NSERC
CREATE
2012 Summer School in Arctic Atmospheric Science
Our second Summer School in
Arctic Atmospheric Science took place from July
23 to 27, 2012
at the Nottawasaga Inn
in Alliston, Ontario. Thirty-eight students from across Canada
and from Europe attended.
The week
began
with an
introductory Jamboree session, in which each student
and lecturer was allowed two minutes and one slide to introduce him/herself. Introductions continued during an
Icebreaker held on the first evening, generously sponsored by ABB Bomem of
Quebec City. Attendees worked in teams to complete a series of
challenges requiring mental, physical, and creative aptitudes. The team
challenge was followed by a social gathering on an outdoor terrace.
Students heard lectures on
aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, Arctic halogen chemistry, polar
stratospheric ozone, middle atmosphere dynamics, satellite remote sensing of
pollution, global climate, glacier-climate interactions in the Arctic, carbon
cycling in glacial environments, space and ground-based atmospheric
instrumentation, science support management at South Pole Station, Inuit
culture, teaching and education in the Canadian Arctic, and science journalism. Speakers included Jean-Pierre Blanchet (Université
du Québec à Montréal), Florent Bouguin (ABB), Tim Canty
(University of Maryland, College Park), James R. Drummond
(Dalhousie University), Lynn Harvey (University of Colorado at
Boulder), Brian Manning (Nunavut Arctic College), Chris
McLinden (Environment Canada), Stella Melo (Canadian
Space Agency), Margaret Munro (Postmedia News), Martin
Sharp (University of Alberta), Paul Sullivan (Raytheon
Polar Services), Christian Zdanowicz (Geological Survey of
Canada),
and organizers Ashley Kilgour and Kimberly
Strong (University of Toronto).
The Poster
Session gave students a chance to present and discuss their current research
projects with the speakers and their peers. Based on feedback from last
year, we increased the number of judges this year to ensure that all students
presented their work to a minimum of two judges. Jean-Pierre Blanchet, Tim Canty, Lynn Harvey,
and Chris
McLinden served as judges for MSc/PhD/PDF
Outstanding Poster Awards, which were awarded to three students: Jonathan
Franklin (Dalhousie University),
a PhD candidate
studying
transport
and chemical evolution of biomass burning plumes;
Keven Roy (University of Toronto),
a PhD candidate
studying glacial isostatic adjustment
and the properties of the Earth that can be inferred from this phenomenon;
and Dan Weaver (University of Toronto),
a MSc student
studying
techniques that accurately and precisely measure atmospheric water vapour.
Honourable mentions were received by Debora Griffin (University of
Toronto), Emily McCullough (University of Western Ontario), Nicole Schaffer
(University of Ottawa), and Johannes Zielcke (University of Heidelberg).
Zen Mariani, Nicole Schaffer, Patrick Sheese, and Shouming Zhou served as judges
for Undergraduate
Outstanding Poster Awards, which were awarded to two students: Alexandre
Bevington (University of Ottawa), a BSc graduate beginning his MSc at the
University of Copenhagen in September; and Boris Pavlovic (University of
Guelph), a CGCS undergraduate intern working at the University of Toronto this
summer.
Congratulations
to all five winners!
This
year, at the request of the students, we introduced a Career Panel, which was
moderated by Dan Weaver, CREATE Trainees’ Advisory Committee member and Social
Media Coordinator. Six panelists participated: Florent Bouguin (representing industry), Brian Manning (education), Stella Melo (government), Margaret Munro (media), Martin
Sharp (academia), and Paul Sullivan (science support).This
diverse panel of successful science professionals represented the breadth of job
opportunities available to science graduates, providing attendees
with valuable insight into future career paths.
The session began with short introductions by each panelist, and proceeded into
a lively question and answer session.
In addition to his lectures, Chris McLinden offered a challenging and
educational atmospheric photochemical computer modelling workshop.
Students also had the opportunity to try out different science outreach demonstrations
each day and participate in an engaging education and outreach workshop.
Thanks to the involvement of enthusiastic speakers and students, this year's
Summer School was a great success.
Information about the Summer School can be found on this poster,
but
the competition for 2012 has now
closed.
The application form can be downloaded from
this link. The application deadline
wasJune 1, 2012. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Students heard lectures on
aerosol-cloud-climate interactions, Arctic halogen chemistry, polar
stratospheric ozone, middle atmosphere dynamics, satellite remote sensing of
pollution, global climate, glacier-climate interactions in the Arctic, carbon
cycling in glacial environments, space and ground-based atmospheric
instrumentation, science support management at South Pole Station, Inuit
culture, teaching and education in the Canadian Arctic, and science journalism. Speakers included Jean-Pierre Blanchet (Université
du Québec à Montréal), Florent Bouguin (ABB), Tim Canty
(University of Maryland, College Park), James R. Drummond
(Dalhousie University), Lynn Harvey (University of Colorado at
Boulder), Brian Manning (Nunavut Arctic College), Chris
McLinden (Environment Canada), Stella Melo (Canadian
Space Agency), Margaret Munro (Postmedia News), Martin
Sharp (University of Alberta), Paul Sullivan (Raytheon
Polar Services), Christian Zdanowicz (Geological Survey of
Canada),
and organizers Ashley Kilgour and Kimberly
Strong (University of Toronto). 
