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Advancing Ocean Decade efforts at CMOS Congress and ORCA National Meeting

By May 29, 2023No Comments
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MEOPAR will have a strong presence at the ORCA National Meeting focused on advancing action on the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. This will take place in St. John’s, NL on June 1-2 in conjunction with the 57th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), which starts today!

Our training Program Manager, Mx. Alexa Goodman will support CMOS for their Education Day with secondary schools and moderate a panel discussion on EDIA within research, alongside Dr. Fanny Noisette, Scientific Co-Director.

MEOPAR is convening four sessions and presenting four posters at ORCA, plus assisting the Ocean Decade Champion, Jonathan Kellogg from Tula Foundation, in facilitating two breakout sessions.

Sessions include:

Building Community-Led Science in Addressing Climate Resiliency: A panel discussion and interactive workshop on coastal community resilience.

Moderator: Mx. Alexa Goodman (she/they), MEOPAR’s Training Program Manager

Panelists and Facilitators:

  • Meghan Callon (she/her), Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition’s Communications & Graphic Design Lead

  • Sepehr Khosravi, NL Climate Change Science and Adaptation Specialist CLIMAtlantic

  • Emma Poirier, NS Climate Change Science and Adaptation Specialist, CLIMAtlantic

  • Kathleen Parewick, Community Collaboration and Development Coordinator, Municipalities NL

  • Amanda Lim, Program Manager, Shorefast Foundation

  • Marc Olivier Masse, Associate Director, Centre de research sur les milieux insulaires maritimes (CERMIM)

  • Evan Andrews, Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Science-Art Symbiosis Workshop: Reach new horizons by integrating art into your science + Science-Art Symbiosis Program Poster

Convened by: Mx. Alexa Goodman (she/they), MEOPAR’s Training Program Samantha Jones, PhD Candidate, University of Calgary

The vessels we want for the science we need:  A Canada-wide perspective on vessel capacity needs science + Poster

Moderated by Dr. Doug Wallace, MEOPAR’s Scientific Director & NRVTT Chair and Mx. Alexa Goodman (she/they), MEOPAR’s Training Program Manager

Speakers:

  • Alexandre Forest, Executive Director, Amundsen Science

  • Heather Reader, Assistant Professor Canada Research Chair in Chemistry of the Ocean and Atmosphere, Department of Chemistry Memorial University of Newfoundland

  • Guillaume St. Onge, directeur de l’Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski (ISMER) de l’Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), préside le conseil d’administration de Reformar

  • Marc Olivier Masse, Associate Director, Centre de research sur les milieux insulaires maritimes (CERMIM)

  • Benoit Pirenne, Director of User Engagement, Ocean Networks Canada

Integrating Canadian Predictive Modelling Activities:  A panel discussion with MEOPAR, CONCEPTS, and CoastPredict 

Moderator/Convener: Paul Myers, Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta

Additional Posters 

  • MEOPAR’s Marine-Focused Communities of Practice Make Lasting Impact through Science Communication, Public Engagement & Knowledge Mobilization   
  • Improving equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility (EDIA) in Canada’s weather, water and climate workforce (CMOS Collaboration)

Our team is looking forward to engaging with our network and participating in national discussions to advance the Ocean Decade’s goals. Stay tuned for our post-event debrief where we’ll share what we heard during each session.

Questions? Email alexa.goodman@meopar.ca