2016 CREATE Research Symposium

Toronto, Ontario, 2-3 May 2016

Our fifth and final CREATE Research Symposium was held at the Yorkdale Holiday Inn in Toronto, Ontario, from 2-3 May 2016 concurrent with the PAHA/CANDAC Workshop. Talks were given by 16 students and 5 postdoctoral fellows. These included recipients of CREATE support, along with other PAHA/CANDAC trainees.

The CREATE Student Presentation Awards were announced at the close of the Research Symposium.  All student presentations were considered, and the awards were judged on the basis of content, presentation, and context and connections.  This year, the CREATE and PAHA PDFs were asked to judge the presentations. The five judges were Ralf Bauer (University of Toronto), Jai Chaubey (Université de Sherbrooke), Zhenua Li (University of Saskatoon), Quentin Libois (Université du Québec à Montréal), and Sophie Tran (University of Toronto). The winners of the two awards were Shannon Hicks (PhD, University of Western Ontario) for her talk on "Developing the RALMO Water Vapour Climatology using an Optimal Estimation Method" and Erik Lutsch (PhD, University of Toronto) for his talk on "Long-range Transport of NH₃, CO, HCN and C₂H₆ from the 2014 Canadian Wildfires." Congratulations to both!

The CREATE Trainees' Advisory Committee also hosted a CREATE Social Networking Event at Milestones Restaurant on Monday evening.

For further information:
Agenda for the 2016 joint PAHA/CANDAC Workshop and CREATE Research Symposium