 15:00 (CONTINUED)
OIL IN THE ARCTIC 2
Chairs: Casey Hubert and Gary Stern
Room: Presentation Theatre
13:30
13:45
Charles W. Greer
Bacterial diversity and the natural attenuation potential for hydrocarbons in the cold ocean
environments of Canada
14:00
Amy Noël
Marine microbial hydrocarbon degradation in the Kitikmeot region: are the microbial
responses and communities the same as elsewhere in the Arctic?
14:15
Leendert Vergeynst
Microbes degrading hydrocarbons at low temperatures: Untangling microbial community
assembly and succession
14:30
Casey Hubert & Gary Stern
GENICE: Microbial Genomics for Oil Spill Preparedness In Canada’s Arctic Marine
Environment
ARCTIC WILDLIFE 1
Chair: Sabrina Plante
Room: Pan Am
13:30
Kevin Hawkshaw
Does prey distribution influence nest site selection and success in an arctic, avian top predator?
13:45
Édouard Bélanger
Space use and population dynamics of the declining Torngat Mountains caribou
14:00
Jamie Snook
Transdisciplinary research of Torngat Mountains Caribou
14:15
Sabrina Plante
The cumulative impacts of human infrastructures on summer habitat use of migratory caribou
14:30
Melissa Galicia
Spatial differences in feeding habits of polar bears in Foxe Basin: possible shift in Arctic food
web mediated by a new top predator
14:45
Luana Sciullo
Long term trends in diet of female polar bears in western Hudson Bay
COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH 2
Chair: Eric Solomon
Room: Millenium
13:30
Kimberly Howland
The role of community based monitoring and citizen science in early detection of
nonindigenous species in the Canadian Arctic
13:45
Eric Solomon and Shelly
Elverum
14:00
Mercedes McLean
Connecting Inuit Knowledge with sea-ice research to better understand conditions for sea-ice
freeze-up and break-up in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
14:15
Devin Waugh
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) in a Changing
Climate in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR), NWT
14:30
Amy Amos and Janet Boxwell
Research Priorities in the Gwich'in Settlement Area
14:45
Chanda Brietzke
Springtime in the Mackenzie Delta: The sociocultural importance of muskrats to Gwich’in and
Inuvialuit trappers
Addressing community research priorities through youth engagement and capacity building
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 13:30 to 15:00 (CONTINUED)
ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS 2
Chair: Stephen Insley
Room: 2E
13:30
Rajnish Sharma
Toxoplasma gondii in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from Beaufort Sea (Inuvialuit
Settlement Region, Northwest Territories)
13:45
Sarah Fortune
Evidence of year-round feeding for bowhead whales in the Eastern Canadian Arctic
14:00
Stephen Insley
Seasonal patterns in ocean ambient noise near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories
14:15
Krista Kenyon
Narwhal Habitat Selection within their Wintering Ground
14:30
Kyle Ritchie
Delayed spring sea-ice break-up leads to a lower effective number of breeders in ringed seals
ARCTIC TUNDRA AND VEGETATION 2
Chair: Virginia Walker
Room: Hall B
13:30
Virginia Walker
What happens to boreal forest soil communities after fire?
