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Coastal Risk Governance: Lessons from COVID-19
Coastal Risk Governance: Lessons from COVID-19
This event is presented by the MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and MEOPAR. If both COVID-19 and climate change are to be treated as emergencies, the response by our leadership should have many of the same characteristics, including a clear, adaptable, and coordinated approach. This panel will explore viable policy options for the climate during…
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Announcing the RQM/MEOPAR Tracer Release eXperiment Graduate Student Awards
Announcing the RQM/MEOPAR Tracer Release eXperiment Graduate Student Awards
The TReX Project Responding to emergencies, managing coastal environments sustainably, predicting the impacts of human activity and climate change on marine ecosystems, and ensuring safety and well-being of coastal communities require having timely access to appropriate information about the state of the ocean and its evolution. This information must be properly used, understood, and communicated…
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SMRTS Webinar – Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) Experiences in STEM: Confronting Racism in Academia
SMRTS Webinar – Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) Experiences in STEM: Confronting Racism in Academia
Although the Canadian university experience is often viewed as an open and inclusive opportunity based solely on merit, discrimination and exclusion based on race is very real. Our panel will raise awareness of racism in all its manifestations, but primarily the unconscious bias and microaggressions, in STEM departments and within academia in general. The panel…
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Diversity of Nature celebrates Fathom Fund success
Diversity of Nature celebrates Fathom Fund success
Photo credit: Carolina Andrade 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 experience for students facing barriers to getting involved in science. They wanted to empower young BIPOC (Black, Indigenous,…
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COVID-19 update
COVID-19 update
Since March, MEOPAR has made it a priority to keep our staff, network researchers and highly qualified personnel (HQP) safe in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. We fully understand that the current situation is having a significant impact on the research community, both in Canada and internationally, and anticipate that the nature of these…
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MEOPAR ASM Recorded Project Presentations
MEOPAR ASM Recorded Project Presentations
This year’s MEOPAR Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) is taking place virtually from October 26-29, 2020. In order to showcase the breadth of MEOPAR projects (including Fathom Fund and Postdoctoral Fellowship Award Recipients), each PI (or postdoctoral award recipient) is asked to submit a 5-minute recorded Powerpoint video presentation (maximum 5 slides) about their project (only…
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