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Upcoming webinar: Canada’s Ocean Acidification Community of Practice
Join us for the second CoP webinar of the year, and get to know Canada's Ocean Acidification Community of Practice—Wednesday, March 10 at 1pm AST/12pm EST / 9am PST. The…
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New opportunity: Response Core Training funding
MEOPAR students, researchers and highly qualified personnel (HQP) are invited to apply for funding to organize and host training workshops related to the Response Core mandate. In the context of…
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Panel discussion—Climate adaptation in Nova Scotia: Overblown or under water?
Together with the MacEachen Institute of Public Policy, MEOPAR is excited to present the upcoming panel Climate adaptation in Nova Scotia: Overblown or underwater? as part of the Policy Matters: Nova…
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Register now for the first ever Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast Trivia Challenge!
The Canadian Coastal Resilience Forum (CCRF) and the Coast and Ocean Risk Communication (CORC) are pleased to present their inaugural virtual Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast Trivia Challenge. Join in for a fun-filled hour…
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MEOPAR is hiring a Training Program Manager
Interested in joining the MEOPAR team? We're looking for a highly motivated and talented Training Program Manager to join our small and dedicated team of six Administrative Centre staff who…
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Upcoming webinar: Building a shared perspective on Arctic waters through community-engaged research
Our first Community of Practice webinar of 2021 is an exciting one! Join the Coast and Ocean Risk Communication CoP, The Canadian Marine Shipping Risk Forum and Clear Seas Centre…
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Register now for NetCOLOR’s annual meeting
March is the month of NetCOLOR! The MEOPAR community of practice, NetCOLOR (Network on Coastal Oceans and Lake Optics Remote Sensing) will hold its third annual meeting virtually every Wednesday…
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HQP opportunity: MEOPAR’s Research Management Committee is recruiting its next member
MEOPAR is recruiting one Highly Qualified Personel (HQP) to serve as a non-voting member of the Research Management Committee (RMC). In this position, the HQP will be involved with discussions…
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Navigating the Career Search: a MEOPAR webinar series
The MEOPAR Training Program is excited to announce its winter lineup of professional development webinars, lead by Dr. Catherine Maybrey. A champion for innovative and effective career education that reflects…
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Congratulations to the first recipients of the TREX Graduate Student Awards
MEOPAR and Reseau Quebec Maritime are excited to announce the first round of recipients for our joint call for the Tracer Release Experiment (TReX) Graduate Student Awards. Starting this semester,…
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Blog post: How the MEOPAR Training Awards gave me options during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions threatened to stall my postdoctoral research project Building Capacity for Difficult Conversations on Flood Risk Management in Canadian Coastal Communities. I build this…
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MEOPAR bids farewell to Training Program Manager, Laura Avery
After nearly four years with MEOPAR, our Training Program Manager, Laura Avery, is moving on to a new position in December, leaving behind a suite of successful training activities in…
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Announcing the winners of MEOPAR’s inaugural Science Video Competition
Faced with hosting an all-virtual Annual Training Meeting and Annual Scientific Meeting, MEOPAR staff started looking for ways to engage, interact and share the great work happening in our network…
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Apply now for the RQM/MEOPAR Tracer Release eXperiment Graduate Student Awards
Deadline to apply for the summer 2021 semester is February 15, 2021 at 5pm EST. The TReX Project Responding to emergencies, managing coastal environments sustainably, predicting the impacts of human…
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Diversity of Nature celebrates Fathom Fund success
Early this summer, when things felt bleak, Dalhousie University graduate students Catalina Albury, Suchinta Arif and Melanie Massey had a great idea brewing. Together while apart, they founded Diversity of Nature, an educational…
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MEOPAR’s Scientific Director appointed to the Royal Society of Canada
We’re incredibly proud to share the news that MEOPAR’s Scientific Director, Dr. Doug Wallace, has been elected as one of the Royal Society of Canada’s Fellows for 2020. With this prestigious recognition,…
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Staff announcement: MEOPAR has a new Operations Manager
MEOPAR’s Administrative Centre is excited to share that Bridget Graham will be taking on a new role as Operations Manager. MEOPAR’s Administrator since May 2019, Bridget has been an outstanding…
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MEOPAR and RQM’s first joint projects explore risk assessment and response in the St. Lawrence system
(French will follow – le français suit) We are pleased to announce the debut of two projects as part of MEOPAR and Réseau Québec maritime’s (RQM) inaugural joint call for proposals.…
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MEOPAR veteran Alexa Reedman moves on
Our Scientific Director, Doug Wallace, reflects on his hard-working, trusted advisor as her time with MEOPAR comes to an end. It is with regret, but also a sense of pride,…
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Notes from the field: FishDip’s frigid trip to Labrador
A blog post from MEOPAR HQP Jordan Sutton
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