13:45
Clara Morrissette-Boileau
Simulated caribou browsing limits the effect of nutrient addition on the growth of Betula
glandulosa, an expanding shrub species in Nunavik, Canada
14:00
Laurent Montagano
(Marie-Andrée Giroux)
Importance of exchanges between ecosystems in the functioning of food webs: a meta-analytic
approach
14:15
Serguei Ponomarenko
(Donald McLellan)
Observations on the Past Dynamics of Salix arctica Dwarf Shrub on Subxeric Sites – a Case
Study for Retrospecting Monitoring
PERMAFROST
Chair: Philip Bonnaventure
Room: 17
13:30
Julien Fouché
A Pan-Canadian study of Optical Properties of Soil Dissolved Organic Matter in the Active
Layer and Permafrost
13:45
Robert Way
Spatial variability in permafrost conditions in Subarctic and Arctic Labrador
14:00
Grace Ma
Monitoring permafrost dynamics and the recovery of vegetation cover in recently burned
lichen heath bogs in the Greater Wapusk Ecosystem
14:15
Ashley Rudy
Seasonal and multi-year surface displacements measured by DInSAR in a High Arctic
permafrost environment
14:30
Julien Fouché
Diurnal evolution of the temperature sensitivity of CO2 efflux in permafrost-affected soils
under control and warm conditions
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00
HUDSON BAY 3 - MODELLING
Chair: Jennifer Lukovich
Room: 1-2,11-13
15:30
Nathalie Theriault
Spatial and temporal variability of sea surface salinity from remote sensing in Hudson Bay
Sohidul Islam
Photochemical and Microbial Degradation of Dissolved Organic Matter in Hudson Bay
Estuarine Systems (Canada)
16:00
Matthew MacDonald
Hudson Bay - Projected freshwater exports under future climate
16:15
Stéphanie Bleau
How is Ouranos’ Northern Environment program (2014-2019) addressing climate change
impacts and adaptation? Mid-term status and results
16:30
Farahnaz Fazel-Rastgar
Atmospheric Circulation Responses to Sea Ice Decline on Hudson Bay
16:45
Natasha Ridenour
Modelling freshwater dynamics in the Hudson Bay Complex using the ANHA4 configuration
17:00
Jennifer Lukovich
On modeled sea ice dynamics in Hudson Bay
15:45
IMPACTS OF ARCTIC MINING
Chair: Frank Tester
Room: Presentation Theatre
15:30
Anteneh Belayneh
Mining Economies, Mining Families: Extractive Industries and Business Development in the
Canadian Sub-arctic
15:45
Jonathan Tollefson
“We’ve spent more money on science than any project in the history of the world”: Hard rock
mining and resource materiality in Bristol Bay, AK
Frank Tester
Beneath the Surface: Inuit miners at Rankin Inlet, 1957 - 1962 (movie)
16:00
16:15
16:30
16:45
ARCTIC WILDLIFE 2
Chair: Fabien Mavrot
Room: Pan Am
15:30
15:45
Jacqueline Verstege
Living on the edge: what encourages lemmings to overwinter on the dens of Arctic foxes?
James Roth
Changing Arctic fox and red fox population dynamics as lemming cycles dampen at the
Arctic’s edge
16:00
Susan Kutz
Muskox Health Ecology: A Global Overview of the Status, trends, threats and vulnerability of
muskoxen in a changing Arctic
16:15
Amy Johnson
The use of stable isotope analysis to determine temporal trends in polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
foraging ecology in relation to climate conditions
16:30
Daniel Gallant
(Nicolas Lecompte)
Is human activity driving the presence of red foxes in the Arctic?
16:45
Arnaud Mosnier
One for all and all for one, or how correlated behaviours impact abundance estimates in
wildlife surveys
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00 (CONTINUED)
PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH
Chair: Noémie Boulanger-Lapointe
Room: Millenium
15:30
Melanie Flynn
Participatory scenario planning and climate change impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability
research in the Arctic
15:45
Stephan Schott
Towards a Sustainable Fishery for Nunavummiut: The Integration of Traditional
Knowledge with Western Science
16:00
Tiff-Annie Kenny
The economics of diet and nutrition in the North: Results from a participatory food
costing study in the Western Arctic
16:15
Sylvie Blangy and Monique Bernier
Responsible research: addressing community concerns in a holistic approach. Building
bridges between academics for improving the wellbeing of Inuit communities
16:30
José Gérin-Lajoie
Community empowerment through Youth training: a collaborative biomonitoring of the
George River water quality
16:45
Kristeen McTavish
Public Participation in a Social Planning approach to Community Food Security: Case
Study of the Community-Led Food Assessment Process in Nunatsiavut and Nunavut
BEAUFORT SEA ICE AND OCEAN REGIME 2
Chair: Alexandre Forest
Room: 2E
15:30
Christiane
Dufresne
Observations and numerical modelling reveal recent seasonal and inter-annual patterns in the
oceanography of the eastern Beaufort Sea (Canadian Arctic)
15:45
Sergei Kirillov
Upwelling of Atlantic water along the Canadian Beaufort sea continental slope: favorable atmospheric
conditions and seasonal and interannual variations
16:00
Jacoba Mol
The exchange of inorganic carbon on the Canadian Beaufort Shelf
16:15
Igor Dmitrenko
Wind-forced water dynamics over the eastern Beaufort Sea continental slope
16:30
Edward King
A belt of seabed erosion along the Beaufort Sea margin governed by Holocene evolution of the Beaufort
shelf-break Jet: geological evidence, current measurements and initial oceanographic modelling
16:45
Alexandre Forest
Fall upwelling events in the Canadian Beaufort Sea: atmospheric drivers, shelf-slope circulation and
sediment resuspension
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THURSDAY, 8 DECEMBER - 15:30 to 17:00 (CONTINUED)
ARCTIC TUNDRA AND VEGETATION 3
Chair: Ross Brown
Room: Hall B
15:30
Neal Scott
(Sean Arruda)
Impacts of enhanced temperature and snow deposition for seven years on vegetation
cover, phenology, and CO2 exchange in the Canadian High Arctic
15:45
Isabelle Lussier
Impact of the recent increase in shrub cover on abundance and productivity of berries at
Umiujaq (Nuvavik)
16:00
Ross Brown
Changing Arctic terrestrial snow cover: an update of current understanding
IAC INUIT ARCTIC RESEARCH LEGACY WORKSHOP
Chair: Andrew Dunford
Room: 17
Michael Barrett
Kativik Regional Government
John Cheechoo
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Andrew Dunford
Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
15:30
17:00
Pitseolaq Moss-Davies
Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada
Shannon O’Hara
Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
Inuit Advisory Committee Inuit Arctic Research Legacy Workshop
Carla Pamak
Nunatsiavut Government
Kendra Tagoona
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Rodd Laing
Nunatsiavut Government
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FRIDAY, 9 DECEMBER - 08:30 to 10:00
CLIMATE
Chair: Patrick Grenier
Room: Presentation Theatre
08:30
Patrick Grenier
Challenges in developing climate scenarios that meet Canadian Arctic user needs
08:45
Maryam Takhsha
CRCM5 dynamical downscaling over the CORDEX Arctic domain with empirical correction of CGCMsimulated sea-surface conditions
09:00
Patricia Wells
Extending the weather record for Northern Ellesmere Island: Notes from the second Peary expedition to
reach the North Pole, 1905-06
09:15
Emilia Paula
Diaconescu
Evaluation of CORDEX-Arctic daily precipitation and temperature-based climate indices over Canadian
Arctic land areas
ARCTIC WILDLIFE 3
Chair: Michael English
Room: Pan Am
08:30
Cynthia Resendiz
Heterogeneous long-term effects of a changing environment on the reproductive success of
greater snow geese
08:45
Emily Jenkins and Lasarusie
Tukai
Needs for analyzing food safety risks for toxoplasmosis in wildlife harvested in Canada’s
North
09:00
Sean Perry & Molly Ingemney
A comparison of fluctuating asymmetry using WhiskerPrint software as a marker of
environmental stress in captive-born polar bears versus wild polar bears of the Western Hudson
Bay population
09:15
Michael English
Shifting home ranges of the Bathurst Caribou herd
09:30
Malik Awan
Monitoring wolverines – non-invasive and community-based initiative
09:45
Lynda Orman
Wildlife Research and Monitoring in Nunavut
HYDROLOGY
Chair: Pieter Aukes
Room: Millenium
08:30
Dan Hughes
Detecting spatial variation in hydrology and carbon export across a lake-rich thermokarst
landscape (Old Crow Flats, Yukon, Canada)
08:45
Ally Toure
Distributed Snow Simulations for Quantification of Snow Accumulation Across an Arctic
Shrub-tundra Landscape
09:00
Pieter Aukes
Dissolved Organic Matter, Disinfection Demand, and Northern Drinking Water
09:15
Paul Dainard
Cycling of Dissolved Organic Matter in Permafrost and Glacial Melt Water Impacted
Freshwater Systems of the Canadian Arctic
09:30
Gabriel Chiasson-Poirier
Flow paths and water sources during the thaw period of a hillslope underlain by
permafrost, Apex River watershed, Iqaluit, NU
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FRIDAY, 9 DECEMBER - 08:30 to 10:00 (CONTINUED)
MONITORING AND MODELLING ICE ON THE OCEAN
Chair: Anna Crawford
Room: 2E
08:30
Abigail Dalton
Monitoring iceberg movement in Baffin Bay
08:45
Anna Crawford
High-precision surveying of drifting icebergs and ice islands
09:00
Nicholaus Zilinski
A Low-Cost, Modular Ice Mass Balance Buoy Design for Environmental Monitoring and Sea Ice Physics
09:15
Jiacheng Zheng
Snow thickness estimation on first-year sea ice using microwave and optical remote sensing with melt
modelling
09:30
Xianmin Hu
Simulated Sea Ice Growth in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago Region: Round II
09:45
John Mortensen
Ocean-glacier interaction for melting of Greenland glaciers
ARCTIC NAVIGATION AND SAFETY
Chair: James Parsons
Room: 2F
08:30
Natalie Carter
Infusing northern voices in the Northern Marine Transportation Corridors
08:45
James Parsons
Application of a Formal Safety Assessment in Arctic Maritime Transportation
09:00
David Driscoll (Rebecca Van
Wyck)
Climate change is associated with increasing rates of unintentional injury in Alaska: evidence
and implications
09:15
Dylan Clark
Vulnerability to unintentional injuries associated with land-use activities and search and rescue
in Nunavut, Canada
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THE W. GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION
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The Arctic Institute of North America was created by an Act of Parliament in 1945.
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INSTITUT NORDIQUE DU QUÉBEC
The Institut nordique du Québec (INQ) brings together Quebec’s
leading researchers to crystallize the latest research findings and
expertise in order to provide governments and northern communities
the knowledge and know-how they need for the sustainable
development of Northern Quebec and the Canadian Arctic. The INQ’s
founding partners are Université Laval, Institut national de recherche
scientifique (INRS), and McGill University.
ATS SERVICES LTD
ATS Services Ltd, as a leading provider meteorological services across
the Arctic, employs an extensive network of aviation weather observer/
communicators, aerological observers, and meteorological instructors. ATS
also specializes in meteorological instrumentation by partnering with several
world-class sensor manufacturers allowing ATS to offer meteorological
solutions ranging from basic monitoring to fundamental research.
CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY /AGENCE
SPATIALE CANADIENNE
Since its creation in 1989, the Canadian Space Agency has been
driving Canada’s use and exploration of space; developing space assets,
applications and services; and enabling space capacity while meeting the
nation’s strategic priorities and growing need for scientific knowledge,
innovation and information.
POLAR KNOWLEDGE CANADA
Government of Canada agency with a mandate to advance Canada’s knowledge of the Arctic and strengthen
Canadian leadership in polar science and technology. Comprises a pan-northern science and technology program,
a knowledge dissemination and coordination function, and will operate the Canadian High Arctic Research Station
campus in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut in 2017.
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CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
Arctic Science (www.nrcresearchpress.com/as) is an open-access, peerreviewed journal. An interdisciplinary journal, Arctic Science, publishes
original peer-reviewed research from all areas of natural science and applied
science & engineering related to northern Polar Regions. The focus on basic
and applied science includes the traditional knowledge and observations of
the indigenous peoples of the region as well as cutting-edge developments
in biological, chemical, physical and engineering science in all northern
environments. Reports on interdisciplinary research are encouraged. Special
issues and sections dealing with important issues in northern polar science are
also considered.
An NRC Research Press OPEN ACCESS Journal
THE NUNAVUT CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE
The Government of Nunavut Climate Change Secretariat mobilizes resources that enable
Nunavummiut to take leadership on climate change issues. The Secretariat addresses
climate change adaptation and mitigation in Nunavut through initiatives and programs
that respond to local needs. Our vision is a Nunavut that can overcome and benefit from
climate change.
JASCO APPLIED SCIENCES
JASCO Applied Sciences is a leader in the science of underwater sound and its
effects on marine life. We support all stages of environmental assessments of
underwater sound for the oil and gas, renewable energy, marine construction,
shipping and defence sectors. JASCO designs and manufactures state-of-the-art
acoustic data acquisition systems.
CAMPBELL SCIENTIFIC (CANADA) CORP.
Campbell Scientific (Canada) Corp.’s extensive provision of
meteorological stations in the Arctic has made us a specialist in rugged,
robust systems that can last through the polar night. Our dataloggers
feature wide operating ranges and dependable stand-alone operation.
Snow parameters that can be measured include snow depth, precipitation,
and snow water equivalent (SWE).
KONGSBERG MARITIME
Kongsberg Maritime is an international technology company that delivers advanced,
reliable solutions for extreme conditions. Kongsberg products include Autonomous
Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) as well as systems and sensors for: fisheries research,
seabed surveys, subsea imaging, surveillance, simulation, and commercial fishing.
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STUDENTS ON ICE
Students on Ice is an award-winning organization offering unique
educational expeditions to the Antarctic and the Arctic. Our mandate is
to educate the world’s youth about the importance of the Polar Regions,
support their continued growth and inspire and catalyze initiatives that
contribute to global sustainability.
POLAR CONTINENTAL SHELF PROGRAM (PCSP)
PCSP coordinates logistics for scientists working in Canada’s North. PCSP provides safe and efficient services
including coordination of air transportation to and from field camps; equipment; fuel; accommodations and working
space in Resolute, Nunavut; and a communications network linking PCSP with fly camps.
EEYOU MARINE REGION ENTITIES
In February 2012, the Eeyou Marine Region Land Claims
Agreement (EMRLCA) came into force. Under this agreement, the
following three entities are responsible for various aspects of its
implementation: Eeyou Marine Region Wildlife Board (EMRWB),
Eeyou Marine Region Planning Commission (EMRPC), and Eeyou
Marine Region Impact Review Board (EMRIRB).
CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC SUBMERSIBLE
FACILITY
The Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility operates the Remotely
Operated Platform for Ocean Sciences (ROPOS). ROPOS is
known as the world’s most capable scientific submersible for its
versatility, efficiency, and operators; from deep-sea hydrothermal
vent exploration to the deployment and maintenance of ocean
observatories. ROPOS has 30 years of global collaboration with
thousands of ocean scientists, engineers, and students.
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CANADIAN NETWORK OF NORTHERN
RESEARCH OPERATORS
The Canadian Network of Northern Research Operators (CNNRO) is a
partnership of research facilities that provides specialized technical services to
academic, government, community, private and international scientific research.
The CNNRO’s facilities provide the know-how and infrastructure that make
research possible in our nation’s Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.
INUIT TAPIRIIT KANATAMI
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami is the national voice of 60,000 Canadian Inuit living
predominantly in the Arctic regions of Nunavut, Nunavik (Northern Quebec),
Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador) and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest
Territories. ITK represents the interests of Inuit on a wide variety of issues at the national
level.
DASCO EQUIPMENT INC.
For over 30 years DASCO Equipment Inc. has operated as a Manufacturer’s
Representative and Authorized Distributor in Canada of Oceanographic
Instrumentation and Underwater Equipment. Our business is the sales and
support of this equipment. We also maintain a large pool of rental equipment,
including: Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers & deployment platforms,
various sonar systems, GPS; also ROV/ASV packages.
SOLARA REMOTE DATA DELIVERY INC.
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NORTHERN CONTAMINANTS
PROGRAM
A proud partner of the 2016 ArcticNet
Annual Science Meeting
The Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) engages Northerners
and scientists in research, monitoring, and communications about
long-range contaminants in the Canadian Arctic.
The NCP is now accepting funding proposals for 2017-2018, with a
submission of deadline of January 10, 2017. For more details,
including proposal templates, see www.science.gc.ca/ncp.
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POLAR
KNOWLEDGE
CANADA
Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR)
• Fulfills a brokering role, strengthening
connections between the Canadian research
community and decision makers, and
facilitates collaboration and partnerships
to address key knowledge gaps in the polar
regions
• Primary point of contact for the international
polar research community to explore
opportunities to pursue research in Canada’s
Arctic and to collaborate with Canadian
researchers in the Antarctic
• Canada’s adhering body to the International
Arctic Science Committee (IASC) and the
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
(SCAR)
Pan-Northern Science
and Technology Program
Research Priorities (2015-19)
• Alternative and renewable energy for the North
• Baseline information to prepare for northern
sustainability
• Predicting the impacts of changing ice,
permafrost, and snow on shipping, infrastructure
and communities
• Catalysing improved design, construction, and
maintenance of northern built infrastructure
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Photo: INAC / AANC
• Canada’s lead federal agency to strengthen
Canadian leadership in polar science and
technology
Photo: ©Martin Fortier-ArcticNet
Strengthening
Canadian Leadership
in Polar Science
and Technology
Photos left to right: Katriina O’Kane, D. McLennan, Hardy Granberg, Katherine Wilson, Katriina O’Kane
The Canadian High Arctic
Research Station (CHARS)
• A world-class research campus in Cambridge
Bay, Nunavut
• A major node in the pan-northern network
of research facilities
• The phased construction and occupancy of
the campus facilities will be complete in 2017
POLAR’s Antarctic mandate
Coordinating the development of a Canadian
Antarctic Research Program to increase knowledge
of the Antarctic, global systems, and polar linkages
with advice and guidance from the Canadian
Committee on Antarctic Research.
Stay connected
www.facebook.com/PolarKnowledge
@POLARCanada
Web / Contact Us:
www.canada.ca/en/polar-knowledge/index.html
[email protected]
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